Marina Batog Email & Phone Number

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Bucharest, Romania

Local expert engaged with the World Bank Disaster Risk Management Unit for drafting the Sesimic Resilience Strategy of Bucharest and the National Seismic Risk Reduction Strategy; Local expert lead for the urban regeneration work on Ferentari neighborhood (Bucharest), focused on the regeneration of the former Filaret - Progresul defunct rail corridor.

Buzău, Romania

Co-founder and former board member at Buzău Community Foundation

Strasbourg Area, France

Consultant and trainer for the COMUS Project - Communiy-Led Local Urban Strategies in Historical Towns Conducted a training in intergrated urban planning in Kiev for representatives of central and local authorities of participating municipalities from Belarus, Ukraine, Georgia, Armenia and Republic of Moldova;Held workshops on feasibility studies for.

CRIDL is a collaborative platform whereby my friends and I capitalized on our expertise, network and know how to generate meaningful not-for-profit initiatives in support of local communities.

Bucharest

- technical assistance to cluster and growth pole networks in Romania - strategic planning for the counties of Ilfov, Bihor, Dambovita and Gorj and municipalities of Fagaras and Slatina

Bucharest / Borsec

Project: Participatory Integrated Urban Development. Sustainable Tourism for All in Baile Herculane, Borsec and SulinaNational implementation partner: Ministry of Regional Development and Tourism- Support community engagement and consultations throughout the strategic planning process.- Draft report on human resources needs assessment in Borsec.

Bucharest, Romania Country Office

- Ensure programme support for the UNDP project portfolio on poverty reduction and economic growth on management of cost sharing contributions, stakeholders interaction and project communication (eg. of projects: Business Incubators, Beautiful Romania, Local Agenda 21 etc);- Support new project development and resource mobilization (including project.

Bucharest, Romania

General Directorate for Strategies and Policies for Territorial Cohesion, National Authority for the ESPON 2013 Operational Programme- Support the access of potential beneficiaries to the ESPON 2013 program (dissemination events and information materials etc);- Organize consultation workshops and events in the process of drawing the National Spatial.

Special Projects Initiative Romaniawww.spi-romania.eu- Ensure communication and support working group meetings with the main stakeholders of SPI Romania from the public (ministries, the National Bank, other institutions) and private sector (banks and other financial institutions);- Developed project ideas, project implementation strategies, action plans.

- Wrote report on the offer and need of training programs for social managers in Romania, including further policy recommendations;- Conducted interviews with social managers in the public and non-governmental sectors in Romania and organize validation workshop in Vienna;

Project coordinator of the Summer School 'Romania of the XXIst Century', Vth edition, July 2005, with the topic "Civil Society: User's guide". President of the organization between July 2005 and July 2006.-----------------------------www.vipromania.ro

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