Iryna Prokofieva
Programme Director
Specialist in project management, organisational development, and international cooperation. Specialises in culture and creative industries. Certified project manager (IPMA, Level C), project and programme management trainer. She has worked in European programmes for the culture sector and creative industries of Ukraine and the Eastern Partnership countries, in particular, the Culture Bridges, EU-Eastern Partnership Culture and Creativity Programme, Common Space for Cultural and Creative Industries. Having worked in the British Council in Ukraine, she coordinated the research project "Status and Promotion of Equal Opportunities for Women and Men in the Cultural and Creative Industries" in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, and Ukraine.
She graduated from the Kharkiv International University of Economics (organisation management) and the University of Economics and Law "KROK" (project management).
In 2017, she was included in the New Europe 100 Challenger ranking as one of the 100 leading changemakers in Europe according to Res Publica, Google, Visegrad Fund, and the Financial Times. Member of the Kyiv office of the global community WEF Global Shapers. An alumna of the international youth organisation AIESEC.