Gillian McCormack

Gillian McCormack is the Training Coordinator of the NEEDS Project, preparing election experts and Long-Term Observers for their role in European Union Election Observation Missions. She has around 18 years of professional experience in training design and coordination and is a specialist in media frameworks for elections and media monitoring methodologies. She led 12 media monitoring missions during elections in the former Soviet Republics for the European Institute of Media and participated in four EU EOMs as Media Expert. Prior to joining the NEEDS team, she was Director of Development and Team Leader for an EU technical assistance project for the media in the Russian Federation. Gillian holds a PhD in Russian media development and has published extensively in the field of elections and media.

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