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Social protection system reform.
Legislation, governance, institutional arrangements, child-centred design.
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Shock-responsive social protection.
Readiness assessments, vertical and horizontal expansion of national schemes, humanitarian cash transfers using national systems.
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Public finance for children.
Fiscal space analysis, expenditure work, parliamentary engagement, PFM training tools.
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Programme design, M&E and capacity development.
Operational manuals, SOPs, monitoring frameworks, training for government staff and UN colleagues.
Selected work
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North Macedonia
UNICEF North Macedonia
Seven years leading UNICEF's social policy and social protection portfolio, anchoring the 2019 Laws on Social Protection and Child Protection, a redesigned income-tested child allowance, and a new ICF-based disability assessment model for children.
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Türkiye
UNICEF Türkiye
A readiness assessment of Türkiye's national social protection system for delivering humanitarian cash during shocks, drawing on the Syrian refugee response, the COVID-19 cash expansion and the 2023 earthquakes, with a sequenced four-pillar agenda.
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Ukraine
UNICEF Ukraine
Three-month emergency deployment in the early phase of the war to design and roll out humanitarian cash reaching roughly 50,000 households, channelled through Ukraine's national systems rather than a parallel humanitarian channel.
Recent writing
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Triggers and Financing: The Missing Middle of Shock-Responsive Social Protection in Europe and Central Asia. Lessons from Kosovo
On the gap between policy intent and operational reality in shock-responsive social protection across Europe and Central Asia, drawing on lessons from Kosovo.
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Fading Footprint: The UN's Risk of Irrelevance in the Western Balkans
A personal essay on the UN's diminishing footprint in the Western Balkans and the strategic implications of disengagement as the region moves through EU accession dynamics.
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Shock-Responsive Social Protection in Kosovo: Guidelines
Kosovo's first national SRSP Guidelines, developed with the Ministry of Finance, Labour and Transfers. Translates readiness findings into operational guidance.