Bibbi Abruzzini
Belgium
Communications and Campaigns Coordinator
Bibbi is Forus multilingual Communications Coordinator, having joined the team in 2020 (Italian, English, French, Nepali, and Spanish). In addition to her role at Forus, Bibbi is also a documentary filmmaker and the co-founder of Both Nomads, a creative multimedia collective that specializes in using documentary techniques, participatory practices, emerging technologies and principles from solutions journalism. Before joining Forus, Bibbi spent over 8 years working with ZoominTV and various news agencies across South Asia, Lebanon, Belgium, the US and Colombia. Her skills as a multimedia creator and editor were developed during her years as correspondent from Nepal, at the UNESCO Office in Kathmandu, and as videographer at the Institute for Human Development in Arizona. Bibbi's work experience extends to organizations such as the EU Delegation to Nepal, the European Parliament Audiovisual Unit, the European Youth Forum and TedX Brussels.
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Wed 30 Sep 2026
#WeAreForus - What are national civil society platforms Bringing to BRICS? A conversation with VANI.
Welcome to a new episode of A Space for Us, the Forus podcast with National Civil Society platforms & regional coalitions who are part of our network and their allies. In this episode, we’re looking at the key conversations and ideas that emerged from the Civil BRICS Forum 2026 in New Delhi, where civil society leaders and policymakers came together to discuss how development can become more inclusive, resilient and locally led. We’re joined by Harsh Jaitli, CEO of VANI in India who brought important perspectives to these conversations. We’ll hear from Harsh about what stood out at the Forum, what civil society is calling for, and what it will take to turn commitments around localisation, participation and people-centred development into practice. Learn more about VANI: https://vaniindia.org/ Listen to more episodes: https://www.forus-international.org/en/a-space-for-us Host: Bibbi Abruzzini, Forus.
Tue 29 Sep 2026
#WeAreForus - Who gets to shape the rules of development finance? A conversation with SAf-CNGO.
How can communities have greater say over the rules that shape their development? And what does it mean for Africa to move from being a “rule-taker to a rule-maker"? In this episode of A Space for Us, Forus series with National Civil Society Platforms and Regional Coalitions as well as their partners, we speak with Lebogang Kenneth Mabotho, Executive Director of the Southern African Council of Non-Governmental Organisations (SAf-CNGO), about debt, accountability and the role of civil society platforms in shaping development finance. Following his participation as a speaker at 6th African Conference on Debt and Development, AFRODAD’s annual flagship conference bringing together African and international stakeholders to discuss debt, development finance and reform of the global financial architecture, Lebogang will share his reflections on the role of parliaments, citizens and civil society in how debt is legislated, managed and scrutinised, and on what greater African ownership of development financing could look like. Together today, we also explore the role of regional coalitions, and how national civil society platforms across Southern Africa are coming together to influence the decisions and systems that shape their futures – at both national and regional levels. Learn more about the work of SAf-CNGO: https://saf-cngo.org/ Find more episodes: https://www.forus-international.org/en/a-space-for-us
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