
Development & Funding
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My expertise covers different development funding toolkits from the EU and UN. I'm involved with identifying and sharing good practices in rural development, regional development and sustainable development at inter-governmental levels.
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I am a grant life cycle specialist in planning, design, launch, running, monitoring and evaluating, closure. This reflects over 20 years of rural and urban experience.
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My career also includes a large amount of up-to-date work with 'revolving' finance (including microcredit) such as development loans, bank guarantees, and equity investments.
Examples of work in development and funding
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Research, analysis, and communication of good practice approaches within the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD).
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European Commission and European Investment Bank Group's fi-compass partnership project promoting financial instruments for managing authorities of the European Structural and Investment Funds (ESIF) in EU countries.
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Case study material explaining practical uses of the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI), Investment Platforms and urban development initiatives.
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Best practice analyst and reporter for the European Commission's LIFE financial instrument, including illustrating the potential of using information and communication as effective development tools.
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Communicating EU policy developments in result-based funding schemes for agri-environment payments.
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Advisor for the Joint Technical Secretariat of Latvia-Lithuanian Cross Border Cooperation Programme's 2014-2020 Operational Programme document.
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European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) Operational Programme Manager for Scotland's Transition region.
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Screening of complex territorial development funding proposals submitted to a call by the INTERREG Baltic Sea region programme.
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Appraising the economic, social and environmental benefits from rural regions' development strategies submitted by LEADER- Local Action Groups in Lithuania.
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European funding help desk officer for pan-European private sector consultancy company advising on investment project planning, grant appraisal criteria, monitoring frameworks, partnership coordination, donor regulatory frameworks, evaluation techniques, programme and project absorption strategies.
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EU Structural Fund advisor explaining grant management systems for Romania's first national ERDF Operational Programme.
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Independent review of the ‘Assessment of Development Results’ (ADR) report concerning UNDP activities in Bosnia & Herzegovina.
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Mapping and analysis of UNDP contributions to Lithuania’s national development achievements between 1991 and 2004.
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Concept design for strategic UNDP grant funding scheme supporting NGOs in Lithuania designed to fill gaps in EU aid.
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Rural Community Development Officer and LEADER Local Action Group grant manager at a government enterprise agency in the Loch Ness area of Scotland.
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Co-founding Director of the Lithuanian NGO Visuomenes Pletros Centras (Centre for Development Society).
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NGO Board Member on the SHIRLIE Project providing supported employment places for adults with special needs.
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Charity Treasurer and Work Camp Leader for The University of Edinburgh's Overseas Development Charity.