Sabiedriskās Politikas Centrs Providus

Fundraising, project management, communications, new media

2003-presently

Centre for Public Policy PROVIDUS, fundraising and communications

2000-2002

Soros Foundation - Latvia (SFL), development, launch and management of politika.lv project within
the SFL Public Policy Development Programme

May-October 2002

Web-design company  „Interneta Dizains”, sales and marketing manager

1995-1998

National Human Rights Office, media and public affairs manager

1993-1995

Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Senior Desk Officer, 1st Multilateral Department

2010

2006


2005

Training on communications and advocacy for representatives of PASOS network members in London, UK

Presentation of politika.lv e-consultations experience at a regional UNDP staff training seminar in Talllinn,
Estonia, organised by the e-Governance Academy of Estonia and UNDP

Media/public affairs training for employees and volunteers of AIDS Prevention Centre of Latvia, on behalf
of the UNDP Office in Riga

2004, 2005

Consultant/trainer on web-based content management and on-line consultations for the Environmental
Action Network for Central Asia and Russia (CARNET) in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan, on behalf
of the UNDP regional Centre in Bratislava

2000-2001

Member of Inauguration Committee of the Riga Graduate School of Law, responsible for Media
and Public Affairs management of the inauguration events

June 2000

Media and Public Affairs training for the management and staff of Riga Graduate School of Law

July 2000

Media Training for a Latvia’s Association for Family Planning and Sexual Health “Papardes zieds”
project, Dobele, Latvia

April 1999

Media and Public Affairs Consultant, Human Rights Centre in Chisinau, Moldova, on behalf of the UNDP
Office in Chisinau

2005

Salzburg Seminar Session 426 „Beyond E-Government: Government for the Third Millenium”, Salzburg, Austria

2000

Bachelor of Business Adminstration (Magna Cum Laude), International University, Geneva, Switzerland

1998

Regional Media and Public Affairs Workshop in Jakarta, Indonesia, organised within the auspices of the
The Asia Pacific Forum of National Human Rights Institutions

1997-1998

Undergraduate studies at the University of Latvia, Department of Political Science

1996

27th Study Session of the International Institute of Human Rights, Strasbourg, France

1993

Intensive human rights training course in Sherbrooke, Canada, organised annually by the Canadian
Human Rights Foundation

2006 – 2010

Board Member, 2008-2010 Chair of the Board, Latvian Non-governmental development
organisations Platform (LAPAS)

2002 - presently

Co-founder/shareholder and Board Member (2002-2004, 2006-2009) of Centre for Public Policy PROVIDUS

Latvian – mother tongue, English – fluent (reading, writing and speaking), Russian – good (speaking and reading), French, Swedish – basic command