CURRICULUM VITAE IEVA LAZAREVICIUTE

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1 CURRICULUM VITAE IEVA LAZAREVICIUTE Department of Public Administration Kaunas University of Technology Donelaicio 20, 3000, Kaunas, Lithuania Tel. ( ), EDUCATION PhD MPA BS in BA WORK EXPERIENCE March 1998 to present September September 1999 July 1, March, 1998 May July 1996 August 1995 June 1997 January April 1995 March 1994 July 1995 Doctoral student in Public Administration, Kaunas University of Technology, Kaunas, July 1998 to present. Dissertation topic: Politicoadministrative relations in Lithuanian central administration. To be defended in summer University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, USA, Sponsored by ACTR/ACCELS as Edmund S. Muskie fellow. Business Administration, Kaunas University of Technology, Kaunas, Thesis Information Systems and Information Flow Analysis in Kaunas City Municipality. Lecturer, Department of Public Administration, Kaunas University of Technology. Representative for International Relations, School of Administration, Kaunas University of Technology. Researcher, Research Group Coordinator, Department of Public Administration, Kaunas University of Technology. Management Intern, Mid-America Regional Council, Kansas City, MO, USA. Research Assistant, Department of Public Administration, University of Kansas, Kansas, USA. Project Analyst, Analysis of the Structure and Recommendations for Reorganization, Kaunas City Municipality. Administrative Assistant, USBF, Kaunas Municipal Training Center. ADVISORY EXPERIENCE Local governance and community development June, 2003 November 2002 December 2000 to present Expert, UNDP SURF Community of Practice initiative. Responsibilities included writing a paper on internal structures of local government institutions and the assessment of their impact on the performance local authorities and sustainable local governance development. Presentation on the basis of this paper was delivered at UNDP Community of Practice workshop in Zagreb (CRO). Expert, UNDP regional initiative Creating Conditions for Building and Implementing Sustainable Local Development Responsibilities included writing a policy paper on legal and policy frameworks for improving the quality of management and administration at national and local levels and their relevance to local development and its presentation at a UNDP regional workshop in Nowe Rumunki (PL). Lead partnership consultant on institution building and strategic 1

2 December 2001 to October 2002 November December 2000 January - March 1998 January 1998 January 1999 November - December 1997 June 1996 Institution building/ administrative capacities March 2003 to present planning, Baltic Rural Partnership Programme, Department for International Development, UK. Responsibilities include the development of the methodology for the introduction of EU sustainable local development practices in Lithuania, facilitation and training of the local area partnership groups, building linkages among the communities, partnership groups, local authorities and national government institutions (LT, LV, EE) Lead consultant, Supporting civic initiatives: local strategy development for Baltijsk, Kaliningrad region, RU. National Endowment for Democracy initiative. Responsibilities include situation analysis and development of the local environment favourable for introduction of participatory decisionmaking system in Baltijsk municipality through education of local officials and mentoring of the local community groups. (RU) Leading consultant, Strengthening local governments and NGOs in Kaliningrad region, RU, National Endowment for Democracy initiative. Responsibilities included the analysis of training needs in Kaliningrad NGOs ands local government institutions, the development of a sustainable training programme and building the team of trainers to deliver the programme (RU). Senior analyst. Marijampole City Physically Disabled Needs analysis and preparation of the Program for Social Support Center development Responsibilities included analysing the needs of the disabled in Marijampole district, the development of the strategy for establishment of the Social Support Centre and assistance to the local initiative group in preparing funding application. (LT). Consultant, National Democratic Institute and National Endowment for Democracy project Building citizen participation in local decisionmaking: citizen committees in Jonava, Alytus and Ukmerge Responsibilities included facilitation and mentoring of local citizen committees development and assistance in strategic planning sessions in the three cities in Lithuania (LT) Research group director and main analyst. Service Provision Recommendations and Service Needs Analysis for Social Welfare Department of Kaunas Municipality. Responsibilities included organising a survey and analysing the needs of the socially excluded in Kaunas city and the development of recommendations as regards social services provided to them by Kaunas local authority. (LT) Economic Development Incentives. Standards. Recommendations for Kansas City (US) Metropolitan Area, Mid-America Regional Council. Responsibilities included analysis of the economic development incentives used in the American twin cities, e.g. Minneapolis and St Paul, MN and elaboration of recommendations for Kansas City, KS and Kansas City MO (US) Lead expert and lead trainer, NISPAcee/UNDP MATRA regional initiative Building advisory capacities in European integration Responsibilities include project design, needs analysis, contribution to the development of a handbook for institution building experts and training programme design and implementation of training programmes throughout the CEE and CIS. 2

3 February 2000 to present September 1999 February 2000 January - April 1999 July January 1998 July January 1998 July 1996 May 1996 September December 1995 January - April 1995 January - April 1995 Evaluation March 2001 to November 2002 October April 1999 May 1998 October 1999 Lead expert and lead trainer, NISPAcee/UNDP regional initiative Building indigenous policy advisory capacities in CEECs and CIS. Responsibilities included project design, needs analysis, contribution to the development of the policy advisor handbook and training programme design and implementation of training programmes in Almaty (KZ), Cluj (RO), Kyiv (UKR) and Bratislava (SK). Local expert on institution building, EU/PHARE Support to European Integration and Legislation project (LT) Local expert SIGMA project Analysis of Civil Service and State Administrations in Central and Eastern European Countries Applying for Accession to the European Union (LT) Research Group Coordinator. Analysis of PA Trainer potential in Lithuania creation of the database of PA trainers. EU/PHARE technical assistance project in support of public administration reform in Lithuania. (LT) Research Group Coordinator. Analysis of PA training system in Lithuania. EU/PHARE technical assistance project in support of public administration reform in Lithuania (LT) Introducing 401k plan in Mid-America Regional Council: recommendations for personnel strategy (US) Public Administration Training System Targeted to Prepare Cities for Privatisation, Recommendations for Kansas City, KS, Mid-America Regional Council (US) HUD (public housing department) under federal reform. Kansas City, KS, USA (US) Analysis of the Structure and Recommendations for Reorganization, Kaunas City Municipality (LT) Information Systems and Flow Analysis in Kaunas City Municipality (LT) Local team leader, Evaluation of foreign donor Technical Assistance Projects in civil service training, project funded by Open Society Institute Local Government initiative and responsible for EU/PHARE & TACIS assistance comparative evaluation (LT, RO, UKR, HU) Local expert, EU/PHARE Evaluation Exercise: Influence of PHARE programme in support of European Integration processes in Lithuania. European Commission DG 1a Local expert, EU/PHARE Evaluation Exercise: Influence of PHARE programme in support of Public Administration Reform in Lithuania. European Commission DG 1a TRAINING EXPERIENCE January 2001 to present October 1998 to present October 2001-June 2002 October 1998 May 2000 Over 100 training events and facilitated strategic planning sessions with the local partnership boards Svencionys and Ukmerge, LT and Baltijsk, Kaliningrad region, RF. 4 seminars to public officials, topic Principles of Public Administration, 4 seminars to public officials, topic Planning Professional Development, Municipal Training Center, Kaunas University of Technology Lead trainer in Almaty, KZ, seminar How to be a better policy advisor, training team co-ordinator in Cluj Napoca, RO and Odessa, UA 3 seminars to top civil servants, topic Competitive tendering and 3

4 May-June 1999 January March 1999 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT June 1997 to present MEMBERSHIP SKILLS Contract Management, Lithuanian Institute of Public Administration (previously - Public Administration Training Centre), Ministry of Public Administration Reform and Local Governments. 2 seminars to public officials and NGO leaders in Kaliningrad region, RF, on Personnel management and development 5 seminars/consultations to minority NGOs representatives in Visaginas, Lithuania on Personnel management and development and Development of project proposals Participation in various training of trainers and training of advisors events as well as international conferences by European Evaluation Society, European Public Administration Network, Network of Institutes and Schools of Public Administration in Central and Eastern Europe. Muskie Alumni Association. Founding member. Since November European Public Administration Network, Doctoral Network coordinator, Since June International Scholars Honor Society, ΦΒ. University of Kansas Chapter. Lawrence, KS, USA. Since December The National Honor Society for Public Affairs and Administration, ΠΑΑ. May Languages: Fluent in Lithuanian, English, Russian Good knowledge of Polish, Spanish and Slovak Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Access, other. PUBLICATIONS Articles I. Lazarevičiūtė, Valstybės tarnautojų profesinio lavinimo planavimas, Viešųjų institucijų valdymas Kaunas: Technologija, 1999, p I. Lazarevičiūtė, A.J.G. Verheijen, EU Enlargement and the Open Society Agenda: efficient and effective government, LGI Policy papers, Budapest, 2000 I. Lazarevičiūtė, A.J.G. Verheijen Organising policy advice delivery in CEECs, red. Verheijen T Politico administrative relations: Who rules? NISPAcee, 2001 Lazareviciute I., J. Poniskaitis, J. Tirviene, Politico administrative relations: the case of Lithuania, red. Verheijen T Politico administrative relations: Who rules? 2001, NISPAcee, pp

5 I. Lazarevičiūtė Politico administrative relations under coalition governments: the case of Lithuania, ed. Laszlo Vass, B.G. Peters, T. Verheijen, Politico-administrative relations under coalition governments (expected publication date: 2003) I. Lazarevičiūtė Highlights of the Reform in post-soviet Countries, Local Government Brief, LGI:Budapest, summer 2001, pp Conference papers I. Lazarevičiūtė, E. Chlivickas Teaching Public Management in Lithuania, NISPAcee summer school papers, 1999, pp I. Lazarevičiūtė, The Concept of Embeded Autonomy in Lithuanian Public Administration, red. R. Jucevičius, Tarptautinės konferencijos The Role of Social Sciences... Selected paper, Vol. 1, Kaunas: technologija, 1999, p I. Lazarevičiūtė Analysis of Lithuanian Civil Service Performance, Sociologija: praeitis ir dabartis, Kaunas: Technologija, 1999, p Internet I. Lazarevičiūtė Analysis of Civil service and State Administration in Lithuania, 1999, oecd.org/puma/sigmaweb I. Lazarevičiūtė Inventory of Civil Service Training Systems and Key Institutions in Europe 2001, EPAN, Manuals Contributor to Grochowsky, M. and M. Ben-Gera (eds.) How to be a better policy advisor?, 2002, NISPAcee/UNDP Contributor to UNDP RSC How to make local development work, Bratislava, September Lazareviciute I. Training manual for policy advisory course, 2003, NISPAcee/UNDP 5