Elisa Orlando is an anti-corruption advocate specialized in community-based monitoring, civic engagement, and advocacy against corruption. She works with Libera in Italy under the “Common – Monitoring Communities” initiative, promoting participatory approaches to preventing and countering corruption at local and national level, and supporting integrity education and youth empowerment against corruption. At Libera, Elisa supports the organisation’s strategic engagement with UNCAC-related processes and contributes to European projects and international multi-stakeholder initiatives focused on anti-corruption, civic monitoring, whistleblower support, and organised crime prevention. She is also a member of UNODC’s YouthLED Integrity Advisory Board.
Elisa holds a degree in Political Science from the University of Vienna and a postgraduate specialisation in the Analysis, Prevention and Fight against Organised Crime and Corruption (Master APC) from the University of Pisa.