Goran Sumkoski – Independent development expert, scholar, mentor, trainer and lecturer on economic, political and social development,  author of the Sovereign Development Doctrine, founder of Sovereign Statecraft Lyceum, taught and conducted research at universities on three continents, having worked with governments, presidents, businesses and people in 30 countries across the world as a director, consultant, adviser, and as an independent expert with organizations such as the World Bank, Asian Development Bank, IMF, BBC, UN, OSCE, EU, etc. A postgraduate of University of Minnesota, USA; London School of Economics and Political Science, University of Manchester, University of East Anglia, UK; the University of St. Cyril and Methodius, Macedonia; Meiji University, Japan.

Short Excerpts From the Extensive Professional Experience 

Dec 2018 – July 2023 Worldwide

Trainer and mentor of thousands of professionals in sovereign economic development doctrine and its practical implementation.       

• Trained sovereign movements, organizations, parties and individuals in Sovereign State Doctrine and Sovereign Economic Development

Dec 2019 – Mar 2020     Saudi Arabia      KSA       

Economic Development Expert for Diversification of Saudi Economy

• Feasibility study for development of KSA industrial clusters and provide linkages with local SMEs.
• Selecting national and regional sectors with high growth and job creation potential.
• Proposing regulatory framework for industrial clusters and SoEs.
• Regulatory policy, investment attraction and export promotion programme with coaching & training modules.

January 2017 – 2018 Central Asia EU – DEVCO

Project Director, Team Leader, Private Sector Development Study for Central Asian countries of Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan

 Identifying the private sector features and using latest statistical data on the private sector (e.g. number of SMEs, size and definition of SMEs, employment by SMEs, financial situation of SMEs, trade patterns of SMEs, percentage of GDP, breakdown per sectors in connection with regional and international market, etc.) from all 5 Central Asian countries
 Identifying national and regional sectors with high growth and job creation potential.
 Assessing private sector development opportunities enhanced by regional cooperation settings such as the Eurasian Economic Union and facilitated by recent GSP+ status, concerning Central Asian countries’ access to EU markets.
 Analyzing characteristics, capacity and training needs of Government ministries & agencies and Business Intermediary Organizations in all 5 Central Asian countries and logistic services.
 Analyzing State Owned Enterprises in each of the five countries, notably regarding their share in the economy, the sectors they are represented in, and the plans of the Governments to privatize.
 Provide recommendations to be taken on board by the national beneficiaries and EU to strengthen the business climate, facilitate private sector development and improve development effectiveness of EU projects.
 Analyzing the development effectiveness of the EU programmes, CAI and IFCA, in Central Asia.

May 2016 – January 2017 Turkey UNDP

HQ Economic Development Expert for Eastern Europe, Former Soviet Union and Turkey.

 Provide strategic advice to country offices on building capacities to improve private sector development and productive capacity enhancement;
 Provide strategic advice to country offices on building capacities to improve trade-related projects;
 Propose UNDP approach to Sustainable Local Development and propose service lines for the Sustainable Development Cluster and concrete actions products, tools, platforms and instruments within the local economic development context.
 Prepare methodology for operationalizing SDGs for ongoing and incoming UNDP programmes and projects;
 Develop minimum standards for microfinance loans for trade, private sector development, greening agriculture, micro-insurance, developing capacities in private sector development.
 Develop service-lines on building productive capacities, trade and local development for the SD Cluster;
 Mapping of potential new partners, including from the private sector for the region for Turkey.

2015 – 2016 Kyrgyzstan, Asian Development Bank

Project Director, Team Leader, Improving the Effectiveness of International Development Funds

 Provide training to Government and ministries on best practices of Project Management
 Produce Development Effectiveness Guidelines and Manual for all Investment Implementation
 Producing sets of legal and regulatory acts for improved efficiency of project implementation
 Informational campaign for promoting development effectiveness
 Improving development effectiveness in Infrastructure, Energy, Education, Health and Social sectors

2016 Kyrgyzstan International Monitory Fund (IMF)

IMF International Economic Expert

 Help Kyrgyz Republic evaluate the strength of the public investment management practices through IMF’s Public Investment Management Assessment (PIMA).
 The PIMA evaluated Kyrgyz Republic’s institutions that shape public investment decision-making at the three key stages
 Planning sustainable investment across the public sector;
 Allocating investment to the right sectors and projects;
 Implementing projects on time and on budget

2015 Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan

UNDP International Economic Expert on Economic Development

 Review of the National FEZ Development Strategy, FEZ Laws and Regulations

 Marketing Strategy For Investment Promotion in Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan
 Training for local SME on value chain approach
 Investment Promotion Campaign training for Ministry of Economy

2014 – 2015 Kyrgyzstan OSCE 

International Expert on Regulatory Managament

 Managing large Regulatory Impact Analysis and introducing e-Guillotine project in the Kyrgyz Republic with key government, private sector and civil society.
 Establishing 25-member Regulatory Reform Unit made up of local experts and guiding their work and the work international partners such as Jacobs &Cordova and Associates.
 Establishing Regulatory Reform Council led by the Prime Minister and developing all strategic and operational plans as well as legal framework for introducing RIA and e-Guillotine in the Kyrgyz Republic.

2014 Uzbekistan UNDP International Expert

Regional Local Economic Development Adviser for Eastern Europe, Former Soviet Union and Turkey

 Review of the curricula of the Academy of Public Administration under the president of Uzbekistan
 Four new subjects recommended and concept notes developed
 Several public lectures to M.Sc. students on Public Administration, HR, E-government, Local Government

2011 – 2014 Bangladesh India, Nepal, Bhutan and Sri Lanka World Bank Group/IFC

Regional Program Manager for Investment Climate/Business Environment in South Asia

 Managing 6.5 M USD program per year and 10 staff on time within budget and with highest standards of outcomes.
 Managing complex stakeholders’ relationship between government officials, businesses, international donor community and leading Bangladeshi donor & government sub-committee on investments.
 Designs and sets regional standards for Business Regulations aligned with the Global IFC/WB products for South Asia with a focus on high developmental impact, ensuring strategy is in line with IFC strategic objectives and regional business model.
 Provides sound technical expertise to regional Business Regulations teams and regional internal clients (investment and advisory) ensuring the product meets high quality standards, and has a clear development and exit strategy;
 Ensures the development of and adherence to a solid measurement and evaluation framework for the product in collaboration with M&E staff and in line with WB practices and policies, including setting guidelines for pre-implementation scoping and post-project monitoring; Promotes cooperation within WBG through FPD, PREM etc.
 Takes responsibility for development and design of new programs/ projects.
 As Program Manager works closely with project leaders and monitors implementation and progress of projects focused and recommends corrective actions when and if necessary; Contributes to the knowledge management agenda taking accountability for gathering, managing and disseminating global best practice and institutional knowledge across IFC;
 Supports the Global Product Specialists from HQ and jointly develops new initiatives/global projects, leading innovation and keeping abreast/influencing industry developments;
 Works on Access to Finance, Sustainable Business Advisory, Inclusive Business Models, Investment Facilitation.
 Leads on PSD, business regulations, institutional & regulatory reforms, governance initiatives in 5 South Asian countries.
 Leads South Asia Business Regulation Practice Group for India, Bangladesh, Nepal ,Bhutan & Sri Lanka.
 Implement Tax Administration Reform, Introduction of Alternative Dispute Resolution systems.
 Led Bangladeshi Government Delegation to a one week study tour in Jakarta, Indonesia, hosted by Indonesian Ministry of Local Government.
 Introducing 10M USD Regulatory Enforcement & Inspections program in Bangladesh, Nepal and India
 Investment climate work in regulatory simplification, BPR, PPPs, climate change and sector specific work in infrastructure, transport, power and energy, gas & oil, water, health, food, SME, agri-business, tourism, local economic development etc.
 SEZ regulatory simplification issues form identification, designing interventions & implementation, investment promotion.
 Developed & introduced Regulatory Impact Analysis (RIA) in Bangladesh, scoped regional RIA opportunities.

2013 – 2014 DC Washington DEC/World Bank

Visiting Expert to World Bank DEC

 Visiting Expert as part of a program to foster knowledge sharing between researchers and operational staff to conduct 2 months research with the Development Economics Vice Presidency (DEC), chaired by Kaushik Basu.
 Publish a paper and help develop channels to put research findings into good use, especially in World Bank/IFC operations: Regulatory governance, economy-wide and sectoral, and links with private sector investment in OECD countries, extending findings into sector regulatory frameworks/investment link in developing countries.

2009 -2011 Tajikistan UNDP

Strategic Adviser to UNDP and Tajikistan Government, Economic Development Expert

 Strategically positioned UNDP interventions for working in Private Sector Development, and Local Economic Development with national & local government
 Developing institutional capacity, design regulatory reforms and improved governance initiatives for government ministries, national level agencies as well as regional and local level government outlets.
 Provided advisory support on approach to value chain analysis, marketing strategies, economic growth for rural communities
 International Strategic Economic Advisor provides coordination, managerial, technical and policy advisory support.
 Provided strategic advice on policy dialogue, advocacy, knowledge transfer on rural economic development
 Monitored program’s operational plans & external environment and advised timely readjustment of programme activities.
 Provision of expert analysis on mobilizing government structures to provide favorable support to the business sector at local level with the view to improve good governance and economic growth, infrastructure, power, water-supply
 Investment facilitation in manufacturing, agroprocessing, water-supply, export promotion, marketing etc.

2010 – 2011 Philippines Asian Development Bank

Advising and Training the Management of the Asian Development Bank, Team Leader, Key Expert in Internal & External Communication

 Improved implementation of ADB Communication strategy in complex international organization with diverse staff
 Developing institutional capacity for inclusive and culturally and gender sensitive working environment in ADB
 ADB key leaders and managers helped to review current implementation of communication strategy.
 Improved ability of ADB’s Management, senior staff and lead sector/thematic specialists to raise ADB’s profile by delivering their key messages in a clear, effective and timely manner to a diverse audience,
 Participants reviewed own communication styles and approach and improved their ability to communicate with clarity to staff, colleagues, subordinates and superiors.
 Greater awareness developed about impact of senior managers’ communication skills on organizational performance,
 Skills to overcome own unconscious bias and recognize it in others acquired and implemented,
 Gender bias interference on communications and organizational performance addressed,
 150 professionals coached on awareness and challenges & opportunities of better communications among diverse staff.
 Management of project activities, experts, budget and donor reporting and coordination.

2010 – 2011 Tajikistan OSCE

Team Leader, Free Economic Zones Development

 Identification of main economic sectors for Tajikistan’s Ishkashim Free Economic Zone on Pamir;
 Definition of opportunities of potential domestic & international trade, with Afghanistan, Pakistan and China;
 Study of international investment opportunities, factors positively and negatively impacting international investment.
 Private Sector Development strategy and operationalization plan for Tajikistan region of Gorno Badakshan.
 Attracting investment in agriprocessing, tourism, water-supply, mining, private sector power-generation Pamir Energy
 Analysis of infrastructure development required to support the proposed industries / businesses;
 Design of the administrative, human resources and related financial requirements, operational implementation plan
 On basis of my proposal donors and commercial sector pledged 5M USD for development of infrastructure of Ishkashim FEZ.

2009 – 2010 Bosnia and Herzegovina Germany European Commission Naturex Consulting, BBC WST

Team Leader, Restructuring and Transformation of Bosnian State Owned Institutions

 535.000 EUR EC funded project: Establishing the Public Broadcasting System of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
 Providing restructuring plan for the Public Broadcaster with 2,000 employees in cooperation with management.
 Restructuring plan on legal, organizational, human resources, finance, production programming, communication, marketing.
 Managing team of 10 international experts on restructuring and media and team of around 10 local experts and support staff.
 Strategic, organizational, operational, financial management of the complex project.
 Providing intensive training in institutional reforms, transformation of state owned institutions and management.

2006– 2009 Kyrgyzstan GTZ

Strategic Adviser, International Business Council of Kyrgyzstan

 Providing strategic and operational guidance to the private sector of all Kyrgyz-based local and foreign businesses.
 Member of President’s Investment Council, PPD platform sponsored by EBRD.
 Member of Supreme Economic Council advising the Kyrgyz Prime Minister.
 Member of the government-business working group that in 3 years brought Kyrgyzstan to the 2nd best reformer in the world according to World Bank’s Doing Business Indicators for 2009.
 Lobbying and influencing government and parliament for adoption of business-friendly laws.
 Regular reporting and contacts with donors, partners, government officials.
 Managing a team of around 10 local experts and support staff.
 Private Sector Development, implementing business regulatory reforms and improving governance.
 Managing complex negotiations between all stakeholders, businesses, governments and citizens.
 Conducting public opinion campaigns in order to galvanize support for better investment climate.
 Strategic, organizational, operational, financial management of a complex project with many stakeholders.
 Helped develop Mining Code, Tax Code, Import-Export simplification program, National Development Strategy, development of tourism sector, agro-business, mining and hydro power, infrastructure development etc.

2007 – 2009 Bosnia and Herzegovina France European Commission Naturex Consulting

Team Leader, Transformation of Bosnian State Owned Institutions

 585.000 EUR EC project: Standardization of News Workflow and Archiving Processes in Public Broadcasting Services.
 Providing intensive training programme for news production to 500 staff and management
 Regular reporting and contacts with donors, partners, government officials
 Strategic, organizational, operational, financial management of this complex project.
 Managing team of 25 renowned international experts on restructuring and 10 local experts and support staff.

2008 – 2009 Central Asia 

Professor MBA program of American University

 Teaching at MBA level courses of Strategic Management and Business Negotiations.
 Overseeing master thesis of number of students.
 Providing advice to AUCA Business Clinic in market analysis, project proposals and fundraising.
 Establishing sustainable and ongoing links between AUCA and the business community.

2008 Central Asia MCG,
Naturex Management Consultant

 Producing operational and marketing strategy for Central Asia News Service that is providing news and information to users in Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan.
 Providing market analysis, recommendations in terms of content, operations, finances and marketing.

2008 Russian Federation MCG,

Naturex Management Consultant

 Feasibility study for multi-million dollar launch of new Mini-Movies Channel in 6 EU countries.
 Providing market analysis and recommendations in terms of content, operations, finances.
 Detailed complex analysis for the launch of a digital launch of a channel for the Western Market financed by the consortium of companies from countries from Former Soviet Union.

2005 – 2006 Bosnia and Herzegovina Germany European Commission AHT Deutsche Welle

Team Leader, Transformation of Bosnian State Owned Institutions
 500.000 EU funded project: Restructuring state-owned Bosnia and Herzegovina into public broadcasting services
 Providing training in institutional reforms, transformation of state owned institutions.
 Regular reporting and contacts with donors, partners, government officials.
 120 top directors and governing bodies executives trained in leadership, management
 Managing a team of 5 international experts on restructuring and media and team of around 10 local experts, support staff.
 Developing institutional capacity, design and implement reforms for improved governance.
 Managing complex project of negotiating the transformation to Public Service Institutions trough coaching and advising senior leadership and government officials.
 Providing intensive training in institutional reforms, transformation of state owned institutions and management. General management, Change Management, HR management, Financial Management. Executive coaching
 Strategic, organizational, operational, financial management of the complex project.

1997 –present UK WM Enterprise – Naturex

International Consultant/ Project Director

 Implementing, backstopping for Private Sector Development, investment attraction, agriculture, tourism, infrastructure, health, SME, training projects in the following countries: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Macedonia, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Montenegro, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, Bangladesh, Vietnam.
 Working with partners such as OSCE, EC, USAID, UNDP, SDC, SECO, GTZ, DFID, UN, ADB etc.
2006 Vietnam WM Enterprise – Naturex International Consultant/, Director  Project director for 2,700,000 EUR Vietnam Private Sector Support Programme.
 The overall objective of the project is job creation via the promotion of the private sector and SME development and the integration of Vietnam into the international economy

2006 Croatia WM Enterprise – Naturex

International Consultant/, Director

 Project director for 1,500,000 Euro Cross-border cooperation EC-funded project with implementing and backstopping.
 Overseeing work of 10 international and local short term experts and 5 permanent project staff

2004–2005 Uzbekistan Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan Switzerland Swiss-based CIMERA Consulting

Project Director, Media Project in Central Asia

 Building a network of partners among leading regional media organizations for improving quality of journalism.
 Regional project director and team leader managing long term Access to Information project with three country offices and over 60 highly professional employees.
 Managing 1,000,000 EUR worth development project in Central Asia funded by Swiss Development Corporation on time and within budget. Offices in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan and Dushanbe, Tajikistan..
 Developing institutional capacity, promoting good governance initiatives and introducing the concepts of transparency and accountability.
 Regular reporting and contacts with donors, partners, government officials.
 On basis of my proposals OSCE awarded media monitoring projects to our organization, public service announcements, production of election guidebook etc worth 250,000 EUR.

2004–2005 Afghanistan European Commission

Senior EC Consultant Restructuring Radio Television Afghanistan and Bakhtar News Agency

 EC project: Identification mission into restructuring state-owned RTA / Bakhtar agency, Senior EU Consultant Economist into public broadcasting services. Project size was 200,000 EUR.
 Project resulted in proposal for EC engagement in restructuring Afghan public media with investment budget of 64M EUR.
 Producing Formulation Proposal with financing plans for restructuring state-owned Radio Television Afghanistan/News Agency.
 Producing cost-benefit analysis of the proposed project worth 64M EUR with accompanying detailed budget, organizational chart, job descriptions, training plans and funding proposals.
 Developing institutional capacity for reforming public institutions and improved management and governance.

Oct 2003 /Feb 2004 Kyrgyzstan ACTED – French Development Agency

Team leader EuropeAid, USAID, DFID, ADB

 Business environment improvement, agriculture development, infrastructure development, tourism, health,
 This project was aimed at increasing food security and poverty alleviation for vulnerable households resulting in a more peaceful and dynamic environment in the Ferghana Valley by promoting cross-border cooperation, increasing food security, supporting income generation and rural development and building the capacity of community based organisations.

Aug 2003–2003 Tajikistan ACTED – French Development Agency

Deputy Team Leader EuropeAid

 Objective of this three-year project was to contribute to the development of a better economic environment and participatory governance in Tajikistan promoting economic development in vulnerable rural areas of country.
 Business environment improvement, agriculture development, infrastructure development, tourism, health,
 Infrastructure Rebuilding, Microfinance, Capacity Building, Business Training, Health Education, Conflict prevention, Poverty

May 2003–Aug 2004 Uzbekistan ACTED – French Development Agency

Deputy Team Leader EuropeAid, USAID, DFID

 This project was aimed at supporting in participatory and sustainable way the private sector development as well as economic and social development of vulnerable populations in Uzbekistan’s southwestern provinces Syrhandarya and Kashkadarya,
 Agriculture development, food security, cross-border cooperation, conflict prevention, local capacity building
 The project to develop business opportunities in Uzbekistan benefited up to 10,000 individuals.

1995 – 2002 London, United Kingdom BBC World Service

Editor, Journalist Producer

 Producer, editor of BBC World Service flagship Newshour programme, interviewed number of presidents, prime ministers, including Mary Robinson, Evgeniy Primakov, Robin Cook on international political and economic issues.
 Provided advice to government officials, corporations, on political and economic situation in the Balkans

2000 – 2003 London, UK Help North Korean Kids

Director

 Managed and oversaw the work of NGO in UK for collecting aid for North Korean Children.
 Developed network of individual and institutional donors as well as channels for delivery of aid.

1989–1994 Russia, Sochi 1989– Mavrovo Construction

Project Manager

 Managed 50M USD projects and up to 250 employees on time and within budget.
 Oversaw and planned big hotels and hospital projects built in Sochi, Russia.

1989–1994 Macedonia 1989– Mavrovo Construction

Project Manager

 Planned the construction of big infrastructure projects in Germany, Russia, Middle East (Libya, Iraq, Iran, etc).
 Certified Company Valuation Expert of Macedonian Privatisation Agency.

UNDP, Regional Consultant for Eastern Europe and CIS                                                                                May 2016 – Present

• Provide strategic advice to country offices on building capacities to improve private sector development, trade, investment and productive capacity enhancement;
• Provide strategic advice to country offices on building capacities to improve trade-related projects;
• Propose UNDP approach to Sustainable Local Development and propose service lines for the Sustainable Development Cluster and concrete actions products, tools, platforms and instruments within the local economic development context.
• Prepare methodology for operationalizing SDGs for ongoing and incoming UNDP programmes;
• Develop minimum standards for microfinance loans for trade, private sector development, greening agriculture, micro-insurance, developing capacities in private sector development.
• Develop service-lines on building productive capacities, trade and local development;
• Mapping of potential new partners, including from the private sector for the region for Turkey

ADB, Team Leader, Kyrgyz Republic                                                                                                                                May 2015 – Apr 2016

Development Effectiveness Promotion for the Kyrgyz Republic

• Provide training to government and ministries on best practices of Investment Project Management
• Produce Development Effectiveness Analysis of International Aid for the period 1992 – 2014
• Produce Investment Management Guidelines and Manual for Public Administration
• Produce Business Process Re-engineering (BPR) for improved government processes
• Introduce National and Sectoral M&E Framework for Public Investment in the Kyrgyz Republic
• Informational campaign for promoting development effectiveness

Investment Climate Program Manager, South Asia, IFC/World Bank                           Feb 2012 – Oct 2014

Program Manager, World Bank Group, Dhaka, Bangladesh

• Managing $6,0 million program, 20 staff on time within budget and to high standards.
• Manages complex stakeholder relationship between government officials, businesses, and international donor community and leads Bangladeshi Investment donor sub-committee.
• Designs and secures for funds IFC/WB Investment Climate/Business Regulations work in regulatory governance, climate change, infrastructure, SME, agri-business, power, tourism, etc
• Leads South Asia Business Regulation Practice for India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, Sri Lanka.
• Introducing $10 million Regulatory Enforcement & Inspections program in Bangladesh – DFID
• Implements PSD, Regulatory Reforms, Regulatory Enforcement & Inspections, Tax Administration reforms, Alternative Dispute Resolution, Regulatory Impact Analysis (RIA)

Visiting Expert to Development Economics Department, DEC, World Bank                                                       2013 – 2014

Visiting Expert, World Bank Group, DEC, Washington DC, USA

• Selected as Visiting Expert as part of a program to foster knowledge sharing between researchers and operational staff, to conduct 2 months research with the Development Economics Vice Presidency (DEC), chaired by WB Chief Economist Kaushik Basu.
• Publish a paper and help develop channels to put research findings into implementation, Regulatory governance and links with private sector investment in OECD countries, extending findings into sector regulatory frameworks/investment link in developing countries

Naturex Consulting, CEO, Senior Consultant, UK, Worldwide                                                                      Feb 1997 – Dec 2012

CEO & Senior Consultant: International Economic Development, Management,

• Designing, securing funding and implementing international economic and private sector development projects, investment generation, regulatory and institutional reforms, Business Environment, Economic Development, Investment Attraction, Green Growth, Power, Energy,  Infrastructure, Transport, SME, Green Growth, Agriculture, Gas & Oil, Water, Tourism, etc

Executive Communication Project Director, ADB                                                          Aug 2010 – Dec 2011

Project Director, Asian Development Bank, Manila, Philippines

• Improved implementation of ADB communication strategy into practice in such a complex, diverse and geographically spread international organization. Communication strategy reviewed and implemented for internal and external communication.
• Improved ability of management, senior staff, lead sector/thematic specialists to raise ADB’s profile by delivering their key messages in a clear, effective and timely manner.

Economic Development Advisor to UNDP in Tajikistan                                                  Dec 2009 – Feb 2011

Strategic Adviser to UNDP and Tajikistan Government

• Strategically positions, designs and implements interventions in 18 million UNDP-implemented DFID financed program working with local government in mobilizing business community and citizens for inclusive private sector development, agricultural development, power, water, infrastructure, and microfinance provision at the local level;

Improving Business Environment for GIZ, CIM, in Kyrgyz Republic                           Nov 2006 – Nov 2009

Strategic Adviser to IBC, prime minister and president of Kyrgyz Republic

• Part of government & business working group that in 3 years brought Kyrgyzstan to the 2^nd best reformer in the world according to World Bank DB indicators for 2010.
• Lobbying and influencing government & parliament to adopt business-friendly laws.
• Attracting investment in Kyrgyz Republic, promoting it abroad as potential investment location.
• Fundraising and capacity building for business associations.

Economic Development Advisor to OSCE in Tajikistan                                                  Sep 2010 – Feb 2011

Strategic Adviser to FEZ Ishkashim and Tajikistan Government

• Design of the administrative, HR and related financial, operational and implementation plan
• On basis of my proposal donors and commercial sector pledged $5,5 million for development of infrastructure of Ishkashim FEZ.

Restructuring State-Owned Institutions for EU in Bosnia and Herzegovina               Apr 2005 – Apr 2010

Project Director, European Commission

• Designing, managing and overseeing institutional reforms and advising on transformation and management change for the state owned institutions.
• Team leader of complex international project managing complex stakeholder network.
• Winning three consecutive 580,000 Euro projects with EU.

Access to Information Project in Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan                           Mar 2004 – Apr 2005

Regional Project Director for Central Asia, Swiss Media Development Project in Central Asia

• Managing 1,000,000 EUR Access to Information development project in Central Asia funded by Swiss Development Corporation SDC on time and within budget.
• Mediating between media and governments on improved access to information
• Regular reporting, contacts with donors, international & government officials etc.

Restructuring state-owned RTA for EU in Afghanistan                                                  Nov 2004 – Feb 2005

Senior Consultant Economist, restructuring of state-owned companies

• Producing project proposal for restructuring the state-owned Radio Television Afghanistan and Bakhtar News Agency into public broadcasters.
• Producing cost-benefit analysis of the proposed project worth 64M EUR.

ACTED Develpmt Agency, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan Aug                                      2003– Mar 2004

Project Coordinator, EuropeAid, TACIS, USAID, DFID, ADB projects

• Managed 2,500,000 Euros as a team leader on EU TACIS, USAID, CIDA, SDC projects in Central Asia with over 100 employees on time and within budget.
• Donors’ reports, budgets, developed new project proposals for 1 – 2 million projects with EuropeAid, OSCE, USAID.

American University of Central Asia, AUCA, Kyrgyz Republic                                  2007 – 2009

Lecturer, Professor

• Teaching at MBA level courses of Strategic Management and Business Negotiations.
• Overseeing Master Thesis of students, providing advice to AUCA on fundraising.

WM Enterprise, UK                                                                                                        2005 – 2006

International Project Director

• Project director for 2,700,000 EUR Vietnam Private Sector Support Programme.
• The overall objective of the project is job creation, promotion of the private sector and SME.
• Project director for 1,500,000 Euro Cross-border cooperation EC-funded project with implementing and backstopping.
• Involving 10 international and local short term experts and 5 permanent project staff
• Number of project proposals submitted including EU Framework project

Mavrovo Construction    Macedonia, Sochi, Russia, Germany                                1989 – 1994 Project Manager and Head of Planning Department

• Managed 50M USD projects with 250 employees on time and within budget.
• Planned big infrastructure projects built in Germany, Russia and Middle East.
• Acted as Certified Company Valuer of Macedonian Privatisation Agency.

London School of Economics, London, UK                                                              1999 – 2001

M. Sc. Development Management.

• Dissertation thesis on the links between trade liberalization and economic growth analyzing 117 developing countries using SPSS and SAS statistical software.
• Provided consulting on viability of microfinance projects in the Horn of Africa.
• Researched various aspects of privatisation and transition in Eastern Europe.

Meiji University, Tokyo, Japan, University of Manchester, UK                          2019 

PhD Governance & Economic and International Development

• Dissertation thesis on links between national and sector regulations, governance and economic growth in developing countries.
• Institutional reforms, capacity building, infrastructure, energy, transport.
• Media development, access to information, transparency and democratization

University of Minnesota,Minneapolis, USA                                                                1994 – 1995

Visiting Scholar in Corporate and Investment Finance,  Fulbright Fellowship

• Wrote research paper comparing EVA – Economic Value Added – corporate performance benchmark, with traditional valuation techniques, ROI, EPS and NI.
• Research on links between corporate value and share price on NYSE.
• Worked on projects implementing EVA in Honeywell, Unisys, Kellogg and Cargill.
• Awarded Fulbright Fellowship in Economics 1994.

St. Cyril and Methodius University, Skopje, Macedonia                                                          1992 – 1994

Master of Business Administration Programme

• Management of production processes, productivity and efficiency.
• Comparative analysis of different corporate organizational structures.

St. Cyril and Methodius University, Skopje, Macedonia                                                          1982 – 1989

B. Sc. Construction Engineering

• Construction and project management.
• Mathematical and statistical theoretical and practical analysis.

• English, Russian, Macedonian                                                                                                                       Fluent

Conferences, Presentations, Publications

• Are Institutions Conducive to Better Regulatory Environment. Evidence from OECD countries and Bangladesh. Journal of Competition and Regulation in Network Industries, April 2016.
• Legitimacy of Regulation in the Age of Global, Governance, Journal of Global Ideas, April 2016.
• Links between Sector Regulation in Infrastructure and Investment in OECD and developing countries, World Bank Group, Washington DC, November 2013.
• Business Process Re-engineering Manual for Development Practitioners, World Bank Group, Washington DC, February 2013.
• Measuring Regulatory Governance in Developing Countries. Research Paper, December 2012, United Kingdom.
• Implementing regulatory reforms in developing countries, Conference presentation, Queens College Cambridge University, 6th of September 2012, UK.
• World Bank Group Investment Conference Climate in Asia, Presentations and Moderating, Singapore, 27th to 30th of November 2012.
• Introducing RIA in Bangladesh. Strategic plan and manual for developing countries, 2012, UK.
• Keynote Speaker at the Tajikistan Economic Forum, Khujand, Tajikistan 14/15 October, 2011.
• Investment Profile Sughd Province, Tajikistan, UNDP, Producing and editing government publication, 2011.
• Local Economic Development Manual for Users and Trainers, UNDP, Dushanbe Tajikistan , December, 2010.
• Restructuring Plan for Bosnia Herzegovina’s Public PBS, Sarajevo, EU, Bosnia Herzegovina, 2009.
• Editing and producing “Quarterly Investment Climate Analysis for the Kyrgyz Republic, Producing and editing it between 2006 and 2009.
• Export Growth and Economic Growth: Time-series cross-section analysis of 117 developing countries for last 38 years, London School of Economics, London, UK, 2001.
• Microfinance projects in the Horn of Africa, Sudan, Eritrea and Ethiopia, Consulting paper for Accord, London, UK, May 2000.
• The influence of the media on government responsiveness to emergency aid situation, London School of Economics, London, UK, Lecture, October, 2000.
• Culture and Organizations: Alternative View. To what extent is development management merely another form of cultural imperialism, Essay, London School of Economics, UK, April 2000,
• Relationship between EVA (Economic Valued Added) and MVA (Market Value Added as financial measurements of Corporate Performance on NYSE, University of Minnesota, USA, 1995.
• Review of current situation with the access to information in Central Asia, Speech at the Transparency International regional conference in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, June 2004.

Published Parts of the Research in Blind or Double-Blind Peer Reviewed Academic Papers – Goran Sumkoski

• Does Regulation Affect Infrastructure Investment and Output. Evidence from OECD countries and Bangladesh. Author Goran Sumkoski, International Journal of Scientific and Engineering Research (IJSER) Volume 7, Issue 12, December-2016, pp.364-376
• Towards socio-economic theory and practice of regulation. Evidence from OECD countries and Bangladesh, Author Goran Sumkoski, Cogent Social Sciences, November 2016, pp.1-22
• Are institutions conducive to better regulatory environment in infrastructure? Empirical study of Bangladesh and comparison with OECD countries, Author Goran Sumkoski, Competition and regulation in network industries, vol. 17 – n°1, July 2016, pp.55-77
• Legitimacy of Decentered Regulatory Models in the Age of Global Governance, Author Goran Sumkoski, International Journal of Global Ideas, VOL. 6, June 2016, pp.42-64
• Building Reform Capacity. Author Goran Sumkoski. Entry in Global Encyclopedia of Public Administration, Public Policy, and Governance 2017-2018
• Regulation and social capital. Author Goran Sumkoski, Journal of Social and Economic Development, August 2018, pp.1-22

• World Bank Group, Links between Sector Regulation in Infrastructure and Investment in OECD and developing countries, November 2013, Washington DC.
• World Bank Group Business Process Re-engineering Manual for Development Practitioners, February 2013, South Asia, Washington DC.
• Measuring Regulatory Governance in Developing Countries. Research Paper, December 2012, United Kingdom.
• Implementing regulatory reforms in developing countries, Conference presentation, Queens College Cambridge University, 6th of September 2012, Cambridge, UK
• World Bank Group Investment Climate in Asia Conference, Presentations and moderation, Singapore, 27th to 30th of November 2012.
• Introducing RIA in Bangladesh. Strategic plan and manual for developing countries, 2012, UK
• Keynote Speaker at the Tajikistan Economic Forum, Khujand, Tajikistan 14/15 October, 2011
• Investment Profile Sughd Province, Tajikistan, Producing and editing government publication, 2011
• Local Economic Development Manual for Users and Trainers, Dushanbe Tajikistan , December, 2010
• Restructuring Plan for Bosnia Herzegovina’s Public PBS, Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina, 2009
• Editing and producing “Quarterly Investment Climate Analysis for the Kyrgyz Republic” Producing and editing it between 2006 and 2009.
• “Export Growth and Economic Growth: Time-series cross-section analysis of 117 developing countries for last 38 years” London School of Economics, London, UK, 2001;
• “Microfinance projects in the Horn of Africa, Sudan, Eritrea and Ethiopia” Consulting paper for Accord, London, UK, May 2000;
• “The influence of the media on government responsiveness to emergency aid situation”, London School of Economics, London, UK, Lecture, October, 2000.
• “Culture and Organizations: Alternative View. To what extent is development management merely another form of cultural imperialism” Paper, London School of Economics, UK, April 2000.
• “Relationship between EVA (Economic Valued Added) and MVA (Market Value Added as financial measurements of Corporate Performance on NYSE “University of Minnesota, USA, 1995.
• “Review of current situation with the access to information in Central Asia” speech at the Transparency International regional conference in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, June 2004.

• Tax revenue collection and growth,  2014, United Kingdom, University of Hertfordshire, UK
• World Bank Group: Link between sector regulations and level of private sector investments. August 2013, Washington DC
• World Bank Group: Business Process Re-engineering Manual for Development Practitioners, February 2013, South Asia, Washington DC.
• Measuring Regulatory Governance in Developing Countries. Research Paper, Dec 2012, UK.
• Implementing regulatory reforms in developing countries, Conference presentation, Queens College Cambridge University, 6th of September 2012, Cambridge, UK
• World Bank Group: Investment Climate in Asia Conference, Presentations and moderation, Singapore, 27th to 30th of November 2012.
• Introducing RIA in Bangladesh – Manual for Developing Countries, 2012, UK
• Keynote Speaker  at the Tajikistan Economic Forum, Khujand, Tajikistan October, 2011
• Investment Profile Sughd Province, Tajikistan,  Government publication, 2011
• Local Economic Development Manual for Users and Trainers, Dushanbe Tajikistan, Dec 2010
• Restructuring Plan for country’s Public Sector, Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina, 2009
• “Quarterly Investment Climate Analysis for the Kyrgyz Republic” Producing and editing it between 2006 and 2009.
• “Export Growth and Economic Growth: Time-series cross-section analysis of 117 developing countries for last 38 years” London School of Economics, London, UK, Master Thesis, 27, 2001
• “Microfinance projects in the Horn of Africa, Sudan, Eritrea and Ethiopia” Consulting paper for Accord, London, UK, May 2001
• “The influence of the media on government responsiveness to emergency aid situation”, London School of Economics, London, UK, Lecture, October, 2000.
• “Culture and Organizations: An Alternative View. To what extent is development management merely another form of cultural imperialism” London School of Economics, London, UK, 2000.
• “Review of current situation with the access to information in Central Asia” speech at the Transparency International regional conference in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, June 2004.
• “Media and Elections” Keynote speaker at the OSCE Media and Elections conference in Issyk Kul, Kyrgyzstan, August, 2004.
• “Relationship between EVA (Economic Valued Added) and MVA (Market Value Added) and other financial and accounting measurement of the Corporate Performance on NYSE “ University of Minnesota, USA Research Paper, 1995.

1997 –present UK,  Naturex

International Consultant/ Project Director

 Implementing, backstopping for Private Sector Development, investment attraction, agriculture, tourism, infrastructure, health, SME, training projects in the following countries: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Macedonia, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Montenegro, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, Bangladesh, Vietnam.
 Working with partners such as OSCE, EC, USAID, UNDP, SDC, SECO, GTZ, DFID, UN, ADB etc.
2006 Vietnam WM Enterprise – Naturex International Consultant/, Director  Project director for 2,700,000 EUR Vietnam Private Sector Support Programme.
 The overall objective of the project is job creation via the promotion of the private sector and SME development and the integration of Vietnam into the international economy

2013 – 2014 DC Washington DEC/World Bank

Visiting Expert to World Bank DEC

• Visiting Expert as part of a program to foster knowledge sharing between researchers and operational staff to conduct 2 months research with the Development Economics Vice Presidency (DEC), chaired by the World Bank Chief conomist Kaushik Basu.
• Publish a paper and help develop channels to put research findings into good use, especially in World Bank/IFC operations: Regulatory governance, economy-wide and sectoral, and links with private sector investment in OECD countries, extending findings into sector regulatory frameworks/investment link in developing countries.

Dec. 28, 2013 – Goran Sumkoski, Program Manager, Business Regulation Regional Lead for South Asia, IFC Advisory Services, reflects on his visit with the research department from Oct. 28-Dec. 28, 2013, hosted by the Finance and Private Sector Development Team.

2008 – 2009 Central Asia Naturex

Lecturer, MBA program of American University

 Teaching at MBA level courses of Strategic Management and Business Negotiations.
 Overseeing master thesis of number of students.
 Providing advice to AUCA Business Clinic in market analysis, project proposals and fundraising.
 Establishing sustainable and ongoing links between AUCA and the business community.