Having set up and now managing the organisation's website, I regularly write web articles and update the agenda on Ukraine-related affairs. I also ensure communication and PR support for our events, conferences and webinars. As a Member of the Board, I am responsible for the organization's Culture & Civil Society table.

I am responsible for all communications activities for UPEACE Centre The Hague (UPH), which acts as representative in Europe of the UN-mandated University for Peace (UPEACE) based in Costa Rica. This includes supporting and developing activities to inform and attract interested students interested in following a year-long Master's on conflict management and peace studies at the University for Peace, by liaising with students' organisations and universities in Europe.Also, I am responsible for upholding and managing UPH's website and social media outlets on Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn.I organised and executed a recruitment drive to attract students to follow a Masters study at the UPEACE University in Costa Rica via a campaign of direct mail and social media posts to students organisations all over Europe, resulting in several applications from students for 2018-2019.

In order to develop an accessible powerhouse of knowledge on Ukrainian issues, I did historical and bibliographical research for an extensive annotated bibliography on books and academic articles devoted to Ukraine in all its facets (history, politics, culture, literature, economy, religion) which were published in English, Dutch, French and German, This Ukrainian bibliography includes all relevant data on publications, including short descriptions and abstracts of the content, weblinks, access to full texts of books and articles in as far as they are available online, and reviews of listed publications.

I provided regular analyses and updates, as well as a bibliography of academic studies and reports, on developments in Ukraine

Help clients to promote and highlight their sustainability actions by using PR, traditional and social media;Shape and implement communication strategies and projects (f.ex. Round Table for Responsible Soy (RTRS) 2015 annual conference in Brussels); Get media exposure for clients through contacts with network of national, EU and sector journalists.

Journalist/correspondent, writing news reports and backgrounds on development and humanitarian policy and practice of the EU institutions, Belgium and the Netherlands.

Brussels correspondent for Dutch press agency Novum Nieuws, writing on EU, NATO and Belgian affairs for Dutch newspapers, radio stations and on-line media that are clients of Novum.

Freelance EU affairs correspondent for Dutch press agency ANP, writing on EU and Belgian affairs.

Consultancy for the UNICEF Office of Research Innocenti in Florence, Italy:- Develop and implement communication & media strategies at EU & international level, including preparation of written material (press releases, fact sheets, Q&A, etc.). - a.o. for the international launch of a report on child well-being in industrialised countries for the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) for UNICEF National Committees in these countries (2013)

Develop & implement communication strategies towards EU Institutions & Brussels-based press corps. Manage & update EU-UNICEF partnership website.Write articles and publications on UNICEF’s interaction with the European Institutions

The only magazine in Dutch on Ukraine: politics, economy, culture, history, international relations, etc. Co-founder and contributing editor since its creation in 1998, chief editor until 2011.Author of various Ukraine-related articles on current affairs, politics, history, culture, literature, book reviews, etc. Ensured promotion, marketing, advertising and outreach to Dutch-speaking audiences in the Netherlands, Belgium and at EU level.

- Develop & implement EU communication strategies with UNHCR colleagues & NGO partners to highlight UNHCR concerns on refugee and asylum issues.- Build & develop relations with EU & Benelux media via briefings, interviews, press conferences in various languages.- Write stories for UNHCR website & external publications, draft speeches and op-eds. - Organize public awareness events to promote awareness of problems of refugees and asylum seekers and of UNHCR operations to targeted audiences, a.o. photo exhibitions (in Dutch and European Parliaments), pop festivals, EU awareness campaign with the International Organisation for Migration (IOM), initiate “Gimme shelter” Mick Jagger campaign.- Manage relations & communication projects with UNHCR's Private Sector Fund-raising partners in the Netherlands

Foreign desk editor covering current international affairs, specialising in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union; wrote analyses, interviews, necrologies. - Reportages in Central Europe, the Baltic States and the CIS states. - EU editor & reporter during Dutch 1997 EU Presidency.