Pavel Cabacenco serves as the IFES’ Deputy Country Director in the Republic of Moldova. He manages the development and implementation of a technical electoral assistance program, including building capacity of the Central Electoral Commission (CEC) through training on administering elections and the development civic and voter education programs. Cabacenco’s expertise is in the field of electoral official training, institutional strategic development, voter registration, civic education and out-of-country voting. He was recently accredited as a BRIDGE facilitator.

Cabacenco seven years of experience working with technical assistance programs for various agencies, such as USAID, DFID, Argidius Foundation and Austrian Development Cooperation, as well as international and local non-governmental organizations from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Ukraine, Georgia and Moldova. He has over the three years of professional experience in teaching at higher education institutions.

Mr. Cabacenco holds a Master’s Degree in Political Science and currently working to attain his PhD.