Candelaria Yanzi

Candelaria Yanzi is Deputy Executive Director of RIL (Local Innovation Network) and Head of Partnerships and Global Expansion. She is also co-founder of the Ayni Community of Local Innovators, a collective global initiative to advance collaborative systemic innovation in cities. An expert in facilitating transformative local innovation processes, she accompanied more than 400 local governments in developing strategies to transform their cities. Candelaria also led programs to generate local innovation ecosystems, circular economy, local economic development, professionalization of public management teams, and systemic leadership training, among others. She has a degree in Law from the University of Buenos Aires with a specialization in public law and a Master in Urban Economics from Torcuato Di Tella University.