Official project profile of Global Education Time, a EU-funded project on Global Citizenship Education. More info on www.globaleducationtime.eu

Research Associate at the Katastrophenforschungsstelle (Disaster Research Unit), Freie Unverstität Berlin. Consultant and researcher on Urban Disaster Risk Governance. PhD in Development Planning at the Bartlett Development Planning Unit (DPU), University College London (UCL), MSc. in Urban Management at Technische Universität Berlin (TU-Berlin), and Designer at Universidad Católica de Temuco (UC-Temuco), Chile. Founder and Editor of the Journal of Latin American Studies on Disaster Risk Reduction REDER (https://www.revistareder.com)

Please use my second email for contact: christinaandersson0@gmail.com

Cristina Bejenaru is an international consultant and the visionary behind Authentic European Consulting, recognised for her expertise in policy development, capacity building, and monitoring and evaluation within EU funding frameworks. With over a decade of experience in European structural funds, humanitarian aid, development policy, and project and program management, Cristina is a reliable advisor for organisations pursuing EU funding and strategic growth in the Balkans and Eastern Europe. Her geographic areas of expertise include Romania, Moldova, Ukraine, Albania, Montenegro, Greece, Bulgaria, and Kosovo, where she has effectively driven policy initiatives and programs aligned with EU standards. Cristina’s exceptional track record includes a 95.3% approval rate on funding proposals across CERV, Erasmus+, EuropeAid, Horizon Europe, and the Single Market Programme, helping organisations obtain over €90.5 million in the past 7 years. Her commitment to capacity development is demonstrated through her coaching program for organisations, enhancing their ability to discover EU funding opportunities and build complex project management and reporting frameworks. Cristina also brings a deep understanding of monitoring and evaluation practices, ensuring that funded projects deliver measurable and sustainable impacts.

Known for her strategic insights into EU regulatory standards and leadership in fostering cross-border partnerships with over 30 organizations in 15+ countries, Cristina plays a pivotal role in advancing Moldova's EU integration through policy alignment and capacity-building initiatives. Her approach is highly personalized and culturally responsive, tailored to the unique needs of each client and enriched by her multilingual proficiency. Cristina holds two Bachelor's degrees in International Relations and Law, along with two Master's degrees in Public Administration and Security and Defence. Her extensive professional development includes over 35 certifications in human rights, gender, strategic planning, public service development, policy formulation, business administration, and justice and home affairs, making her a highly versatile asset to any organisation.

I'm a dedicated programme manager that wants to make a difference for a better world.
My experiences include:
- Advisory and training services for small CSO's,
- Grantmaking and project management for small CSO's,
- Improving; housing safety, energy preservation, health conditions in households,
- Introducing quality management in public services,
- Auditing sustainable development in local authorities,
- Developing sustainable development strategies for local authorities,
- Developing environmental information service centres,
- Environmental-friendly methods for flood prevention.

Armen Melkumyan has had over 25 years of work experience, of which 20 timewise (since May 2003) – in monitoring, evaluation, programming, mainly for the EU, and occasionally for other international development partners, such as DANIDA, SDC/SECO, UN family organisations, DFID and USAID. He has had over 15 years of cumulative experience in EU Results-Oriented Monitoring, strategic evaluations and as a technical cooperation consultant for coordination and capacity building. Overall, Armen has assessed and evaluated 205projects in 16 sectors and 22 countries, all management modes and aid modalities (TA/TC, Twinning, TAIEX, SIGMA, indirect management with pillar assessed organisations, Blending, Budget Support, joint programmes, TEI). Since 2014 Armen has been working as an expert to the SQ2M, DG INTPA D04 (DEVCO Unit 06 in 2014), where he, first, piloted the EU Results Framework in 2014, and then worked as QC expert for annual results data collection (over 200 country, regional, thematic results reports) and as an expert for QA of intervention logics and logframes of 221 Commission decision-level Action Documents. Armen led and authored evaluation reports on Twinning instrument in Armenia, Georgia an EU-funded Accelerate Prosperity intervention in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan; and participated in other 5 country, regional programme and funding instrument-based evaluations, by undertaking and authoring specific components. He also worked as a programming and design expert for formulation of Action Documents and Twinning Fiches.