CURRICULUM VITAE
Proposed role in the project:
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Family name: ULOZAS
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First names:
3.
Date of birth: 30-07-1978
4.
Nationality:
Lithuanian
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Civil status:
Married
6.
Education:
Marius
Institution
(Date from - Date to)
Vilnius University,
2000-2004
Degree(s) or Diploma(s) obtained:
Vilnius University,
1996-2000
Bachelors Degree in Social sciences, Specialisation - Philosophy.
7.
Masters Degree in Law, Law and Management faculty at Lithuanian
University of Law (now renamed as Mykolas Romeris University);
Language skills: Indicate competence on a scale of 1 to 5 (1 - excellent; 5 - basic)
Language
English
Lithuanian
Russian
Polish
8.
Reading
1
1
1
2
Speaking
1
1
1
3
Writing
1
1
1
4
Membership of professional bodies:
- Expert for European Knowledge Centre for Youth Policy (since 2009);
- Member of Council of Europe Pool of trainers and youth policy experts (since 2007),
- Member of Association of Non-formal Education in Lithuania (since 2006);
- Member of European Youth Forum Pool of trainers and facilitators;
- Member of European Structured Dialogue Support Structure of facilitators (2009 – 2013);
- Member of Council of Lithuanian Youth organizations pool of trainers (since 2005)
- Expert, member of pool of experts on youth NGO's performance quality of the Lithuanian
national youth council (LiJOT), from 2007;
- Trainer for Department of youth affairs of Ministry of Social security and Labour, Republic
of Lithuania from 2007.
9.
Other skills: (e.g. Computer literacy, etc.)
Computer skills and competences: would call myself IT-native, working with most major office
program packages, strong communication and PR skills (7 year experience in PR and political
communication,
10.
Present position: Director at Institute for Policy research and Analysis; freelance
Expert on youth policy / youth work development / participation / co-management / cross-sectorial
cooperation, Youth Researcher, Trainer, Facilitator.
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Years within the firm: 4
12.
Key qualifications: (Relevant to the project)
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Policy development;
2015, Marius ULOZAS, CV
V.Žalakevičiaus 4A-34, Vilnius, LT-10111, Lithuania | [email protected] | +370 686 26260
Curriculum vitae
13.
Stakeholder interest analysis;
Cross-sectorial cooperation;
Research and analysis;
Training and capacity building;
Facilitation of large scale events;
Ability to deal with complex political contexts;
Good knowledge of history and contemporary development in the MEDA region;
Experience in politics, party-politics, policy development;
Lobbing and advocacy;
Project management;
Policy review writing;
Preparation of legal documents;
Social and personal competencies;
Great interpersonal skills;
Intercultural competencies and culture-sensitiveness;
Teamwork.
Specific experience in the region:
Country
Date from - Date to
Latvia
2014 May – 2015 February, Preparation an Implementation of the
Eastern Partnership Youth Forum, focusing on policy
recommendations and good practice sharing in the fields of youth
work and youth employment in EU and Eastern Partnership region
Moldova
2014, December. Conracted by UNFPA as Senior expert to support
“Youth Index” development.
Armenia
2014 Armenia. Developing evidence-based and participatory youth
policy in Gyumri, Armenia. Conducting youth research, creating
proposals for youth policy improvement.
Georgia, Moldova,
Azerbaijan, Ukraine,
Belarus, Turkey
Direct work with National youth councils and supporting capacity
building of Youth councuils and their member organizations,
supporting cooperation between NGO representatives and State
institutions; supporting establishment of Youth Council in Turkey
initiative.
Turkey
Cooperation with educational institutions in Turkey (Abdullah Gul
University, Euromed Youth center) and building closer ties with
European networks.
EU and Lithuania
2009 - 2013, Structured dialogue support structure of Facilitators.
Implementing Structured dialogue conferences with decision makers
and youth representatives.
Coordinator of EU youth conference in the framework of Lithuanian
EU Presidency, 2013. Head-facilitator in several other EU level
conferencies.
Member of national working group of structured dialogue in
Lithuania from 2010.
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Curriculum vitae
Lithuania, Lebanon
Turkmenistan
Palestine
Ukraine, Belarus
2011 June – November,
Consulting Georgian national government on youth policy
development.
2012 January – February Consulting 18 Georgian municipalities on
local youth policy, youth work development.
Georgia
Georgia
MEDA, EU,
countries
2013, December, Capacity building seminar for Lithuanian and
Lebanese blood donour organizations, held in Lithuania.
2013, June, senior expert to consult members of Turkmenistan
Parliament and youth expert group on Youth strategy development in
Turkmenistan.
2011 – 2014, Founder of Lithuanian – Palestinian youth NGO
network, aiming to support youth sector in Palestine and establish
international cooperation.
Run several capacity-building trainings for youth-wings of political
parties in Ukraine and Belarus, also, non-political grass-root youth
organizations working with environment, culture, leisure time topics.
EaP
2004-2015, Hands-on experience as trainer at local and international
level on the topics youth policy, youth work, non-formal education,
youth participation.
Turkey
2007, In the framework of Year of Intercultural dialogue run several
large scale international events in Turkey, on the topic of Interreligious and inter-cultural dialogue
Lithuania
2009-2014 Youth work system creation in Lithuania.
Lithuania
2005-2015 local youth policy development at municipal level,
creating youth participation, youth support systems, consulting youth
centre establishment.
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14.
Professional experience
Date from Date to
Location
2014-2015
Armenia, Gyumri
2013- 2015
Lithuania,
Norway, UK
2013-2015
Tonsberg,
Norway
Company& reference
person1 (name & contact
details)
Position
Description
Youth initiative centre
Artur Najaryan, Director
[email protected]
Expert, Analyst and
Researcher
Ungdom og Fritid, Norway
Pal Solberg, secretary
general,
[email protected]
Newman University, UK
Senior lecturer,
[email protected].
uk
Senior Expert
Conducting local youth researchers and expert training in Gyumri;
Conducting mixed methodology youth situation research in
Gyumri; Creating proposals for Youth policy system creation in
Gyumri Armenia and designing various tools on youth policy
implementation; Designing advocacy actions to promote changes
in Gyumri.
Financed by Norwegian Embassy.
Developing Nordic and Baltic youth researchers networks;
Establishing working networks between policy makers – youth
representatives (youth work practitioners) – researchers; Building
practitioners’ and researchers’ capacities to cooperate.
Establishing Academic journal on Youth work between 9 Nordic
Universities and 15 international and national youth work
institutions, enabling peer-review.
Tonsberg municipality,
Norway
Tone Helen Jørgensen
[email protected]
1
Senior expert
Developing advanced sustainable participation structures ans
mechanisms in Norway, on County and Municipal level,
strengthening pupil participation in Schools; strengthening
citizens’ participation related to public health.
The Contracting Authority reserves the right to contact the reference persons. If you cannot provide a reference, please provide a justification.
2015, Marius ULOZAS, CV
V.Žalakevičiaus 4A-34, Vilnius, LT-10111, Lithuania | [email protected] | +370 686 26260
Curriculum vitae
2014
Chisinau,
Moldova
2012 - 2014
Ukraine, Belarus
2013
Georgia, Tbilisi
2012
Georgia, Tbilisi
and other
municipalities
Turkmenist
2013
2014-2015
Lithuania,
Kėdainiai
municipality
2009-2015
EU and Lithuania
CNTM, Moldovan Youth
Council, Moldova
Alex Petrov, Secretary
general,
[email protected]
d
Belarus Youth Council
RADA, Ukrainian youth
forum
Senior expert
Developing “Youth index” for Republic of Moldova, reviewing
available international tools and methodologies to get insights into
youth situation and needs.
Trainer
Run several capacity-building trainings for youth-wings of
political parties in Ukraine and Belarus, also, non-political grassroot youth organizations working with environment, culture,
leisure time topics.
Ministry of Justice of
Republic of Georgia
Andro Gigauri, former
secretary of Ministry
[email protected]
UNICEF, David Gvineria,
[email protected]
Trainer
Conducting training of trainers on youth work. Participants were
trained how to train youth workers.
Expert and
consultant
UNFPA
Senior expert
Kėdainiai municipality
Youth affair coordinator
Audronė Stadalnykienė
audrone.stadalnykiene@ke
dainiai.lt
European Youth Forum
Trainer and expert
Consulting 18 municipalities in Georgia on shaping municipal
youth policy, creation of youth work and youth centres promotion
of youth participation.
senior expert to consult members of Turkmenistan Parliament and
youth expert group on Youth strategy development in
Turkmenistan.
Consulting Kėdainiai municipality schools on pupil’s council’s
establishment, supporting the schools self-governance and
organizing municipal pupil council work. Training teachers and
pupils.
Lithuanian National youth
council (Lijot) Karolis
Žemaitis
[email protected]
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Expert, facilitator,
member of national
working group
Facilitator of Structured dialogue conferences and EU Presidency
youth conferences. Member of Lithuanian national working
group. Organizing national consultations. Coordinator of
educational team and media work during Lithuanian EU
presidency youth conference.
Curriculum vitae
2014
2009-2013
2004 -
Lithuania, Vilnius
municipality
Lithuania
2007-
European union
countries and
Eastern
partnership
countries
Lithuania
2006 -
Lithuania
Vilnius youth NGO
association “Round table”,
Chairman Aistis
Ramanauskas
[email protected]
Association of Non-formal
Education in Lithuania,
Arturas Malinauskas,
[email protected]
m
Expert, Trainer
Training representatives of NGO on cross-sectorial cooperation,
NGO performance quality, project management, youth
participation, youth policy.
Member of experts
group, Trainer
Free – lance trainer at
international level
International trainer
Member of expert group on youth work development under
Department of Youth Affairs. I was contributing to development
of youth worker certification system, Youth work accreditation
system. In 2011 we tested and 2013-2014 conducted Youth
worker training programs. Topics of training courses were:
framework of youth work and youth policy; psychology of youth;
dealing with individuals and youth groups, methodologies of
youth work, etc.
Development and implementation of more than 80 international
training courses and seminars in the field of youth policy, youth
work.
National youth council of
Lithuania (Lijot),
Project manager
Laura Prievelyte
[email protected]
Department of Youth
affairs of Republic of
Lithuania
Laura Bačinskienė, head of
Unit
[email protected]
om
Expert consultant on
performance quality
Implementing evaluations of Youth NGO performance quality
and developing organization improvement plan. Conducting
training courses according the need of NGOs. Implementation of
30 processes.
Trainer
Working as a trainer on the following topics: youth work, youth
policy, cross-sectorial cooperation, project managements,
individual youth work, delinquent behaviour, open youth work,
municipal youth policy.
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Curriculum vitae
2010
Macedonia,
Montenegro,
Bosnia &
Herzogovina.
ERYICA
Former secretary general
Davide Capecchi
[email protected]
Senior expert
Building capacity of NGOs working with marginalised youth
(disabilities, young women, rural areas, ROMAcommunity) to
advocate on youth employment issues. 3 three-day training
courses and support preparing advocacy campaigns.
2009
Belarus
UNDP,
Project manager
Maryna Korzh
[email protected]
Department of Youth
affairs of Republic of
Lithuania
Laura Bačinskienė, head of
Unit
[email protected]
om
European Youth Forum
Trainer
Training social workers, youth workers and psychologists on
Gender topics and Non-formal education.
Consultant and
trainer in process of
establishing youth
centres in Lithuania
Consulting and assisting in establishing 5 youth centres in
Lithuania. Supporting them in legal consultations, organization of
work, and preparation of projects. Consulting how to implement
daily youth work.
- expert at working
group on Youth
work development
(2005-2007);
Member of
Consultative body
for membership
applications (20082009);
- member of Pool of
Trainers and
facilitators (20082013)
As expert at working group on Youth work development (20052007) analysed situation of youth work and youth policy across
Europe and in the neighbouring regions, also, we published
manual on Establishment on National Youth Councils, defining
theor role etc.
As Member of Consultative body for membership applications
(2008-2009) i was reviewing applications, analysing documents,
performing study visits and focus group discussions.
As member of Pool of Trainers and facilitators (2008-2013) I was
involved in most of Capacity-building initiatives of European
youth forum and their member organizations, facilitated large
scale events in Europe, China, Ethiopia etc.
2006-2009
Lithuania
2005 - 2013
Brussels,
Belgium
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Curriculum vitae
2004-2009
15.
Faro, Portugal
INGYO Youth for
Exchange and
Understanding (YEU)
Marko Paunovic, secretary
general
New Union (social liberals)
2007 – 2011
Lithuania, Vilnius
2002 – 2006
Lithuania, Vilnius
Public relation and
marketing companies:
JSC “Contact Market”,
JSC “Consensus PR”,
JSC “NS Technologijos”,
JSC “NeoMedia”,
1997 – 1999
Lithuania, Vilnius
Vilnius University Students
council
Vice President
(2005-2007),
Youth policy expert
and trainer (2004 –
2009)
Head of
Communication
Department,
International affairs
liaison
Project manager
Managing international network of Youth NGOs in 25 countries,
including Lebanon, Tunisia, Egypt;
Managing implementation of an international projects, training,
building capacity of member organizations, International
representation of organization at European Youth Forum.
My responsibilities included public affairs management,
communication with and through media, I was in charge of
Electoral campaign in 2008. Besides, I was contact person for
international cooperation with ALDE, ELDR and Liberal
International.
My responsibilities include dpublic affair, public campaigning,
development of strategic communication plans, PR project
implementation and supervision (organization of conferences,
press conferences, seminars).
Representative of
Faculty of
Philosophy
Participation in decision-making in the Academic, Social and
Activities fields.
Other relevant information (e.g., Publications)
List of Publications and research conducted:
- Publication / report on youth situation and proposals for youth policy development in Gyumri, Armenia, 2015-2014 (co-author);
- Manual on Integrated youth policy implementation, 2014, p.176 (co-author);
- N.Miginis, M.Ulozas, Role of young people and civil society in promoting democratic changes in Eastern Partenrship countries, 2012
- Analysis of Integrated youth policy on the national level in Lithuania, 2011, p.108,
http://www.google.lt/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CFAQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fijpp.lt%2Ffile%2FTB_ANALIZE.pdf
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CoE & EC Youth Partnership: Article in the youth policy - Youth worker certification methodology in Lithuania, 2010-2011, (team leader, coauthor).
- Accreditation mechanism of youth work system in Lithuania, 2010-2011, (team leader, co-author).
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- Youth worker professional standard in Lithuania, 2009-2012, (member of national working group, co-author).
- author of articles
- Rapporteur of Council of Europe “European Citizenship training modules 2005-2006 (author)
- CoE & EC Youth Partnership: Article in the youth policy expert publication “Coyote” #11 on Non-formal education;
- European Youth forum: Article in the expert publication “Youth Opinion” - Ensuring Sustainability of Youth Organisations, 2005
- Youth policy expert publication “Po skėčiu” (Lithuania): member of editorial board, have published numerous articles related to youth policy issues
(2005-2013).
Marius Ulozas,
As of 02 March 2015
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