Romans Putans

Effective development, including, administration, coordination, planning, budgeting and international cooperation of the European Studies Master Programme at the University of Latvia.

Project based researches, policy analyses, development of policy recommendations within successful awarded implementation of EU INTERREG, Europe for Citizens, Erasmus+ programmes` projects related to social, economic and political science areas, including labour market issues, labour mobility, integration, inclusion aspects, labour demand short-term forecasts, volunteering and social participation in public governance.

Teaching in the following master and bachelor degree programmes` courses: “Globalization and Integration Processes in International Economy”, “International and European Integration Political Economy”, “Business in the European Union”, “European Union: Institutions and Governance”, “Practical Research Methodology Seminar”.

Effective contribution to making an impactful difference in changing the Latvian State Revenue Service (SRS) toward client-oriented service organization by efficient management and teamwork in designing (content-wise) and active implementation of the SRS Development strategy, stablishment and management of SRS personnel evaluation system. Change management and conduction of SRS reforms, including institutional, functions`, processes` and financial analyses.

Coordination of SRS reforms – centralization and decentralization of functions, e-governance, preparation of internal and external processes` analyses and researches, financial analyses, presentations according to needs of higher management. Internal communication management with 5`200 employees; creation and editorial functions of the SRS weekly Change Newsletters. Organization of annual SRS Clients Satisfaction Surveys (>30`000 respondents), data analysis and reporting.

Successful awarded implementation of number of SRS development projects (technical, IT and capacity building), including application, planning, budgeting, coordination of teams, monitoring and control, evaluation, administrative and quality management.

Specialized subject in research, data analysis, project management, public administration, HR management. Title of Ph.D. thesis: "Role Of A Client-oriented Approach In The Development Of Public Administration: Case Study Of Youth”.

Specialised subjects in EU focused interdisciplinar fields in politics, law, social sciences, economics, regional sciences, public administration, business. Title of Master Thesis: “Strategic planning of Latvian State Revenue Service in relevance to national and international strategic documents.”

Principal skills in management science with specialization in International Business. Title of Bachelor Thesis: “World Bank’s Support for Realization of State Revenue Service Modernization Project.”