Ms. Sarah Bentz
Policy Officer for SDGs, Council of European Municipalities and Regions (CEMR) and PLATFORMA
Having started her career as a Committee Coordinator within the Assembly of European Regions, Sarah has always been convinced of the crucial role that local and regional governments play in the active and efficient implementation of international, European and national agendas. Her work as Senior Programme Manager within the European think tank “Friends of Europe” allowed for her to acquire additional skills on International Development, Health, Climate and Energy as well as the Balkans. Within the Council of European Municipalities and Regions (CEMR) and PLATFORMA, Sarah is currently in charge of coordinating, mainstreaming and further enhancing the work done on the localisation of the Sustainable Development Goals both in Europe as well as with peers in partner countries across the globe, a pre-requisite to achieving the 2030 Agenda.
She holds a double Masters’ degree in French and English European Union law from the University of Strasbourg (France) and the University of Leicester (UK), as well as a French-German Master in European Politics at the Institut d’Etudes Politiques of Strasbourg, and the European University Viadrina in Frankfurt-an-der Oder (Germany).
She holds a double Masters’ degree in French and English European Union law from the University of Strasbourg (France) and the University of Leicester (UK), as well as a French-German Master in European Politics at the Institut d’Etudes Politiques of Strasbourg, and the European University Viadrina in Frankfurt-an-der Oder (Germany).