{"id":10342,"date":"2023-10-23T12:42:35","date_gmt":"2023-10-23T11:42:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kcsf.rrota.com\/member\/dren-puka\/"},"modified":"2025-05-19T07:37:26","modified_gmt":"2025-05-19T06:37:26","slug":"dren-puka","status":"publish","type":"member","link":"https:\/\/kcsfoundation.org\/en\/member\/dren-puka\/","title":{"rendered":"Dren Puka"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kontakt: <a href=\"mailto:dren.puka@kcsfoundation.org\">dren.puka@kcsfoundation.org<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Dren Puka<\/strong>&nbsp;is the Executive Director of KCSF with nearly 20 years of experience in research, advocacy, and the development of participatory public policies. 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By working with numerous organizations and participating in key policy initiatives related to civil society development, Dren\u2019s work has focused especially on creating an environment that seeks to accentuate diverse and marginal voices to shape a reflexive and inclusive public sphere.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\">He completed his graduate studies in Educational Policy and Leadership, with a specialization in Research Methods from the University of Rochester, in USA.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":15798,"template":"","member-category":[111],"class_list":["post-10342","member","type-member","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","member-category-current-staff"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Dren Puka - KCSF<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/kcsfoundation.org\/en\/member\/dren-puka\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Dren Puka - KCSF\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Kontakt: dren.puka@kcsfoundation.org Dren Puka&nbsp;is the Executive Director of KCSF with nearly 20 years of experience in research, advocacy, and the development of participatory public policies. 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