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)
