Specialist area/proposed role: Trainer, NGO Director, specialization civic education, lobbying and local self-government

Education:

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

Membership of professional bodies:

• Charity Foundation “Counterpart Creative Center”, member since 2002
• Trainer Association of Ukraine: member and regional representative since 2002

Other skills: Computer Skills (Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Windows 95/98/2000), experience in project proposals writing, facilitation of round tables, focus groups, etc.

Present position: Executive Director, Charity Foundation “Maibuttia”, Lviv.

Years within organization: 5

Key qualifications

Experience of work in the public sector since 1999. 10 years of successful work with children in the sphere of civic and national education, protection of their rights and history teaching. In 2000 received an honor of Ministry of Education of Ukraine for the success of gymnasia in the ІІ-nd National Conference for School Seniors “Ukraine - UN. Step in New Millennium” – UN Model. Expert in conducting training on lobbying of interests of students, teachers and NGO representatives.

Certificate of trainer, NGO Trainer School, Counterpart Creative Centre, 2000.

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

• Series of training on mastering professional skills from Counterpart Creative Centre, 2000-2004;
• TOT (advanced level) on Monitoring and Evaluation, Participatory Approaches, Citizen Engagement (UK, Russia), 2004;
• TOT (advanced level) on Fundraising techniques (CAF Russia), 2004;
• Series of training on research methodology, Kyiv International Institute for Sociology, 2003
• ТОТ “NGO Governance”, BoardSource (USA), RC “Gurt”, 2003;
• ТОТ “Specifics of the Government Structures in Ukraine”, Institute of Civil Society, 30.09-01.10.2002;
• ТОТ “Peculiarities of Local Self-government in Ukraine”, Institute of Civil Society, 12-14.04.2002;
• TOT on Introduction into Election Campaign, NDI (USA), 2001;
• TOT on NGOs and Election, NDI (USA), 2001;
• Training “Aspects of Ukrainian Legislation as to Voter Mobilization”, Institute of Civil Society, independent experts on NGO legislation in Ukraine, 2001;
• Training “Work with Mass Media”, ВВС, England, Kyiv, 2001;
• TOT on Legal Base of Fundraising, CAP (USA), 2000;
• Training “Relationships of NGOs and Mass Media”, Counterpart Alliance for Partnership (USA), 2000;
• Training “Development of Fundraising Campaign within Internet”, British Council, Ukraine, 2000.

Series of professional trainings for CCC trainers on such topics as “PR technologies during Election Campaign”, “Effective NGO Governance”, “Project Management”, “Human Resource Management”, “Monitoring, Evaluation and Report Writing”, “Coalition/Association Building“, “Conflict Resolution. Conflict Science”, “Project Design”, “NGO Management”, “Financial Management”, “Strategic Planning”, etc.

Experience in conducting trainings:

Experience in conducting trainings since 2001 for students, NGO representatives, civic educators in Ukraine. The overall number of conducted trainings is more than 80 in different regions of Ukraine.

Experience of conducting trainings/consultations on the human rights, lobbying and advocacy of Ukrainian civil society interests:

• Conducted more than 30 trainings within the programme of Counterpart Alliance for Partnership, such as:
  • “Using Your Rights You Do Not Harm Anyone”, school students, Lviv, December 2000;
  • “Basics of Democratic Society in Ukraine”, school students, Lviv, January-February 2001;
  • “Are the Rights of Children Protected in Ukraine?”, school students, Lviv, February-March 2001;
  • “Introduction to the Election Campaign”, CAP grantees, Zaporizhzhia, September 2001;
  • “Basics of Election Technologies in the World and in Ukraine”, students of colleges, first voters, Lviv, December 2001-February 2002;
  • “Public Protection”, CAP grantees in Lviv, Volyn, Zaparpattia, Ternopil, Ivano-Frankivsk, Rivne, Lviv, 2002, peculiarities of citizen protection within election campaigns;
  • “Voter Mobilization”, CAP grantees, Western regions, Lviv, March 2002, peculiarities of mobilization technologies within election campaigns.
• “Importance of the Course on Child Rights in a School”, school teachers, DFID project, Lviv, May 2001.
• “Basics pf Self-government”, self-government representatives, Perechin (Zakarpattia), TACIS programme, June 2002.
• “Our Rights and Their Protection”, NGO leaders, Sokal’ city, July 2002.
• “Human Rights. Rights of Children”, school students, Lviv, British Council programme, December 2002.
• “Practical Rights”, school students, Lviv, British Council programme, March 2003.
• Experience of conducting trainings/consultations on the NGO organisational development:
• Conducted series of trainings within Counterpart Alliance for Partnership programme on “Project Design”, “NGO Management”, NGO representatives, CAP grantees, Western regions of Ukraine, 2000-2001.
• Conducted series of trainings "Project Design” within ACTR/ACCELS programmes, 2001.
• Conducted series of trainings “NGO Management”, “Fundraising” for representatives of National Assembly of Invalids of Ukraine, 2002;
• Conducted training “Strategic Planning” within partnership project “Toloka” (aimed at the development of local community initiatives), Chernivtsi, April, 2003.

Professional experience record:

Researches

• Research of consumer advantages of Ukrainian citizens that reside in small towns, Consulting Company “Business-Expert”, field work in Lviv, 2002.
• Research on development and needs of NGOs in Ukraine, UCAN, Ch. St. Mott, field work in Lviv oblast, 2001-2003.
• Conducting focus groups and preparing focus groups report, Lviv, 2001 -2002

Honours

• Honor and premium from the Oblast Education Department for preparation the students for Olympiad, Lviv, May 2003;
• Valuable present from Lviv Oblast Administration for organizing and conducting regional conference “UN Model through the Eyes of Students”, November 2002;
• Thank You Letter from the principal of Lviv National University named after I. Franka for the successes in teaching history, October 2002;
• Honor from the Lviv City Mayor for preparation the students for Olympiad, February 2002;
• Honor from Ministry of Education of Ukraine for the successes of the Classical gymnasia team during the ІІ-nd for School Seniors “Ukraine - UN. Step in New Millennium” – UN Model, June 2000;
• Honor from the Lviv City Mayor for preparation the students for Olympiad, February 1996;
• Honor from the Oblast Education Department for preparation the students for Olympiad, Lviv, May 1994.

Contact information:

Lviv, prospekt Chervonoyi Kalyny 97/66, 79049
Tel. (032) 237-23-18, 237-21-68, fax (032) 237-23-18,
Е-mail: zaluzhnyy@maibuttia.lviv.ua, pavlovych@ukr.net