Qualifications and skills:

■    Master’s degree in GEOGRAPHY and TOURISM, Specialist in Territorial Organization, Development and Management of Tourism; Excellent command of written and spoken ENGLISH, RUSSIAN and FRENCH;

■    High level of professional expertise in the field of Sustainable Tourism Development for international donors (UNDP, EC, BMZ/GIZ, DFID, SDC, USAID, ADB), the public sector, the non-governmental sector, and the private sector;

■    Development, Management, Implementation, Evaluation, Monitoring and Technical Assistance of projects for Sustainable Tourism/Rural/Regional Development;

■    Capacity building for the Development and Management of Tourism Destinations at local, regional, national and international level, including preparation of regional and local strategies and action plans for the development of sustainable tourism governance models;

■    Implementation of the Innovations and multiplication of the Best Practices in the development of tourism destinations.

General professional experience:

■    Multifunctional and thematic geographical research for sustainable tourism and rural development at local, regional, national and international level;

■    Strategic planning, concepts and projects for sustainable tourism and rural development at local, regional, national and international level;

■    Elaboration of new and development of traditional tourism destinations;

■    Creation and development of sustainable tourism governance models and clusters;

■    Training, creation and development of tourist products, packages, attractions and infrastructure;

■    Event management;

■    Tourism marketing, branding and promotion;

■    Specialized tourism development (ecotourism and adventure tourism, rural and agritourism, community-based tourism, cultural tourism, etc.).