Rosalaura Romeo started working on mountain issues more than 21 years ago when FAO was tasked with promoting the first International Year of Mountains in 2002. A unit was created in FAO, and she was asked to transfer there because of her interest in this topic. Later that year, the Mountain Partnership was created, and what started as a small unit has now become the Mountain Partnership Secretariat, where Rosalaura has been working since then. She M.Sc. in Agriculture from the University of Tuscia and her expertise spans from agricultural and forestry research to international advocacy and donor relations. She is the Coordinator of the Mountain Partnership Secretariat hosted at FAO’s Headquarters. Rosalaura devoted a large part of her career to the sustainable development of mountain regions and had a crucial role in 2002 in the creation of the Mountain Partnership, the only Multi-stakeholder UN Alliance dedicated to improving the lives of mountain peoples and protecting mountain ecosystems, with over 400 members around the world. The Mountain Partnership is in charge for the celebrations of the International Year of Sustainable Mountain Development 2022.
Mountain Partnership Secretariat, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome, Italy. Email: rosalaura.romeo@fao.org | ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3952-3477
United Nations Mountain Agenda, the Mountain Partnership and Related Regional Mechanisms
