Program and Event

Demichelis Speaks on Non-Profit Management

Ms. Demichelis, with Amy Archibald from the U.S. Embassy to her right, speaks about management of non-profit associations

On June 4, urban planner Julia A. Demichelis led a roundtable discussion on NGO and non-profit management at the Lao Plaza Hotel. In attendance were representatives from several Lao NGOs and a few staff members from the US Embassy Vientiane. Ms. Demichelis spoke about the new Prime Minister’s decree on associations, budgeting and governance, and raising money. She had also led a discussion about the role of NGOs in community development and the importance of social enterprise with a group of business students at the Lao-American College on June 3rd.

Ms. Demichelis has 27 years’ experience leading local and national development and disaster programs throughout Southeast Europe, the Middle East and North Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, the Pacific and the United States. She has introduced mechanisms that promote accountability and transparency in local and civic organizations; has created and overseen successful strategies to improve performance of government services at the national and community level; and has directed efforts in complex emergency and reconstruction environments. She also has many years of experience working in the development sector with the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID).