Yll Buleshkaj

PERSONAL INFORMATION Yll BULESHKAJ Address: Rr. Ahmet Krasniqi 47, H9/39, Arberia, 10000 Prishtina (Kosovo) Tel. +377 44 232 224 +386 49 232 224 email: [email protected] Skype:yllbuleshkaj Sex Male | Date of birth 17/02/1979 WORK EXPERIENCE 10/03/2014–Present Deputy Chief of Party International Foundation for Electoral Systems - IFES, Pristina (Kosovo) ▪Major activities are the following: overseeing and coordinating key programmatic activities, including strategic planing, public information and training, electoral administration reform, and all other election reform related activities;• Provide advise to CEC/CECS and ECAP on good governance• Oversee short-term local consultants in election reform related efforts;• Provide significant assistance in research and training, including development of workplans, monitoring and evaluation plans and other key project documents;• Represent IFES in various forums, nationally and internationally; 09/2008–10/03/2014 National Program Officer Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe - Mission in Kosovo, Pristina (Kosovo) www.osce.org/kosovo -Develop and implement projects and provided advises in the fields of parliamentary support (minority parliamentary groups, women caucus, youth caucus),independent oversight board of civil service, political parties' development, civil society, youth sector, media and other independent institutions; -Establishing contacts/working relations with national and international partners, donors etc; -Executing logistical and financial arrangements for designated project; -Prepare assessments, reports, narrative and financial reports, etc. 02/2010–03/2010 UN Election Advisor for Country Office in Sweden UNDP-Iraq Iraqi Elections – Out of Country Voting, Stockholm, Sweden, Stockholm (Sweden) • Act as UN adviser on OCV implementation in host country; • Coordinate with the IHEC Country Office and host security officers and relevant local security forces to assist in the development of a comprehensive security plan for registration and polling in the area of responsibility (AOR); • Assist IHEC in the implementation of the OCV Programin the AOR and ensure that IHEC rules, regulations, and procedures are adhered to; • Travel to the Registration/Polling Sites to monitor OCV program activities and provide assistance where necessary; • Liaise with sub-national government authorities to facilitate implementation of OCV program in AOR; • Liaise with Iraqi community leaders in AOR as necessary; • Compile, draft and distribute regular progress reports for the Chief Technical Adviser; • Regularly brief the mission, donors, and key stakeholders on the electoral process. 04/2008–09/2008 Researcher/Analyst Kosovo Democratic Institute - KDI, Pristina (Kosovo) www.kdi-kosova.org •Analyzing political party electoral programs, •Compiling comprehensive reports on the work of MP in Kosovo assembly, •Compiling comprehensive comparative analysis ofpolitical party electoral programs vs. actual government program vs. citizen’sinterests (expressed through continuous polls). 11/2007–03/2008 Analyst Kosovar Institute for Policy Research and Development-KIPRED, Pristina (Kosovo) www.kipred.org • Co-organizing direct observation of electoral process; • Processing and analyzing reports from field observers; • Compiling reports and press releases about electoral process; •Analyzing voter trends,impact of electoral system, and give recommendation to improve electoral system. Business or sector NGO 08/2005–11/2005 Count Center Manager UNOPS -JEMB- Afghani Parliamentary Elections, Uruzgan (Afghanistan) • Implement the count operation from intake to completion of the count; • Ensure that the facilities and logistics requirements are met; • In coordination with the International Provincial Training Officer, train the count centre staff; • In coordination with the PAO, recruit any necessary additional staff; • Report to the Provincial Election Officer in daily,weekly, and monthly bases. 06/2005–08/2005 Research Assistant Kosovar Institute for Policy Research and Development, Pristina (Kosovo) • Assist in Policy and Social Researches. 01/2005–03/2005 Training Officer UN-International Organization for Migration (IOM) - Iraqi Elections Out of Country Voting, Amman (Jordan) • Prepare training material and organizing training of Count Officers (Cos); •Train Cos in Intake and Counting of pooling materials; •Prepare briefings for observers and acting as guide while explaining and answering technical procedural questions; • Voters List Area supervision (during compilation of Iraqi Voters List). 07/2001–12/2004 National Trainer Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe Mission in Kosovo •Conduct training of short and medium term electoral staff on Electoral Management and Electoral Procedures; •Prepare briefings for observers and media; •Act as quality control monitor in operational period; •Prepare training manuals and information packets; •Translate training material and working procedures, etc 02/2004–04/2004 Training Officer Secretariat of the Central Election Commission of Kosovo, Pristina (Kosovo) •Setting Up Training Section in CEC-Secretariat; •Preparing Intro training for new staff; •Preparing training schedule for the operational year. 01/2001–15/04/2001 Monitoring Officer Premiere Urgence, Peja (Kosovo) •Checking and reporting about delays and problems in delivering of Humanitarian Aid. 08/1999–12/2000 Administrative Officer/Field Officer Austrian Red Cross Mission in Kosovo, Istog (Kosovo) •Manage country office administration; •Organize weekly meetings with local authorities; •Implement aid programme in reconstruction and agriculture; •Weekly report to Head of Mission about the flow of work, etc. 04/1999–07/1999 Language Assistant Doctors of the World (France), Rozaje (Montenegro) •Translate (documents) and Interpret for a team of doctors in refugee camp; •Organize children groups for post traumatic treatment; •Training children groups in mine awareness. EDUCATION AND TRAINING 10/2006–10/2007 MA on Democracy and Human Rights Center for Interdisciplinary Postgraduate Studies – University of Sarajevo and University of Bologna, Sarajevo and Bologna (Bosnia and Herzegovina and Italy) International standards of human rights and democracy 11/2011–Present MA candidate University of Pristina, Faculty of Philosophy, Department of Political Sciences and Public Administration, Pristina (Kosovo) Civil society and local development 10/2002–06/2005 BA in Political Science University of Pristina, Faculty of Philosophy, Department of Political Sciences and Public Administration, Pristina (Kosovo) Political Science major 02/2013–04/2014 School for European Integration KCSF, Prishtine (Kosovo) PERSONAL SKILLS Mother tongue(s) Albanian Other language(s) English French Serbian Italian Communication skills ▪I have good ability to adapt to multicultural environment as well as I am a good team player. These skills I have gained through my more than 10 years of work experience. Organisational / managerial skills Currently I am responsible of a team of seven full time staffers and a number of part time staffers (during election period this number increases to over 20). In past I lead a team of more than 150 people (Count Center Uruzgan, Afghanistan). Digital competence I have very good command of Microsoft Office package (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio etc) and internet.

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