Type of expert: Individual
First Name Romina
Last Name Matei
Sector of Activity NGO
Primary Field of Expertise Equal rights and anti-discrimination
Years of Expertise
  • >7
Employment Availability
  • Full-time
  • Part-time
  • Collaboration
  • Consultancy
Duration
  • Short-term
  • Medium term
  • Long-term
  • Remote
Geographic Experience / Focus
  • Romania only
  • Europe
  • Middle East
  • Americas
Gender Female
Second and Third Field
  • Humanitarian assistance and crisis response
Equal rights and anti-discrimination
  • Women and gender equality
  • Roma
  • Other minorities
  • Youth and social categories at risk
Humanitarian assistance and crisis response
  • Refugees and migration policies
Job Title Project manager
Employer Intercultural Institute Timisoara
Sector of Activity NGO
Other Languages
  • English
  • French
  • Spanish
English Professional Fluency
French Limited Knowledge
Spanish Limited Knowledge
Papers / Articles Published

"Is Romania ready for immigration? - https://prezi.com/sux-xid7bcd4/is-romania-ready-for-immigration/

Political rights and empowerment of migrants - report http://www.eesc.europa.eu/?i=portal.en.events-and-activities-european-integration-forum-10-programme "

Flagship Projects

"• Less privileged young people and youth work: “European Teenagers Summit” – a project on participatory democracy with 80 young people from 6 different EU countries; “Together for youth participation” – aimed to promote active participation of young people; VotMania – Local Youth Council of Timisoara; „Peer4Peer – European Youth for Dialogue” – international training course for youth workers
• Social integration of migrants (2009 – present), five national projects: “Integration and social cohesion for migrants in Romania”; and “Migrant in intercultural Romania” – Coordinating and elaborating local and national reports based on local and national consultations with migrants and local authorities in five biggest cities from Romania
• Roma integration: National coordinator of the projects “Rom-Act: widening Roma women’s access to non-formal and informal learning validation systems, “I AM ROMA”; “T.Y.P.E - Tackling young people wellbeing in Europe” ; “Key Roma - Develop key competences in social skills for Roma women to increase their participation in the service sector”
• Intercultural learning and intercultural dialogue: „INTERMUSE – Intercultural Education through museums” –The project aimed to stimulate pupils’ active involvement in intercultural learning; „Peer4Peer – European Youth for Dialogue” October 2008 – an international training for trainers with 25 participants from five European countries, financial supported by the European Commission through Youth in Action programme; „Forum on intercultural dialogue”

Blog / Website https://www.salto-youth.net/tools/toy/romina-matei.1245/
Additional info about your experience and skills

"Representing Romania during the EU Youth Conference of the Trio Precedency in Amsterdam April, 2016
Trainer in ACCESS project - “Active Citizenship: Enhancing Political Participation of Migrant Youth” – implemented by International Organisation for Migration
Panel speaker at international conference “Local and Regional Partners
Contributing to Europe 2020 - Multi-level governance in support of Europe 2020”
Panel speaker at international conference ""Rethinking EU Immigration: legal developments, management and practices"", presenting an academic paper on Policy impacts on migration
Rapporteur at the 10th edition of the European Integration Forum, organized by the European Economic and Social Committee
Panel speaker at the transnational seminar “Making industrial relation work for decent work” organized by the international network SOLIDAR,
Participation in the “Youth Employment - A Call For Change” Conference 13 – 14 December 2011, OECD Conference Centre, Paris. Panel speaker at the workshop “The economic crisis and its impact on the future of young people”
Participating in the Civil Society Forum, Strasbourg, 13 – 14 November 2011, event organized by the Council of Europe. Participating as an expert in the working group of creating a ToolKit for conducting intercultural dialogue
Panel speaker at the Jilted Generation” workshop – organised by Consortium ‘Local Urban Development European Network’ (LUDEN) during the OPEN DAY EVENT European Week of Regions and Cities – Bruselles
Participating in the NGO Forum in Istanbul, Turkey (24 – 25 March 2011) - http://www.ngoforum-istanbul.org/eng/
Member of the European Consortium “Youth Employment Action” – facilitated by the European Youth Forum http://www.youthemploymentaction.org/
Representative of the Youth Express Network in the Conference of INGO of the Council of Europe

Managerial Experience Yes
Years of Managerial Experience 7
Trainings Participating in the international exchange leadership program of the U.S.A. - State Department, "Working for the underserved" – September – October 2015
Other Professional Certificates Professional Trainer
Degree Awarded Master’s
Area of Study Journalism and Adult Education
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