Marc Behrendt

Background

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