CURRICULUM VITAE
1. Family name: PALUTSKAYA
2. First name: NINA
3. Date of birth: 12 July 1953
4. Nationality: Citizen of Belarus
5. Education:
Institution:The Institute of Fishing Industry, Kaliningrad, USSR
Date: from - to 09/1970-06/1975, full time five year complete course
Degree(s) or Diploma(s) obtainedFull Degree in Ichthyology and Fish
Farming
Institution:Belarus State University, Belarus, Minsk
Date: from - to 08/1987-06/1992, part time six year complete course
Degree(s) or Diploma(s) obtained Journalist
6. Language skills: (5- high; 1- low)
LanguageReadingSpeakingWriting
English 4 3 3
Russian 5 5 5
Belarus 5 4 4
Polish 4 3 2
7. Membership of professional bodies: Belarus Journalist Association, Belarus
PEN-Center.
8. Other skills: Experienced PC user, environmental photographer.
9. Present position: Freelance environmental journalist, media and public
relations advisor
10. Professional Experience Record (selected):
Date: from-to1989-1992
LocationGrodno, Belarus
CompanyGrodno StateTV
PositionAuthor, Producer and Presenter of the TV-program "ECOS"
DescriptionThe program was focused on environmental problems in Grodno
region including impacts of industrial sand/gravel extraction from Neman
river bed on water environment
Date: from-to1993 -1996
LocationGrodno, Belarus
CompanyIndependent radio "Radio NBK" in Grodno
PositionFounder and Broadcaster (the radio was closed down by the
authorities before the national referendum in 1996)
Description1994 and 1995 - The first prize in the journalist MFC
competition on the small businesses issues, Belarus; 1999- the winner the
radio nomination in the EU Tacis International TV and Radio program, Kiev,
Ukraine
Date: from-to1997 - 1999
LocationGrodno, Belarus
CompanyGrodno Regional Weekly Newspaper “Infobirzha”
Position Editor in Chief.
Date: from-to1999 - 2000
LocationGrodno, Belarus
CompanyNGO Center of Information Support for Societal Initiatives "Third
Sector"
Position Trainer in eco-journalism.
Description Young Journalist School project
Date: from-to2001
LocationGrodno, Belarus
CompanyCenter of Information Support for Societal Initiatives "Third
Sector" (NGO)
PositionCoordinator of the ISAR/USAID project.
DescriptionEnvironmental Impact Assessment of the Neman river dam project.
Public campaign "We are against the building of dams on the Neman river".
Public hearing and series of publications on the issue in Belarus mass
media. Report production.
Date: from-to1999-2003
LocationGrodno, Belarus
CompanyBelarus Business Newspaper (BDG)
PositionRegional Correspondent
DescriptionRegular publications on political, economic, social and
environmental issues
Date: from-toFrom 2002
LocationMinsk, Belarus
CompanyPublic Advisory Group (Obschestvennyi Sovet), Ministry of Natural
Resources and Environmental Protection
Position Member
Date: from-to2001-2003
LocationGrodno, Belarus
CompanyHalcrow/BCEOM Consortium: EU Tacis Project Reducing Agricultural
and Industrial River Pollution: Improving Surface Water Quality in the
Neman River Basin, SCR-E/111229/C/SV/WW
PositionLocal Expert – Media and Public Relations
DescriptionOrganizer of the International Workshop to promote NGO and
scientists collaboration within the River Neman Basin, Grodno, July 2002.
Strategy for public participation in the integrated water basin
management. Production of promotional materials including Neman booklet
Date: from-to2004 - 2005
LocationGrodno Region Belarus and Kaunas Lithuania
CompanyCCB funded Joint Lithuanian-Belarus-Russian project
PositionBelarus Coordinator
DescriptionField trips, local liaison, data collection and review,
production and dissemination of the river Neman basin poster
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