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The country office (CO) in Botswana is one of the fastest FAO offices in the region. With an increase in project profile, the team has experienced rapid expansion in recent years. FAO recruits staff on fixed-term or temporary contracts. Staff members are categorised into two main streams: Professional (P) and General Service (G). FAO also employs consultants, interns, and volunteers to assist with special projects and short-term recruitment needs.

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Ms. Carla Elisa Luis Mucavi, a national of Mozambique, holds a Master of Cooperation and Development Planning from the Sapienza University in Italy, and a Bachelor of Arts in International Relations from the Institute of Higher Studies in International Relations in Mozambique.

Ms. Mucavi started her career in 1989 as Third Secretary in the Division for International Organizations and Conferences at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation in Mozambique. Since then she held positions of increasing responsibility such as First Secretary at the Embassy of Mozambique in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; Chief of Cabinet of the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Cooperation in Mozambique; Counsellor at the Embassy of Mozambique in Italy, Rome; Minister Counsellor in charge of Nordic countries in the Division for Europe and America in the Ministry for Foreign Affairs in Maputo; and Deputy Director of State Protocol at the Presidency of the Republic of Mozambique.

Prior to joining FAO in 2015, Ms. Mucavi was the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Mozambique to Italy, Greece and Malta, and Permanent Representative to FAO, WFP, and IFAD, in Rome, Italy. In 2013, she chaired the African Regional Group of the Permanent Representatives in Rome. Ms. Mucavi joined FAO in 2015 as Director of the FAO Liaison Office with the United Nations (LON) in New York, United States. She has also served as the FAO Representative in Kenya since November 2020. As of May 2024, she has served as the FAO Representative in Botswana.

FAO Botswana Country Office Team