Democratic participation

Hello, Vibrant Community!

I’m Marie, and since February 2022, I’ve been steering the ship here as the Community Manager of Capacity4dev.

A wanderer at heart and by profession, my academic and work journeys have whisked me across five European nations and allowed me to dip my toes into professional adventures in seven countries globally. During my BA studies at the Metropolitan University of Prague, I carved out a little piece of history as the first student to navigate through the Erasmus+ program at the International BURCH University in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Quite a ride, I must say!

Your stories, projects, and experiences are the heartbeats of Capacity4dev, and I’m here to ensure they echo throughout our online spaces, sparking connections, inspiring projects, and fostering our growing web of international cooperation.

Feel free to drop me a line at marie.zamecnikova@meldea.eu. I’m here to chat, assist, or explore collaboration opportunities that will elevate our collective efforts on this platform.

Eagerly awaiting our shared journey ahead,

Marie

Adriana Nunes has been working at the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH for several years. She studied Journalism, German Literature and Business Administration.

After working as a project manager in several GIZ projects related to Sustainable Economic Development, she is now Communications Advisor in the Team Europe Democracy Initiative (TED) Secretariat, where she is responsible for the communication strategy and activities of the Initiative. 

Before working at GIZ she worked as a journalist at the German international radio, Deutsche Welle, and as a managing editor at Könemann Verlag.

Freelance expert, highly experienced in implementing and managing EU-funded programmes and projects in the fields of support to civil society, democratic governance and human rights, with a special focus on Africa (Western and Central) and the EUROMED region.

Régis Dandoy is a Belgian political scientist and currently professor in political science, Jean Monnet chair and director of the Center for European Studies at the Universidad San Francisco de Quito (USFQ, Ecuador).