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First name(s) / Surname(s) Olga Rujanschi

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E-mail olga@enable.md
Nationality Moldovan, Romanian
Date of birth 12/07/1988
Gender Female
Education and training
Dates 10/2010 – 07/2012
Title of qualification awarded Master’s Degree
Principal subjects/occupational Transatlantic Studies MA programme, English track.
skills covered Field of study: International Relations and European Studies.

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Babes - Bolyai University, Faculty of European Studies, Department of American Studies,
Accredited Public University.
Em. de Martonne nr. 1 Street, 400090 Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
Graduate, Master Studies (120 ECTS credits).

Dates 10/2007 – 07/2010

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Bachelor's Degree
BA in International Relations and European Studies.
Major: International Relations and European Studies.
Babes - Bolyai University, Faculty of European Studies, Department of International Relations,
Accredited Public University.
Em. de Martonne nr. 1 Street, 400090 Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
Undergraduate.

Trainings and Certificates

Dates - 6/2019 – 6/2019, Alumni of the Transatlantic Inclusion Leaders Network (TILN 2019), Brussels, Belgium
/ German Marshall Fund of the United States (GMF)
Principal subjects/occupational skills - 7/2017 – 7/2017, Professional Certificate, Digital Community: Security, Information and Economy,
covered WEASA 2017, Warsaw, Poland / Certificate of satisfactory completion, College of Europe Natolin Campus,
the German Marshall Fund of the United States (GMF), the Polish-American Freedom Foundation (PAFF)
- 7/2016 – 7/2016, Professional Certificate, Professional Certificate in Policy Implementation and
Evaluation International Centre for Parliamentary Studies, London, UK / Certificate of satisfactory
completion of the training course for Professional Certificate in Policy Implementation and Evaluation
- 3/2016 – 3/2016, Professional Certificate, Results Based Management (RBM) Rightshouse/SIDA,
Swedish Embassy in Chișinău, Moldova. Certificate of satisfactory completion of the training course for
Results Based Management
- 10/2013 – 10/2013, Professional Certificate, Training in Regulatory Impact Analysis (RIA) Jacobs,
Cordova and Associates; LUISS Carli University, Rome, Italy. Certificate of satisfactory completion of the
training course for Regulatory Impact Analysis
- 4/2013 – 4/2013, Training of Trainers, BRIDGE training, Gender dimension and elections module
UNDP/CEC, Chisinau, Moldova Certificate of satisfactory completion of the Training of Trainers, BRIDGE
training, Gender dimension and elections module.
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21/02/2019 - present
Managing Partner
Managing the activity of Enable – a fundraising agency, which assists NGOs, companies and individuals with great
ideas to build their projects and find the right funding to implement them. Project conceptualisation, project writing,
project management, business planning, liaising with donor organisations in country, regionally and internationally.
Enable is a mission-based company, and we help design creative projects, coherent with the development needs
of Moldova, making sure that all the projects we choose are socially responsible. Our mission is to ensure that
available funding reaches the people that can do most with it in terms of social and developmental impact.
Enable, Bucuresti 67 Street, 2nd floor, Chisinau, MD-2012, Republic of Moldova,
www.enable.md, (+373) 022 21 21 05
Consultancy and Fundraising Agency
20/05/2017 - 21/02/2019
Fundraiser strategist and independent media development consultant
Design and implement media development strategies and concepts, fundraising activities, project proposal writing,
project implementation follow-up, project reporting, liaise with development partners, coach on institutional
communication, negotiations and pitching modalities, design and implement resilient and financial self-
sustainability tools.
Jurnal TV media outlet, Columna 170 Street, Digital Park, Chisinau, MD-2071, Republic of Moldova
www.jurnaltv.md, Adrian Buraga, Director, adrian.buraga@jurnaltv.md Phone: (+373) 68 302088
Independent media
9/09/2012 – 22/02/2017
Adviser to the Deputy Speaker of the Parliament of the Republic of Moldova (Mrs. Liliana PALIHOVICI) /
09/2015 – 03/2016 – shared duties of adviser and Chief of Staff.
Holding this position, my major activities were focused around helping the Deputy Speaker of the Parliament to run
her activity smoothly. Research, policy briefs, analysis, drafting legislative bills and making ex-ante/RIA analysis
for potential legislative modifications. Set up, launched and coordinated events and ensured the Secretariat of the
Common Dialogue Platform for Women MPs from the Parliament of the Republic of Moldova (first Moldovan
women`s caucus - 21 MPs). Organized public debates, trainings, conferences with national and international
stakeholders, development partners. Speech writing, public appearances` and events` coordination,
media/communication/social media content providing, scrutiny and maintenance. Drafted bills and did research on
the most important societal issues, political, and economic, national and international developments. Daily
monitoring of TV shows/programmes on political, human rights and gender equality matters, daily digest of online
news content. Since 2013, coordinated the Deputy Speaker`s activity as Head of National Delegation to the
Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe: 4 sessions annually PACE reports analysis, speech writing,
country progress reports` drafting, press-releases, liaison between national MFAEI and CoE bodies, drafted the 1st
comprehensive report on Parliamentary Immunity in all 47 CoE member states, contributed to various publications
regarding gender equality matters and women in politics` empowerment. Parliamentary focal point to coordinate
the implementation of UNDP Democracy Programme/Parliament 2012 - 2016. Civil Society liason and
Parliamentary focal point with national/international CSOs, conceptualized, initiated and organized annual CSO-
Parliament cooperation conferences. Ensured efficient multi-stakeholder crisis management, under daily high
pressure and volatile government changes. Set-up and coordinated Global Organisation of Parliamentarians
Against Corruption (GOPAC) Moldova National Chapter within the Moldovan Parliament.
Parliament of the Republic of Moldova, www.parlament.md, Facebook: Liliana Palihovici,
palihovici.liliana@gmail.com, +(373) 795 27 999
Governmental
28/04/2014 – 6/06/2014
Legislative Fellow /Legislative Fellowship Programme Spring 2014 cohort,
Hawaii State Senate, Honolulu, HI and Washington D.C., U.S.A.
Throughout the legislative fellowship attended official events, fact finding visits in the main State institutions and
facilities, legislative activities in the Senate during the month of May 2014. Contributed with research in drafting
some bills to be introduced in the upcoming autumn legislative session by the Senator Chun Oakland. Attended
state level legislative events, door-to-door electoral activity maintenance with the Senator and her staff, took part
in various programmes with main HR NGOs, Women's Caucus.
American Councils, Legislative Fellowship Program, administered by the Bureau for Cultural and
Educational Affairs, within the U.S. Department of State.
American Councils for International Education: ACTR/ACCELS
1828 L Street N.W., Suite 1200 Washington, D.C. 20036, +1 202-833-7522, http://www.americancouncils.org/
Office of Hawaii Senator Suzanne Chun Oakland

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Professional societies and Networks`
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Mother Tongue
Other languages
English
Russian
Italian
Alisha Leisek, Office Manager, 415 S Beretania St RM 226, Honolulu, HI 96813, a.leisek@capitol.hawaii.gov,
+1-808-586-6130, http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/
Governmental
14/06/2011 - 04/09/2012
Customer Service Analyst for Russia & CIS region, Middle East and the UK
Managing the business accounts, supervising and intermediating the international trade deals with the regional
managers for each region covered and customers, managing queries, crisis management and problem solving.
EMERSON, Emerson 4 Street, Cluj-Napoca 400641, Romania, Phone: +40 374 132 000.
Multinational Corporation, global technology and engineering leader.
1/10/2008 - 1/07/2019
Research Fellow, Department of Peace Operations (DPO)
Programmatic research in the Department of Peace Operations, in the area of Mediation, Peace Making and Peace
Process Support. DPO works upon request from conflict parties and local, national and international organisations
and agencies to support violence prevention, peacebuilding, mediation, and post-war recovery
Peace Action, Training and Research Institute of Romania (PATRIR), str. Ion Ghica 30, CJ 40036, Cluj-
Napoca, Romania, Phone: +40 (0)264 420 298, kai.f.brandjacobsen@gmail.com, www.patrir.ro
Non-governmental, non-profit, politically independent organization.
Team work: I have extended experience of working in many international, multiculturally and ethnically diverse
teams. I have supervised the Deputy Speaker of Parliament`s Staff; Focal Point for Parliament – UNDP Democracy
Programme; coordinated the work of 22/21 Women MPs in the Parliament; Focal Point Parliament – CSOs
(hundreds of people, nationally and internationally). Crisis management skills; mediating and negotiating skills;
organisational and institutional diplomacy.
I have organized the series of annual national Parliament – Civil Society Cooperation Conferences since 2012 –
2016 (200 – 500 people attended). I have organized all the public debates held on Women MPs` Platform in the
Parliament. I have organized thematic crisis management or negotiating events with Government, Parliament,
national and international development partners. I have organized international events hosted by Parliament with
PA NATO, OSCE, PACE, CoE, EP, EC, various EU parliamentary groups` representatives.
Competent with MS Office; HTML; Oracle; Canvas; CRM; Social Media tools.
- Contributed to drafting and editing the first Parliamentary gender audit report, launched in October 2015,
pertaining to Parliament of the Republic of Moldova -
http://www.md.undp.org/content/moldova/en/home/library/effective_governance/auditul-de-gen-in-cadrul-
parlamentului-republicii-moldova-spre-d.html
- Contributed to researching and drafting the PACE report on Parliamentary Immunity, Doc. 14076 from June,
6th 2016 - http://assembly.coe.int/nw/xml/XRef/Xref-DocDetails-en.asp?FileID=22801&lang=en
- Contributed to editing the Parliamentary informative bulletins (2014 – 2017) -
https://issuu.com/parlamentinfo/docs/buletin_parlament-info_nr1-2014_rom/62 /
http://www.parlament.md/Home/BuletinParlamentINFO/tabid/217/language/ro-RO/Default.aspx
- Member of Moscow School of Political Studies` Alumni Network (2010 -2012);
- Member of European Institute of Political Studies from Moldova`s Alumni Network (2013);
- Member of U.S. State Department's International Exchange Alumni Network (2014);
- Member of Vilnius Young Leaders` Network (EESC, 2017);
- Warsaw Euro-Atlantic Summer Academy Alumni Network (College of Europe, GMF, 2017);
- Transatlantic Inclusive Leadership Network (TILN) 2019 Alumni, German Marshall Fund.
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