Aleksandr Riabushko currently serves as public relations and ICT project manager for Ulyanovsk regional government, Russian Federation. His team promotes the Ulyanovsk region in Internet, supervises and supports 334 official websites and 85 official blogs, conducts photo and video shooting of official events, and provides language translation services for the regional government. Under his management, the Ulyanovsk region moved from 61st place to 1st place in Russian official and non-official transparency ratings. Working at this position from 2010, he strengthened the regional leadership in the field of transparency and ICT among other Russian regions. During the career, he launched around 70 PR & ICT projects. He also expanded the Ulyanovsk regional leadership on the global arena after successful collaboration with the World Bank and WeGO. His experience is highly appreciated at international conferences and is successfully implemented in different regions. Aleksandr Riabushko previously worked for three years as press officer for the regional ministry of building and public utilities. He has a practitioner's diploma in public relations and currently finishing a Ph.D. in Political Science, St. Petersburg University, Russian Federation. Aleksandr has a number of awards and certificates from Russian and foreign organizations, including a Certificate of Completion the e-Government Program for WeGO Member City Officials in Seoul Human Resource Development Center. As political researcher, he has 7 publications in scientific journals (2 indexed in Scopus) and 5 publications in professional journals on public relations.
Appointments
- Government Fellow, UNU-EGOV
- Deputy Director - CIO, Office of the Affairs of the Ulyanovsk Region
- Press Officer, Ulyanovsk Region Ministry of Construction, Fuel and Public Utilities