I have completed a Master's Degree in European Affairs at Sciences Po Paris and I worked several years for different NGOs and associations in the field of Human Rights, access to health and transnational cooperation. I am currently looking for a job in the following areas:
NGOs working in the fields of culture and solidarity in Europe (coordinator, project manager)
Associations or social enterprises working with local communities on access to rights and social link
Cultural departments in embassies, French Institute and French cultural center
Cultural institutions (exhibition centre, theatre, publishing house)
I have lived in France, England, Germany, Bulgaria and Romania, where I have learned Bulgarian and Romanian, so I would be particularly interested in a job related to Eastern Europe and the Balkans.
Event organisation: organising workshops and meetings, such as a regional conference bringing together national chapters from the Europe and Central Asia region, including budgeting and logistics
Communication and analyse : assisting in the communications work of the Europe and Central Asia Department; preparing meeting minutes and reports
Project management: supporting the Europe and Central Asia director, regional coordinators and programme managers with programme and project implementation and various daily operating tasks
Project management (reporting to project coordinator): series of citizens consultations on public liberties and fundamental rights (in particular Roma rights and LGBT rights) in Bulgaria, Romania and France, in the framework of the EU Stockholm Programme
Event organisation: forums, round table gatherings, debates, exhibitions, urban walk, film screening, etc. organised for the Transeuropa Festival in Paris (France) and Cluj-Napoca (Romania, and for the Days against Discrimination: conception, planning, organisation, follow-up, evaluation and reporting of events.
Advocacy action: active participation in the Transeuropa Network (discussing issues, building actions, participating in events, campaigning), written contributions to the website and magazine; work in the video team and production of three short films; organisation of local group meetings
Public representation of the NGO and internal representation of members of the Transeuropa Network on European Alternatives Board (July-October 2011)
International team work. Working languages: French, English, Romanian, Bulgarian
Event organisation: 14th and 15th « Balkan Youth Festivals » (music, dance, photography, street art). Planning and monitoring projects funded by the "Youth in Action" programme
Communication and promotion: relations with the press, collection of data for the photo archive, articles for the BYF newspaper and for Cafe Babel, online communication on social networks and website, public presentations and interviews, building new website
Bulgarian language course, translation of texts from English and Bulgarian to French for the European Institute in Sofia, French lessons to Bulgarians
Lectures on the history of Bulgaria and of the Balkans in Sofia University, lessons of kaval (traditional Bulgarian flute), discovery of the Bulgarian culture and country
Observation of a deputy’s daily task in German federal Parliament
Monitoring of the work of a Member of the German Parliament, notably in work groups, committees (especially « Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth» and « Affairs of the European Union »), parliamentary group meeting, parliamentary evenings and plenary session in the Bundestag.
English : level C2 (Common European Framework of reference for languages). CAE (Certificate of Advanced English) in 2004 and IELTS (International English Language Testing System) in 2011 -(8 out of 9 - expert level)
German: level C1
Bulgarian: level C1, diploma from Plovdiv University (July 2010)
Romanian: level C1, work experience for a year at ASAV
Sciences Po Paris (Institute of Political Studies)
September 2008
to July 2011
Modules: EU Institutions and Policies, EU political and legal systems, EU budget, Lobbying in the EU, EU law, Economics, Control and Evaluation of EU policies English, German Political economy of the EU, Social protection in the EU, Education policy in the EU, Economy of Social Protection in the EU
Specialities: Migrations in enlarged Europe, Enlargement policy, European integration and democratization in the Balkans, Introduction to research : Advanced Topics in EU government, Open Method of Coordination in Education policies, cultural diversity and citizenship in EU law, The Changing Face of Politics
History: Contemporary, modern, medieval and antique history English: British and American civilizations and histories ; translation ; linguistics Merits ("mention bien")
Scholarship from the French Minister of Education to spend a year in the London French High School while living with an English Family; au pair in another English family the next year.
Modules: French, Philosophy, Literature, Latin, English, German, Biology, Physics Options: Mathematics, Music Merits (« mention très bien »)
Amateur practice, course on photography and photojournalism taken in Sciences Po Paris in 2008-2009 and in 2010-2011, photographer for the Balkan Youth Festival, exhibitions in Paris and in Sandanski (Bulgaria).