Basile Pissalidis Email & Phone Number

Washing DC

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

Brought on to support the Vice President of Strategy develop Search’s regional peacebuilding strategies, multi-country “Conflict Geographies”, and associated interventions. Studied Search’s peacebuilding methodology, paradigm and conducted analysis accordingly. Currently, conducting research and providing analysis of international conflicts, root causes.

Kinshasa, DRC

Originally hired to monitor and analyze upcoming elections and provide programmatic and security related advice and eventually become the project’s Director of Security. Successfully forecasted significant developments and established security protocols to mitigate risk. Established an information network, analyzed political developments, and provided.

Washington DC

I led teams of security professionals and analysts from 200 NGOs to identify collaborative projects. We identified security information and analysis needs, determined effective collection methods, collected information, drafted analytical products or launched official studies. Based on these products I helped NGOs draft or update security policies and.

I established an information collection and analysis system for the ARC upon which I developed and based its global security risk management system. For deeper analysis, I traveled to 30+ ARC country offices to assess social, political and economic conditions, identify threats and gauge likelihood of their occurrence, and drafted analytical reports for.

Kabul, Afghanistan

As the sole Intelligence Officer for the Company I was responsible for all stages of the intelligence cycle. I met regularly with the principles to establish intelligence requirements, managed the collection process directly as I spoke Dari and we had to rely heavily on human (HUMMIT) and open source intelligence (OSINT), processed, analyzed, and.

Afghanistan

In 2003, the NGOs in Afghanistan established an Afghan NGO Security Office (ANSO), an information and analysis unit designed to meet and coordinate their security and analytical needs. I worked as one of ANSO’s regional officers covering Kabul, Hera, and Mazar-i-Sharif. I managed a team of national staff as we collected intelligence, analyzed.

Aghanistan

I was responsible for developing that agency’s security systems in Afghanistan and managing them. I spent a considerable amount of my time collecting intelligence, analyzing it, and drafting and updating key actor maps, as NGO security relies heavily on relations with those actor and context specific intelligence. As CRS was the lead agency in Caritas, a.

Harnessed collective power of 160 NGO members to speak and act on issues of common concern by managing and helping to develop overall humanitarian strategy and policies.

Chisinau, Moldova

Based in Chisinau, I headed PSF Mission in Moldova for an interim period. I was ultimately responsible for all of that office’s programs, operations, finances, and staff, spending the majority of my time representing us to government, and donor officials.

Bosnia And Herzegovina

I established and headed the UNIDO Regional Development Center (RBDC) in Eastern Republika Srpska. I was responsible for all UNIDO’s economic development programs, operations, staffing and finances in the region. Eventually I managed all three Regional Development Centers (RBDC) and projects in Bosnia.

Bosnia And Herzegovina

Based in Bihac I was the head of UNHCR’s Program Unit in charge of coordinating all projects in the region with refugees’ needs.

Croatia

I came to the region as a Registration Supervisor to monitor the elections. I was eventually selected by mission to provide logistical support to all Polling Station and Supervisors in Croatia.

New York, United States

Recruited by the UNICEF Security Coordinator while I was in Graduate School, I became his deputy in the newly established security office. I also helped establish and man the Emergency Operations Center.

M.A., International Relations

Field of concentration: International Security

B.A., Economics