Nailah C.V. Stroia Fernando Email & Phone Number

Woluwe-Saint-Lambert, BE

Brussels Region, Belgium

Brussels Region, Belgium

• Main activities:
• Language mediation in public and social service settings (250+ interventions over the years);
• . Providing professional language services: Writing and revision services; Translation services; Interpreting services.Mission - Societal Impact: Contributing to Integration, Diversity & Inclusion in Flanders by
• facilitating the uptake of immigrants' and refugees' rights;
• promoting inclusivity & integration of EU-citizens and third-country nationals in Belgium;
• mitigating the effects of language barriers in governmental and public service contexts by means of public service interpreting and asylum interpreting;

Brussels Area, Belgium

• Industry sector: Public sector; Social sector.Researcher; co-responsibilities: capability building & policy advising.Duties & Responsibilities:
• Research & Risk-Analysis: a) Conducting research in 4 project cities in Flanders on behalf of the Flemish government. Topic: the feasibility of mixed teams consisting of non-certified, semi-professional and certified.
• Learning & development: a) Training & coaching 84 students in 4 Flemish project cities in 2 years (multilingual and multicultural student body covering 31 languages); b) Developing a curriculum to train non-certified.
• Liaising & stakeholder management:a) Liaising with local governmental authorities, academic partners, and civil partners;b) Quarterly reporting on research findings;c) Co-planning, attending, and facilitating meetings.
• Analytical & problem-solving skills;
• Teamwork;

Brussels Region, Belgium

Industry sectors: Occupational well-being; Public SectorWorking areas:a) Occupational and psychological well-being;b) Advising; people development & coaching;c) Conflict management and resolution.Note: Part-time role (max. 10% of full-time employment) in addition to my full-time roles.Highlight:Having had the privilege of walking alongside, coaching, and.

Brussels Area, Belgium

• Industry: Public Sector - Digital Transformation
• Strategy, policy planning, and development for the Flemish Agency for Integration in the area of Knowledge and Information Management (KM);
• Research & development of KM services and products; KM Learning & development efforts together with the Learning & Development, and Product Research & Development departments.Duties & Responsibilities:Designing a.
• Collect, store and share knowledge and information effectively;
• Connect and exchange experiences, best practices, lessons learned, information, and knowledge, irrespective of their location in Flanders;
• Search for, disseminate and re-apply the vast amount of knowledge on integration and civic inclusion available within the organization.

Brussels Area, Belgium

• Industry: Public Sector - Law; Digital & AnalyticsLegal editor of www.vreemdelingenrecht.beWww.vreemdelingenrecht.be is a key capacity-building resource on Belgian and European Asylum & Migration Law, serving lawyers.
• Facilitating cross-functional, interdisciplinary teamwork:a) Coordinating the team's editorial flow, facilitating interdisciplinary collaboration through legal writing peer reviews, coordinating the ensuing digital.
• Knowledge & information management; Web content management:Managing our knowledge base on the website; managing daily content and digital legal publications.
• Liaising & Cross-functional collaboration: a) Co-developing internal communication plans together with the Communications & ICT departments;b) Ensuring coherent application of strategic communication policies for.
• Quality monitoring and evaluation:a) Maintaining high-quality standards across digital publications;b) Co-organizing and coordinating a multi-stakeholder evaluation of the website.
• Digital skills:a) Providing first-hand IT-support to the team;b) Search Engine Optimization (SEO); c) Data monitoring, collection & analysis using Google Analytics.Skills & Competencies:

Brussels, Belgium

• Industry: European Affairs & EU Institutions; Political Affairs; International Relations; Public Sector; AdvocacyWorking areas:
• Project Manager;
• Research & Political Analysis;
• Liaising & networking with internal and external relations.Responsibilities and duties:
• Research & Analysisa) Conducting research in the field of international law; b) Collecting, following-up on, and managing the research project team’s contributions;c) Drafting a final research report, which was.
• Project Management: a) Lead researcher of the research project on Israel’s legal rights under International Law;b) Facilitated remote collaboration between the team's five contributors.

New York, United States Of America

• Industry sector: International affairs; International organizations; Multilateral diplomacy.Legal trainee at the United Nations Secretariat in the Office of Legal Affairs, Office of the Legal Counsel to the.
• Research & Analysis:a) Carrying out legal research in support of the team of Legal Officers at the Office of the Legal Counsel to the Secretary-General.b) Work domains/topics: International Public Law; Political.
• Writing, drafting & revision:Drafting, reviewing, and revising legal documentation, e.g. legal memoranda, briefing notes, legal analyses, briefing reports of meetings attended, and minutes of the Host Country Committee.
• Political & policy analysis:Monitoring developments on legal topics assigned to me and drafting briefing notes for the team.Skills & Competencies:
• Analytical & Research skills;
• Problem-solving;

New York, United States

• Industry: Non-Profit Organization; Social sector.Humanity in Action is a global leadership development program, focused on the protection of minorities, promotion of human rights, democracy, and civic engagement. The.
• Liaising with lecturers and speakers;
• Planning & Organizationa) Planning, co- organizing, and facilitating the program’s meetings & events; b) Hands-on facilitation of day-to-day team travels & logistics in New York & New Jersey (second time visiting and.
• Learning & Developmenta) Leading & coaching 20 multicultural, multilingual American and European students as part of a staff of five; leading weekly evaluation meetings;b) Monitoring student developments; briefing &.
• Communicationsa) Writing, editing, preparing documentation for publication.b) Editing students' essays for the program's final publication.
• Evaluation Contributing to the final evaluation of the Summer Program.Skills & Competencies:

Nijmegen, The Netherlands

• Team Lead (Head Delegate) of United Netherlands' academic delegation to Harvard National Model United Nations 2007 & Oxford International Model United Nations 2006;
• Coached and trained 32 university students during the academic course ‘United Nations and Multilateral Diplomacy’.Industry Sectors: Academia; International relations.Achievements:
• 22 students obtained individual awards at Harvard National Model United Nations 2007;
• The team won the two highest attainable team awards at Harvard National Model United Nations 2007.Duties & Responsibilities:
• Leadership & Management:a) Team leadership of an intra-university, multi-disciplinary student body of 32; fostering team spirit & teamwork;b) Coordinated the academic course from the development phase throughout the.
• . Political and policy analysisa) Analyzed country-specific political developments; conducted policy analysis related to the areas to be dealt with at the MUN's.

Brussels, Belgium

• Humanity in Action Fellowship Program 2005:
• working 4 days per week in the office of Mr. Gay Mitchell, Member of European Parliament;
• Humanity in Action Pat Cox Fellowship Program training and lectures: 1 day per week at EU Institutions & civil society organizations in Brussels.Industry sector: European affairs & EU Institutions; International.
• Research: a) Conducted research on the European Union Migration & Asylum Policy, specifically on the economic implications of Migration, Civic Inclusion & Integration of migrants in the European Union; b) Context (in.
• Policy analysis & drafting: a) Policy analysis related to the EU's Migration & Asylum Policies; b) Drafting and revising responses to Members of Parliament's (MEP) questions; c) Policy analysis in relation to these.
• Political analysis: a) Monitoring political developments in Ireland utilizing national and international press and media outlets; b) Reporting developments to the office.

Willemstad, Curaçao

• President of the Youth Advisory Council (1999 – 2000)
• Secretary of the Antillean Youth Federation's Youth Advisory Council (1995 – 1999) Industry sectors: Social sector; Public sector; Non-Governmental organizationsAchievements:
• Hosted and moderated the Youth Roundtable with Her Majesty Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands, His Royal Highness Prince Claus of the Netherlands, and then Prime Minister of Curaçao, Mr. Pourier, in the capacity of Youth.
• Youth adviser to the Antillean Youth Federation, national governmental actors, and social sector partners in the developmental and implementation phase of the Netherlands Antilles' Youth Parliament in 1997.
• Contributed to a pilot phase of Curaçao's Youth Council, 1998 - 2000: a) In collaboration with FAJ's Policy staff: contributed to the developmental process (design phase) of the National Youth Council; b) Represented.
• Providing advice to the Antillean Youth Federation on (governmental) youth policies;

Postgraduate Certificate In Conference Interpreting, Conference Interpreting

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Certificate Training 'Company Trusted Adviser' ('Vertrouwenspersoon')

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Certificate Public Service Interpreter, Certified Community Interpreter Spanish <​-> Dutch And English <​-> Dutch

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Minor, Peace Studies And Conflict Resolution

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Certificate 'United Nations And Multilateral Diplomacy: Theory And Practice', International Relations And Affairs

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Master Of Laws (Ll.M), Law

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Summer School On International Criminal Law, International Law And Legal Studies

Activities and Societies: The International Criminal Law Summer School has convened every year since the creation of the International.

University-Level Extracurricular Program, Political Science; Human Rights & Democracy

One year Fellowship comprising: a) One month, 6 days per week: seminars, lectures, courses, and field trips in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.