Chi ef of Party, Central Europe Media Program, Zinc Network Leading  Zinc Network 's  USAID-funded project to support financial sustainability of independent digital media in Central Europe through a combination of grant support, hands-on  training workshops, and expert guidance and mentoring, including: oversaw grant support to media partners with a view to growing audiences and revenue and to building sustainable financial models; coordinated expert support and mentoring for independent media outlets  in designing audience dashboards, social media best practice, newsletter development, and short-form video, reaping results, including the average digital platform audience growth rate of 151%; launched CEMediaTrends, an annual event on the latest trends and tools available to online media outlets, and hands-on workshops for more than 80 representatives of CE media outlets. --------------- Chair, New Diplomacy NEW DIPLOMACY - placing strategic thinking and security at...

Participatory Democracy Expert, Council of Europe Lead international expert on policy dialogue and participatory tools for civil society actors and government officials in 11 countries: advised local authorities in Ukraine, Georgia, Kosovo, and Armenia on policy dialogue; promoted Civil Participation in Democratic Decision-Making in Ukraine, including designing a Participatory Democracy Academy for civil society organisations and public officials resulting in tools on policy dialogue and participatory budgeting, including for schools, now applied in Georgia and Moldova; authored Council of Europe studies and guidelines on civil participation in policymaking;  led multi-stakeholder workshops and participatory schools in Albania, Armenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Georgia, Moldova, Serbia, and Ukraine, and mentored local government officials and civil society representatives in Ukraine on citizens’ engagement, AI and smart cities (smart cities education in schools). ----------...

Executive Director, PASOS As the first Executive Director of PASOS (Policy Association for an Open Society), Jeff conceived and implemented seminars training think-tank directors and their staff in strategic communications, developed an advocacy handbook for civil society on influencing EU policymaking, and oversaw the emergence of PASOS as one of the leading civil society networks in the region. PASOS is a network of independent policy centres spanning 28 countries in Central and Eastern Europe and Central Asia. Achievements: Jeff took strategic leadership in projects and civil society development in the Western Balkans and in the EU’s eastern neighbours (in 2011-12 he successfully lobbied the European Commission to launch the European Neighbourhood Policy Civil Society Facility), and diversified the funding base of PASOS. Highlights included: Designed and led key projects, resulting for example in a breakthrough in relations between the Eastern Partner countries and the EU ...

Director of Communications, Transparency International Jeff Lovitt served as Director of Communications at the international secretariat of Transparency International (TI)  in Berlin, Germany, from 2000-2005. Jeff managed  a staff of 11 and department budget of € 1.2 million (2004 figures) in the media relations, print publications and online resources departments at the Transparency International (TI) Secretariat, the global headquarters of the leading international non-governmental organisation fighting corruption worldwide.  Reporting to Chief Executive and Chairman, and deputising for the Chief Executive, responsibilities included:  Developing global advocacy strategies, maintaining public awareness of the issue of corruption, and keeping arguments for good governance and corporate social responsibility at the top of agenda of key global institutions (e.g. leading corporations, World Bank and regional development banks, OECD, UN); Advising Board of Direct...

  Time to End Putin's Impunity   by Jeff Lovitt and Jan Piekło,  bne IntelliNews , 10 June 2021 Do We Trust Democracy? A Future Agenda for Europe , an Open Government Partnership publication (Chapter by Jeff Lovitt: "Does the EU Want What Its Neighbours Need?"), Open Government Partnership, May 2019 Eastern Partnership Index 2017. Charting Progress in European Integration, Democratic Reforms, and Sustainable Development   (Editor in Chief: Jeff Lovitt), Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum, December 2018, ISBN 978-2-930970-01-1   Regulatory Impact Assessment and Public Consultations: Comparative Models, Lessons Learned & Recommendations for Belarus   by Goran Forbici and Jeff Lovitt, Council of Europe, July 2018 Eastern Partnership Index 2015-2016. Charting Progress in European Integration, Democratic Reforms, and Sustainable Development   (Editor in Chief: Jeff Lovitt), Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum, December 2017, ISBN 978-2-930...

2015- : Chair, New Diplomacy 2016-2021: Member, International Experts Panel (IEP) of the Open Government Partnership (OGP)  August 2015- Member, Roster of Experts,  GPSA (Global Partnership for Social Accountability),  World Bank January-June 2015 and January-December 2017, Member,  Advisory Group on Media Freedom in the Eastern Partnership countries , chaired in 2015 by the Latvian Presidency of the EU Council and in 2017 by the European Commission 2011-2012, 2013-2014: President and Co-Chair, Steering Committee,  Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum 2012-2013: Chair of Board,  DEMAS - Association for Democracy Assistance & Human Rights,  Czech Republic 2010: Jury member, Journalism Prize 2010, Czech Republic,  Open Society Foundation Prague 2008-2009: Member, Advisory Board,  United Nations Human Development Policy Network (Europe and the CIS) 2007-2008: Member, founding Steering Committee,  European Partnership for Democracy 2...