PROVIDUS - Reinis Aboltins

Reinis Aboltins

Researcher
Energy policy, Baltic Sea region strategic development, EU-RUssia relations

E-mail: reinis{at}providus.lv
Telephone: (+371) 67039251, 29218999

Areas of expertise

Energy policy, Baltic Sea region strategic development, EU-Russia relations

Professional experience

Since September 2009	Energy policy analyst, Centre for public policy PROVIDUS
January 2006 – August 2009	Project director, Baltic Communication Partners Ltd.
March 2005 – December 2005	Programme manager, UNDP Latvia
March 2003 – February 2005	Director, Social Integration Department, Secretariat for the Special assignments Minister for Social Integration
January 2002 – December 2004	National project director, UNDP Latvia
January 2002 – February 2003	Director, Social Integration Department, Ministry of Justice
December 2000 – November 2001	EU Phare project manager, Naturalisation Board
January – December 2000	Advisor on Minority Issues to the Head of the Naturalisation Board
October – December 1999	Senior expert, Naturalisation Board
July – September 1999	Researcher, Human Rights Institute, Faculty of Law, University of Latvia
September 1996 – October 1998	Advisor to the President of Latvia on Minority Issues and Human Rights, Chancellery of the President
July – September 1996	Translation project manager, R.I.O.S. Ltd.

Consultancy and teaching experience

2010	Baltic International Academy, European Studies Programme, author and lecturer of the course “International Human Rights, Contemporary Issues”.
2008	Baltic International Academy, European Studies Programme, author and lecturer of the course “Globalisation and the European Union”.
2001 – 2005	Riga Stradins University, Faculty of European Studies, author and lecturer of the course “International Human Rights and International Relations”.

Education and training

January – March 2000	Freedom House fellowship, Philadelphia Commission on Human Relations
1998 – 1999	E.MA. in Human Rights and Democratisation, University of Padova and Raoul Wallenberg Human Rights Institute at the University of Lund
September 1997	USIA and US state Department visiting fellowship “Managing Cultural Diversity on Federal and state Level” (Washington D.C., Memphis, San Diego, Chicago)
July 1997	OSCE Summer Academy, Peace Centre Burg Schlaining, Austria
September 1994 – March 1995	Department of Politics and Government, University of Wales, UK
July – August 1993	Department of Political Science, University of Umeå, Sweden
1992 – 1996	B.A. in Political Science, University of Latvia, Faculty of Philosophy and History, Department of Political Science

Community activities

Since 2008 APECEF (French School in Riga), member of the Board

Since 2005 Dialogi.lv, member

Language skills

Latvian – native; English, Russian – fluent; Swedish – beginner; French, German – basic knowledge.

Community activities

2009	founder of association „Sound Faculty”
2006 - presently	Member of Centre for Public Policy ROVIDUS
2002 - presently	Member of Transparency International – Latvia Chapter „Delna”