Director

Mārtiņš Brencis

2018 IV	2018. IV – present
2016 II – 2016 IV	Ministry of Finance, EU Funds Affairs Department; director
2015 IV – 2016 II	Ministry of Finance, Budget Department; director
2012 XI – 2015 IV	Ministry of Ministry of Environmental Protection and Regional Development, Legal Department; director
2008 X – 2012 XI	Ministry of Finance, Legal Acts Department; director
2008 IV – 2008 X	Ministry of Welfare, Labour Department; director
2008 IV	State Employment Agency, Legal and IT development Department; director
2007 IX – 2008 III	State Employment Agency, Administrative Department; director
2005 IX – 2007 VIII	State Employment Agency, Legal Department; director
2005 VIII – 2005 IX	State Employment Agency, Unit of structural funds and legal issues of Legal Department; head of unit
2004 XII – 2005 VII	State Employment Agency, Legal Department; deputy of director
2004 VII– 2004 XII	State Employment Agency, Legal Department; jurist

Educational Background

1999. – 2004.

University of Latvia, Faculty of Law, professional study program, qualification “Jurist"

Latvian, English, Russian

Long-term absence from April 2018

August 2011 – present	Director of Central Finance and Contracting Agency
June 2011 – August 2011	Deputy Director in Strategic and Finance issues, Director of the Programme Management and Monitoring Department, Central Finance and Contracting Agency
June 2007 – June 2011	Deputy Director in Programme Management issues, Director of the Programme Management and Monitoring Department, Central Finance and Contracting Agency
October 2005 – June 2007	Director of the Programme Management and Monitoring Department, Central Finance and Contracting Agency
October 2003 – October 2005	Head of European Regional Development Fund Project Implementation Division, Project management and Procurement Department, Central Finance and Contracting Agency
January 2003 – October 2003	Head of Non-Investment Division, Project Management and Procurement Department, Central Finance and Contracting Unit, Ministry of Finance
January 2002 – January 2003	Procurement Officer of Phare cross-border cooperation projects, Central Finance and Contracting Unit, Ministry of Finance
January 2001 – January 2002	Specialist – Project Coordinator, Riga Region Development Council
January 1999 – December 2000	Phare / Interreg IIC cross-border cooperation project coordinator assistant, Riga District Council

Since 2014	Member of European Structural and Investment Funds (2014-2020 programming period) Monitoring Committee
2015, 2016	Speaker at the seminars of European Academy for Taxes, Economics and Law (“How can Authorities Support Beneficiaries to Reach the Set Targets and Collect Valuable Data”, “Reporting Requirements, Consequent Control Activities and Monitoring Challenges”, “Challenges of Intermediate Bodies in appraisal and selection of ESI Funded projects in 2014-2020”), Berlin, Germany
2015, 2016	Short-term Expert in optimization of business processes within the EC funded project “Support to the Operating Structure with the Management of Operational Program "Regional Competitiveness 2007 – 2013"”, procurement of services O-C-Uk-119/14, Ministry of Regional Development and EU Funds as OPCC Managing Authority, Zagreb, Croatia
2011-2013	Short-term Expert on financial management and control within the EC funded project “Support to the RCOP Operating Structure with OP Management Republic of Croatia”, tender references - IPA2007/HR/16IPO/001-020901 and IPA 2007/HR/16IPO/001-020902, Ministry of Economy, Labour and Entrepreneurship as RCOP Managing Authority, Zagreb, Croatia
2009-2015	Member of EU Structural Funds and Cohesion Fund (2007-2013 programming period) Monitoring Committee
2004-2009	Member of European Regional Development Fund (2004-2006 programming period) Steering Committee

1998-2001	Master degree in Social sciences, International Relations programme (Economics), University of Latvia, The Institute of International Relations
1994-1998	Bachelor degree in Economics, Jurisprudence programme, Latvia University of Agriculture, Faculty of Economics

Latvian, English, Russian, German

page last updated: 10.06.2019.

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