Radka Muchova
Expertise: education, project & process management
Background: Radka is an experienced project and process manager with background in linguistics. She was active as a consultant in the field of vocational education and training and tertiary education. Radka has also experience in managing international relationships in academic sector and managing internal processes in corporate sector. Currently, she works as a project manager at Channel Crossings and is responsible for the overall managing of the Youth Impact partner consortium.
Tereza Palkova
Expertise: education and its methodology and didactics, project management, active citizenship of young people, experiential learning method
Background: Tereza is an experienced project manager with extensive teaching experience. She studied philology and has the qualification for teaching at secondary schools. She specializes in the development of young people’s active citizenship with the help of new media and experiential learning method (ExL). She has been the editor and co-author of several comprehensive methodological manuals and DVDs for schools and has also experience in team management. She has led several large-scale educational projects with a nationwide impact for prominent Czech non-profit organizations.
Silke Steinberg
Expertise: transcultural communication, co-creative development of services and processes
Background: Silke is founding member of FIAP and since 2013 part of the managing board. Before she led an institute for intercultural competence development for 17 years. Since 2010 Silke coordinates FIAP activities and projects regarding employment, entrepreneurship and education. FIAP works with a co-creative, systemic approach in all its projects. Within the Youth Impact projects she is responsible for designing the research activities and service models regarding impact evaluation.
Romina Große
Expertise: human resource, organisational and service development, internationalisation
Background: Romina works as a research assistant and project manager at FIAP e.V. She has been active in several national and international research and development projects to improve career path planning, biography management and the development of innovative educational opportunities. In the framework of the Youth Impact project, she will contribute to research activities focused on impact evaluation.
Slawomir Nalecz
Expertise: civil society organisations, social economy, methodology of social research
Background: Slawek is a team leader and researcher with scientific background in sociology and works with FSLD. His has a sound experience of working in different institutions such as Polish Academy of Sciences (assistant professor), Central Statistical Office (deputy director of a department), associations (vice-president), foundations (research coordinator), a non-profit university (lecturer). He took part in many national and international projects, mostly research ones, but also of the evaluative nature.
Robert Miskuf
Expertise: entrepreneurship, business support, tenders, internationalisation, employment
Background: Robert is the CEO at PEDAL Consulting and founder of Tenderio, a service helping to search & bid for business opportunities abroad. Today, PEDAL Consulting is the top Horizon 2020 performer in Slovakia. It is a team of experienced professionals providing expertise in area of international public procurement, grants and internationalization. PEDAL Consulting has become a well-established player in the field of youth entrepreneurship.
Pavla Araudo
Expertise: social media and communication, graphic design, web and e-learning management
Background: Pavla focuses mainly on social sciences and sensitive communication, with a particular expertise in the area of equal opportunities and inclusive working environment. In Youth Impact, Pavla is taking care of web and communication, prepares project documents available to public – such as Toolkits – and also manages e-learning.
Federica Torcoli
Expertise: project management, communication, administration and comparative analysis
Background: Federica is a consultant at PEDAL Consulting. She conducts searches for partners and business opportunities via international tenders, implements EU funded projects and organises workshops and training seminars. Federica as an extensive working experience in the field of business communication and event organizing. In the framework of this project Federica will act as an administrator and researcher.
Zofia Penza-Gabler
Expertise: qualitative research, project management, communication
Background: Zofia is a research and analysis specialist in FSDL, with background in sociology and cultural studies. She has been involved in more than 10 research projects concerning local and regional public policies, both as a researcher/evaluator and as a coordinator. Zofia has also experience in communication and popularization of scientific knowledge. In the framework of the Youth Impact project, she will contribute to research activities.
Elżbieta Płaszczyk
Experience: 25+years
Expertise: international cooperation, project management, social exclusion
Background: Elżbieta is international relations and project coordinator at the Foundation in Support of Local Democracy, former director of the FSLD regional branch in Lodz. Experienced project manager (25 years of professional experience, 20 successful projects) responsible for preparation, coordination, realisation and supervision of international and domestic projects (Grundtvig, Leonardo da Vinci, ESF, FAMI, ERASMUS+). Co-author and coordinator of inclusion projects for migrants and asylum seekers financed from European Refugee Fund, ERASMUS+ and ESF. Co-author and project consortium facilitator of projects devoted to vulnerable social groups. Member of the City of Lodz Committee for Dialog and Equality. In Youth Impact responsible for coordination of the activities.
Ewa Pintera
Experience: 10+ years
Expertise: project management, evaluation, development and humanitarian assistance
Background: Ewa is project coordinator in FSDL. She graduated faculty of Cooperation and Development at University of Pavia (Italy) and Postgraduate Studies – Evaluation of EU-Programmes in Warsaw (Poland). She has an extensive experience in project coordination in non-governmental organization working in the area of development and humanitarian aid and as Monitoring&Evaluation Consultant. In the framework of this project Ewa will be responsible for dissemination activities and coordination of international research network.
Katarzyna Zakroczymska
Experience: +25lat
Expertise: education, democratization, development cooperation, evaluation
Background: Sociologist, teacher and youth trainer, has been professionally involved in citizenship and human rights education at local, national and international levels since 1997. Engaged in evaluation matters, particularly in educational and development aid programs. Recently connected with development cooperation issues, especially focused on democratisation and transformation processes (mainly Eastern Partnership counties). From 2011 to 2017 worked as a Member of the Board (Vice President)of SolidarityFund PL. Actually Program Director of the Foundation in Support of Local Democracy.
PROJECT PARTNERS
Channel Crossings
Foundation in Support of Local Democracy
PEDAL Consulting
