Founder and Executive Director
With LLB in law and a master’s degree in Environment and Natural Resources Law, Eskedar has over 10 years of experience in environmental advocacy, legal research, and project management. He is the founder of Eco-justice Ethiopia and former director of the Environment and Natural Resources Law Center, at Mekelle University. Also, he lectures at the law school in addition to engagement in research-based advocacy works which consist of consulting for enactment/amendments of new laws that promote sustainable development and awareness creation works for better implementation of existing legislation. His extensive research and advocacy experience comprise's various independent consultancy works with international development actors and national government organs. For instance, he has undertaken stakeholder mappings, translation of scientific researches to specific policy advice, development of legal drafts, and management of various legal researches. To mention a few of his international experiences, he started his career with an internship program at Heidelberg University, German, he was a 2018 Mandela Washington Fellow with the public management track at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA, and he also joined the Horn of Africa Climate Security Working Group.
