Cities

Márton Gellért is a Washington DC-based program coordinator for GMF’s Cities team. Prior to his current role, he was a strategic convening coordinator in GMF's Brussels office.

Prior to joining GMF, Gellért held various roles related to European public affairs, political communications, advocacy, and event coordination. He first worked as the in-house public affairs manager of a Brussels-based European food industry association before becoming the advocacy coordinator of an NGO that aims to raise awareness of gender bias in medical research. He was also a trainee at the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Neighbourhood and Enlargement Negotiations (DG NEAR).

Gellért holds a bachelor’s degree in international relations from the University of Sussex, and a master’s degree in international development management from The University of Manchester.

Nedim Useinow is a program manager with the GMF Ukraine Cities Partnership initiative. He focuses on supporting the rebuilding and sustainable, innovative development of Ukraine’s cities.

Before joining GMF, Useinow served as a program officer at ARTICLE 19, where he managed projects on digital security and human rights. He also worked with the Jerzy Regulski Foundation in Support of Local Democracy, a Polish organization promoting self-governance, as an expert helping to share Poland’s experience in democratic transformation with Ukrainian cities. At TechSoup, he led projects focused on digitizing public services at the municipal level in Ukraine. Earlier, at Solidarity Fund PL, he was part of the team coordinating a grant program supporting Ukraine’s decentralization reforms.

Useinow studied political science and cultural studies at the University of Gdańsk and the University of Warsaw. He has been a guest lecturer and the author of several academic publications. He regularly appears in the media, providing commentary on political affairs, regional security, and local development.