Maestral International: Supporting the development, strengthening, and coordination of child protection systems to ensure children are free from violence, abuse, neglect and exploitation.

Shar Kurtishi

Senior Associate

Shar Kurtishi is a public policy and public finance specialist with 18 years’ experience in the design, administration and management of PFM systems and within the eight seven years, direct involvement in social protection and child protection strategies, policies and programs. Shar’s core expertise is in the analysis of human development and the interface with public financial management, budget preparation and medium-term expenditure planning, and fiscal and administrative decentralization. He has worked in Kosovo, Albania, Nigeria, The Gambia, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Guinea, Rwanda, Uganda, Malawi, Kenya, Ethiopia, UK, US, Slovenia, Nepal and Turkmenistan.

Experience and Expertise

Thematic Expertise

Care Reform
Child Protection Systems
Child Rights
Costing and Budgeting / Public Finance / Cash Transfer
Public Health
Violence Against Children
Social Service Workforce
Social Protection
Other
Orphans and Vulnerable Children
Child Labor
Case Management

Project Experience

Capacity Building, Training, and Curriculum Design
Public Finance
Policy, Guidelines, SOPs, Strategic Plans, Action Plans
Information Management Systems
Mapping and Assessment
Monitoring and Evaluation
Quantitative Data (statistical analysis, quant study design, stats, etc.)
Research

Languages

German
English
Serbian
Albanian

Country Experience

Nepal
Turkmenistan
Tanzania
North Macedonia
Montenegro
Kosovo
Gambia, The
Ghana
Ivory Coast
Nigeria
Rwanda
Malawi
Laos
Kenya
Ethiopia
Albania