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Who is who in SALTO PI?

• Alina Besleaga, Coordinator (Participation)
  Alina brings her expertise to the SALTO Participation & Information Resource Centre as a Coordinator of Projects and Activities related to Democratic Participation, with a focus on the youth sector and adult education. Her work focuses on fostering a culture of democratic participation within the educational system, particularly by supporting student councils and their role in decision-making processes. She also promotes alternative forms of participation, including community engagement, volunteering, youth-led initiatives, and civil society organisations.
   
• Brigita Medne, Coordinator (Youth Participation)
  Brigita focuses on youth participation mainstreaming and strategic approaches concerning this topic. She is responsible for the European Youth Participation Strategy, Youth Participation Toolkit and capacity building activities for the National Agencies of Erasmus+/European Solidarity Corps in this field. Previously, she has worked as a youth worker and educator with project management, participation, and sustainability as main topics.
   
• Joana Freitas, Coordinator (Participation)
  Joana dedicates her work to the expansion of SALTO PI to Education and Training with the aim of supporting its stakeholders in working with the priority of participation in Erasmus+. Making use of her professional expertise in education and internationalisation acquired both in non-formal and formal sectors, including Youth, VET and Higher Education, she is responsible for conducting strategic work and developing and adapting resources to foster the implementation of projects led by Education and Training that contribute to increasing quality participation.
   
• Kelly Hrupa, Coordinator (Media & Information Literacy)
  Kelly leads projects related to Media & Information Literacy (MIL) in order to raise awareness about the direct connection between MIL and democratic participation and give youth field stakeholders inspiration and new skills to start MIL projects that have a positive impact on Youth Participation. She is organising events and developing content in cooperation with wide range of experts ranging from UNESCO and DW Akademie to regional MIL networks and youth work partners. She has spent 4 years supporting the thematic work of SALTO Participation & Information. She holds a Master’s degree in philosophy and is curious about problems related to critical thinking.
   
• Louis Biasin, Coordinator (Strategic Communication)
  Louis focuses on the capacity building of the network of National Agencies of Erasmus+ and the youth field in order to make youth work and youth participation more visible and recognised. He has experience in communicating public interest projects, working with local governments and in education. Having worked in a communication agency for a while, he has good understanding of professional communication work in different areas.
   
• Katrin Kaaver, Specialist
  Katrin is part of the SALTO PI as a specialist helping out with any kind of administrative problem-solving. She has a bachelor’s degree in information society and social wellbeing (former sociology, social work and social policy) and a minor in psychology from the University of Tartu.
   
• Raili Ots, Specialist
  Raili is supporting our team on administrative and communication tasks as a specialist. She also helps us with procurements and events management.
   
• Alexandre Fonseca, Coordinator (Youth Participation) - On leave

For more information please contact us by email via "firstname" followed by @salto-youth.net.

SALTO Participation & Information Resource Centre

Hosted by the Estonian Agency for Erasmus+ and European Solidarity Corps
Education and Youth Board (Harno)
Tõnismägi 11, Tallinn 10119
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Tel: +372 697 9237