Team

Our Team Members

DR. HASRAT ARJJUMEND

DR. HASRAT ARJJUMEND

Chief Advisor

Areas of Expertise:

Governance of Natural Resources; Biodiversity Law and Governance; CBD/Nagoya Protocol and National ABS Laws; Access & Benefit Sharing (ABS) of Biological Resources; Resource Rights of Indigenous People; Customary Law & Indigenous Rights; Land Rights; Governance of Land & Water Commons; Commons Governance and Development; Common Property Resources: Rights & Claims; Grazing Lands and Common Property Resources; Grasslands and Restoration; ICCAs; Agroecology; Sustainable Agriculture; Organic Farming Systems; Agrobiodiversity Conservation; Forest Stewardship and Parks-People Interface; Participatory Forest Management; Wetlands Conservation; Natural Resource Management; Natural Resources Conservation in Mountains; Ecology & Ecosystem Science; Political Ecology; Mountain Environment & Conservation; Environmental Governance; Environmental Law & Policy; Sustainability; Sustainable Development; Watershed Development in Semi-Arid Zones; Water Use Efficiency; Participatory Irrigation Management; Land-Based & Forest-Based Livelihoods; Participatory Rural Development; Tribal Self-Governance; Local Self-Governance; Governance and Accountability; Community Institutions & Local Governance; Participatory Action Research; Research Methodology; Development Reporting; Communication for Development; Advocacy & Development Communication; Project Planning & Writing; Project Management; Process Writing & Documentation; Case Study Writing; Education & Capacity Building; Human Rights to Food & Water; Agrarian Laws; People-Centred Advocacy; Institution Building & Organizational Development; Progressive and Phased Capacity Building; Designing & Delivering of Trainings in Cascade Model; Curriculum Design and Course Writing & Development

DR. OLHA DONETS

DR. OLHA DONETS

Director & Legal Expert

Areas of Expertise:

Environmental Law; Agrarian Law; Agricultural Policy; Natural Resources Law; Biodiversity Governance; Sustainable Agriculture; Biofertilizers and Microbial Products Regulation; Soil Health Management; Environmental Policy; Ecological Sustainability; Natural Resource Management; Sustainable Rural Development; Agroecosystem Research; Legal Research and Academic Publishing

DR. PAVLO LENO

DR. PAVLO LENO

Board Member & Ethnography Expert

Areas of Expertise:

Ethnology and Anthropology; Oral History Research; Cultural Heritage and Heritage Governance; Intangible Cultural Heritage; Historical Memory and Memory Politics; Sovietization and Post-Soviet Studies; Borderland and Identity Studies; Ethnic and Minority Studies; Transcarpathian and Carpathian Studies; Community-Based Cultural Research; Cultural Landscapes; Heritage Documentation; Traditional Knowledge and Crafts; Holocaust and War Memory Studies; Cultural Policy; Academic Research and Capacity Building; Cross-Border Cultural Cooperation

DR. SOFIYA SHUTIAK

DR. SOFIYA SHUTIAK

Board Member & Legal Expert

Areas of Expertise:

Environmental Law and Governance; Agrarian and Land Law; Forest and Natural Resource Governance; Environmental Policy and Reform; Climate Change Policy; Biodiversity Conservation; Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA); Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA); Circular Economy; Sustainable Development; Public Policy Analysis; Governance Reform; Disaster Risk Reduction and Resilience; Recovery and Reconstruction Policy; Environmental Damage Assessment; Conservation Governance; Water and Fisheries Governance; Legal Research and Strategic Analysis; Capacity Building and Training; Advocacy and Environmental Communication

OLGA GUZHVA

OLGA GUZHVA

Board Member & Media Expert

Areas of Expertise:

Sociologist and Interdisciplinary Social Researcher with Expertise in Applied Sociology; Psychology; Social Research Methodology; Community Development; Civil Society Strengthening; Strategic Communication; Media Studies; Public Opinion Research; Psychosocial Resilience; Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL); Social Policy Analysis; Conflict-Affected Societies; Forced Displacement and Evidence-Based Programme Design; Experienced in Qualitative and Quantitative Research; Capacity Building; Stakeholder Engagement; Knowledge Management; Interdisciplinary Research; Humanitarian Development and Academic Contexts

LIDIIA POLNIUK

LIDIIA POLNIUK

Accountant / Financial Specialist

Expertise Areas:

Full-Cycle Accounting; Financial Management; Grant Financial Management; Budget Planning and Budgeting; Financial Planning and Forecasting; Financial Reporting; Donor Financial Compliance; Tax Accounting and Tax Planning; Payroll Administration; Banking Operations and Client-Bank Systems; Contract Administration; Resource Allocation and Financial Control; Internal Financial Controls; Accounts Management; Financial Transaction Processing; Public Sector and NGO Accounting; Grant Project Accounting; Audit Preparedness and Documentation Management; Compliance with Donor Financial Procedures; Administrative and Financial Coordination; Event Financial Administration

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