Tetyana Kovtun
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2005 – 2006 International Policy Fellow
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Professional Qualifications
Graduate
training
in policy
analysis and political science;
Drafting
policy
papers and
organization of policy campaigns;
6-year
experience
with project
management;
Data
collection
and analysis
skills (SPSS, SAS);
Geographic
Information Science
(ArcView);
Strong
computer
skills: MS
Office, ArcVIEW, SAS, SPSS, ProCite,
Internet research;
Languages:
fluent
English,
Ukrainian, Russian.
Education
2004 Master
of Public Policy, Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota
(Concentration:
advanced policy analysis methods); Muskie
Fellow
(Professional Paper: “Consequences of Emigration for Labor Markets in Ukraine”)
2001 MA
in Political Science, Honors Diploma, Kyiv
Mohyla Academy (Master’s Thesis
“Introducing
Policy Analysis Methods in the Government of Ukraine”)
1999 BA
in Political Science (Minor: Sociology), Kyiv Mohyla Academy (Bachelor
Thesis
“Prospects for Administrative Reform in Ukraine”)
Professional Experience
Center for Civil Service Institutional
Development, Main
Civil Service Department of Ukraine
(July 2004 to present)
Deputy
Director
- Coordination
of policy research at the Center;
- Supervision
in the field of functional reviews;
- Coordination
of international cooperation;
- Drafting
Civil Service Law.
Minnesota Population Center (July 2003 to June 2004)
Research
Assistant
- Prepared
documentation and harmonize data for variables
relating to means-tested programs and poverty in the March Current
Population
Survey;
- Inventory
variables and harmonized output in the March
Current Population Survey, 1962-2003, for inclusion in the Integrated
Public
Use Microdata Series of the CPS
(IPUMS-CPS)
Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs (September
2003 to
present)
Teaching
Assistant
- Microeconomics for Public Policy and Planning graduate
students
RAND Corporation
(May 2003 to July 2003)
Intern
- Collected
data on emigration from Ukraine
- Conducted
content analysis of legislation and regional and
national press
- Visualized
data on impact of emigration
- Research on impact of emigration on sending regions.
Canadian Ukrainian
Immigrant Aid Society, Kyiv (October 2001 to June 2002)
Regional
Representative
- Established
regional representative office in Ukraine
- Developed
advertising campaign throughout Ukraine’s regions
- Created
and
maintained data base of potential applicants
- Track emigration related legislation in Ukraine
International Centre
for Policy Studies, Kyiv (October 1998 to Sept 2001)
Project
Coordinator
- Coordinated
training projects for Members of Ukrainian
Parliament and Accounting Chamber (training visits to European
legislative and
Supreme Audit Institutions)
- Assisted
in
organization of activities of Coordination and
Analytical Center of Ukrainian Business Associations
Translator/interpreter
(Ukrainian/Russian – English)
- Translation
of various documentation for ICPS projects
- Research on impact of emigration on sending regions.
- Simultaneous interpretation.
Ukrainian Investment
Newspaper, Kyiv
(Sept 1997 to October 1998)
- Column
editor - international stock markets
Ukrainian Institute
for Social Studies/Social Monitoring Center, Kyiv (December 1995 to Sept 1997)
Research assistant
- Data entry
and analysis on sociological and marketing surveys
- Reports
and presentations on results
Professional courses
2001 The Use of Social
Science Tools for Policy
Analysis: Six-week training for Ukrainian social scientists and public
officials (RAND-Europe)Introduction to Financial Audit and Performance
Audit in
the National Governments (Supreme Audit Institutions, National
Parliaments of
EU, RAND-Europe)
1999 Introduction to
Financial Audit and
Performance Audit in the National Governments (Supreme Audit
Institutions,
National Parliaments of EU, RAND-Europe)
Awards and Presentations
- The Invisible Foot. The Impact of Migration on Ukraine's Regions.
Presentation at the 9th Annual World Conference of Association for
Studies of Nationalities (Columbia University, NY, April 2004)
- Teaching Assistant of the Year Award (Humphrey Institute of
Public Affairs, 2003 - 2004)
- Muskie fellowship.
Extracurricular
activities
Coordination of
international fellows' activities at the Humphrey Institute
Member of the Student Council at the National University of Kyiv Mohyla
Academy
Swimming