The International Federation of Pedestrians is supported by an international team that coordinates the organisation’s daily work and helps advance its mission to promote pedestrian rights, safe streets and people-centred urban environments worldwide.
Working closely with the Board, member organisations and partners across different regions, the team manages IFP’s programmes, research activities and advocacy initiatives. This includes coordinating international projects, supporting collaboration within the global pedestrian network, organising events and knowledge exchange, and contributing to policy discussions on sustainable and inclusive mobility.
The staff bring together expertise in sustainable mobility, urban planning, research, policy development, advocacy and international project coordination. Through their work, they help translate the collective knowledge of IFP’s members into practical initiatives, research outputs and policy contributions that support walkable, accessible and climate-resilient cities.
Charlotte Hauri – Switzerland – Policy Advisor
As Policy Advisor, she represents IFP and pedestrian interests at the United Nations’ Global Forum for Road Traffic Safety and works on the UPPER project. Based in Switzerland, she also works for Pedestrian Mobility Switzerland, an organization represented on the IFP board.
Originally from the U.S., Charlotte has over 15 years professional experience, including nearly a decade working for the City of Philadelphia, the fifth-largest U.S. city and its most walkable. In Philadelphia, she led strategic planning and implementation across a range of complex issues, with an emphasis in transportation and public safety. She coordinated the launch of Vision Zero; the Neighbourhood Slow Zone Program; and the nationally-recognised open streets program, Philly Free Streets.
Charlotte studied first Studio Art and Africana Studies and later received a Masters in Geography & Urban Studies. Since moving to Switzerland, she has walked across the country on the via Alpina.
Jolien Vandoorne – Belgium – Project Officer
As Project Officer, Jolien manages IFP’s contribution to JUST STREETS, a European Commission-funded research project advancing justice‑oriented approaches to urban mobility.
She advises cities on active mobility, provides applied research, and supports capacity‑building through workshops, webinars, and panels for pedestrian advocacy. Jolien has authored toolkits that help cities understand walking through intersectional and people‑centred lenses, and she oversees IFP’s educational collaborations with Università di Bergamo, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), and RMIT.
Jolien brings an international background from Belfast and Budapest, where she engaged with bottom‑up urban practices related to identity, belonging, and accessibility. Before joining IFP, she also worked in architectural journalism and cultural event coordination.
She holds a Master’s in European Urban Science from the Bauhaus‑Universität Weimar and a Master’s in History from KU Leuven and the University of Bologna.
Olena Kuzhym – Belgium – Project Officer
As a Project Officer, Olena Kuzhym works on EU-funded research projects, including CONIFER and JUST STREETS, focused on inclusive, proximity-based, and child-friendly urban mobility.
Originally from Ukraine, Olena has experience across both public sector and civil society roles. She previously worked with the Lviv Municipal Urban Mobility Agency, where she supported the implementation of Lviv’s Sustainable Urban Mobility Plan and contributed to the coordination of internationally funded mobility projects on street reconstruction, prioritising active mobility and public transport, and improving road safety.
Olena holds a Master’s degree in Urban Studies, specializing in urban mobility and planning. She brings a social lens to mobility development, with particular interests in participatory planning and compact, mixed-use urban environments.
Hendrik van Waeg – Belgium- Technical Engineer
Hendrik handles the more technical side of things, keeping the computers computing, the files filed, and the SidewalkScanner scanning. He focuses on the development of speed monitoring tools, lidar based point cloud analysis, and their visualisations. He works with technical partners around the globe to fine tune our equipment and keep things going.
In the life before IFP, Hendrik was deeply involved with 3d printing, polymer heat sealing, and obsolete machinery.
Alan Raposo – Spain – Project Coordinator
As Project Coordinator, Alan is in charge of considering the overall strategy of IFP as an organisation from a research and policy approach in close collaboration with the executive board. At the same time, a key part of his work is to explore new collaborations and projects that can advance pedestrian rights and the vision and mission of IFP while enabling a strong network of member organisations and individuals. He manages IFP’s involvement in the REALLOCATE project and keeps a general overview of all other projects IFP is involved in.
Half English and half Andalusian, Alan has a strong background in building and being a part of activist organisations. He is Plural Coordinator of Andando (Iberian Federation of Pedestrian Associations), a member of Ecologistas en Acción, part of a local platform advocating for the right to a better city, “El Puerto para Vivir” and President of his local neighbourhood association. His active participation in these different movements has driven his interest towards citizen participation and intersectionality, with walking at the centre of his understanding of the caring city.
Originally a chef, Alan was inspired by the Spanish Indignado movement in 2011, which took him on another career path and led him to study a degree in Political Science and a Masters in Sustainable Cities.
