Ouafa Belgacem is the founder and CEO of Culture Funding Watch (CFW), as well as CCiboost, and Artnstay. She is a senior business development expert with over fifteen years of specific experience in designing and financing international cooperation and development programs in various contexts, including Africa, Asia, and the MENA regions. She has confirmed expertise in supporting cultural and creative industries, with over seven years of experience working for governmental and non-governmental cultural institutions, including the Supreme Council of Antiquities of Egypt and the European Union Delegation. She was also the lead researcher on the only COVID-related impact study on cultural and creative industries in 2020. Additionally, Ouafa served as lead expert researcher for two studies on cultural and creative industries and cultural creative entrepreneurship, including a feasibility study for the creation of an incubator and a creative economy study for the European Union funding program (Tfanen – Creative Tunisia, 2019). Ouafa is the author and co-author of publications related to cultural and creative industries and cultural policy, including a cultural policy report for Tunisia, a creative economy report with UNESCO (2013), and a rapid mapping of cultural policies in the MENA Region (2019). Ouafa is a Salzburg Global Fellow who has participated in multiple sessions throughout the years.