Ghita Benessahraoui is a passionate international development professional and consultant, specializing in the research, analysis, and implementation of development policies and projects. With more than 15 years of experience in the management, implementation and evaluation of development projects financed by international donors and partners, she has proven experience in various development sectors, including sustainable energy development, human rights and civil society, poverty alleviation, private sector development, governance, and policy reforms. Founder, manager and consultant at a Rabat-based international development consulting entity, People In Action, since 2014, she has been consulted to tackle diverse areas of the wide sustainable development field, from research and evaluation missions to high-level government institutional capacity building missions. Fields and areas of intervention have included: entrepreneurship for sustainable economic development (research and initial operational phases of the set up of the auto- entrepreneur status and regime in Morocco), private sector development and improvement of the business environment, civil society and human rights analysis, renewable energy options for poverty alleviation, the support of socio-economic and political reforms in Morocco, to only cite these. Prior to that, she had worked as a dedicated professional within international organizations in Morocco, and abroad, including the GIZ (in Rabat), the UN HQ (in New York City) and the Global Sustainable Electricity partnership -former e8- (in Montreal). Ghita has been actively engaged in various initiatives, both as a professional and volunteer, to promote inclusive models of development in Morocco and abroad.