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Who we are

Staff

Team

Member of the Board

Gulru Azamova

July 2023 — present

Areas of expertise

  • budgeting
  • capacity building in planning
  • citizen engagement
  • civil society organization management
  • monitoring development programs
  • public administration
  • Social safeguards and resettlement

Ms. Azamova has more than 20 years of experience working with civil society and international organizations, with a particular focus on the management and evaluation of capacity-building programs and social development projects. She served as a Social Development Specialist for the World Bank Country Office in Tajikistan and its Central Asian Regional Office, and as a Program Management Specialist for several USAID-funded projects in Tajikistan.

Member of the Board

Rano Bobojoniyon

September 2023 — present

Education

  • Doctor of Habil in Philology 2007
  • PhD in History 1999
  • Diploma in Law Tajik State University of Law, Business and Political Science, 2000
  • Diploma with Honors in Journalism Tajik State University

Areas of expertise

  • civil society organizations
  • ender issues
  • government agencies
  • journalism
  • law
  • mass media

Ms. Bobojoniyon has extensive experience in civil society organization management and consulting, gender equality, prevention of gender-based violence, law, and mass media. She is currently a Member of the Lower House of the Tajik Parliament. Her previous roles include Deputy Head of the People’s Party of Tajikistan, Deputy Governor of Sughd Province, Chairperson of the Committee for Women and Family Affairs in Sughd Province, and Head of Information and Analytics for the Sughd Province Government.

Member of the Board

Gulnora Beknazarova

September 2023 — present

Education

  • PhD in Social Philosophy 2007
  • MA in Gender Sociology European Humanities University, 2003
  • Diploma of Russian Teacher Tajik National University, 1994

Areas of expertise

  • data collection and analysis
  • gender issues
  • polls
  • Qualitative and quantitative sociological research
  • surveys

Ms. Beknazarova has extensive research experience and is a member of the International Program Evaluation Network. She currently works for the international charity organization CAPS Unlock. Previously, she served as Director of Zerkalo NGO and Tahlil va Mashvarat LLC, and Head of the Research Unit at Zerkalo Sociological Research Center. She has also contributed as a national expert to task forces on harmonizing standards and procedures for data collection and analysis.

Member of the Board

Rahimbek Akramov

September 2023 — present

Education

  • MSc in Banking and Finance University of Sheffield, UK, 2012
  • BA in Economics Russian-Tajik Slavonic University, 2008

Areas of expertise

  • asset verification
  • HACT assurance and assessment
  • IFRS financial statements and training
  • Internal and external audit
  • mergers and acquisitions
  • technical assistance to funded projects and programs

Mr. Akramov has more than 16 years of experience in consultancy and audit. He is Managing Partner at Crowe ACG, a member of Crowe Global. He is a Certified Auditor of the Ministry of Finance and the National Bank of the Republic of Tajikistan, a Certified Auditor in Kyrgyzstan, and a member of the Association of Accountants and Auditors of Tajikistan.