page_title: Marcis Liors Skadmanis
section_title: Career
hierarchical_section_title: Marcis Liors Skadmanis / Career
caption_attribution_description: English: Philanthropist and founder of World NGO Day - Marcis Skadmanis meeting Gale Brewer, President of Manhattan, New York, October 2019.
context_page_description: Mārcis Liors Skadmanis FRSA, is a Latvian-born UK-based social entrepreneur, and founder of the World NGO Day, annually observed on 27 February.
context_section_description: Skadmanis worked for the law firms Blueger & Plaude.
  In 2009, he received the Certificate of Appreciation for contribution of market briefings to Getting Electricity: A pilot indicator set from the Doing Business Project, the World Bank and IFC – International Finance Corporation. Skadmanis was the Trustee of the Latvian-British Chamber of Commerce, with a headquarters in Bristol, South West England.
  In 2016 Skadmanis received an Honorary Degree (Hon. Causa), awarded by Turība University, for his contribution to International Relations and Multinational Economic Business Development.
caption: Marcis meeting Gale Brewer, President of Manhattan in New York 2019
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