Policy advising
- 06/2006 - 12/2009
Modernization of the local administration - Niedersachsen. - (by order of the Niedersachsen State Chancellory)
- 04/2000 - 12/2003
Reliability and Accountability of Governments in Central Eastern Europe
(by order of the WORLD BANK, Washington D.C.: Public Sector Programme) - 04/1999-02/2003
Personal advisor to the Prime Minister of Lower Saxony, Germany - 03/1998-07/1999
Policy Advisor for the OECD (with Jean Blondel)
(Project: Support for Governance and Management in Central and Eastern European Countries; EU Phare Programme) - 10/1994-12/1995
Policy Advisor for the Parliament of Georgia
(Grant by the European Union - TACIS programme - together with Jean Blondel and Eves Meny, European University Institute, Florence)
(Topic: Strengthening the parliament and governmnet of Georgia through the parliamentary research service)