IRĪNA IVAŠKINA Title: Ms. Citizenship: Latvia Mobile Phone: (+371) 28252237 Email: [email protected] EDUCATION Riga Stradins University Riga, Latvia September 2008 – Master’s Degree of Social Science in Politics, Academic study program: International Relations Riga Stradins University Riga, Latvia September 2003 - June 2007 Bachelor’s Degree of Social Science in Politics, Academic study program: International Relations- European studies Academic papers: Latvian development cooperation policy towards Georgia (2005) European Neighbourhood Policy towards Georgia: opportunities and constraints (2006) Georgia’s social identity in relationship with the EU and Russia after the Rose revolution (2007) WORK EXPERINCE Latvian Transatlantic Organisation (LATO) Riga, Latvia February 2008 – present Project Manager Main responsibilities: project management; public relations; communication with international partners; office work. Main projects: Riga Conference (2008, 2009, 2010) www.rigaconference.lv Public discussion “NATO’s Future: A Baltic View” (June 1, 2010, Riga) Akhaltsikhe International Security Seminar 2008 (November 24-26, 2009, Tbilisi, Georgia) Association ‘’Georgian Youth for Europe’’ Rustavi, Georgia July 2007 – January 2008 European Volunteer Service, Volunteer Main responsibilities: Education of youngsters about the EU and NATO; Promotion of the “Youth in Action” programme among local youngsters; Assisting in implementation of projects. 1 Latvian Transatlantic organisation (LATO) Riga, Latvia September – December 2006 Project Assistant Main responsibilities: Coordination of the volunteers for the public diplomacy events (Riga Conference 2006, Young Leaders Forum 2006) during the NATO Riga summit 2006; Technical assistance in the organisation of the Riga Conference 2006 and Young Leaders Forum 2006 Latvian Platform for Development Cooperation Riga, Latvia April – June 2006 Research Assistant Main responsibilities: Assistance in organisation of the focus groups; Transcription of the texts; Conduction of the interviews with representatives of the NGO sector SUMMER SCHOOLS & SEMINARS 2010 29 June - 4 July – 3d International Black Sea Symposium organised by the International Centre for Black Sea Studies (Island of Aegina, Greece) 2008 July 11-20, 2008 – Summer School “Islam in Contemporary International Affairs” organised by the Azerbaijani Diplomatic Academy (Baku, Azerbaijan) July 2-8, 2008 – Danish Atlantic Youth Seminar (Aalborg, Denmark) April 1-5, 2008 – Young Atlanticist Summit (Bucharest, Romania) 2007 December 17-20, 2007 – seminar “Conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan: role of youth in conflict resolution”, organised by the Ministry of Youth and Sport of Azerbaijan (Baku, Azerbaijan); December 10-17, 2007 – NATO International School of Azerbaijan, Winter Session 2007, organised by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan (Baku, Azerbaijan); September 17-21, 2007 – seminar “Security, Democracy and Peace: Three Main Tasks of the Euro-Atlantic Community” organised by Armenian Atlantic Treaty Association (Yerevan – Kapan – Vanadzor, Armenia); August 13-26, 2007 – international youth camp “Under the same sky”, Latvian team leader (Gyumri, Armenia); June 17-20, 2007 – seminar “Five Years of NATO-Russia Council: Results and Prospects” organised by Russian Atlantic Treaty Association (Moscow, Russia); May 16-19, 2007 - NATO simulation SIMOTAN 2007 organised by Portuguese Youth Atlantic Treaty Association (Lisbon, Portugal); 2 April 27-29, 2007 - seminar NORSEC 2007 "Baltic regional cooperation - challenges and possibilities" organised by Estonian Atlantic Treaty Association (speaker), Tartu, Estonia; April 12-13, 2007 - NATO Spring Academy (Lviv, Ukraine); 2005-2006 September 10-17, 2006 - Seminar ''The Role of Civil Society in Democracy Building'' (Moldova, Chisinau); May 23-24, 2006 – NATO-Russia Rally (Pskov, Russia); May 1-3, 2006 – Vilnius Conference 2006 ‘Common Vision for Common Neighbourhood’, Youth Forum (Vilnius, Lithuania); August 14-28, 2005 – International School of Social Management and Civil Activities (Lithuania, Druskininkai) ELECTION OBSERVATION MISSIONS January 5, 2008 Presidential elections in Georgia Short-term observer (Tbilisi) European Network of Election Monitoring Organisations (ENEMO) May 9-14, 2007 Parliamentarian elections in Armenia Short-term observer (Yerevan) Federation of Youth Clubs – Armenia SKILLS Technical Skills: PC, Office 2007/2010, Internet Browsing programmes (IE, Google Chrome, etc), WordPress, Blogger Language Skills: Russian- native; Latvian – fluent; English- very good Social skills and competences: Team spirit; good ability to adapt to multicultural environments, gained though my work and travel experience abroad; good communication skills SOCIAL ACTIVITIES INTERNATIONAL NGO “BALTIC TO BLACK SEA ALLIANCE” October 2008 – present Founding member 3.