Hanna Ruszczyk
Independent Consultant with a focus on Community Resilience as well as Monitoring and Evaluation
- Location
- Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
- Industry
- International Affairs
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Hanna Ruszczyk's Overview
- Past
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- Monitoring and Evaluation Consultant at Traidcraft
- Project Director, Job Opportunities through Business Support Project at UNDP
- Education
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- Durham University
- Simmons College
- Connections
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68 connections
Hanna Ruszczyk's Summary
Working as an independent consultant. UK Clients have included the largest Fairtrade company in the UK, Fairtrade organisations in Europe, community organisations, and a University Programme specialising in technology and innovation. Have worked in Poland, Bulgaria, Turkey, Macedonia, Egypt, Vietnam, Cyprus, the USA and the UK. In the past, have established monitoring and evaluation systems for donor funded projects and evaluated donor financed poverty alleviation projects. Managed large scale business development projects for the UNDP, as well as co-authored case studies for the ILO.
Specialties: Social Enterprises, Economic Empowerment, Fairtrade
Hanna Ruszczyk's Experience
Monitoring and Evaluation Consultant
Traidcraft
Public Company; 51-200 employees; International Trade and Development industry
December 2007 – August 2011 (3 years 9 months) Gateshead, United Kingdom
Responsible for two meta evaluations of Traidcraft's development work involving multi-countires and multiple stakeholders. Guided Traidcraft's activities in monitoring, evaluation and learning on a consultancy basis. Institutionalised monitoring and evaluation processes into the Charity's African and Asian projects. Developed 4 case studies for public dissemination. Traidcraft is the United Kingdom's leading fair trade organisation and campaigns for trade justice internationally.
Project Director, Job Opportunities through Business Support Project
UNDP
Nonprofit; 10,001+ employees; International Affairs industry
January 2001 – December 2003 (3 years) United Nations, Sofia Bulgaria
Developed and managed a $15 million business development project. 43 business support NGOs were established by the JOBS Project. These organisations provided business support services to small entrepreneurs including women. The project also developed 7 business incubators and a $1.7 million micro financial leasing scheme. Managed a team of 130 people.
Hanna Ruszczyk's Publications
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Working paper No. 12: Local Response to Globalization: MESTA Region, Bulgaria
- International Labour Office
- December 2001
Authors: Hanna Ruszczyk, Antonina Stoyanovska
Hanna Ruszczyk's Volunteer Experience & Causes
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Volunteer Experience
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Education Coordinator
Fair trade Hexham Town Group
- Economic Empowerment
August 2008 – present (4 years 11 months)Support fairtrade initiatives in Hexham and spearhead Fairtrade awareness raising activities in 7 schools.
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Chairperson
Traditzia Foundation, Sofia Bulgaria
- Economic Empowerment
August 2001 – January 2004 (2 years 6 months)Guided the establishment of this social enterprise and served as the Chair of the Board until I departed Bulgaria. At Traditzia, handicrafts made by socially disadvantaged people and entrepreneurial artisans could be purchased.
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Small Business Development Advisor
United States Peace Corps Volunteer
- Economic Empowerment
November 1992 – December 1994 (2 years 2 months)Advised the municipality of Kutno, Poland, on economic development strategies. Spearheaded activities that resulted in a 1 million euro grant from the European Union for the municipality. Major projects initiated: Regional Development Agency, a Business Incubator for start up companies, a revolving loan guarantee fund for small companies and a promotional campaign for the region.
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Volunteer Interests
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Causes I care about:
- Economic Empowerment
- Poverty Alleviation
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Hanna Ruszczyk's Languages
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English
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Polish
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Bulgarian
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Turkish
(Elementary proficiency)
Hanna Ruszczyk's Skills & Expertise
Hanna Ruszczyk's Education
Durham University
Master of Arts (M.A.) by Research, Geography
2012 – 2013
The topic I am exploring is Community Resilience and the impact of extreme weather conditions. My fieldwork took place in Nepal during January / February 2013 under the auspices of the ESRC funded Earthquakes without Frontiers Project.
Simmons College
BA, Psychology, Business Management
1986 – 1990
Member of Simmons College Honor Society
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