Marc Behrendt

About Marc Behrendt

SPECIAL SKILLS • Promoting human rights in closed environments: extensive specialized experience working with HRDs and activists in the most closed societies from evacuation and protection, risk management, resiliency and wellbeing to building capacities for innovation and adaptation. • Peacebuilding: Extensive experience working on conflict issues at multiple levels, from civic diplomacy initiatives and media exchanges to bilateral and multilateral negotiation instruments. •Human Rights promotion through community mobilization, media development and institution building. • Policy Advocacy on peace and conflict, governance and human rights issues to US and European Governments and institutions, including the US State Department, the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, the European Commission, the European Council, the Council of Europe, the United Nations and the OSCE. • Sustainable NGO Development: As a manager, trainer, coach, and mentor, work with NGOs in developing countries to strengthen staff skills and organizational capacity to develop, implement and sustain activities. • Monitoring and Evaluation: Extensive experience in the M&E cycle from both the implementation and evaluator perspectives. Conduct organizational and project evaluations. • Contracts and Financial Management: Extensive contracts management experience, support senior managers to develop effective contracts management systems, provide training for staff in financial planning, budget management, reporting, and compliance monitoring. Managed annual budgets of over $10 million. • Project Management: Over 28 years project management experience incorporating the entire project cycle, from needs assessment, project design and fundraising to implementation and evaluation. Specialties: Fluent in Russian and French

Experience

1. Director for Europe and Eurasia Programs

   Freedom House

   Mar 2017 — Present · Washington, DC, US

   Directed Freedom House\'s work in Europe and Eurasia to promote human rights and democracy. Developed extensive programming throughout the Eurasia region, focusing on closing and closed spaces. Directed field offices, staff and strategy for programs in Turkey, Moldova, Armenia, Kazakhstan, Ukraine as well as in the regions most closed contexts. Led a team of over 30 professionals, with a 2024 budget of approximately $10 million.

Education

• University of California, Berkeley

  Bachelor's degree

  1986 — 1990

• University of California, Berkeley

  BA

  1986 — 1990

• University of California, Berkeley

  Bachelor's Degree