Marine Sargsyan

Head of Cooperation and Analysis Division of the Department of Youth Policy of the Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sports of the Republic of Armenia.

Candidate of Philological Sciences, Master of Public Administration.

Since 2010 she has been working at the Cooperation and Analysis Division and has participated in the creation of the important documents of youth policy such as The Concept of State Youth Policy of the RA, The Strategies of the State Youth Policy of RA for 2012-2017 and 2018-2022, The Regulation of Youth Worker Institute, The Training Program of the Youth Worker.

She has participated in a series of trainings on youth policy and youth work.

  m.sargsyan.msy@gmail.com

Jehona ROKA

Mr Manfred ZENTNER

Donau-Universität Krems

I studied Mathematics and Philosophy but work as a youth researcher since 1997. My main fields of interest are youth cultures, political participation of young people as well as attitudes and values. Furthermore I am active in evaluation studies on youth policy and on the implementation of preventive concepts and health promotion in youth work.

From 1997 to 1999 I was researcher at the Austrian Institute for Youth Research where I became scientific director in 2000. From 2001 to 2013 I worked in the fields of research and knowledge transfer at the private research organisation jugendkultur.at in Vienna. Since 2013 I am engaged at the Danube-University Krems in the Department for Migration and Globalization as researcher and lecturer. Furthermore I am lecturer at various teacher training colleges in Austria.

Already in the late 1990s I was involved in the network of experts on youth research and one of the national correspondents for the EKCYP since its start.

In the year 2007 I was raporteur in the Council of Europe international review team for the national youth policy in Hungary and four years later for the international review of the youth policy in Belgium.

 manfred.zentner@donau-uni.ac.at

Ms. Narmin ASLANBAYOVA

Mr Andrei SALIKAU

National Institute for Higher Education, Youth Policy and Sociocultural Communication Department

Andrei Salikau is a Professor at the Youth Policy and Sociocultural Communication Department, the National Institute for Higher Education, Minsk, Belarus. Andrei received his B.A. in Arts, M.A. in Humanitarian Sciences, Ph.D. in Culturology (candidate of Culturology) from the Belarusian State University of Culture and Arts, Minsk, Belarus. Also, he received conferred qualification «Specialist in Youth Work» from the National Institute for Higher Education. 

He has been taking part in many national and international activities in the youth field (forums, symposiums, consultative meetings, workshops, webinars, etc.). He is a member of the editorial board for the Youth Voice Journal, and executive secretary for the editorial board of the academic journal «Modern youth and society».  Andrei Salikau is a member of some ed-hock expert groups on youth issues at national and international levels. He carries out scientific and scientifically popular researches in the youth field and manages some international youth programs and projects.

His research interests include state youth policy (development and implementation); international youth cooperation; young people's creativity and culture; intercultural dialog in the youth field; youth quality of life and wellbeing; financial literacy and economic culture for youth; social protection of youth in the Republic of Belarus.

 andrei.salikau@gmail.com

Ms Lieve BRADT

Ghent University, Department of Social Work and Social Pedagogy

Prof. dr. Lieve Bradt obtained her PhD in Educational Sciences at Ghent University in 2009. Since 2016 she is Professor of Social Pedagogy at the Department of Social Work and Social Pedagogy at Ghent University. She is promotor coordinator of the Youth Research Platform (Jeugdonderzoeksplatform), a policy research centre subsidized by the Flemish Government. The Youth Research Platform is an interdisciplinary and interuniversity cooperation between Ghent University (social work and social pedagogy), Vrije Universiteit Brussel (sociology) and KU Leuven (youth criminology). The Youth Research Platform’s main tasks are (1) expanding our knowledge on youth by drawing up an inventory of existing youth research in both a national and international context, and (2) recurrently conducting large-scale survey research on the life-conditions, attitudes and activities of young people in Flanders.

 lieve.bradt@ugent.be

Marie Gilles

Ministère de la Communauté française - Observatoire de l'Enfance, de la Jeunesse et de l'Aide à la Jeunesse

Marie Gilles graduated with a MA in sociology. She has previously worked in a youth organization to promote sexual health for almost two years.

She works now at the Observatoire de l’enfance, de la jeunesse et de l’Aide à la Jeunesse (Observatory of childhood, youth and youth care) as a junior researcher since october 2018. The Observatory is part of the Ministry of the french-speaking Community Governement. Its works consists on generating studies and datas in this specific field. It’s also in charge of the evaluation of different decrees concerning public policies on childhood and youth.

Her domains of interest are social rights, youth care and gender equality.

Julie De Wilde

Ministère de la Communauté française - Observatoire de l'Enfance, de la Jeunesse et de l'Aide à la Jeunesse

Julie De Wilde is a sociologist who has worked as an academic researcher in UCL (Université catholique de Louvain-la-Neuve) for almost six years. She works now at the Observatoire de l’enfance, de la jeunesse et de l’Aide à la Jeunesse (Observatory of childhood, youth and youth care) since 2014. The Observatory is part of the Ministry of the french-speaking Community Governement. Its works consists on generating studies and datas in this specific field. It’s also in charge of the evaluation of different decrees concerning public policies on childhood and youth.

Mr Jasmin JASAREVIC

PRONI Centre for youth development

Child Protection officer in PRONI Brcko, an “A”, “B” and “B+” level certified educator and General Manager of the PRONI Center for Youth Development. He has served on the national BH Commission for youth since 2006. He holds several Training of Trainers certificates focused on youth worker trainings, with a focus on engaging youth in conflict mitigation activities. Jasmin was involved in youth policy and youth work development since 1998. Jasmin is currently engage as a Correspondent for Youth Policy Development from BiH within a program of the European Knowledge Centre for Youth Policy (EKCYP). He was the first trainer from BiH to be included in the online list of trainers of the SALTO-YOUTH Resource youth center, and is also a President of the Management Board of Anna Lindh foundation - BiH Network and a previous member of the Executive Board of the US Alumni Association Bosnia and Herzegovina. Since 2012, Jasmin is BIH Country Director for YouthBuild International. 

Ms Veselina GEORGIEVA

Chief Expert in Youth Policies Directorate, Ministry of Youth and Sports of Bulgaria

Since the beginning of my career in 2017 in the Ministry of Youth and Sports of Bulgaria my responsibilities are linked with the National and European Youth policies, more specifically as a CDEJ member, a national delegate within the Youth Working Party of the Council of the European Union and the European Steering Committee within the 6th cycle of the Structured Dialogue.

I had the opportunity to be part of the preparation and implementation process for the first Bulgarian Presidency of the Council of EU. Working with young people and for young people is a process that requires continuous reflection and evaluation of the methods used in order to achieve the set aims and improve the process. The specifics in the youth policies, regarding youth work, youth volunteering and non-formal education illustrate the various approaches towards building a society in which the potential of all young people needs continuously development and where they are given the opportunity to gain the skills needed to succeed both as citizens in a democratic society and in their working and private lives, regardless of their background.

Nevertheless, for the first time in nearly 70 years, there is a real risk that the generation of today’s young adults ends up less well-off than their parents. Europe cannot afford to lose the most educated age group it has ever had and let generational inequality condemn its future. That is why the close cooperation between all institutions at national and European level, various researches towards the future challenges and the role of the young people and all relevant stakeholders in the decision making process is in great importance for the better future in Europe.

Mr Marko KOVACIC

Institute for Social Research

Marko Kovacic is a youth researcher seated at the Institute for Social Research where he is affiliated to the Center for Youth and Gender Studies. Currently, he is a visiting fresearch ellow at Universitat Pompeu Fabra in Barcelona where he studies youth political participation.

Marko’s education include PhD in (youth) public policy at the University of Ljubljana (ongoing), an MA in public policy at the University of Zagreb and an MA program in political science at Central European University, Budapest. Marko’s research focus is on youth policy, particularly non-formal political participation of young people in the post-socialist context, youth political competency and youth work. He has been publishing papers on those and similar issues in domestic and international journals and presented his findings in more than 20 international conferences.

Apart from the academic career, for more than 10 years Marko has been an active member and a trainer in various civil society organizations and initiatives, focusing on youth and educational issues. Hence, he is a national correspondent on youth policy for the European Knowledge Center for Youth Policy, administrated by the Youth Partnership between the Council of Europe and the European Commission. Marko has worked as a consultant and evaluator for numerous international organizations on topic of youth and education. In addition, he is a youth research methodology lecturer at the Youth Studies programme in Croatia.

Ms Anna LYTRA

Youth Board of Cyprus

Ms Reelika PIRK

Estonian Youth Work Centre  

Reelika Pirk is a chief expert at Estonian Youth Work Centre. She is also a PhD candidate in sociology at Tallinn University. Her research interest is in youth studies, precisely youth and social-political participation.

 Reelika.Pirk@entk.ee

Mr Tomi Kiilakoski

Finnish Youth Research Society

Tomi Kiilakoski, PhD, is a senior researcher in the Finnish Youth Research Network and an adjunct professor in the University of Tampere.  His areas of expertise include youth work, youth participation, educational policy, school violence and its prevention, cultural philosophy and critical pedagogy.  He has worked in the university of Tampere and Humak University of Applied Sciences. He has authored eight books on youth work, youth participation and critical pedagogy in his native language, Finnish. He engages actively in promoting participation and developing youth work on the local and state level in Finland.

 tomi.kiilakoski@nuorisotutkimus.fi

 tomi.kiilakoski@nuorisotutkimus.fi  

Virginia Mangematin

Ministère de la ville, de la jeunesse et des sports - adjointe du bureau des relations internationales et en charge du suivi du Conseil de l'Europe

 virginia.mangematin@jeunesse-sports.gouv.fr

Janaina Paisley

Ministry of National Education, Department of youth, non-formal education and voluntary organisations.

Janaïna Paisley is policy officer in the field of public policies especially social and youth policies. Her background is in sociology (Sociology of the State), history and political sciences. She is also the national correspondent for the European data base Youth Wiki.

 Janaina.PAISLEY@jeunesse-sports.gouv.fr

Kartlos Karumidze

Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sport

 kkarumidze@mes.gov.ge

Kerstin Wondratschek

I hold a master's degree in North American Studies, Political Science and Romance Studies (French) obtained at the University of Bonn. During this time I spent 8 months at Université Libre de Bruxelles as Erasmus student and 3 months as an intern in a political think tank in Washington D.C.

My professional career started at a political foundation in Bonn. I worked for the youth foundation in Baden-Württemberg and returned to Bonn, joining IJAB – International Youth Service of the Federal Republic of Germany. I am in charge of gathering information on youth policy and youth work in different countries for different websites run by IJAB. Since the beginning of the Youth Wiki 2015, I am also working part-time for the Youth Wiki platform and assisting my colleague who is the German national correspondent. I was EKCYP correspondent between 2011-2013. My working languages are German, English and French.

 wondratschek@ijab.de

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Mr Maurice DEVLIN

Maurice.Devlin@nuim.ie

Maria Luisa Silvestrini

Prime Minister’s Office

Department for Youth and National Civic Service