Rinor Beka is an expert in democracy and governance programs with over 18 years of professional experience. Currently, he serves as the Governance Programs Advisor at the National Democratic Institute (NDI) in Albania. Previously, he worked in Kosovo for over a decade with NDI, where he implemented a broad range of programs for political parties, election processes, parliament, civil society organizations, academia and the think tank community. Before his involvement with the EJA progam, Rinor was a member of the Grants and Awards Board of the Democracy Society Promotion (DSP) program and more recently served as an evaluator for the SMART Balkans project. Rinor holds a BA and MA in Political Science from the University of Prishtina and a PhD from Karl-Franzens University in Graz, Austria. He also lectures on Public Policy and Comparative Politics at Riinvest College.
