Inequality Reduction

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.

Experience of more than 15 years in assessment and evaluation of grant applications, developed by working for various international / European organizations like the Executive Agency for Culture, Education and Audiovisual (EACEA), the Executive Agency for Competitiveness and Innovation (EACI/ EASME) and also in various European/EEA/ Swiss funding mechanisms managed in Romania (Romanian National Agency within Youth in action/ Lifelong Learning Programs, Civil Society Development Foundation through the EEA Financial Mechanism - NGO Fund/ Active Citizens Fund Romania, the Project Management Authority from the Ministry of Culture through the EEA Financial Mechanism, the thematic Romanian-Swiss cooperation Fund). In addition to the above mentioned, relevant experience was built under different specific national programs such as the ones run by the National School Camps and Tourism Agency, the Civil Society Development Foundation through the Civic Innovation Fund and In Stare de Bine financed by Kaufland Romania, public bodies such as National Fund for Cultural Administration and the directorate for projects under the Timisoara City Council.
Experience of more than 15 years in managing grants acquired by working for the Romanian National Agency under the Youth in Action Programme, funding line 1.2 - Youth Initiatives and for the Civil Society Development Foundation under the EEA Financial Mechanism – NGO Fund and Active Citizens Fund Romania, the Fund for Civic Innovation, small grants scheme for projects of civic involvement.
Experience of over 22 years in working with various governmental and nongovernmental organizations at national and international level, through proposal writing, project management and consultancy in organizational development practices in over 100 national and international projects funded by various public and private sources (European Commission. European Structural Funds, Youth in Action Programme, Lifelong Learning Programme, Europe for Citizens, Europe Aid, Council Europe through the European Youth Foundation; other funding programs such as USAID, CEE Trust, Romanian American Foundation, Open Society Institute, Ministry of Education, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Romania, the Cultural National Fund Administration, etc.)
Experience of over 22 years in the education and youth sector developed both at national and international level within various governmental and nongovernmental organizations. The expertise was mostly driven through projects in the fields of education, training and educational intervention.