Arber Kuci Email & Phone Number

San Francisco, California, Us

Bethesda, Maryland, Us

• Proposal Management: Manage full proposal lifecycles, from capture and color-coded team reviews to final production and submission. Prepare formal plans and assemble and lead proposal teams for responding to large multi-million requests for information (RFIs), requests for proposals (RFPs), and requests for task order proposals (RFTOP) under existing IDIQs, primarily for USAID and the Department of State. • Strategic Planning and Implementation: Research, identify, track and manage opportunities pipeline through Sam.gov, GovWin, and Devex. Lead regular weekly meetings to make go/no-go recommendations for senior management, determine and mobilize needed resources, as well as develop themes, strategies, budgets, and work schedules.• Senior Management Support: Support the senior management with partnership development, intelligence gathering, and identification of long-term contract vehicles.

Us

• Monitor and investigate disinformation networks and narratives, online hate speech, US based extremist movements and militia activities, as well as foreign interference operations on social media• Lead teams compiling short and long-form investigative reports that are shared with major tech platforms, elected officials, and regulators, and covered by all major newspapers and media outlets, including the Washington Post, New York Times, CNN, USA Today, Politico, and many more.• Create and edit public-facing and on-background content, memos, and reports to increase pressure for adoption of smart policies and regulation.• Engage with external parties and potential partners to support the development of strategy and tactics as well as mobilize key global stakeholders in advocacy endeavors against disinformation, hate speech, and extremist movements.

Arlington, Virginia, Us

• Conceptualize, write and edit various technical parts of proposals, and compile and unify writing across proposal sections, primarily for USAID and UN agencies, including UNDP, UNICEF and UN Women.• Review, adjust and adapt cost proposals to solicitation requirements and proposed solutions in the technical proposal.• Lead efforts on identifying and engaging key local and/or international staff and implementation partners.• Engage in proposal capture through in-country research and intelligence gathering trips, focusing primarily on Europe and Western Balkans.• Work directly with and leverage technical expertise of proposed project team and the team lead in the proposal development process.• Responsible for overseeing the work of the in-house designer to produce compliant and compelling proposal-related graphics.• Compile and submit clarification questions to the client as well as ensure proposal compliance with solicitations.• Serve as project manager following successful bids.

Arlington, Virginia, Us

• Conducted threat and risk analysis for the USG on a variety of subjects related to security, governance, media, and foreign influences.• Supported USG in enhancing industrial preparedness by researching customs, infrastructure and supply constraints of specific regions.• Monitored and assessed online and offline activities of unofficial actors posing potential security threats to US interests in the Western Balkans.• Coordinated a regional network of over 10 researchers in Serbia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, North Macedonia, Albania, Montenegro and Kosovo.• Assisted with research and reviews of reports covering Eastern Europe, including Ukraine, Moldova, Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia.• Assisted the business development team in preparing proposals through in-country research and mobilization of resources.

Prishtina, Ko

S&D is the first Kosovar consultancy owned by an international company and is a high-quality alternative for tailor-made development consulting services in Kosovo.• Supported the Head of Consulting and Head of Operations in the bid process, including capture planning, proposal development, and project management. • Proactively identified bid opportunities, conducted in-country assessments, and cultivated relationships with local and international partner companies and donors, including EU, UNDP and USAID.• Conducted research and intelligence gathering with relevant stakeholders, including government institutions, private sector, local NGOs, and international development organizations. • Conceptualized, wrote and edited various technical parts of proposals, as well as compiled and unified writing across proposal sections. • Supported recruitment efforts by identifying key staff and consultants for specific projects in line with RFP requirements. • Built and maintained new relations with potential partners and clients.• Produced and updated the content of the S&D website. Specific works:▸ IPA / IPA II strategy development and communication - Junior Expert (Client: EU Commission & Ministry of European Integration, Government of Kosovo)▸ Minimum Wage Study: Identifying the best model for Kosovo - Junior Expert (Client: EU Office in Kosovo & Kosovar Stability Initiative)▸ Presentation of women in print media - Project Manager & Lead Writer (Client: Swedish International Development Agency (SIDA) & Agency for Gender Equality, Office of the Prime Minister, Government of Kosovo)

The Council for Inclusive Governance (www.cigonline.net) is an international nonprofit, nonpartisan, and non-governmental institution that promotes inclusive and responsive governance. It facilitates constructive dialogue as a means of fostering interparty cooperation, interethnic accord, and interstate collaboration, and carries out analyses of contemporary policy issues. All CIG meetings are held under Chatham House rules, where interlocutors engage in frank and open discussions of otherwise politically-sensitive issues related to Albanian-Serbian relations and normalization of relations between Kosovo and Serbia.• Engaged in private diplomacy efforts with informal and official state actors from Kosovo and Serbia on sensitive political issues. • Conducted primary research through informal meetings with members of parliament (MPs), politicians, and opinion-makers.• Wrote reports based on face-to-face in-depth interviews and semi-formal roundtable discussions held under Chatham House rules.• Assisted in the establishment of the ‘Group for Cooperation’ consisting of 12 MPs of key political parties from Kosovo and Serbia.• Served as project manager and was responsible for establishing, maintaining and fostering relations with future participants in project activities, including high-level political party representatives, government officials, analysts, journalists and members of civil society.

Vienna, At

The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) is the world's largest security-oriented intergovernmental organization. Its mandate includes issues such as arms control, promotion of human rights, freedom of the press, and fair elections.• Provided analysis and quality control of research material and reports published by mission’s Department for Security and Public Safety.• Ensured compliance with internal reporting standards across four departmental sectors. • Coordinated activities between the department and the OSCE Office of Central Coordination. • Prepared talking points and background information for the head of the department and the OSCE Head of Mission.

New York, Ny, Us

• Developed and wrote the draft of the first communication strategy of the Government of Kosovo on Transitional Justice. • Designed, produced and updated the content of a website and social media channels as part of outreach activities.• Initiated and oversaw the production of a 30-minute documentary, four PSAs, one TV debate, and three op-eds.• Established an offline platform for cooperation between the government, civil society organizations, and international donors.• Coordinated all internal communication between four participating UN agencies, and external communication with the public.

Berlin, De

ECFR conducts research and promotes informed debate across Europe on the development of a coherent and effective European foreign policy.• Conducted research on the process of recognition of Kosovo’s statehood by five EU non-recognizing countries. • Initiated the creation of a database with contact information of key EU political officers working on Kosovo related issues.

Founded in 2004, the Kosovar Stability Initiative (IKS) is an independent, not-for-profit think tank focusing on empirical research and analysis of socio-economic developments in Kosovo. • Co-authored a 90-page handbook to politics, people and parties in Kosovo covering the period between 1945 and 2010.• Interviewed key political actors, conducted primary and secondary research, and drafted various parts of project proposals.• Represented the organization in various public discussions and built relationships with local stakeholders and international donors.

Mclean, Va, Us

The USAID Kosovo Private Enterprise Program (KPEP), a four-year initiative launched in October 2008, aimed to stimulate the private sector competitiveness of Kosovo's economy. This $17.8 million program was implemented by Booz Allen Hamilton. • Conducted extensive semi-structured interviews with more than 15 various businesses in the tourism industry. • Organized and delivered tailored workshops on strategic organizational management for business owners and managers. • Defined mission, vision and medium-term goals and objectives of the national tourism association. • Co-drafted a three-year strategic plan for Kosovo’s Tourism Association as part of the Kosovo Private Enterprise Program (KPEP) initiative.

Brussels, Brussels Region, Be

• Primarily responsible for conducting secondary qualitative research and media monitoring.• Authored a situation report covering two months of relevant political developments and proofread and translated reports from English to Albanian.

Arranged meetings with local politicians, mayoral election candidates, media representatives and opinion-makers for an American journalist writing on 2009 Kosovo local elections for the GlobalPost, a web-based international news organization. Additionally arranged visits to important historical as well as entertainment sites for a travel feature published in the Destinations/Europe section of the Boston Globe, an American news organization.

Sarajevo, Ba

• Wrote hard news stories, conducted media monitoring, and provided English-Albanian-Serbian translation as needed.• Covered a breaking story of a 24-year-old Kosovar Albanian who had been charged in the US with preparing a terrorist attack in Kosovo.

• Covered a wide range of topics, with specific concentration on higher education.• Authored newspaper’s cover story on first public appearance of Kosovo’s former Prime Minister following his return from The Hague, having been acquitted of war crime charges at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY).• Translated daily news, columns and opinion pieces from English to Albanian and Serbo-Croatian to Albanian.

Bachelor Of Arts (Ba), Journalism & Mass Communication

Bachelor Of Arts (Ba), Political Science And International Relations