Development & Funding

Expertise spans public investment, sustainable finance and international development delivered through European Union, United Nations and other international funding and policy frameworks.

Services focus on identifying successful practice, communicating evidence and supporting policy learning across international, national and regional programmes covering climate action, food systems, nature, regional development, innovation and community resilience.

Professional experience extends across the full public investment cycle, including policy design, programme development, implementation, strategic communications, monitoring, evaluation, knowledge transfer and long-term learning. Expertise covers both grant funding and financial instruments, including loans, guarantees, equity investments and revolving finance.

Examples of work in Development & Funding

Strategic communications, knowledge management and evaluation supporting implementation of the European Union's €387 billion Common Agricultural Policy. Responsibilities include policy journalism, assessment of successful practice, knowledge products and communication of innovative approaches strengthening sustainable transition across agriculture, rural communities and the bioeconomy.

Detailed evaluation, knowledge management and communications supporting the European Commission's New European Bauhaus Prizes. Responsibilities include assessing pioneering projects, identifying successful practice and translating evaluation findings into knowledge that supports policy learning, innovation and wider replication across Europe.

Technical writing, editorial leadership and strategic communications supporting FAO Europe and Central Asia. Themes include climate action planning for the UN Food Systems Coordination Hub, food systems transition, and nutrition-sensitive value chains, as well as policy responses to conflict and resilience.

Strategic communications and editorial services supporting the UNDP Maldives programmes exploring how public finance, private investment and innovative financial instruments can work together to accelerate Sustainable Development Goal implementation within Small Island Developing States.

Lead Foresight study author and editorial leadership supporting the Standing Committee on Agricultural Research (SCAR), developing the narrative for future European investment priorities in resilient agriculture, healthy diets, circularity and food systems transformation.

European Investment Bank and European Commission fi-compass partnership project - promoting financial instrument capacity building activities for managing authorities of the EU funds investing in regions and islands, tourism and food, research, technology, and social capital.

FAO’s Consultancy Roster Affiliate Workforce as a International Technical Specialist on LEADER (Community-led local rural development) for a period of 3 years.

Financial instrument advice and support for strategic outreach campaigns by the Uzbekistan Ministry of Agriculture and Team Europe through the EU assistance for Uzbekistan Agri-Food Development Strategy 2020-2030 Agriculture Support and Knowledge Facility.

Case study material explaining practical uses of the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI), Investment Platforms and urban development initiatives.

Best practice analysis and reportage for the European Commission's LIFE financial instrument, including funding for wildlife conservation, development of ecotourism and other green businesses, waste management and pollution control, and the potential of using information and communication as effective sustainable development tools.

European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) Operational Programme Management for Scotland's Highlands & Islands region covering island groups, mountain ranges, tourist honeypots, urban zones, agricultural areas, forest plantations, fishing communities, heritage and nature assets.

Screening of complex territorial development funding proposals submitted to a call by the INTERREG Baltic Sea region programme. including local tourism initiatives, islands development planning, sustainable development, transnational cooperation, innovation, and social services.

Appraising the economic, social and environmental benefits from rural regions' development strategies submitted by LEADER Local Action Groups covering rural community development, locally-led tourism, short-supply chains for food & forestry products, cultural heritage, and more.

European funding help desk services advising on investment project planning, grant appraisal criteria, monitoring frameworks, partnership coordination, donor regulatory frameworks, evaluation techniques, programme and project absorption strategies.

Lithuania’s Ministry of Finance - long-term technical assistance for government managing authorities during Lithuania’s first national European Structural Fund Programme 2004-2006 supporting industry, tourism, environment, infrastructure, social capital, education, social inclusion, and innovation.

Communicating EU policy developments in result-based funding schemes for agri-environment payments.

Advisory services for the Joint Technical Secretariat of Latvia-Lithuanian Cross Border Cooperation Programme's 2014-2020 Operational Programme document.

EU Structural Fund advisory services explaining grant management systems for Romania's first national ERDF Operational Programme supporting industry, tourism, environment, infrastructure, and innovation.

Independent review of the ‘Assessment of Development Results’ (ADR) report concerning UNDP funding and development activities in Bosnia & Herzegovina.

Mapping and analysis of UNDP funding contributions to Lithuania’s national development achievements between 1991 and 2004.

Concept design for strategic UNDP grant funding scheme supporting NGOs in Lithuania designed to fill gaps in EU aid.

Rural Community Development services and LEADER Local Action Group management for a government enterprise agency in the Loch Ness area of Scotland funding bottom-up development, locally-led tourism, social services, cultural heritage, entrepreneurship, and youth.

Co-founding Directorship of the Lithuanian NGO Visuomenes Pletros Centras (Centre for Development Society).

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

Charity Treasury and Work Camp Leader services for The University of Edinburgh's Overseas Development Charity.