Provide communications support and services of conference interpretation to various vendors: -WIKIPEDIA International Wikimania Conference, -International Paralympic Committee General Assembly (IPC), -RSI - Sustainable Development and ESG Business Conference, Moscow, Russia, - NEFTEKOKS (Oil Companies Conference), Metropol Hotel, Moscow, Russia, - Meeting of Advisory Committee of Permanent Representatives and Other Representatives, UN-ESCAP - 348th session of Asia-Pacific Ministerial Conference on Regional Economic Integration (ACPR): UN-ESCAP, Bangkok,Thailand - World Federation on Hemophilia, General Assembly, UNCC Bangkok, Thailand, - Telecommunication Conference, Conrad Hotel Bangkok, Thailand - Intergovernmental Forum on Chemical Safety, United Nations Conference Center

Editing and translating between Russian - French and English of legal documentation for court cases

Communication strategies development Partnership Development Event Management

developed partnerships with venues/diplomatic cultural missions of France, Spain, Italy, Germany as well as NHK to participate as screening venues free of charge (The in-kind contribution of venues was assessed as 100.000 US$ ) FILMS: secured on average over 30 award-winning and independent movies from Europe, North America and Asia for each of the three editions of the annual film festival in Tokyo: obtained copyrights for all films, developed connections with both Japanese and international film distributors OUTREACH: as part of the team liaisoned with other film festivals and interested parties in screenings films in and outside of Japan: supported Refugee Film Festival events for UNHCR Hong Kong, Australia Refugee Film Festival, Bahrain Human Rights Film Festival, etc FUNDRAISING: worked as part of the team to develop connections with corporate and private sponsors/partners that brought both kind and in-kind sponsorship for RFF, as well as other UNHCR projects: corporate sponsors ISHIBASHI Foundation, Canon, SONY, others (in 2008 these connections brought over 200,000 US$ in cash for RFF). Media and other partners: various Embassies, EU Delegation, Japan Foundation, Asahi Shimbun, Lufthansa, etc MEDIA: together with the rest of the team, to publicized the film festival and work of UNHCR through several national TV and radio stations, major Japanese and English newspapers and , magazines by giving interviews and setting up interviews for filmmakers . The publicity brought by the film festival in 2008 was assessed as an in-kind contribution of over 500.000 US$ EVENT: RFF in 2008 had more than 7000 people attended (2007: 7000 people, first edition of 2006: 2500 people)

Conducting legal assessment of refugee claims: interviewing and legal documentation Preparing case submissions for resettlement Communication work: organized the first Refugee Film Festival in South East Asia Conducted trainings on how to work with interpreters and how to do interpretation within refugee context.

Taught English as a second language in a multi-cultural environment Opened a student club on human rights and social studies Started a grant program for refugees at several international schools in cooperation with NGOs

BIIF www.bangkokfilm.org o Did fundraising for the biggest Film Festival in Thailand, organized by the Royal Thai Government through Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) o Coordinated work with corporate sponsors o Sought, solicited sponsors for the event and publications, such as the Festival Program Book and Bangkok Film Market Book o Facilitated technical printing issues of sponsor's advertisements

As a Program Assistant on the USIA program, worked with the USIA grants programs and USIA alumni and recruited people to take part in exchange programs, did logistics, travelled to other cities and going to different Universities. As a Consultant on American Education: providing required information for students and professors about grant and exchange programs. USIA Alumni work: I set up an alumni network and managed different seminars and alumni events for the USIA alumni in the city and region. Networking with other organisations: I was in touch with different Universities, Ecological movement Baikal Wave and other grant-giving orgs like IREX: eg. ACTR (American Consortium of Russian Teachers), Tacis (Technical Office of the EU in Russia).