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Irina Davidjuka

Riga; Latvia

Summary

My background includes performing detailed surveys and European Union fishing fleet analyses in order to evaluate conditions and prepare authoritative reports on different social and economic indicators. Well-trained and astute with strong attention to detail. Focused on the economic analysis in the primary sectors activities of the National economy.

Overview

20
20
years of professional experience

Work History

Economist - External Expert

European Commission
Riga - Brussels
01.2009 - 12.2023
  • Participation as an invited independent expert in the Expert Working Groups for Scientific, Technical and Economic Committee for Fisheries.
  • Supplying consultations on matters pertaining to the conservation and management of living marine resources, including biological, economic, environmental, social, and technical considerations.
  • Providing expert recommendations and assessment of existing regulations, policy implementing decisions in the area of EU maritime affairs and environmental sustainability.
  • Consulting and collaboration with policy makers, stakeholders and others socio-economic data end-users for further improving of the policy effectiveness and strategy development.
  • Mentoring a new coming colleague about the decision-making process and Common Fisheries Policy application in the European Union Member States.

Economist

Institute BIOR (former Latvian Fish Resources Agency)
Riga
01.2009 - 11.2022
  • Development of statistical survey design/templates in accordance with the requirements of the Common Fisheries Policy for National data on the fishing fleet, aquaculture and fish processing.
  • Creation of a survey methodology including detection of the observation unit, type of data collection scheme, planned sample rate, planned achieved sample rate.
  • Coordination of the Latvian National data collection process and organising related negotiations with stakeholders.
  • Quality control of collected data in accordance with international statistical Regulations, requirements and methodology in particular FAO, OECD and EUROSTAT.
  • Conducting of all types of analyses and relevant assessments of socio-economic indicators based on the social and economic collected data. Estimates for: economic performance indicators; capital productivity; energy use - fuel efficiency and intensity; import and export of fish products segmented by NACE codes.
  • Reporting on macroeconomic performance indicators and economic growth factors to the relevant authorities.
  • Providing socio-economic performance for the fishing fleet, aquaculture and fish processing in the frame of the sustainable use of coastal and marine natural resources to assess economic growth and marine ecosystem sustainability.

Data Centre Operator - Analyst

Latvian Fisheries Research Institute
Riga
07.2003 - 12.2008
  • Work with a National statistics database for Latvian fishing fleet to enter, store and process the collected data.
  • Development of database queries for cross-validation and data quality control.
  • Visualization of data in the form of tables and graphs for the reports.
  • Preparation of large, segmented datasets for national and international data calls.
  • Uploading data to the National or European Union database in the requested formats.

Education

M.D. - Project Management

University of Latvia
Raiņa Bulvāris 19, LV-1586, Riga, Latvia
06.2014

Bachelor of Science - Management of Entrepreneurship

Riga Technical University
BulvārisBulvārisDavidjuka1 Kalku Street, LV-1658, Riga, Latvia
06.2008

Skills

  • Economic Research
  • Economic Analysis
  • Socio-economic Performance
  • Economic Development
  • Natural Resources
  • Data Collection
  • Data Management
  • Data Assessment
  • Problem Resolution

Languages

Russian
First Language
English
Advanced
C1
Latvian
Proficient
C2

Accomplishments

Awarded by BIOR company in nomination 'Worker of the Year' in 2016 and 2021.

Timeline

Economist - External Expert

European Commission
01.2009 - 12.2023

Economist

Institute BIOR (former Latvian Fish Resources Agency)
01.2009 - 11.2022

Data Centre Operator - Analyst

Latvian Fisheries Research Institute
07.2003 - 12.2008

M.D. - Project Management

University of Latvia

Bachelor of Science - Management of Entrepreneurship

Riga Technical University
Irina Davidjuka