Facilitating the expansion of the Global Libraries Program from 68 libraries in the Pilot phase to 600 public libraries; Creating and managing new library initiatives, such as Innovative Library Service Grants, Librarian Travel Fund, Library Service Replication Fund; Initiating and managing partnerships with national and international organizations (private, public, and NGOs). Supporting and encouraging the development of local partnerships between libraries and local organizations; Developed the Department Strategy, Work plans and Budgets, tested and adapted them on the go; Created efficient communications systems with librarians and partners.

Provided input for project proposals (activities, competitor analysis, budgets and PMP); Organized New Business Development Conferences; Liaised with Government, NGO, private sector key partners; Negotiated Letters of Support with implementing partners; Recruited the local project team; Provided support to the CNFA New Business Development Teams’ missions to Moldova.

Provided input for project proposals; Conducted Stakeholder Analysis; Conducted various research; Data collection and analysis; Negotiated Letters of Support with potential implementing partners; Negotiated Letters of Commitment with potential key staff; Ran local staff recruitment (from job ad to signing Letters of Commitment); Coordinated and organized the CNFA HQ New Business Development Teams' missions to Moldova.

Managed an independent office team, reporting to CNFA Washington, DC. Oversaw activities that helped about 75 host organizations; Expanded the F2F MD program to Transnistria, the frozen conflict area of Moldova; Guided and directed the assignments of 150 short term volunteer experts; Oversaw the development of 150 Scopes of Work for the volunteer assignments; Initiated and developed relations with partners at all levels, from Ministry of Agriculture, International Donor Organizations, Banks and Micro-Lending institutions, farmers organizations, input supply cooperatives, production and processing units, Universities etc; Developed annual work plans and budgets, reported to HQ and USAID local Mission. Responsible for project finance management and reporting; Managed the Human Resources component of the project.

Chaired the monthly Club Officers Meetings; Chaired the Events Committee Meetings; Mentored the newly elected Vice President for Education; Maintained membership steady growth; Maintained contact with the club sponsors (mentors); For four consecutive years, ensured the club earned the President's Distinguished Club Award – the highest possible award reflecting membership growth, progress in educational programs and accuracy of reporting to Headquarters. Mentored club members and officers. Organized Special Events: Christmas Party, Picnics with contests, games, and guests from both Toastmasters Clubs from Moldova; Organized visits of Chisinau Toastmasters Members to other clubs.

Contributed to the organization of the Club Charter; Contributed to the organization of the first International Speech Contest in Chisinau, with guests from Toastmasters Ukraine (prepared agenda, planned and attended Contest Organizing Committee meetings supervised the logistics, ensured sponsorship for the event); Planned the club's weekly meetings (prepared agenda, communicated with members, etc); Planned, organized and participated at Club monthly Officers meetings;

Identified 15 partner organizations. Developed 12 Project Strategies for partners working in the High Value Agriculture Sector; Developed 38 Expert Mission Terms of Reference on a variety of subjects: association development, business management, marketing management, production and processing technologies, harvesting and post-harvesting technologies, strategy development, action planning, conducting feasibility studies, insurance practices, etc; Developed 10 Project Impact Assessments; Managed about 40 expert missions: conducted briefing and debriefing sessions, arranged mission logistics, recruited translators and drivers, collected data for reports, arranged the mission schedules, provided the beneficiary with reports and recommendations Provided on-the-job training to newly hired Project Coordinators and Translators; Contributed to the program semi-annual and annual reporting; Maintained permanent contact with project stakeholders.

Supervised the creation of the Training Department. Organized Training of Trainers cycles, acted as co-trainer. Coordinated the training activities for 30 member-organizations: planned, organized and evaluated at least 150 training sessions for a total of 2,500 participants (local, regional and national level); Collected and summarized quarterly reports of the member organizations; Offered training to regional organizations in Participatory Extension Planning and Extension Methods; Contributed to the development of the Farmer Profile Database: selected the programming company, negotiated the technical details, informed and trained regional advisers on database working principles; Lead the Youth Professional Development Program (one-year internship program for young professionals). Monitored training activities and evaluated their impact.

General economics, Executive MBA

International Economic Relations Department, International Economic Relations Management