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Anna Chernyshova, UNDP Deputy Resident Representative

Anna is a seasoned UNDP manager with over 20 years of programme and operations experience. Prior to joining North Macedonia Country Office, Anna served as UNDP Deputy Resident Representative in Georgia for five years. Before that Anna managed large and culturally diverse teams in UNDP offices in Belarus in 2002-2011, in Kyrgyzstan in 2011-2014, in UNDP’s Bangkok Regional Hub in 2014-2017, and finally in the UNDP Pacific Office in Fiji in 2017-2019, where she also served as Country Manager a.i. for the Solomon Islands before arriving in Georgia. 

Throughout her career with UNDP, Anna has managed programmes on combatting human and drugs trafficking, border management, mitigating the consequences of Chernobyl disaster, and fighting HIV, TB and malaria with support from the Global Fund.
Prior to joining UNDP, Anna was Programme Manager at the OSCE Advisory and Monitoring Group in Belarus. She managed an EU-funded Programme on Human Rights, Democratization and Elections. She has a law degree from the Belarus Academy of Management and an MBA degree from the European University Viadrina in Germany.