E-mail: daced@uclink.berkeley.edu

Research interests and skills

Research interests:  Nation-building, European integration, identity and belonging, spatial and temporal aspects of “transition” in Eastern Europe, development.

Area:    Europe, specifically Eastern Europe.

Technical skills: Management of technical assistance projects – design, implementation, budget development and expenditure monitoring, reporting; monitoring and evaluation of technical assistance projects – design of performance indicators, participatory evaluation exercises, training.

Computer skills: Microsoft office: Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Access; Internet Explorer; Netscape Navigator; FileMaker Pro.

Languages:   Latvian – mother tongue
    English – advanced
    Russian – advanced
    Spanish – beginner level

Education
 
Department of Anthropology, University of California in Berkeley
 PhD Program in social cultural anthropology          09/02-

Draper Interdisciplinary Masters Programme in Humanities and Social Thought,
New York University, New York                                          09/00 – 05/02
 Fulbright student, GPA – 4.0

External (distance learning) Programme in Development Studies, Edith Cowan University,
 Perth, Australia                                                                       01/97-12/99
 Post-graduate diploma

Upsala College, East Orange, New Jersey                             01/91-10/94
 BA in Anthropology and Political Science
 Summa Cum Laude

Honors and Awards

Departmental award, Department of Anthroplogy, UC Berkeley, 2002-2003
Berkeley Program for Soviet and Post-Soviet Studies Award, UC Berkeley, 2002-2003
Global Supplementary Grants Program, Soros Foundation, 2002-2003
Fulbright scholarship, U.S. State Department, 2000-2001
Full tuition award, New York University, 2000-2001
Summa Cum Laude, Upsala College, 1994
Robert Wharton Prize for Academic Excellence in Anthropology, Upsala College, 1994
Academic excellence award for graduating seniors, Upsala College, 1994
Full tuition award, Upsala College, 1991-1994
Professional training

The Evaluators’ Institute, Washington D.C.                                          August 1998
 Using Qualitative Methods in Evaluation
 Graphical Displays for Communicating Evaluation Results
 
International Training Centre in Turin, ILO, Turin, Italy                     December 1999
Management of Technical Cooperation Projects

Consultancies and short-term assignments

Consultant, National Human Development Report Unit
 United Nations Development Programme, New York, NY               June 2002
 
Develop guidelines for National Human Development Report Awards in the following areas: quality of analysis, innovation, policy impact.

Consultant, National Human Development Report Unit/ Buerau for Development Policy,
United Nations Development Programme, New York, NY                        October 2001

Thematic review of National Human Development Reports (NHDRs) on HIV/AIDs with the following bjectives: (1) to outline the relationship between human development and HIV/AIDS; (2) to provide a critical overview of HIV/AIDS analysis, and policy recommendations found in National Human Development Reports; and (3) to outline guiding principles for treatment of HIV/AIDS from the human development perspective in NHDRs.

Consultant, National Human Development Report Unit, United Nations
Development Programme, New York, NY                               June 2001

Thematic review of National Human Development Reports (NHDRs) on poverty with the following bjectives: (1) to outline the human development approach to poverty; (2) to provide a critical overview of poverty analysis, measurement tools and methodology, and policy recommendations found in National Human Development Reports; and (3) to outline guiding principles for treatment of poverty from the human development perspective in NHDRs.

Consultant, United Nations Development Programme, Riga, Latvia                             May 2001

Content review and editing of a textbook on human development in Latvia

Work experience

Project Manager, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Riga, Latvia                        10/97-09/00

Management of development assistance projects (design, implement, monitor, mobilize resources) in the areas of social integration, poverty eradication, public administration, civil society development, and local government affairs, including:
A USD 7,000,000 multi-donor initiative supporting the implementation of Latvia’s National Programme for Latvian Language Training
The first comprehensive poverty assessment in Latvia employing qualitative research methods and focusing on non-income related aspects of poverty (social exclusion, gender and poverty, health, education) leading to development of a National Poverty Reduction Strategy
Support to the development of a comprehensive policy programme for integration of society to reduce gaps between different social and ethnic groups, and between individuals and the state

Promotion of policy dialogue with government and non-government counterparts on substantive policy issues, as well as on the transparency and inclusiveness of the policy making process, including
Organization of a national public debate on the programme for integration of society
Advocating development of a multi-sectoral and multi-dimensional poverty reduction strategy

Design of monitoring and evaluation methodology, including qualitative and quantitative performance indicators

Programme Finance Assistant, UNDP, Riga, Latvia                                          10/96-09/97
Monitor budget and expenditures
Develop financial databases
Manage donor contributions
Prepare financial reports

Administrative Assistant, UNDP, Riga, Latvia                            02/96-09/96
Personnel management
Management of office supplies
Travel management
Preparation of annual living conditions reports

Publications

Dzenovska, D. 2001. Globalizacijas legitimitates krize.  (Legitimacy crisis of globalization). In politika.lv.  06.02.02
Dzenovska, D.  2001. Politiskie mezgli eiro pavediena. (Political hurdles on euro’s path).  In Diena. 25.01.02
Dzenovska, D., Trumm, A. & van Koesvald, E. (Eds.) 2000. Poverty in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, UNDP, Riga, Latvia.
Dzenovska, D. 2000. Mobilization of Financial Resources. In Integration of Society in Latvia, Naturalization Board & OSCE, Riga, Latvia.

Major speaking engagements and conferences

Guest lecturer, Poverty and Gender in Gender and Development course, University of Latvia, Riga, Latvia, April 2000
Organizer and Moderator, International Conference on Poverty Reduction in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, Riga, Latvia, February 2000
Lecturer, Integration of Society in Latvia, Talsi Secondary School, Talsi, Latvia, February 2000
Lecturer, Mobilization of Financial Resources, Conference on Integration of Society in Latvia, January 2000, Ligatne, Latvia
Facilitator, working group Social Impact of Transition, UN day conference for youth, October 1999, and October 1998, Riga, Latvia
Lecturer, Poverty dimensions, Spidola  Secondary School, Latvia, fall 1999
Facilitator, Seminar Monitoring and Evaluation, NGO Centre Riga, Latvia, fall 1999.
Guest lecturer, UN globally and locally, Graduate Programme in Health Promotion and Education, School of Public Health, spring 1997
 
Memberships

American Anthropological Association, Latvian Association of Anthropologists

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