Kasia Szajda

Current occupation

freelancer

Work experience

POLISH NATIONAL AGENCY OF EUROPEAN SOLIDARITY CORPS - trainer of TEC cycle (trainings for volunteers and organizations), external expert

CZECH NATIONAL AGENCY OF ERASMUS + & EUROPEAN SOLIDARITY CORPS (2014-2021) - trainer of TEC cycle providing trainings for volunteers

UNESCO CENTRE (2004 till now) - I did set up the Centre in September 2004 and since that time I have luck to work with great team of people for whom active participation and intercultural learning is really important - as those are 2 main topics of our projects. My responsibilities: managing team, writing applications, coordinating projects, developing educational programmes.
www.unescocentre.pl

YOUTH OPENS THE SPACE (July 2007), big open space conference organised in cooperation with UNESCO Youth Section from Paris (Headquater). There were more than 80 youth trainers from 27 countires taking part. In 2009 we are planing second edition of this activitiy.
www.unescocentre.pl/youthopensthespace

SAILORS ON CITIZENSHIP (January 2008 - Poland, April 2008 - Latvia, November 2008 - Portugal) - trainings on active european citizenship for youth workers and youth leaders, within Youth in Action Programme.
I was trainer during 2 editions of the project, coordinator and organiser of one of them. Main responsibilities: group process, running modules, developing follow up activities, improving Sailors on Citizenship Project (next trainings, follow up activities also on local level).
www.sailorstraining.eu

NEIGHBOURS MEET NEIGHBOURS (February 2007 - Poland, May 2007 - Czech Republic)- trainings on cross border cooperation for youth workers and youth leaders, whitin Youth in Action Programme.
Trainer during 2 editions, coordinator and organiser during one of them. My responsiblities: developing idea of the training, developing and running modules. Those 2 trainings were just begining of my long term involvement in Euroregion Nisa (Polish - German - Czech crossborder area).
www.meetneighbours.eu

MISSION POSSIBLE Project Management 4 Intercultural Learning (January 2008, Poland)- training on project management skills for youth leaders starting their adventure with international youth work. Training organised whithin Youth in Action Programme. My responsiblities: developing idea of the training, developing and running modules.

INDIFFERENCE HURTS (August 2005, July 2006, July 2007 - Poland, Germany, Israel)- polish-german-israeli project for multipliers working in youth field.
I was trainer during 3 editions of the project and coordinator during 2 of them. Main responsibilities: group process, facilitation, coaching participants in developing educational programme dealing with human rights and active participation.

POLISH COMISSION FOR UNESCO (2003 till now). My responsibilities: coordinating internaitonal conferences and projects dealing with human rights and intercultural dialogue.

MINISTRY OF NATIONAL EDUCATION (2001-2004). My responsibilities: trainer and youth leader during internaitonal youth meetings organised within Europe at School programme (Council of Europe).

MUSEUM OF HISTORY OF POLISH JEWS (2008). My responsibilites: running workshops during polish - israeli youth meetings and meetings of educators from those countries, co-organising those meetings.