Kristina Pitalskaya

Kristina Pitalskaya is a development manager for multilateral funding at GMF, and is based in Brussels. She brings more than nine years of experience and a background that includes work with the EU, the US Agency for International Development, the UN Development Program, and UN Women as well as with private foundations across Europe.

Pitalskaya has worked in the EU (Belgium and Czechia) and in Georgia on the technical implementation of EU and US democracy support programs. Her work has focused on strengthening civil society, media, and election sectors across Europe, the Eastern Partnership region, and Central Asia. She has led fundraising strategies and managed complex EU-funded proposals and multi-year projects, including under Global Europe, Horizon Europe, and Erasmus+.

Before joining GMF, Pitalskaya held grant and fundraising management roles with the Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum, the Prague Civil Society Centre, the World Organization of the Scout Movement, the International Society for Fair Elections and Democracy, and the European Endowment for Democracy.

Pitalskaya holds a master’s degree in European studies from the College of Europe, a master’s degree in international relations from Adam Mickiewicz University in Poland, and a bachelor’s degree in political science from Tbilisi State University in Georgia. She is fluent in English, Georgian, Polish, and Russian, with working proficiency in French.