Global Citizenship

With 20 years experience in non-formal education and the non-profit sector, my background is Communication and Anthropology. Started my career as a journalist in 1992 and I am passionate about video production, photography and documentary filmmaking - my favourite tool is stories of life.

I'm interested in visual Anthropology, photovoice, theory of change, communication for development (C4D), civic media literacy and other impactful tools and approaches in the fields of global education, community development, international cooperation and democracy. Thus, I was a founder of NGDO 4Change 19 years ago.

All these have been nurtured over the years - and I may say these also applied to my life and family (two kids, one cat). I've actually started working in non-formal education and non-profit sectors as a volunteer before it became serious work. Always focusing on 'how we can communicate better', 'how a team works', 'how to enhance participation and support diverse voices' - how to be fair in life or trade...

These have been my life and work main challenges.

I've now embraced a new challenge: research in the area of democratic governance, alternatives for civic participation and, of course, climate changes - within the framework of an European consortium managing Horizon Europe funded research programme INCITE_DEM.

Bianca Baumler is an expert in EU strategic communication and public diplomacy and engages with civil society, local government and other stakeholders across the globe. She has been working for the EU for around 18 years - as both a senior consultant/expert and as an EU institution staff member.

Bianca is the part-time key communication expert for the European Commission (DG INTPA – International Partnerships) DEAR programme: Development Education and Awareness-Raising. She also works as a free-lance consultant, drafting communication strategies and writing speeches. 

Bianca worked at the EU Delegations to Syria and to Ukraine for seven years – shortly before the wars erupted. She has led EU public diplomacy projects and activities in South Korea, Indonesia, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Singapore and South Africa.

Part of the founding team of the European Endowment for Democracy (EED), Bianca developed all its communications and outreach from scratch. She worked together with civil society representatives and democracy activists in the EU Neighbourhood to promote their work and the role of the EED.

Bianca regularly organises VIP, civil society and media visits and tours. She has run and evaluated 360’ communication campaigns, together with PR agencies and EU officials. She has organised hundreds of events on topics ranging from democracy support to AI, from climate change to LGBTI rights. She has a particular interest in the EU Green Deal, and has organised many relevant communication activities, including the EU-Ukraine Sustainable Energy Days, which have since become an annual event.

A Fulbright scholar, Bianca has degrees from Yale University, SciencesPo-Paris (1998-99) and the Free University-Berlin (1996-2000), and recently completed an executive Harvard course on leadership and community organising. Bianca is the author of “EU Public Diplomacy in an ever-changing world.” A US-German citizen, she is fully tri-lingual in English, German and French, and also speaks Italian.

Tamar Shuali Trachtenberg is an assistant professor and a Faculty of Education member at the Catholic University of Valencia San Vicente Martir. D. Shuali is the founder and the head Researcher of the European Institute of Education for Democratic Culture of the UCV. She also leads the research group on Citizenship Cultural Diversity and Education of the same university. She holds a Ph.D in Pedagogy (University of Valencia 2008), International MA degree in Peace conflict and Development Studies.( University Jaime I Castellon, 2007) MA in Theory of Education ( Valencia University, 2002) and B.A in Humanities and Spanish Philology from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem she has been the leading researcher of the JRC-UCV research project on “ Addressing Educational needs of Teachers in the EU for inclusive education in the context of Diversity ( INNO4DIV 2019-2023)which produced 5 books and a comprehensive manual for Policy makers. Dr Shuali is a member of the Jean Monnet Centre of excellence of the Valencia University where she focuses on, Inclusive education, Cultural Diversity and fight against discrimination through teacher education and youth civic engagement. In alignment with the EU Commission educational priorities 2020-20230 and following CoE RFCDC conceptual model, Dr. Shuali trains nationally and internationally teachers and youth non -formal education stakeholders. On 20219 she joined the CoE working group on RFCDC implementation in teacher education (Educational Policy Division), she is the author of several publications in English and Spanish on RFCDC in formal and non-formal education contexts, and is also the Co-Author of the CoE Manual on RFCDC introduction course ( 2023). As an educators she is a strong supporter and promoter of international cooperation and quality standards in education, as such she is a member of the Global Exchange Network on Religion of the EU Commission- Unit for foreign Policy Instrument and a member of several European research societies such as the European Society of Research in Educating, the Spanish Comparative Education Society, the Sociedad Española de Pedagogia, International Association for Intercultural Education, Democracy and Human Right Education in Europe ( DARE) and is the Spanish representative of the CoE North South Centre on Global Education . Her fields of knowledge and research interest are: Intercultural Education, Theory of education, Social Justice, Inclusive Education , Human right / Shoah Education, Non-formal Education Democracy & Education, teacher education , EU values. As a trainer for trainers. Dr Shuali has a vast experience in teacher education and youth non formal education and is also very much c concerned with civil society and youth engagement for democratic culture. She has founded on 2021 the Simone Veil Chair for the prevention of Racism, Antisemitism and enhancement of Interculturality under the umbrella of the Complutense University in Madrid and just before on 2020 established the Jovenes Investiagdores por la Interculturalidad youth association under ECUDEM-UCV which she leads.

Giordano Golinelli is a project designer, educational/pedagogical counselor, senior trainer, communicator and evaluator with 20 years’ experience in active global citizenship education. He graduated in philosophy and holds a II level master degree in communication and environmental management. From 2002 to 2007 he worked as NGO staff in the so called “Development Education” unit, dealing with the design, management and implementation of projects co-financed by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the European Commission and many public and private Italian donors. Since 2007 he has been working as project designer, educational/pedagogical counselor, senior trainer (also for teachers of multicultural classrooms) communicator and evaluator in projects on global citizenship education, sustainable development, migration, inclusive education and interculture, social communication and co-development implemented by several Italian NGOs, CSOs, universities and public authorities. He has had professional experience in Nicaragua and Senegal. In 2014 he was selected in the Start Up for Social Entrepreneurship promoted by the Italian Union of Chambers of Commerce and Industry. Since January 2015 he is CEO of Step4 Ltd, a social enterprise that provides products and services for consulting, training and support in the design, formulation, management and evaluation of education, training, capacity building and communication projects.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/giordanogolinelli/

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I'm studying a Master's degree in General and Adult Pedagogy in the University of Helsinki. I find this community interesting and there are several topics that I am interested academically. I'm also working in a Finnish NGO in which we guide and support some of the most vulnerable people in the society on their path towards participation, learning and employment.