User:Karin Kaup Lapõnin/sandbox/Karin Kaup Lapõnin

Karin Kaup Lapõnin (born 15. January 1974) is a foreign policy expert, former Estonian diplomat, entrepreneur, author and Executive Secretary of Estonia 200 Party.

Education
She graduated from Tallinn Secondary School No. 7. In 1998 she obtained M.B.A. from Concordia International University Estonia and studied political science at Tartu University during 2004-5. Since 2017 she researches innovation in diplomacy in TalTech Ragnar Nurkse Department of Innovation and Governance.

Service
She entered Estonian public service in 2002 as a department head at Estonian Tax Administration. In 2004 she joined the Estonian Foreign service where she worked for 15 years in the fields of development cooperation, human rights, and politics.

In 2009–12 she served as a political diplomat at the Permanent Mission of Estonia to the United Nations. In 2012 she was nominated by the Eastern-European Group as the Vice-President of UNICEF Executive Board.

In 2014–17 she served as a political counsellor at the European Union Delegation to the African Union in Addis Ababa.

In 2019 she went into business and also started as the Executive Secretary of Estonia 200 Party.

Personal life
Karin Kaup Lapõnin is married to Aare Lapõnin. They have a son Richard Kaup-Lapõnin.

Publications
Kaup Lapõnin, K., & Voola, M. (2019). [https://www.rahvaraamat.ee/p/etioopia-vahepala-vaba-tahe/1263974/et?isbn=9789949664535 Etioopia vahepala. Vaba tahe]. Tallinn: Rahva Raamat

Kaup Lapõnin, K. (2019). Eesti diplomaatia suur võit. ERR.

Kaup Lapõnin, K. (2018). E-governance Challenges in Africa. Diplomaatia.

Kaup Lapõnin, K. (2017). e-Governance in Africa. Link! Magazine, 26, 10-12.

Social activities
Naiskodukaitse

Erakond Eesti 200