Sonya Reines-Djivanides is the Executive Director of the European Peacebuilding Liaison Office, the independent civil society platform of European NGOs, networks of NGOs and think tanks which are committed to peacebuilding and the prevention of violent conflict. She has over fifteen years of experience in international conflict resolution. Prior to her work with EPLO, she was the Director of Search for Common Ground’s (SFCG) Brussels Headquarters. She was with SFCG in various capacities from 2004 until 2015, when she joined EPLO as Executive Director.