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Alumni Highlights

ALUMNI ENGAGEMENT

Humphrey Alumni Global Policy Series

As the Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship Program begins to celebrate 45 years of building impactful relationships through its educational and cultural exchange, twenty-six Humphrey alumni from Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, North Macedonia, Serbia, and Slovenia came together for the first Humphrey Alumni Global Policy Series in Belgrade, Serbia. The gathering focused on critical challenges facing the region: disinformation, economic development, education, and public health.

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Brain Gain in the Balkans: Economic and Development Strategies for a Better Future

In 2019, Eastern European alumni of the Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship Program came together for a one-day professional development symposium for regional leaders, “Brain Gain in the Balkans: Economic and Development Strategies for a Better Future,” in Zagreb, Croatia. This event allowed leading professionals in various fields throughout the region to network and foster engagement in cross-country and regional projects.

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Alumni Testimonials

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Leonid Pashkowski from Belarus won the National Geographic Russia's Best Travel Blogger of 2018 award

Humphrey Alumnus From Belarus Wins National Geographic Award

Leonid Pashkowski from Belarus won the National Geographic Russia’s Best Travel Blogger of 2018 award. National Geographic Russia gives this award annually to an individual with the best travel-related media project. Mr. Pashkouski received the award for his YouTube documentary series “Want to go Home.”

Shaqir Totaj was elected as the head of the Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK) in Prizren

Humphrey Alumnus Elected to Kosovo Government

Shaqir Totaj was elected as the head of the Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK) in Prizren, the second-largest city in the country with nearly 200,000 people.

Ms. Novosad works with the World Bank and  Teach for Ukraine to provide quality education to Ukrainian students despite the ongoing war

Humphrey Alumna Works to Restore Educational Infrastructure in Ukraine

Ms. Novosad works with the World Bank and  Teach for Ukraine to provide quality education to Ukrainian students despite the ongoing war. She has helped develop a project to ensure a team of professional teachers is equipped to conduct free online classes to continue students’ education. As a 2022 Alumni Impact Award recipient, she is working on creating a safe learning space that will be used as an open hub center for kids of various ages in Chernihiv, Ukraine.

Vlad Mixich, the head of the Romanian Health Observatory, worked with the Romanian government on a nationwide communications

Humphrey Alumnus Starts Campaign to Fact-Check COVID-19 Fake News

Vlad Mixich, the head of the Romanian Health Observatory, worked with the Romanian government on a nationwide communications campaign against COVID-19-related fake news. Mr. Mixich leads a team of eight doctors and researchers to identify and fact-check fake news. With the help of government platforms, their fact-checking has reached more than six million people. One of their projects was a video on the importance of social distancing, which has been viewed more than four million times.

Kristina Köhler works at the Estonian Ministry of Social Affairs Public Health Department

Humphrey Alumna Works on Estonian National Plan to Prevent Spread of COVID-19

Kristina Köhler works at the Estonian Ministry of Social Affairs Public Health Department. During the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, she helped devise the country’s exit strategy for the initial COVID-19 restrictions, strengthened the country’s health system capacity, and planned future steps to contain the pandemic.

Humphrey Alumna Launches Project to Replace Single-Use Plastics in Armenia

Irina Mkrtchyan recently launched “the Loyalty Bag,” a project to replace single-use plastic bags with reusable bags in Armenia with her organization, Innovative Solutions for Sustainable Development of Communities. This project incentivizes consumers to use reusable bags and offering a stable solution for single-use plastics.

Bekim Ramku received the prestigious BigSEE 2020

Humphrey Alumnus Wins BigSEE 2020 Architecture Visionary Award

Bekim Ramku received the prestigious BigSEE 2020 Architecture Visionary Award for his creation and subsequent work with the Kosovo Architecture Foundation. Mr. Ramku established the foundation to enable knowledge exchange between international and local academics, professionals, and architecture students in Kosovo and Europe.

Liuba Ceban created the Suicide Prevention Lifeline

Humphrey Alumna Establishes Suicide Prevention Lifeline in Moldova

Liuba Ceban created the Suicide Prevention Lifeline, a project that provides mental health resources in Moldova during the pandemic. The project’s resources include individual and group emotional support, the distribution of basic goods, and a campaign to promote the importance of mental health. Ms. Ceban is the CEO of Linia Verde Prevenire Suicid, the first suicide prevention organization in Moldova and the organization responsible for the project.

Elira Çanga was named Media and Communication Adviser to the newly elected Albanian President, Mr. Bajram Begaj.

Humphrey Alumna is Appointed as Media and Communication Adviser to the President of the Republic of Albania

Elira Çanga was named Media and Communication Adviser to the newly elected Albanian President, Mr. Bajram Begaj. As a journalist and media project manager for the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, she helped modernize public service media in Albania and enriched the journalism curriculum. She also worked for ten years on investigative reporting and fact-checking, as well as training young journalists on media and information literacy and countering disinformation online.