Liga Efeja joined the team of CAN-International in October 2013. In the past 8 years Liga has worked with grassroots organizations, multiple international NGO networks as well as Latvian governmental agencies, focusing on programme and structural development, NGO management and fundraising. Originally from Latvia, Liga has also lived in France, Germany and Lebanon, and more briefly worked in the USA and Japan.
Once a youth policy and nonformal education activist, Liga moved into the world of environmental campaigning and policy making through working with Lebanon-based organization IndyACT. She is now thrilled to invest her efforts in capacity-building, management and further network development of CAN-International as Executive Assistant. Having additional training in project management, Liga holds a BA in Intercultural Relations and is pursuing an MA degree in Intercultural Conflict Management. She is passionate about transformational activism, advocacy and empowerment for addressing power inequalities.