Ari RUSILA’s Resume
I am a development project management expert and freelancer from Finland with a special interest in the Balkan region. My other interests include civil crisis management issues, Black Sea region, Russia and middle East. I have 6-8 blogs with mainly same content but different readerships; through them I try to give my perspective to issues of interests and highlight also the other side of story.
Contacts
- Name: Ari RUSILA
- Address: Polttolinja 17 B 10, FIN-40520 Jyväskylä, FINLAND, EU
- E-mail: rusilaari@yahoo.se
Personal
- Home: Jyväskylä, FINLAND
- Nationality: FIN
Work history:
- 2008- Present Freelancer, main blog AriRusila’s BalkanBlog. Member e.g. of Atlantic-Community org., PES activists and Peace and Collaborative Development Network; TH!NK ABOUT IT blogger 01/-06/2009
- 2004-2007 Project manager, Jyväskylä university of Applied Sciences/INR/NorWat project. Total progress and financial responsibility of NorWat funded by EU Intrerreg IIIB NPP. Locations in Finland, Sweden, Norway and Scotland. Budget > 1.2 MEUR
- 2000-2002 EU Municipal Expert, European Agency for Reconstruction (EAR)/EU TaskForceKosovo. Seconded to UNMIK in Leposavic, Mitrovica Region, Kosovo, SCG. Capacity building of local administration, project management/ coordination, business registration; youth, culture and sport sectors
- 1998-1999 Project co-ordinator, Municipality of Salla. Project Coordinator (Lead) of Tacis CBC TSP 55/97 project. Creating the project plan and application before start. Managing the project from start to end. Location Kovdor, Murmansk Region, Russia
- -1998 Economic Development Officer, Municipality of Salla. SME developing, strategy and sectoral planning at local and regional levels, project management (EU programmes and Interreg), cross border cooperation with Russia, Barents cooperation.
Education:
- Master of Arts Social Science,University of Jyväskylä, Finland
- Secondary upper education in Jyväskylä Lyceé, Finland
Training (e.g.):
Some +80 training courses about strategy, programme/project management and SME development, two intensive language courses in Murmansk/Russia, two Summer Universities (Spain and Germany), Graduation work made partly (over one month) in Sicily/Italy, two training programmes for Russian trade & cooperation, Training course for EU experts in Kosovo. I have also been lecturer in seminars in Russia, Serbia, Sweden, Norway as well in Finland.
Languages
- Mother tongue: Finnish
- Other: English (C1), German (B1), Swedish (B2), Russia (A2)
Skills and competences
- Team work experience also with multicultural teams
- LogFrame Approach and experience of Project Cycle management at all it’s levels
- Implementing experience with Participatory Planning Methods and Goal Orientated Project Planning methods
- Ability to survive and solve problems in crisis-/post-crisis societies
- Capacity building and SME developing at local and regional level is familiar to me with nearly 20 years experience
Qualifications:
- Field experience 1: My work in Kosovo gave me clear picture of problems in Balkans
- Field experience 2: My work in Russia trained me to make practical solutions between anarchical field work and western regulations
- Field experience 3: My work in Lapland (FIN) trained me all aspects of project management from ideas and strategies through action plans to implementation of individual projects
