General

Name:               Alibekov Samir Abdurahman
Date of birth:     December 1, 1978
Place of birth:    Yalama, Khachmaz, Azerbaijan
Gender:             male
Cellular:             (+994 50/55/70) xxx xx xx
E-mail:               samweb_ltd@yahoo.com
URL:                  http://www.samweb-ltd.com

Education:

1996 – 2001 (correspondence course), Baku State University

Faculty:  Geography
Specialty:  Geographer

1996 – 1999, Guba Socio-Economic College

Faculty:  Law and Organization of Social Security Work
Specialty:  Small specialist lawyer

Experience:

July 2009 – To present, Transparency International (TI) Azerbaijan
Advocacy and Legal Advice Center (ALAC)

·Position: Senior Project Coordinator
Duties and responsibilities:

» Provide overall coordination of the project related activities between all institutions/structures involved
» Coordinate activity of 5 project centers in Baku, Ganja, Lenkoran, Guba and Sheki
» Coordinate overall activities related to opening of new center
» Control over and provide procurement of equipment, furniture and other needs of centers
» Under supervision of Project Director ensure that the project reports (financial and narrative) and other appropriate documents are communicated on time and in accordance with the established project founders procedures
» Prepare quarterly work plans and control over its implementation
» Coordinate all activities related to seminars/workshops/trainings to be held under the project, such as logistics/administrative arrangements, availability of the appropriate premises, etc. and control over communication of appropriate materials on project activities to mass media
» Control over regular update of project website as well as organization website
» Monitor progress of the project according to the work plan and inform Project Director if there are any concerns or problem immediately
» Draft project proposals to donors

October 2008 – June 2009, Transparency International (TI) Azerbaijan
Advocacy and Legal Advice Center (ALAC)

·Position: PR and Media Specialist
Duties and responsibilities:

» Ensure the timely and effective implementation of the media activities as scheduled
» Development of media coverage of different components of the projects, implemented by Transparency Azerbaijan to be submitted for Media
» Collection and filing necessary information about organizational and project developments from newspapers, magazines, internet and etc
» Prepare electronic drafts of media coverage, project activity reports and etc. to be placed on  the website
» Prepare technical, policy and briefing papers as requested
» Organize the scheduled consultations/workshops and ensure their success
» Prepare progress reports of the activities performed
» Prepare work plans regarding cooperation with Media, NGO’s and submit them to the Senior Project Coordinator

October 2008, OSCE Observation Mission

·Position: STO Interpreter
Duties and responsibilities:

» Ensure proper translation of documents
» Make synchronic interpretations
» Other translation assistance within Constituency Election Commissions

September 2006– October 2008, Transparency International (TI) Azerbaijan
Advocacy and Legal Advice Center (ALAC) Guba branch

·Position: Project Coordinator
Duties and responsibilities:

» Monitor media and keep files of all corruption related articles
» Select and process local materials for the website
» Assist in organizational issues for projects` public activities (conferences, seminars, presentations, etc)
» Assist ALAC lawyer to scrutinize clients seeking legal advice, oversee legal volunteers, ensure smooth operation of legal advice hotline
» Maintain database
» Liaise with the public authorities for the purposes of the project in liaison with head office project coordinator and director
» Act as a spokesman for media and public events in Guba in liaison with head office project coordinator and director

March 2006– August 2006, International Research and Exchange Program (IREX)
Internet Access Training Program (IATP)

·Position: Country Coordinator
Duties and responsibilities:

» Manage the programmatic aspects for activities related to IATP in Azerbaijan
» Supervise a staff that consists of trainers, alumni coordinator, webmasters, technical director, and other program personnel
» Develop and implement outreach strategies to targeted audiences, particularly USG alumni
» Establish and maintain relationships and agreements with other local and international institutions and organizations
» Oversee the development of training materials and curricula, Internet resources, and local-language online development
» Prepare and submit comprehensive activity and expense reports
» Manage staff in assisting local institutions to establish online presence, including websites, electronic publications, and electronic mailing lists
» Ensure that the IATP website provides accurate, comprehensive, and up-to-date information

October 2005 – March 2006, International Research and Exchange Program (IREX)
Internet Access Training Program (IATP)

·Position: Program Associate
Duties and responsibilities:

» Produce activity reports to Country and Regional Coordinators
» Event management, organizing seminars, workshops, chats, events at IATP site
» Collect program news highlights from Site Administrators and other relevant sources
» Translate materials when necessary into English, Russian or Azeri and compile high quality and well-written program news stories
» Assist the Country Coordinator with collecting and systematizing IATP user information, special events, success stories, and other statistics

February 2005 – February 2006, Medic Line & Mina Media Companies Group

·Position: Technical Director / Coordinator of Internet Projects
Duties and responsibilities:

» Creating and Managing Internet pages for any project within frame of work
» Graphic design for magazines issued by the company
» Ensure secure Internet access and local area network
» DNS Management, hosting issues
» Adjust overcoming obstacles within network connections
» Development of training materials and curricula, Internet resources in native and foreign languages
» Establish online presence, including websites, electronic publications, and electronic mailing lists
» Coordination and Management of teamwork for Internet projects
» Manage websites update with accurate, comprehensive, and renewed information

December 2005, OSCE Observation Mission

·Position: STO Interpreter
Duties and responsibilities:

» Ensure proper translation of documents
» Make synchronic interpretations
» Other translation assistance within Constituency Election Commissions

January 2004 – February 2005, International Research and Exchange Program (IREX)
Internet Access Training Program (IATP) Guba branch

·Position: Assistant Site Administrator
Duties and responsibilities:

» Establishing relations with local and international organizations functioning in the region
» Involvement of graduates of exchange programs sponsored by ECA
» Organize basic computer courses, Internet, MS office, graphic and web-design trainings
» Develop English related resources via Internet
» Coordinating news and success stories
» Conducting DL trainings for interested organizations
» Undertaking mobile trainings in sphere of information technologies in various educational institutions
» Target NGO community involvement
» Collaborate with government, non-government and business organizations involved in ICT sphere locally and regionally
» Coordinate implementation of other IATP related projects

December 2003 – February 2005, Guba Regional NGOs Resource and Training Center

·Position: Trainer / Interpreter
Duties and responsibilities:

» Assistance in projects preparation
» Develop and implement outreach strategies to targeted audiences, particularly NGO representatives, alumni, interested organizations and  volunteers
» Organized booklets, its dissemination within NGOs which resulted in expansion of auditorium
» Encourage dialogue and cooperation with other NGOs.
» Identify organizational resources that will be employed to implement the strategy
» Organize and manage web-design courses
» Organized English language courses for various NGO representatives
» Interpretations of projects, business plans, grant programs
» Establish and maintain relationships and agreements with other local and international institutions and organizations
» Counseled individuals to identify and achieve objectives, counseled youths on obstacles overcoming

Languages:

Excellence both in oral and written Azeri, Russian, English and Lezgi

Computer Skills:

Windows (2000/XP), Internet Explorer, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Power Point, Microsoft Front Page, Adobe Photoshop, Macromedia, Dreamweaver, NavStudio, Macromedia Flash MX, Xara Webstyle, CuteFTP, javascript, CSS, HTML, DNS, hosting issues

Certificates/trainings:

» GTZ / OSCE, Certificate of Completion, “Business Basics”
» NNF / UNDP, Certificate of Completion, “Computer Graphics”
» IREX / IATP, Certificate of WMDA (Web-Master and Designer Association)
» ATI, Certificate of Achievement, “Java Script”
» ATI, Certificate of Achievement, “Macromedia Flash MX”
» "E-learning Based Curricula Building Process" by Dr. Zdena Lustigova, the Associate Professor and Head of the laboratory of online learning at Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University, Prague
» National Confederation of Entrepreneurs Organization, Certificate of Completion, "Management Basics"
» British Council / British Embassy Baku, "Raising the Role of Media in Monitoring Government Programs"
» Ministry of Youth and Sports, Honored Diploma for achievements in anti-corruption activity in North region of Azerbaijan
» The National Endowment for Democracy, Certificate of Participation, "Guide of Sunlight", training by Media Right Institute
» British Council in Azerbaijan, John Smith Fellowship Program 2009, Certificate of Completion

Hobby:

Web-design, Information Technologies, Chess, Fishing