Specialist area/proposed role: NGO and community development specialist, self-government specialist, local fundraising specialist, trainer of trainers, consultant, evaluation expert

Date of birth:	15.09.1969
Nationality:	Ukrainian
Civil status and number of dependents:	Married, two children

Education:

Institution:	Azov Regional Institute of Management, Ukraine
Date: from/to (month/year):	September 1, 1999 – currently (fifth year student)
Degree: BA	Subject area: Law
Institution:	Uzhhorod National University, Ukraine
Date: from/to (month/year):	September 1, 1987 – May 31, 1993
Degree: Specialist	Subject area: History, History Teaching

Language skills: Indicate competence on a scale of 1 to 5 (1: excellent; 5: basic)

Language	Reading	Speaking	Writing
Ukrainian	1	1	1
Russian	1	1	1
Slovanian	2	2	2

Membership of professional bodies:

• Charity Foundation “Counterpart Creative Center”, Deputy to Head of the Board of Directors, member of the training-consultative quality committee, Kyiv, 1998 - current.
• Trainer Association of Ukraine: initiator in 2002, regional representative since 2003.
• Charitable Foundation "Center for Public Initiatives", Head of the Board of Directors, Perechin town, 1997 – current.

Other skills: Computer Skills (Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Windows 95/98), experience in project proposals writing, conducting local fundraising campaigns, community development.
Present position: Head of the Board of Directors, Charitable Foundation "Center for Public Initiatives", Perechin town.
Years within organization: 6

Key qualifications
Leading trainer of trainers. Lead 7 training schools with more that 130 trainers trained in Ukraine, Belarus, Georgia, Armenia. Leading trainer on community development and citizen engagement on local level, consensus building and working of community with local government.
Certificate of consultant, Process Consulting (Russia), Kyiv, 1998;
Certificate of trainer, Indiana Training Exports, Inc., Indiana, USA, 1996.
Certificate of “Local Community Development” expert, California University, Chico, USA, March 2001.

Successfully completed the following courses, seminars, training of trainers (TOT) and programs:

• Series of training on mastering professional skills from Counterpart Creative Center, 1996-2004;
• TOT (advanced level) on Monitoring and Evaluation, Participatory Approaches, Citizen Engagement (UK, Russia), 2004;
• TOT (advanced level) on Fundraising techniques (CAF Russia), 2004;
• TOT on Introduction into Election Campaign, NDI (USA), 2001;
• TOT on NGOs and Election, NDI (USA), 2001;
• Project Evaluation School, Siberian Center of Public Initiatives (Russia), 2001;
• TOT on NGO Governance, “Partner” Foundation (Russia), 2000;
• TOT on Legal base of Fundraising, CAP (USA), 2000;
• Training on Foundations of Leadership, Lion Society (Ternopil), 2000;
• TOT on Public Relations, Siberian Center of Public Initiatives (Russia), 1999;
• TOT on Effective Communication, Partners for Democratic Change (Czech Republic), 1998;
• TOT on Advocacy, Lobbying and Coalition Building, CVU (Ukraine), 1998;
• TOT on Advocacy, Bulgaria, 1998;
• TOT on NGO Governance and Team Building, CAP (USA), 1998;
• Certificate in Governance and NGO Management, (Switzerland), Kyiv, 1998
• TOT on Program Evaluation, Process Consulting (Russia), Evaluation Trust (UK), 1998;
• TOT on Leadership, CAP (USA), 1997;
• TOT on Consulting Skills, Process Consulting (Russia), 1997;
• Certificate on NGO Management fellowship, Indiana Training Exports (USA), 1996;
• Certificate on TOT in Adult Learning, Indiana Training Exports (USA), 1996;
• Certificate on TOT in Enterprise Development, Alaska Initiatives (USA), 1996;
• TOT on NGO Enterprise Development, Alaska Initiatives (USA), 1996;
• TOT on NGO Management, CSC (USA), 1996;
• TOT on Project Design, CEDPA (USA), 1994.

Experience of conducted trainings:

• 1994 - currently - training NGO representatives;
• 1995 - currently - joint training for representatives of all three sectors in the society;
• 1999 - currently - teaching at the NGO Trainer School of Counterpart Creative Center; Experience of conducting training in the CIS member states.
  Experience of development of 35 training modules.
  Total experience of conducted trainings – more than 200 trainings in Ukraine and abroad.
  Training specialization: Training of trainers, training on strategic planning, organizational development of NGOs, local fundraising, local self-government.
• Leading trainer within the partnership project “Toloka” aimed at development of local community initiatives. Closely working with the community in Kamianets-Podilskyi, consulting community on self-government, advocacy and lobbying of interests, needs assessment, mobilization of community resources, strategic planning issues, etc, 2002-2003.
• Training, consulting NGOs in the Western Ukraine region within several programs funded by Counterpart Alliance for Partnership, British Council, and others, 1995 – 2002.

Professional experience record:

Date from (month/year) Date to (month/year)	Location	Company	Position
1997 – currently	Perechin, Uzhhorod region, Ukraine	Center for Public Initiatives	Head of the Board of Directors
Description
Responsible for strategic governance of the organization, organizational development, fundraising, human resource management, external relations, etc. Governing 26 projects of "Center for Public Initiatives", funded by Counterpart Alliance for Partnership (CAP), Carpathian Foundation, TACIS, American Chamber of Commerce, (117,000 UAH total), Perechin town, 1997 – 2002.
Date from (month/year) Date to (month/year)	Location	Company	Position
2002-currently	Perechin, Uzhhorod region, Ukraine	Perechin regional state administration	Deputy
Description
Responsible for social sphere of Perechin regional state administration: education, medical sphere, work with youth, etc. Actively work in the sphere of social partnership between business sector, government and civil society organizations, community development.
Date from (month/year) Date to (month/year)	Location	Company	Position
2002 - currently	Perechin, Uzhhorod region, Ukraine	Perechin regional state administration	Head of the Active Deputy Committee of Education, Culture, Health Protection
Description
Responsible for youth policies and public relations affairs in the rayon
Date from (month/year) Date to (month/year)	Location	Company	Position
1994 – 1996	Uzhhorod, Ukraine	Transcarpathian Youth Democratic Union	Head of Oblast Organization
Description
Responsible for social protection of youth, lobbying and advocacy of their interests, first of all of Transcarpathian Youth Democratic Union members’
Date from (month/year) Date to (month/year)	Location	Company	Position
1994-present	Perechin, Ukraine	Secondary school of I-III level	History teacher
Description
Responsible for development and teaching history courses for high school students.
Date from (month/year) Date to (month/year)	Location	Company	Position
1991 – 1994	Perechin, Uzhhorod, Ukraine	Perechin regional organization of Transcarpathian Youth Democratic Union	Head of Regional Organization
Description
Responsible for social protection of youth, lobbying and advocacy of their interests, first of all of Transcarpathian Youth Democratic Union members’
Date from (month/year) Date to (month/year)	Location	Company	Position
1991-1994	Perechin, Uzhhorod region, Ukraine	Perechin regional state administration	Head of Youth and Family Affairs Department
Description
Responsible for coordination of the Youth and Family Affaires Department

Contact information:
Ukraine
Zakarpattya oblast, Perechin
Pl. Narodna, 21, apt. 1.
Tel/Fax: (03145) 2-22-63; ( 03145) 2-27-15, (03145) 2-27-15
Е-mail: vishnjak@perechin.uz.ua