Curriculum Vitae
Nina S. Kolybashkina
St. John’s College, St. Giles, Oxford, OX1 3JP
Tel: 44(0)1189219072; Mob: 44 (0)7985949989 E-mail: nina.kolybashkina@sjc.ox.ac.uk
LANGUAGES:
Russian (native); English (fluent); Ukrainian (fluent); German (basic).
SUMMARY OF EXPERTISE:
Current research focus: participatory governance, community development, empowerment, social capital, civil
society, and civil society – state relationships. Extensive experience in project management (needs assessment,
design, fundraising, monitoring, evaluation, reporting). Thematic fields: civil society and democratic governance,
conflict prevention and transformation, NGO capacity building, community mobilisation, youth development,
non-formal education. Training expertise in project management, strategic planning, leadership and teambuilding,
tolerance education and conflict resolution. Related skills: socio-economic research (quantitative and qualitative
methods, participatory action research), statistical analysis (SPSS for Windows), public information (handouts,
presentations, press events) and design (Corel Draw, Photoshop).
EDUCATION:
UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD, DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL POLICY AND SOCIAL WORK, OXFORD, UK
(currently) Graduate Research Student (Ph.D. Candidate), October 2004-October 2007
Thesis title: “Reclaiming the civic power of communities through area-based regeneration policies:
comparative analysis of case studies from United Kingdom and Ukraine”
LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS AND POLITICAL SCIENCE (LSE), LONDON, UK
Hansard Society for Democratic Government, Research Scholars Programme, September –December 2003
UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD, DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL POLICY AND SOCIAL WORK, OXFORD, UK
Master of Science in Comparative Social Policy, October 2002-June 2003
UNITED NATIONS UNIVERSITY, INTERNATIONAL COURSES, TOKYO, JAPAN
Certificate, Armed Conflict and Peace Keeping; International Cooperation and Development, May-June, 2002
EUROPEAN PEACE UNIVERSITY, STADT SCHLAINING, AUSTRIA
Certificate, Advanced Study Program In Peace and Conflict Transformation, March-May, 2002
TAURIDA NATIONAL UNIVERSITY NAMED AFTER VERNADSKIY, SIMFEROPOL, CRIMEA, UKRAINE
Specialist Degree in International Economics and Finance, September 1996 – June 2001
WORK EXPERIENCE:
UNITED NATIONS INTERIM ADMINISTRATION MISSION IN KOSOVO (UNMIK) (Rahovec, Kosovo)
Local Municipal and Community Development Officer (UN Volunteer) (March – September 2004)
Building the capacity of municipal civil servants in planning and implementing social policy programmes,
including strategic planning and budgeting; liaison with other UNMIK pillar agencies and NGOs on the on-going
activities; work with the ethnic minority communities.
CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES (London, UK)
Research Assistant (October – December 2003)
Research for Operations Directorate and International Visits Team, including literature review on the future trends
for the charitable sector and comparative analysis of European charitable and not-for-profit legislation.
INTERNATIONAL NGO TRAINING AND RESEARCH CENTRE (INTRAC) (Oxford, UK)
Research Assistant (July – September 2003)
Research on the theory and practice of community development; library and Internet searches on NGO capacity
building and NGO Support Organizations in Central and Eastern Europe, and Central Asia; case-study of NGO
capacity building in Ukraine.
UNDP/UNOPS CRIMEA INTEGRATION AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME (CIDP) (Simferopol, Ukraine)
Social Projects Specialist (October 1999 – September 2001)
Managing CIDP projects in the area of social development (youth, culture, non-formal education) using
community-based approach; building the capacity of local voluntary organizations, community groups and other
local stakeholders of CIDP through training and consulting; coordination of partners activities; preparing activity
and financial reports; designing of promotional materials for resource mobilization.
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Focal Point for Youth (October 1997 – October 1999)
Establishing community youth groups and setting up the youth centres, assisting in designing viable work plans
and structured frameworks for the decision making, coordinate training seminars and workshops on relevant
topics, strengthening networking with national and European youth organizations.
Secretary/Interpreter (December 1996 – October 1997)
Project files maintenance, drafting and translation of official correspondence, handling missions and delegations,
interpreting, briefing materials for CTA, organizational support for training and public activities.
OSCE MISSION TO UKRAINE, OFFICE OF DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTIONS AND HUMAN RIGHTS
Assistant/interpreter for Election Observation Mission (March 1998, October 1999)
Mass media monitoring, collecting information about polling stations and election committees, organizational
support and interpreting.
VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS:
NGO CENTRE OF ETHNO-SOCIAL STUDIES, TAURIDA NATIONAL UNIVERSITY (Simferopol, Ukraine)
Projects Manager (2001- 2004)
Managing on-going projects in conflict prevention, tolerance education and good governance; fundraising;
research on conflict prevention strategies for Crimea and civil society development trends in Ukraine; organizing
and conducting training programs in tolerance education and community development.
NGO BAT SHALOM FEMINIST PEACE ORGANIZATION (Jerusalem, Israel)
Information Officer (2002)
Correspondence, publicity and information materials for peace demonstrations and vigils
NGO ASSOCIATION OF COMMUNITY YOUTH CENTRES “YOUTH FOR PEACE AND DEVELOPMENT”
Co-founder and Executive Director (1999-2001) (Simferopol, Ukraine)
Strategic planning, public relations and resource mobilization for the Association; design of information materials;
project proposals design and fundraising; conducting training programmes for youth leaders.
PRESENTATIONS AT CONFERENCES AND WORKSHOPS:
The role of foreign grant making in building civil society in Ukraine: case studies from UNDP, USAID
and IRF, Center for Charity Effectiveness, CASS Business School, February 14, 2006, London
Concepts of the Third Sector: The European Debate. Civil Society, Voluntary and Community
Organizations, ISTR/CRIDA, April 27-29, 2005, Paris, France
Civil Society and Community Development, INTRAC, April 18-20, 2005, Amman, Jordan
Wither Social Capital? Past, Present and Future, South Bank University, April 6-7, 2005, London, UK
Contesting Citizenship and Civil Society in a Divided World -ISTR's Sixth International Conference
Ryerson University and York University, July 11-14, 2004, Toronto, Canada
Empowering Youth in Non-violent Conflict Resolution, Reconciliation and Building Culture of Peace
UNOY Second Global Youth Peace Conference, May 2-15, 1999, Vught, the Netherlands
TEACHING AT SEMINARS:
Civil Society and Foreign Aid: The Case-Study of Ukraine, Salzburg Seminar International Study
Programme Course, February 23- March 1, 2006 Salzburg, Austria
Civil Society in Eastern Europe: The Case-study of Ukraine, Salzburg Seminar International Study
Programme Course, May 29-June 6, 2005, Salzburg, Austria
The Role of NGOs in Conflict Resolution: Case studies from Kosovo and Crimea, University of Konstanz,
Dep. of Politics and Management Training Course: ‘Post Conflict Reconstruction as Inter-Organisational
Management’, April 5, 2005, Vienna, Austria
Civil Society and Foreign Aid: The Eastern European Experience, Salzburg Seminar International Study
Programme Course, March 5-11, 2005, Salzburg, Austria
RESEARCH PROJECTS/PUBLICATIONS:
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Social Capital and Civil Society in the Making of Democracy in the Ukraine: a case-study of Orange
Revolution, ISTR/CRIDA, April 2005 http://www.crida-fr.org/03_actualites/streams.html
Reaching the equilibrium? State – third sector partnership in social services provision: a case study
analysis of current policies in England and Ukraine, ISTR Conference Occasional Papers, January 2005
http://www.jhu.edu/~istr/conferences/toronto/workingpapers/kolybashkina.nina.pdf
The interplay of religious and nationalist factors in interethnic situation in multiethnic Crimea, Ukraine, paper
prepared for St Ethelburga’s Center for Peace and Reconciliation, January 2004
Ethnic Clash Avoided: Crimea and the Crimean Tartars in: Anales del Museo Nacional de Antropología,
Vol. 10, No. 4/2004, Consejo Superior de Investigación Científica, Madrid. (with Bernd Baumgartl)
Comparative analysis of regulatory and enabling frameworks for charitable and wider not-for-profit sector in
England and Ukraine – exploring the possibility for policy transfer, research project for Hansard Society for
Parliamentary Democracy, December 2003
Roots and fruits of community development – literature review of theories and practices, Report for INTRAC,
September 2003, http://www.intrac.org/pages/exmob_empower.html
NGO-State cooperation in provision of social services: mechanisms & perspective, MSc Dissertation, University
of Oxford, June 2003
International technical assistance in Crimea: problems and perspectives, Tavrian National University
Occasional Papers, volume III, 2001
RELEVANT TRAINING:
Comprehensive Framework for Monitoring and Evaluation
NAVREME Knowledge Development, February 25 – March 3, 2002, Vienna, Austria
Civil Society and State: paths to cooperation
Council of Europe, European Youth Centre, September 22-29, 2001, Budapest, Hungary
Managing your message: project management and advocacy skills for NGOs
US Embassy to BiH, Office of Public Affairs, June 25 – 30, 2001, Jahorina, Bosnia-Herzegovina
Information and Active Youth Participation
Youth Express Network, European Youth Centre, February 18-25, 2001, Strasbourg, France
Managing Ethnic Diversity Study tour to Canada
Canadian Bureau for International Education, March 14- April 2, 2000, Ottawa-Montreal-Toronto, Canada
Youth leaders seeking ways of potential inter-ethnic conflict prevention
UNOY Foundation Seminar, 5-12 November, 1997, Livadia, Yalta, Crimea, Ukraine
Freedom Support Act Future Leaders Exchange Program
Morley-Stanwood High School, August 1995-July 1996, Michigan, USA
AWARDS
University of Oxford Clarendon Scholarship, September 2004 – September 2007
St Ethelburga’s Center for Peace and Reconciliation, Bursary in Conflict Transformation, January 2004
OSI/Hansard Society Research Scholarship, London, UK, September –December 2003
OSI/British Council Chevening Scholarship for studies in the University of Oxford, UK, 2002-2003
UNU Fellowship to attend UNU International Course in Tokyo, Japan, 2002
Austrian Foreign Ministry Award to fund the studies in Peace University, Austria, 2002
Future Leaders Exchange USIA fellowship to study in US high school, Michigan, USA, 1995-1996
REFERENCES
Mrs. Teresa Smith, Head of Social Policy Department, University of Oxford, UK
Mr. Yogendra Tripathi, UNMIK Municipal Representative, Rahovec, Kosovo
Mr. Chakib Belhassan, Portfolio Manager, UNOPS RESS, Geneva, Switzerland
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