For over fifteen years Kateryna Ryabiko has lived her passion for democratization and human rights, providing assistance and policy development in political accountability, parliamentary ethics, political participation and electoral processes throughout Central and Eastern Europe. She has worked for international organizations, private sector consultancies and government institutions. Currently, Kateryna leads Ukraine\u2019s Civil Society Project at the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights in Warsaw. Kateryna was named a USAID Foreign Service National for outstanding achievements in promoting democratic development in Ukraine and her leadership in guiding the U.S. Government\u2019s democracy assistance efforts. Ms. Ryabiko holds Master\u2019s in Public Administration from the State University of New York (2002) and was honoured by a Stanford University Fellowship for Democracy, Development and Rule of Law (2009). She was recently featured in a documentary about the evolution of democracy, A Whisper to a Roar, and was published in the 2015 European Yearbook on Human Rights.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":14070,"template":"","years_alumni":[267],"class_list":["post-14069","alumni_post_type","type-alumni_post_type","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","years_alumni-2016-en"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n