Domenica Carriero is Associate Economic Affairs Officer at UNECE and coordinates UNECE activities on smart sustainable urban development and energy efficiency in buildings at the Housing and Land Management Unit. In particular, she serves as secretary of the joint UNECE-ITU global initiative "United for Smart Sustainable Cities" and manages the program "United Smart Cities".  She holds a MBA in Sustainable Business, a Masters’ Degree in Foreign Languages and joined a PhD in English Philology. She has several years of experience in teaching, capacity building, communication, coordinating inter-governmental meetings and has served as a consultant for private sector and start-ups.  Domenica is specialized in corporate social responsibility, sustainability strategy and sustainable performance assessment and monitoring. Her professional interests include sustainable development, energy efficiency in buildings, cities finance and disaster risk reduction.