Merdan Gochkarov

Experience

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  UN Economic Commission for Europe

  Feb 2010 - Aug 2010

  Intern

  Conducted research on water policies in the countries of Eastern Europe and Central Asia and prepared advocacy materials for the participants of National Policy Dialogue Meetings on Water Management in Geneva at Trade & Timber and Environment, Housing and Land Management Divisions as well as at the Secretariats of Water Convention and Convention on Industrial Accidents.

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  UNICEF Turkmenistan

  Mar 2011 - Jan 2013

  National Child Protection Consultant

  Provided substantive support to the Child Protection Programming and its implementation through providing support in analysis and documentation of child protection activities and promoting the application of the international standards on child protection and juvenile justice and the international standards on the people with disabilities.

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  UNDP Turkmenistan

  Feb 2013 - May 2013

  Project Associate

  In the capacity of a Project Associate with the UNDP Country Office in Turkmenistan, I implemented a joint project with the European Union, the United Nations Development Programme in Turkmenistan and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights.

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  IOM - UN Migration

  May 2013 - May 2017

  Project Associate

  As a Project Associate with the UN Migration Agency’s (IOM) Country Office in Turkmenistan, I successfully implemented numerous projects in three thematic areas: migration & border management, migration & health, and migration & community stabilization/disaster management.

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  OSCE Centre in Ashgabat

  Jun 2017 - now

  National Project Officer

  In June 2017, I became the National Project Officer at the OSCE Centre in Ashgabat. In my current position, I have the opportunity to design, develop, implement and monitor the Centre’s largest extra-budgetary project, employing a result-based management approach. I am dedicated to delivering results ensuring that the project benefits are sustainably used by the project beneficiaries beyond the project lifetime.