Policy Officer

• Oct 2019 - Present

Acting Head of Project Management Unit

• Jun 2019 - Aug 2019

Senior Project Management Officer at EUAM Ukraine

• Jun 2018 - May 2019

▪ Coordinating the work of the Project Management Cell internally and in relation to the other departments of the Mission, in particular Operations Department and Mission Support Department;▪ ensuring that the project management function of the Mission is developed and exercised;▪ developing, maintaining and enhancing the project management procedures, tools and guidelines;▪ assessing of project level initiatives developed by the Mission;▪ mentoring, advising and coaching to mission staff on project related issues;▪ reporting on project activities and evaluation of the Missions project management function; recording of lessons learned and best practices to improve function and tools; Show less

Project Management Officer

• Apr 2016 - Jun 2018

▪ developing, maintaining and enhancing the project management procedures, tools and guidelines and;▪ assessing of project level initiatives developed by the Mission;▪ coordinating of the work of the Project Management Cell with the Planning and Coordination and Cooperation function of the Mission;; ▪ defining and implementing capacity building initiatives and learning plans; providing training, mentoring and coaching to mission staff;▪ reporting on project activities and evaluation of the Missions project management function; recording of lessons learned and best practices;▪ developing and maintenance of the Mission’s project database and archiving system Show less

Project Manager

• Jan 2010 - Apr 2016

• Conducting in-house needs assessments with HCNM advisers; intra-organizational assessments with OSCE Missions and Institutions; in country-assessments with governmental, non-governmental, international- and bi-lateral organizations and institutions, experts; drafting idea and concept papers to prepare discussions and decision making; • drafting project proposals and budgets; identifying project partners and experts; drafting terms-of-references and contracts; • fundraising; donor-relations; • project implementation: monitoring implementation plans and budgets; coaching partner organizations and experts throughout the implementation on content and administrative issues; administering financial and logistical components; • project evaluation and providing advice and recommendations on lessons-learned and follow-up initiatives to the management, partners and donors; • drafting narrative and financial reports for the HCNM management and donors; • providing advise on HCNM policies and strategies to mainstream political and project activities; • thematic portfolio: Regional dialogue on social integration through education; multi-lingual education for ethnic minorities; state language training for state officials with ethnic minority background; information and intelligence gathering on inter ethnic relations; policing in ethnically diverse communities; consultative mechanisms for ethnic minorities; regional dialogue on ethnic relations and security; national integration strategies; • country portfolio: Ukraine, Moldova, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan Show less

Human Rights Adviser

• Nov 2005 - Dec 2009

• Supervising and coaching DIHR project activities in the field in close co-operation with the DIHR Project Manager in the HQ; advising DIHR and its project partners on the implementation of projects; drafting project reports, food-for-thought papers and strategies to promote the sustainability of DIHR activities; maintain donor relations; • supporting project partners in administrative, financial and reporting matters related to the project grant; • initiating new cooperation in the law enforcement and judicial sector and with academic institutions and NGOs; identifying experts; • representing DIHR in the field and liaising with governmental and non-governmental project partners, international and bilateral organisations(esp. OSCE, UNHCHR, OSI, SDC) and NGOs working in the field of human rights, rule of law and democratisation; • providing analysis on the situation of human rights in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan Show less

Long-Term Election Observer

• May 2005 - Jul 2005

Human Dimension Officer

• Oct 2001 - May 2005

• Monitoring and analysing the developments in the sphere of human rights, democratization, elections, gender, trafficking in human beings, rule of law, civil society development and government-civil society relation, civic education as well as relevant legislation in the given field;• drafting analytical reports, fact-sheets, concept papers and advising the Head of Mission and OSCE institutions on developments in the Human Dimension;• proposing, conceptualizing, developing and planning of activities in the given fields in co-ordination and co-operation with national and international governmental and non-governmental partner institutions and OSCE institutions (especially ODIHR);• drafting the annual programme outline for the Human Dimension Department of the OSCE Centre in Bishkek as part of the general program outline in regard of program and project content and its financial implications;• managing of the projects according to objectives and financial framework set in the program outline; • advising citizens complaining on organisations, institutions and mechanisms as well as addressing relevant governmental on the individual complaints;• liaising with OSZE institutions (especially ODIHR), government agencies of the Kyrgyz Republic, international organizations, embassies, local and international NGOs as well as academic institutions and representing the Human Dimension Department of the OSCE Centre in related events; Show less

Mikro-Finance Consultant

• Jan 2001 - Oct 2001

• Establishing and heading the Tashkent project office of the EBRD Japan-Uzbekistan Small Business Programme; • introduction of new credit, accounting and marketing technologies in micro-financing to Uzbek partner banks; • training and coaching of credit officers of Uzbek partner Banks on the job; • monitoring and evaluating the performance of the partner banks and the involved credit officers; • monitoring and reporting on the economic framework of the program and proposing activities in the field of micro-financing; • liaising with the EBRD country office; drafting of the monthly reports to the EBRD Show less

Long-Term Election Observer

• Sep 2000 - Nov 2000