Merlinda Bajsini

Pronouns: She/her

Merlinda Bajsini is a Project Associate at the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) in Vienna, where she works on cluster development, SME competitiveness, and quality infrastructure. 

Born in Kosovo, she arrived in France as a child refugee, an experience that shaped her commitment to the rights of women and children, and to the economic dimension of gender equality. She holds a master's degree in European Cooperation, Collective Intelligence and Cluster Management, and a bachelor's in Applied Foreign Languages from the University of Strasbourg. 

She previously worked with the René Cassin Foundation (International Institute of Human Rights) and the City of Strasbourg's Protocol Service.