Curriculum Vitae

PERSONAL
INFORMATION
First name / Surname Polina Panainte
E-mail polina.panainte@gmail.com; polina@e-democracy.md

EDUCATION AND
TRAINING
Dates 26/09/2011 – 30/09/2012
Title of qualification Master of Science in Public Policy
awarded
Name and type of University College London
organisation providing School of Public Policy
education Gower Street
London WC1E 6BT
UK
Principal subjects covered Public Policy Economics and Analysis; Public Management; Making Policy Work; Qualitative
Research Methods; Quantitative Research Methods; Holding Governments to Account;
Theories and Actors of the Policy Process;
Dissertation Factors that determine legislature's performance in budgetary oversight: An analysis of the
Moldovan Parliament

Dates 01/09/2008 – 07/07/2010

Title of qualification Master in Political Sciences
awarded
Name and type of Moldova State University
organisation providing Mateevici 60, Chisinau (Republic of Moldova)
education
Dissertation Security Issues at Black Sea

Dates 01/11/2008 – 03/07/2010

Title of qualification Graduate of the Moscow School of Political studies
awarded
Name and type of Moscow School of Political Studies (Advanced Political School)
organisation providing Staropimenovsky pereulok 11/6, Moscow, Russian Federation
education and training
Principal subjects covered International politics; Foreign Affairs; Security issues; Russia and International Economics;
Post-soviet politics and development; Social and cultural issues around post-soviet countries.

Title of qualification Bachelor in Political sciences

awarded
Name and type of Moldova State University
organisation providing Mateevici 60, Chisinau (Republic of Moldova)
education and training
Dissertation Women as political leaders in the conditions of Republic of Moldova. Realities and Perspectives

WORK
EXPERIENCE
Dates 19/11/2012 – present
 Occupation or position Expert/ Project Coordinator
held
Name and address of Association for Participatory Democracy ADEPT
employer
Type of business or sector ADEPT is an independent centre of analysis and consultation on the decision-making, political,
Electoral and socio-economic processes in the Republic of Moldova and in the wider region.
ADEPT’s mission is to promote the democratic values and support active participation in public
affairs

Dates 01/11/2009 – 30/08/2011

Occupation or position Researcher
held
Name and address of Institute for Public Policy (IPP Moldova),
employer Puskin 16/1 Street, Chisinau
in joint projects with Geneva Center for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces (DCAF);
SOROS Foundation; Center for European Security Studies; Council of Europe.

Dates 11/04/2011 – 25/09/2011

Occupation or position Assistant to the National Participation Council
held
Name and address of East Europe Foundation Moldova
employer
Type of business or sector Civil society advisory body to the Moldovan Government which facilitates the involvement of all
interested stakeholders in designing, implementing, monitoring, evaluation and updating of
strategic planning documents.

Dates 01/05/2009 – 30/07/2011

Occupation or position Program Officer
held
Name and address of NATO Information and Documentation Center in Moldova
employer Banulescu Bodoni 2A, MD 2009 Chisinau (Republic of Moldova)
Type of business or sector NGO established by the NATO Public Diplomacy and Moldovan Ministry of Foreign Affairs

ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION
Languages Romanian – native
English – advanced
Russian – upper intermediate

Publications • TRANSPARENCY IN THE DECISION MAKING OF THE CENTRAL PUBLIC

ADMINISTRATION AUTHORITIES: January – December 2013, published by ADEPT in
2014, Author

• EUROMONITOR, Quarterly reports developed by ADEPT and Expert Grup on

Government’s performance in fulfilling Moldova-EU Action Plan, 2013, 2014, Author

• MANAGEMENT OF THE GOVERNMENT’S RESERVE FUND IN THE FIRST HALF OF

2013, Evaluation report published by ADEPT in November 2013, Author

• PERFORMANCE IN DELIVERING LOCAL PUBLIC UTILITIES, article in “Governance and

Democracy” analytic magazine. No.1 (11) 2013, Author

• LOCAL PUBLIC UTILITIES IN MOLDOVAN CITIES AND MUNICIPALITIES: A

PERFORMANCE REPORT, 2013, Author, ADEPT and Romanian Institute for Public Policy,
The Black Sea Trust for Regional Cooperation, a project of German Marshall Fund
• FIGHTING CORRUPTION IN EASTERN PARTNERSHIP COUNTRIES: VIEWS FROM THE
CIVIL SOCIETY, 2011, Author, prepared within the project “Civil society participation in
policies to combat corruption in the Eastern Partnership countries”, Black Sea Trust, a project
of the German Marshall Fund of the United States

• PERSPECTIVES FOR MOLODOVA'S PARTICIPATION IN THE COMMON SECURITY

AND DEFENCE POLICY OF EUROPEAN UNION, 2011, Author, IPP and Soros Moldova

• INTERNAL SECURITY SECTOR REFORM IN THE REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA: NEEDS

AND CHALLENGES, 2010, Author, Report of the Institute for Public Policy of Moldova and
Geneva Centre for Democratic Control of Armed Forces DCAF

• LESSONS LEARNED FROM MOLDOVA’S PARTICIPATION IN PEACE SUPPORT

OPERATIONS, 2010 (article for DCAF publication Young Faces Conference 2010,
Switzerland)

• MOLDOVAN ELECTORAL PRACTICES – BETWEEN EUROPEAN STANDARDS AND

AUTHORITARIAN TRADITIONS (article-presentation on the European Conference
‘Democracy and Electoral standards: Challenges to Europe’, Council of Europe, Ukraine);

• MOLDOVA STRUGGLING BETWEEN DEMOCRACY AND AUTHORITARIANISM.

POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS AFTER APRIL 05 ELECTIONS (article for ‘LIBEL’ magazine
of the International Federation of Liberal Youth, Netherlands);

• WOMEN AS POLITICAL LEADERS IN MOLDOVA. REALITIES AND PERSPECTIVES.

(article for ‘Anale Stiintifice’, Scientific Magazine of Moldova State University);