Director:      Sergei L. Sardanovsky

EDUCATION

European University, Center for Peace Studies - Mission Preparation Training Programme for the OSCE, June 2001.

European University, Center for Peace Studies - Postgraduate Courses in Peace and Conflict Studies, Spring 2000.

Simferopol State University - Postgraduate Program in Ethnic Conflictology, 1998-present.

Simferopol State University - Roman and German Philology Department (The English Language), 1982.

 

EXPERIENCE

Director - Information and Analytical Center "Zlato Chernomoria", 1999-present,

Simferopol, Crimea, Ukraine

• Independent and team work in establishing and maintaining effective working relations with people of different national and cultural backgrounds.
• Research and analytical work in social, political and geopolitical issues.

Co-director - Black Sea Area Research Group (BSARG), 2000-present,

Simferopol,Crimea, Ukraine

• Research and analytical work in Black Sea regional security issues.
• Organization of seminars, meetings, conferences under aegis of the Partnership for Peace Consortium of Defense Academies and Security Studies Institutes (Germany).

Deputy Director - Crimean Laboratory of Regional Research, 1997-1998,

Simferopol, Crimea, Ukraine

• Drafting, reporting, and working with mass media organizations.
• Planning and organizing work of the Laboratory. Interpreter/Facilitator - Counterpart Foundation (USA), 1995-1996, Kiev, Ukraine
• Grant writing and fundraising.

Deputy Director, Chief of Conflictology Department (International Contacts Section) - Crimean Research Center of Humanities, 1993-1997,

Simferopol, Crimea, Ukraine

• Organization of and participation in international conferences.

English Teacher - University of Management and Commerce, 1992-93,

Simferopol, Crimea, Ukraine

Military Service - Officer Corp, 1982-1992

Simferopol Military United School - 1987-92.

• Interpreter for international trainees.

Mongolia - 1982-87

• assistant of the battalion head of staff.

 

PUBLICATIONS

Working Papers - International Conference: "Ten Years After: Democratization and Security Challenges in South-Eastern Europe", Ohrid, Macedonia, October, 27-29, 2000.

"Regional Security and Its Impact upon the European Peace and Geopolitical Issues"

Working Papers - International Conference "Baltic - Black Sea Co-operation: to the Integrated Europe of the 21st Century Without Dividing Lines", Yalta, September 10 - 11, 1999.

"Transformation of Military and Political Zones in Europe"

Working Papers - Second Inter-University Conference "Political Stabilization: Methodological Problems and Crimean Experience", Simferopol, Tavrichesky Ecological Institute, April, 16, 1999.

"Political Stabilization and Crimean Experience"

Working Papers - International Scientific Conference "Civil Society and Civil Laws", Yalta, 1997.

"Human Intercourse Efficiency and Paradigms that Compile It"

Working Papers - All-Ukrainian Scientific Conference

"Problems of Political Psychology", Kiev, 1995.

"Reinforcement, Aggressiveness and Socialization Process Factors in Social Psychology"

Articles in local and international newspapers.

 

CONFERENCES AND SEMINARS

Pfp Consortium of Defense Academies and Security Studies Institutes International Conference: "Building a Strategic Community through Education and Research", Moscow, 25-27 June, 2001 . Participant.

Black Sea Area Research Group Meeting III: "GUUAM - Myth or Reality in the Aspect of the Black Sea Regional Security", Simferopol, Crimea, Ukraine, June 20, 2001. Organizer.

Black Sea Area Research Group Meeting II: "Ukraine, Russia and Turkey as the Black Sea Area Regional Security Subjects", Simferopol, Crimea, Ukraine, February 28, 2001, together with Dogus University (Istanbul, Turkey). Coordinator and organizer.

Black Sea Area Research Group Meeting I: "Political Stabilization in the Crimea as a Factor of the Black Sea Regional Security", Simferopol, Crimea, Ukraine, December, 27, 2000. Coordinator and organizer.

Pfp Consortium of Defense Academies and Security Studies Institutes International Conference: "Ten Years After: Democratization and Security Challenges in South-Eastern Europe", Ohrid, Macedonia, October, 27-29, 2000. Participant.

Balaton Summit: "East - West Collaboration in the Development of Interactive Media Products", Balatonfured, Hungary, May, 7 - 9, 2000. Participant.

International Conference: "Yalta 1945 - 2000: New Geopolitical Realities", Yalta, February 5 - 9, 2000. Worked on the Organizing Committee and as a participant.

International Conference: "Baltic - Black Sea Co-operation: to the Integrated Europe of the 21st Century Without Dividing Lines", Yalta, September 10 - 11, 1999. Worked on the Organizing Committee and as a participant.

International Conference: "Ukraine, Europe and the U.S. in the Formation of a New Euro-Atlantic Security Architecture", Yalta, Crimea, May 28-29, 1999. Worked on the Organizing Committee and as a participant.

"Young Politicians for World without Conflicts", seminar of young politicians, Simferopol, Crimea, 1998. Facilitator. "All Different - All Equal", international seminar of young politicians, Yalta, Crimea, 1997. Facilitator.

International scientific conference: "Oriental Issue: Theory and New Political Reality", Foros, Crimea, 1997. Worked on the Organizing Committee and as a participant.

International scientific conference: "The Black Sea and the Fleet: History and Present Time", Sebastopol, 1997. Worked on the Organizing Committee and as a participant.

International scientific conference: "Civil Society and Civil Laws", Yalta, 1997 . Worked on the Organizing Committee and as a participant.

International scientific symposium: "The Black Sea Crisis", Yalta, 1997. Worked on the Organizing Committee and as a participant.

International seminar of young politicians: "Peace to Caucasus - II", Yalta, 1996. Assistant organizer and participant.

International scientific symposium: "Crimean (Yalta) Conference of 1945: the Lessons and the Perspectives", Yalta, 1995. Worked on the Organizing Committee and as a participant.

All-Ukrainian scientific conference: "Problems of Political Psychology", Kiev, 1995. Participant.

 

AWARDS

• Austrian government scholarship for European University, Center for Peace Studies (EPU), Mission Preparation Training Programme for the OSCE, June 2001.
• Austrian government scholarship for European University, Center for Peace Studies (EPU), Postgraduate Course in Peace, Security, Development, Conflict Transformation, Spring 2000.

LANGUAGES

Russian - Native Speaker

English - Advanced fluency in speaking, reading, and writing

Ukrainian - Read and may speak (lack of practice)

 

SKILLS

Experience with typical computer and network programs (MSWord, Excel. Internet, etc.).

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