Research Projects & Consultancy
Quality assurance, EU projects,
and applied consultancy
Independent quality auditing of EU-funded higher-education projects, expert evaluation for the European Commission’s executive agency, leadership of a digital civic-participation platform, and ICT consultancy across the Western Balkans.
Quality Assurance, Auditing & Evaluation
Independent oversight of EU-funded programmes
External Quality Auditor — DiLanEdu-WB
LOGOS University College · Project No. 101179642 · Digital Transformation in Language Study and Education of the Western Balkans
Appointed as independent External Quality Auditor for a 36-month Erasmus+ Capacity Building in Higher Education project, with a consortium of ten partner institutions across Albania, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro, Greece, and Germany.
- Conducted evidence-based audits of project deliverables, implementation, and compliance with the Grant Agreement and EACEA quality standards throughout the project lifecycle.
- Completed three formal audit reports to date, including in-person observation of transnational training events in Tirana, Banja Luka, Prishtina, and Podgorica.
- Applied ISO 19011:2018 auditing guidelines, ISO 9001:2015 quality management, the EACEA CBHE quality framework, and the European Standards and Guidelines for Quality Assurance (ESG, 2015).
Expert Evaluator — Erasmus+ CBHE
European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA) · CBHE 2026 Call
Appointed as an Expert Evaluator for the Erasmus+ Capacity Building in Higher Education programme, conducting independent evaluations of international higher-education cooperation proposals and participating in remote consensus panels.
- Applied the EACEA evaluation framework to assess the relevance, quality, and impact of proposed CBHE projects across the Western Balkans and beyond.
ISMS Associate Auditor — ISO/IEC 27001:2022
Chartered Quality Institute (CQI) / International Register of Certificated Auditors (IRCA) · Membership No. 6221555
Certified competence in auditing Information Security Management Systems in accordance with ISO/IEC 27001:2022 and ISO 19011 auditing guidelines.
- Competencies in risk assessment, control selection (Annex A), compliance monitoring, audit planning and execution, and continual-improvement frameworks.
- Directly applicable to EU-funded project governance, data-protection compliance, and quality assurance in Erasmus+, Horizon Europe, and Digital Europe contexts.
EU & International Projects
Research leadership and expert roles
The Democracy Project (DemPro)
Center for Information, Democracy, and Citizenship (CIDC)
Leading the design and development of the DemPro digital civic-participation platform, fostering youth engagement in democratic processes.
- Overseeing product testing, research, and platform refinement to ensure usability and effectiveness.
- Integrating faculty and student participation in research, content creation, and impact analysis; managing institutional stakeholder engagement.
- Conducting monitoring, evaluation, and reporting, with structured progress reports and a final impact assessment.
Non-Key Expert — EU ICT Sector Support, Kosovo
EuropeAid/136756/DH/SER/XK · WEglobal · EU support for the competitiveness of Kosovo’s ICT sector
Delivered training under an EU-funded project managed by the EU Office in Kosovo.
- Senior NKE (Sep–Nov 2021): Python, Django, and Data Science training.
- Junior NKE (Mar–Dec 2021): Enterprise Java application development and Android development (Java & Kotlin).
IT & IS Research — WWW (W3) Research
St Thomas, US Virgin Islands, USA
Ongoing project management of an information-technology and information-systems research programme.
Adriatinn IPA Project
Cross-border Adriatic R&D ecosystem
Member of a sustainable, cross-border ecosystem fostering and boosting the R&D capacities and networking of small and medium-sized enterprises.
Industry & Consultancy
Advisory and consulting roles
Co-Founder & IT Consultant
PRM Consulting Shpk — co-founder and technology consultant.
IT Consultant — Nebula
Technology consultancy, Tirana, Albania.
Associate Consultant — Protech
Associate consultant, Protech Albania.
IT Consultant — Inovacion
Technology consultancy, Inovacion Albania, Tirana.