Oleksandra Suprun

Reason for Leaving: Conclusion of the programme, leading to the closure of the role.

• Oversaw and delivered multiple strategic projects within the framework of the Ukraine Initiative (e.g. Ukraine Security Forum) and Balkan Journey (e.g. EU-Western Balkans Summit), stakeholder communication, and programme advocacy.
• Managed a team of three for successful project completion within deadlines and to an excellent standard, leading event planning, setting clear objectives and achievable milestones for the team.
• Contributed to building strategic partnerships, conducting outreach, and ensuring high-level engagement with stakeholders, including policymakers and trustees.
• Co-created an annual agenda aligned with EU/international policies. Monitored policy trends to identify opportunities for innovation and reputation-building initiatives.
• Analyzed data to communicate programme impact and refine operations.
• Drafted successful fundraising proposals, including for a Women, Peace & Security initiative.
• Facilitated knowledge-sharing across teams and onboarding/guiding trainees.

• Organization of ICUV advocacy trips globally in order to ensure the implementation of ICUV advocacy priorities; overseeing logistics arrangements of the trips arranged by the logistics manager;
• Monitoring the reporting documents for advocacy trips;
• Coordinating preparation of the analytics/briefs/talking points etc for every advocacy trip and/or participation of the ICUV core advocacy team members in various events;
• Monitoring implementation of the advocacy campaigns as defined by the strategic session and/or ICUV work plan;
• Maintaining ICUV contacts database;
• Preparing and updating calendar of ICUV advocacy activities;
• Submitting regular programmatic reporting to the ICUV donors;
• Supporting building partnerships for ICUV.

• Coordinated preparation and organisation of the 5th Odesa Debate - Brussels edition, a discussion club aimed at uniting Ukraine with its transatlantic partners; prepared invitations and created a data base of attendants using the Concep and Microsoft Dynamics 365 CRM software;
• Volunteered to contribute to the organisation and smooth running of the Brussels Forum 2023 (May 23-24, 2023).

• Followed Committee on Foreign Affairs (AFET) and Renew Europe Working Group 'B' meetings, drafted summaries;
• Monitored developments in Ukraine's agricultural sector, in particular grain exports from Ukraine;
• Drafted briefings and speaking points for the MEP, revised and edited political texts;
• Wrote, edited, published engaging posts for the MEP's Twitter account.

• Carried out research and analysis of the internal affairs of Ukraine, drafted daily internal affairs reviews;
• Monitored key political reforms (in particular, anti-corruption and judicial reforms), drafted backgrounders, summaries;
• Assisted the Ambassador in G7 coordination meetings: conducted briefings on topics of interest, drafted meeting summaries;
• Provided assistance to the Deputy Head of Mission: drafted backgrounders, summaries on key political events, liaised with partners and scheduled meetings, assisted DHOM during meetings;
• Monitored security and defence policy, key defence reforms in Ukraine; updated JFO statistics; assisted the Defence Attaché.

• Attended the meeting session COP 26 in Glasgow, UK as an Observer-NGO at the nomination by the Designated Contact Point; presented the organisation as a guest speaker within COP26 side events;
• Initiated and led the project 'Coffee-Break Eco News', drafted news scripts for it; coordinated a team of anchors and video editors in the process of preparation and publishing news reports;
• Translated (from ENG to UKR) and recorded footages for the YouTube news channel on climate change ('Weekly World Climate Change News') in ENG and UKR; updated UVS WWCC social media channels.

• Assisted the Adviser on Security Policy, including in regard to the assessment of the Intelligence Draft Law, prepared fact-sheets, summaries, meeting minutes, translated draft laws;
• Assisted the Adviser on Gender/WPS: monitored developments in the field of gender mainstreaming, drafted reports and backgrounders on current affairs, carried out analysis of National Action Plan on implementation of UNSCR 1325, organised 1325 Task Force meetings, drafted and distributed readouts;
• Provided assistance to the Front Office in support of key visits and meetings; attended political events (e.g. round-tables, working group meetings etc.) in key areas of NATO-Ukraine cooperation.

• At the 'Training and IUU desk' (Unit 4 - Coast Guard and International Programmes) provided capacity building support to Mediterranean and Black Sea non-EU countries, in particular Ukraine and Georgia, in the following areas:
• Conducted assessment and identification of training needs; contributed to organising, carrying out and following up on two trainings for fisheries inspectors in Ukraine and other capacity building events (round tables, conferences, negotiations);
• Contributed to the development, adaptation and translation of training materials including for the e-learning platform.

• Provided assistance to the MP for Kildonan-St. Paul (Manitoba), Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Labour:
• Contributed to strengthening relations with the Ukrainian community;
• Provided translation from UKR to ENG and vice versa;
• Drafted brief articles on key political and cultural events in Ukraine, letters and press-releases;
• Facilitated promotion of Ukrainian culture in Canada: spearheaded organisation of the Vyshyvanka Day (celebration of the traditional embroidery).
• Canada-Ukraine Parliamentary Program (CUPP)

• Increased community awareness of the mission of the Marie Curie Charity across Scotland by engaging in door-to-door fundraising: encouraged individuals to support the cause and signed up dozens of new members to donate to the Charity by direct debit.

Assisted in planning and conducting the European Cybersecurity Forum CYBERSEC in the following areas:

• Provided research in the field, including on major cyber attacks and cybersecurity events globally; updated data-bases;
• Prepared visual materials for printing (i.e. CYBERSEC Conference Brochure);
• Performed as a Panel Discussion Chancellor, drafted summaries and followed up with participants.