CURRICULUM VITAE Igor Munteanu University Education: 1982 1989 BSc Communication Department, State University of Moldova 1990 1992 MA in Political Sciences and Administration, SNSPA, Romania 2000 2003 PhD in Law, International Free University of Moldova Languages spoken: Romanian Native, Russian / English fluent, French, German and Estonian - speaking Professsional Key qualifications: 14 years of experience in managing one of the leading think tanks in Moldova, experienced in economic analysis, public sector reform and private consulting working with Moldovan, EU and US organisations; 5 years of diplomatic work representing Moldova in USA, Canada and Mexic as Ambassador E.P.: 10 years of consultancy work with the Council of Europe, Institutional Committee of the Congree of Local and Regional Authorities, Freedom House, UNOPS, UNDP, UNICEF, OSI/LGI. Proven ability to monitor, evaluate and contribute in various international research projects, i.e. on foreign policy, regional security framework, ENP, (European Neigbhourhood Policy), IPAP (Nato Moldova). Areas of Expertise International Relations and Transition in the South-Eastern Europe and NIS (Newly Independent States) Public Policy and and Regional Development; Public Law; Excellent Written and Verbal Communication in English, Romanian, Russian; Political Comentator to the BBC and RFERL (Radio Free Europe), Romanianlanaguage Programmes (1996-2010) Professional Training Senior Executive Education in National and International Security (Harvard Kennedy School of Government, 12-24 August, 2012) Awards
Honorary Professor of the Utah Valley University, Orem Utah (October 2013) Membership of professional bodies: Founder and Member of the Administrative Board of IDIS Viitorul Member of the International Board of PASOS (Policy Association Network), Prague (since 2008); Member of the Administrative Board of the Black Sea Trust for Regional Cooperation (since 2007) Member of the External Evaluation Board of the Balkan Trust for Democracy (since 2005) Member of the Council of Observers, Teleradio-Moldova Public Company (since 2007) Expert of the Working Group of Institutional Committee of the Council of Europe (since 2001 till 2008) Member of the Editorial Board of South East Europe Review for Labor and Social Affairs, Dueselldorf, since 2001 Publications: Several monographies and collective-books written in the last 15 years: Monography Regional Developments in Moldova, Edited by IDSI Viitorul, in Chisinau, 2000, Cartier Monography Political Corruption: concepts and practical abuses, published by the Cartier, Chisinau, 2001 Anthology Quo Vadis, Moldova?, Anthology of papers on Moldova s multiple transitions, Lyviv, 2008. Book Moldova towards democracy&stability: from ex-soviet to the world of democratic values. Chisinau, 2005. Monography Political Parties in Moldova: laws, practices and regulations, OSCE/ODIHR June, 2010 Article for the OSCE Yearbook (1999) OSCE and Moldova, edited by Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft in Baden-Baden, by the Institute for Peace Research and Security Policy at the University of Hamburg/IFSH (Ed.); Chapter in Anthology of Papers on Local Government in South Eastern Europe, OSI/LGI, 1999, Budapest, Vol.II Chapter Social Multipolarity and Political Violence, in National Integration and Violent Conflict in Post Soviet Societies: Cases of Estonia and Moldova, edited by Pal Kolsto, Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc. NY, 2002 "Developing New Rules in the Old Environment" - III Volume of the state of local governments in fsu (2002);
Working Paper #12 Local Development in Moldova: Concepts and Practices, 1998, OSI/LGI Discussion Paper Chapter Small Business in a Small State, in Problems of Economic Transition (PET), M.E.Sharpe in NY, 10504; Article Playback or Change? Revising results of general election, Romanian Society of Political Sciences, 2005. Article The Black Sea Area: A Mix of identities in formation, in A New Euro- Atlantic Strategy for the Black Sea Region, GMF, A.Ronald D., K.Dimitrov and J.Forbrig, Bratislava, 2004 Chapter Moldova and ENP, in An Enlarged Europe and its Neigbhourhood Policy: Eastern Dimension, Riga 2004 Article Povolebne Moldavsko hlada legitimity, in Zahranicna Politika, 3/2009, Bratislava, p.5-8 Chapter Lesssons learned from the six-years ENP legacy in Moldova, written with Estonian School of Diplomacy for the Brill Academic Publishers (Netherlands), soon to be published. Moldova s Twitter Revolution, article written with Alina Mungiu-Pippidi, Journal of Democracy, July 2009, V.20 Article A roadmap for Moldova, EuropeanVoice.com, 01.05.2009, www.europeanvoice.com Active participation in a wide network of international research programs and initiatives: EU PHARE Integration and Nation-Building in Bi-Cultural post-soviet societies: the cases of Estonia and Moldova, Study conducted by Department of East European and Oriental Studies, Oslo University, Norway EU PHARE Democratic Security Building in the Black Sea Region s Project, Aberdeen University, (1998-1999); EU PHARE Training for CEI countries in transition, in cooperation with scientists of the L Europa Centro Orientale e Balcanica, Bologna University, Italy (April 1999 - April 2000); UNDP Research Paper on Case Studies of Best Practices in Civil Service Reforms, Project implemented in cooperation with UNPOS (New York) - GLO/97/625, UNDP/UNOPS (1998-1999); NED Project on Democratic Audit, Regional study (2003-2004: IRIS-Bulgaria & CIPDD-Georgia; Scorecard Assessment and Analysis on Moldova, in Nations in Transit (2004), Freedom House, Washington, 2004 Developing a New Euro-Atlantic Strategy for the Black Sea Region (April - June 2004), GMF (US);
Bridging Perceptions of Security: Integrating the Black Sea Region, Centre for European Assessment on Moldova, in Global Integrity Survey (2007), Global Integrity - NW, Washington, DC 20006, USA Collaborative Research on Family in Transition. An Overview of the Values, Ideology and Habits in Transition, Study conducted at IDIS at the request of UNICEF-Moldova, May October, 2007. Assessment on Moldova, in Global Integrity Survey (2008), Global Integrity - NW, Washington, DC 20006, USA. Professional Records Experience Ambassador to the United States, Canada and Mexic (since September 2010 till June 15, 2015) Promotion of broad scope of interests of the Republic of Moldova in the countries of accreditation Promotion of investment opportunities in the Republic of Moldova Managing government-to-government and legislative contacts between the countries Strengthening business-to-business and people-to-people contacts and diaspora relations Launching Strategic Dialogue USA-Republic of Moldova in March 2014 Attracting R&D intensive businesses to the Republic of Moldova Member of the Observers Board of the Public Broadcasting Company Teleradio Moldova (2006-2009) Supervised implementation of the Audiovisual Code by the largest public TV and Radio Channel in Moldova. Member of the Institutional Committee of Experts of the Council of Europe (2002 2007) Actively participated in country-report drafting monitoring implementation of the compliance of local and regional democracy with the Council of Europe standards and conventions. Academy of Economic Studies: Chisinau/Moldova - September 2007 August 2010 Designed, elaborated and conducted Public Policy Course for the II-III Year Students of Economics and Management. Designed, elaborated and conducted Public Policy Course for the III Year Students of Economics and Management.
Institute for Development and Social Initiatives (IDIS) Viitorul - June 1996 August 2010 As Executive Director of IDIS, I have developed, implemented and guided on research activities at the Institute; Planned, directed and directy managed over 30 of research and training projects at IDIS (1996-2007), providing reliable data to the partners involved, assessing economic / political development, business sector, public sector reform, monitoring foreign policy and defence sector of the Republic of Moldova and neigbhoring states; International Foundation for Election Systems (IFES) February 1994 May 1996 Served as Senior Expert and Assistant to the Director since openning of the IFES Office in 1994 in Moldova Providing consultancy on major cross cutting issues addressed by IFES in Moldova: public & political education, providing technical support to the respective election bodies, assisting civic and democracy-oriented activists; Drafted various documents, articles, organized conferences, public events, political training in various issues involving domestic and international experts of the IFES; Moldovan Presidency - October 1992 and January 1994 Developed regular analytical briefs on the fields of executive legislative relationship, conducted topical surveys and monitored implementation of some of the economic objectives; Wrote policy recommendations, coordinated the work of several interministerial committees on political issues of concern for the President, summarizing feedbacks and policy inputs received from the executive officials, involved civil society leaders and independent experts, provided policy-coordinated councilling to the presidential advisors; Served as Head of Political Analysis Division for 6 months (2003), providing strategic coordination, senior analytical competencies and institutional leadership; Organized the 1st Conference on NATO-Moldova Partnership (November 1993) with top-level officials from NATO Headquarter, and key-officials of the Moldovan Government, Presidency, Parliament, and civil society.