RESUME
NATALYA KORCHAKOVA
Permanent address:
12 Geroev Truda, ap.458
Kharkov 310168 Ukraine
Phone/Fax: +380 44 2699670
Mobile + 38 (067) 5703971
Emaill: nata@iatp.kiev.ua; myland@iatp.kiev.ua
SIGNIFICANT EXPERIENCE
January 2000 - present
Project Manager
Project" Informational Support for Land Reform in Ukraine"
Informational consulting on land reform in Ukraine. Coordination
and liaison of initiatives of different organizations to provide
informational campaign supporting the land property transformation
in Ukraine by raising public awareness on land reform-related issues,
creating comprehensive on-line resource on land reform in Ukraine
http://www.myland.org.ua/ Working closely
with Presidentional Committee on Agricultural Policy, Ministry
of Agricultural Policy, Ministry of Natural Resources and Ecology, international
projects funded by British Know-How Fund, SIDA, USAID and different Ukrainian
NGOs.
2000 -2001
Fellow, Center for Policy
Studies, Open Society Institute
Producing policy products for Open Society Institute
in the field of land reform, public participation encouraging the
development of program strategies for the Soros foundations network
1998 -1999
Project Manager
Project “Establishing an electronic networking system
to encourage land privatization and development in Kharkov Region,
Ukraine”
Providing detailed assistance, knowledge and resources
encouraging the implementation of land reform in Ukraine. Information support
given to the land privatization issues.
Project management including project planning, budgeting,
evaluation and monitoring and community outreach.
1998 FSA Fellow
April -June
Loyola Marymount University
School of Business Administration
Research on the support to SME by governmental
and non- governmental organizations, visiting different organizations promoting
small business. Special attention is given to real estate in regards
to land issues.Participating in Real Estate Finance Conference, visiting
real estate companies, collecting and developing materials on land reforming
issues
December 1997 April 1998
Consultant, for USAID-contractor, Ukraine
Project "Land Sales to Enterprises in Ukraine"
Assistance with land sales to enterprises, creating and
maintaining
database, consulting to enterprises, organizing seminars,
meeting
local officials, managers, mass media.
Responsible for all financial reports, worked as a liaison
between American management and local executives.
October 1997 December 1997
Project Assistant, Newbiznet USAID, Ukraine
Assisted with publication and implementation of a new
finance reporting system, accounting software and the conversion of the
Ukrainian Accounting System to International Accounting Standards, editing
and personal assistance to the Project Manager.
AWARDS
2000 International Policy Fellowship Open Society Institute,
East-European headquarters of Soros Foundation, Hungary
1999 International Policy Fellowship Open Society Institute,
East-European headquarters of Soros Foundation, Hungary
1999 Grant for Professional Development International
Research&Echange Board
1998 Award for Entrepreneurial Excellence Loyola
Marymount University, USA
1998 Freedom Support Act Fellowship in Contemporary Issues
Sponsored by the United States Information Agency and administered
by the International Research&Exchange Board
EDUCATION
2000-1997
Academie de Lyon, Universite Claude Bernard -Lyon 1
Diplome d'Universite de 3eme cycle en Gestion de
l'Environnement avec mention bien
(Postgraduate Degree in Environmental Management from
Claude Bernard University)
1994-1997
Kharkov Municipal Academy
Postgraduate Study in mechanical engineering
Certificate of Completion with all excellent notes
1994
Kharkov Polytechnic University
Honors Diploma in Mechanical Engineering.Diploma was
presented in English
SPECIAL TRAINING
Nobember 2000 & January 2001 Budapest, Hungary
World Bank Seminar on Urban Planning and City Management
Certificate of Completion
October 2000, Budapest, Hungary
Marketing for Nonprofit/Advocacy Organizations
Seminar organized by the International Management Center,
Budapest
June 2000 Budapest, Hungary
Public Policy Paper Development Course, Hungary with
Canadian professional trainers/professors in policy issues
June 2000 Koszeg, Hungary
Summer School in European Studies led by prominent Western
academicians
July 2000, Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine
Summer School in Organizational Development organized
by Consortium for Enhancement Management Education with participation of
Polish, American and Ukrainian trainers
Diploma of competion
April 2000, Kharkov, Ukraine
Seminar in Marketing Consortium for Enhancement Management
Education, Polish and Ukrainian trainers
Certificate
March 2000 Warsaw, Poland Diploma
Training Course in Sociology organized by Public Opinion
Research Center, the Institute of Philosophy and Sociology and thhe Polish
Academy of Sciences
1999 Kyiv, Ukraine
Course in Land Appraisal in Ukrainian context organized
by International Center of Privatization,
Investment and Management, State Committee on Land
Resources of Ukraine,
Certificate of Land Appraiser
1999 Budapest, Hungary 4 workshops on Internet
and Web Design
1997 Los-Angeles, USA
Real Estate Finance Course from Loyola Marymount University,
USA
MEMBERSHIPS
GIS-Association of Ukraine
League of Professional Women, Ukraine
All-Ukrainian Union of Informational Specialists of Agro-Industrial
Sector
ADDITIONAL SKILLS
Languages: Russian, Ukrainian, English, French
Computer literacy- excellent
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