Hendrik von Schlieben has been a programme analyst with the Cities Alliance for the past 5 years and is based in Tunis, Tunisia. Under the Cities Alliance Global Programme on Cities &Migration, he works with a wide range of partner organisations from national and local government, academia, NGOs, CSOs and the private sector across Tunisia, Ethiopia and Uganda on topics such as diaspora engagement, digital financial inclusion, inclusive public spaces and business support for micro-enterprises. He is passionate about fostering more equitable access to quality basic services and decent work opportunities, and about how the urban poor can be empowered through collaboration with local private sector actors. Prior to joining Cities Alliance, he conducted research on the political economy of access towater in the informal settlements of Nairobi. He holds a master’s in international development from Sciences Po Paris.