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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  • 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.

 

  • EU Structural Fund advisor explaining grant management systems for Romania's first national ERDF Operational Programme.

 

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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.

 

  • 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). 

 

  • NGO Board Member on the SHIRLIE Project providing supported employment places for adults with special needs.

 

  • Charity Treasurer and Work Camp Leader for The University of Edinburgh's Overseas Development Charity.

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