Mr. Laurens Buist’s has 5 years of experience in community development, primarily supporting entreprise development with a focus on creating additional sources of sustainable income, such as through mountain tourism. Laurens has a Masters in Dutch Administration and Governmental Law (ML) from Leiden University, together with a post-graduate Masters in Legislative Drafting (LLM) from the Academy for Legislation in The Hague. Laurens has lived in the Russian Federation since 2014, and is developing partnerships for community-based tourism business centred on the North Caucasus region.