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Mary Frances Davidson

M.Sc.

Short Bio

Mary Frances Davidson has a wide-ranging experience in environmental science, sustainability, education, development, and administration. Her research background centers around higher education for sustainability, programme evaluation, institutional capacity building, and implementation of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. She began working at the Fisheries Training Programme in 2011, and since that time her responsibilities have focused on international fisheries development, including coordinating short courses in developing countries, strategic planning, programme monitoring and evaluation, and instruction on sustainability, gender mainstreaming in development, research project design and academic writing. As the Deputy Director, Mary Frances is responsible for the administration of the six-month programme of the UNESCO GRÓ Fisheries Training Programme.