Saida Ibrahimava

Experience

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  St. Maximilian's Conference House

  Jan 2005 - Feb 2005

  Intern

  I helped to organize and prepare International Conference "EU:Germany, Lithuania, Poland".

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  Phoenix Publishing House

  Sept 2005 - Oct 2006

  Book illustrator

  My duties included the creation of artworks, communication with customers, brainstorming and creating drafts of ideas, a project timeline and meeting deadlines, work with printers or others to ensure the quality of the final product.

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  Embassy of Azerbaijan Republic to the Republic of Belarus

  Jan 2007 - May 2007

  Intern

  My duties included administrative support, political and economic data analysis, interpreting, research, and support in event management.

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  Sunny Side Project

  Aug 2008 - May 2010

  Co-founder, project manager

  My responsibilities included projects writing, fundraising, research, and casework. I have worked on different cases. They included research on social inclusion, alternative recreation zones for physically handicapped, and the development of common strategy for Russian nonprofit sector in Human Rights - related issues.

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  Center for Eastern Europe Studies

  Sept 2008 - Oct 2008

  Delegate for United Students of Belarus' Rally

  I was an active participant of all discussions and workshops provided by organizers of USB Rally.

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  Media International

  Jul 2009 - Aug 2009

  Intern (Project Management)

  My responsibilities included project development, column writing, interviewing, research and data analysis. Project developed by me (“Preventing sexual harassment”) was implementing in a full scale training scheme for female students of Egypt’s Universities.

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  Organika

  Jan 2010 - Aug 2011

  PA to General Director at LTC "Organika"

  My work activities included delegating work to others in the General Director's absence; devising and maintaining office systems, including data management and filing, arranging travel and accommodation and, occasionally, travelling with the General Director to take notes or dictation at meetings or to provide general assistance during presentations; screening telephone calls, inquiries and requests, and handling them when appropriate; organizing and maintaining diaries and making appointments; providing translation during business trips and meetings, dealing with incoming email, faxes and post, corresponding on behalf of the General Director, carrying out background research and presenting findings, producing documents, briefing papers, reports and presentations; organizing and attending meetings, liaising with clients, suppliers and other staff. Show less

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  Council of Federation

  May 2010 - Dec 2010

  Project manager, specialist of social programs

  My responsibilities included, but were not restricted to,social projects writing, development, integration of projects into online social networks, communication, coordination and development of social-oriented projects offline and online.

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  5th World Youth Congress in Istanbul 2010

  Aug 2010 - Aug 2010

  Participant from Belarus, activist

  I took an active part in discussions, seminars and workshops of the Congress. I was working on "youth contribution" to UN report on Millennium goals.

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  ISWIB 2011

  Jul 2011 - Jul 2011

  Participant from Belarus, project presenter

  I was an active participant of the workshops, presented my own project in Graffiti.

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  LTC Organika

  Aug 2011 - Aug 2012

  CEO at LTC" Organika 1", "Organika"

  I was responsible for the day-to-day operation of the company, including managing committees, staff and developing business plans in collaboration with the board for the future of the company. My responsibilities include control over salaries, HR, budget and company assets.

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  Russian Olympic Commettee

  Sept 2011 - Aug 2014

  Project Manager

  I was responsible for managing ongoing projects in the sphere of sport, youth activities, Olympic volunteers, etc. My responsibilities included planning, organizing, directing and managing the day-to-day activities of projects, and delivering the projects’ objectives to the Sponsor and Steering Committee.

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  6th World Youth Congress in Rio De Janeiro

  Jun 2012 - Jun 2012

  Participant from Belarus, activist

  I took an active part in series of action projects, seminars and workshops on Rio+20 issues.

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  Global Trade Group

  Sept 2012 - Mar 2013

  Head of Project and Design Department

  My responsibilities included development of international projects in IT and mobile spheres (start ups), management of project department, as well as taking part and steering critical project management processes: initiation, planning, controlling and monitoring; building the teams and managing people’s growth and driving continuous improvement of processes and structures.

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  UN International Conference on Population and Development Beyond 2014

  Dec 2012 - Dec 2012

  Delegate for Global Youth Forum

  As a participant and representative of Belarus during GYF I was involved in round tables discussions, World Cafe's sessions, preparations of official papers and petition for ICPD 2014 and beyond meeting.

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  International Model United Nations Association (IMUNA)

  Mar 2013 - Mar 2013

  Delegate for NY Global Young Leaders Summit

  I participated in International UN Modelling as a delegate representing Israel, participated in work of General Assembly first Committee.

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  LOM PRAHA s.p.

  Jun 2013 - Mar 2016

  Representative Manager

  I am responsible for representing of Czech Ministry of Defense interests in Russia, negotiations with Russian military and civil aviation organizations, international contracts and agreements signed, research and analysis of current social-political tendencies, markets and its perspectives.

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  FINA

  Dec 2013 - Dec 2013

  Interpreter

  My responsibilities included speech translations of officials, communication with national team-representatives of the competitions and translation of announcer's speeches.

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  Rhodes Youth Forum

  Sept 2014 - Sept 2014

  Project presenter, participant from Russian Federation

  I presented the project under Social Entrepreneurship Board during the Rhodes Youth Forum as well as participated in the work of the World Public Forum (Preventing World War).

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  Youth to Youth Summit 2015

  Nov 2014 - Apr 2015

  Communications manager for international partners & graphic designer

  I was responsible for development of international PR campaign and communication strategy, SMM, the creation of media materials, design and web site development.

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  United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC)

  Nov 2014 - Dec 2014

  Fellow

  Fellowship aimed to facilitate positive cooperation and understanding between the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) and Europe and North America (EUNA) by supporting emerging leaders from these regions to develop a nuanced understanding of each other.

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  YouthtoYouthInitiative

  Apr 2015 - now

  Co-Founder, CEO

  Youth to Youth Initiative aims to empower and inspire global young leaders through holistic and accessible training, networking opportunities and mentorship of youth-led initiatives and projects.

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  One Young World

  Nov 2015 - Sept 2016

  Delegate from Belarus, Ambassador

  During the Summit I represented my home country Belarus. I was granted All Bar None Scholarship to participate at the Summit and was chosen to become a flag bearer and one of delegate speakers for COP.

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  United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC)

  Dec 2015 - Dec 2015

  Guest Speaker

  The first round of UNAOC Consultations on counter radicalization, fight xenophobia and foster intercultural understanding through youth engagement, education development and migrants integration activities conducted by grassroots networks and young local actors.

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  LOM PRAHA TRADE a.s.

  Mar 2016 - Dec 2019

  The Head of Moscow Office

  In a capacity of the Head of Moscow Office, I was responsible for managing its daily work, supervise communication with the main office, counterparts, and governmental institutions in Russia. I was also responsible for event management, negotiations, and presentation preparations.

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  The Hong Kong Federation of Youth Groups

  Jul 2016 - Aug 2016

  Leaders to Leaders 2016 Fellow

  The Program was able to bring nine global young leaders to Hong Kong to inspire over 6,000 young people face-to- face. During their 10-day stay, they met with government officials and prominent community leaders of different fields to discuss global issues and local solutions, explored collaborations with local young leaders, co-created community events for the homeless and low income, held workshops and talks for students, and of course, gained first hand experience of both mainland China and Hong Kong. Show less

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  Training Course "Extremism?! - No, thanks!"

  Aug 2016 - Sept 2016

  Trainer

  During the Training Course we studied different aspects of extremism, migration, discrimination,nationalism, intolerance and intercultural misunderstandings. The Training Course supported youngpeople and active youth workers to learn about the ways of living together, accepting differences andfighting together against prejudice and xenophobia in these turbulent times.

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  John Smith Trust

  Jun 2019 - now

  John Smith Trust Fellow 2019

  John smith Trust Fellowship is a life-long commitment to social justice, the rule of law, transparency and good governance, equipping young leaders of post-soviet world with the tools and networking necessary for carring out leadership positions and creating social good.

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  One Young World

  Jan 2020 - now

  As Coordinating Ambassador I am engaged in OYW Ambassador's community in Eastern Europe/Asia region, responsible for information and media gathering, organization of meeting and focus groups, assistance to One Young World in canvassing Ambassadors regarding the topics to be covered at the 2016 Summit and events coordination.

  • Coordinating Ambassador for Eastern Europe/Asia

    Jan 2016 - now

  • Digital Communication Executive

    Jan 2020 - Jan 2021