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Tallinn, EE

Working for the Council of Europe's Education Department to develop a fully-fledged programme on Artificial Intelligence in Education, focusing on how AI and AI-based systems can be deployed in education for enhancing quality and inclusion, and improving education opportunities at all levels of education, and cover non-formal, formal and higher.

Member of the AI literacy expert group of the Council of Europe - Youth Department- Reflecting on the needs, issues and challenges faced by the youth organisations and educators to engage actively in AI literacy education- Reviewing the existing approaches and practices in AI literacy education and learn from these good practices- Proposing parameters for.

Contributing to research studies that aim to better understand how AI impacts the lives of young people, taking into account their current and foreseeable needs. This will build on the work on digitalisation and social inclusion and access to rights and will also examine the impact of AI on young people’s financial autonomy, the economy and future of.

Coordinator of Strategic National Agency Cooperation initiatives (SNAC)- contributing to a holistic development of digital competences and digital capacities in the youth work sector (mapping national and European frameworks, competence models, self-assessment tools, training materials; creating relevant tools to be used by youth & educational.

Bucharest, Romania

Digital Citizens Romania is the first Romanian Think-Tank in the Digital sector, bringing together digital enthusiasts, public policy experts, private sector representatives and digital innovators.The Strategic Directions assumed by our platform focus on three essential pillars:I. Contributing to knowledge and understanding of the phenomenon of.

Social DOers is a Resource Center established by young professionals passionate about what they DO!As a nongovernmental, nonprofit organization–Social DOers is focused on working towards Social Justice & Social Innovation, by delivering quality and accessible services to various stakeholders, from civil society organizations to public institutions, as well.

The Participation Resource Pool is part of SALTO Participation and Information and aims to be a central hub for legitimate and reliable information about Youth Participation and Media and Information Literacy.It support trainers, youth workers, youth leaders and educators to have access to the best and most up-to-date online tools to foster young people’s.

Advancing knowledge on Digital Activism in Europe and Central Asia (mapping movements and stakeholders, skills, tools and practices). Includes desk research activities, development and deployment of qualitative and quantitative methods of research, stakeholders consultations and drafting a strategy that informs the future UNDP regional approach and.

Supporting the 2nd European seminar on youth and AI "How can youth take part", building on the results of the first pan-European event - in December 2019.Including- research and mapping of AI governance, international processes and youth participation opportunities (across all main international organisations CoE, EU, OECD, UN bodies)- developing the.

Contributing to the first set of European resources exploring the intersection of digitalisation, social inclusion and young people.Among the results:- The first European study on the topic- European analysis on "Youth inclusion, digital solutions and the global pandemic"- European Youth Event webinar, May 2020- Knowledge Book- An Insights report

Gathering information and drafting the conclusions of the first pan-European dialogue on Artificial Intelligence and its impact on young people. Feeding into the Council of Europe's 2030 youth agenda and the overall AI priority.The seminar brought together young entrepreneurs, digital experts, legal experts, human rights activists, public institution.

Berlin, Germany

Trainer for the Global Youth IGF Summit 2019, a process part of the 14th Global Internet Governance Forum (under the UN auspices), organised in Berlin - Germany.As part of the trainers' team, I worked at designing and implementing a new model of participation in IG processes, by involving over 100 young participants from more than 40 different countries.

As a member of the Media Literacy Task Force, within the iLegend Framework - a joint programme between the North South Centre of the Council of Europe (CoE) and the European Commission (EC) - I provided expertise on digital citizenship, digital policies and multi-stakeholder communities.In order to address the new challenges of the Digital Society.

As a Jury member for the 2018 and 2019 editions, I had the opportunity to asses the innovative ideas participating in the EU Datathon - EU-wide open data competition.The competitions, organised since 2017 aim to create new value for citizens through innovation, and promoting the use of open data produced by the EU institutions and available on the EU Open.

As Chair of the Working Group “Information Society" (volunteer position), within the national consultative platform for the Romanian EU Council Presidency – RO2019, I was responsible for - coordinating and moderating the debates between various stakeholders in the digital sector- drafting the initial priorities for the digital portfolio of the.

At the invitation of the organisers, I had the opportunity to moderate the following DevTalks stages- 2019 Digital Transformation- 2018 Emerging Tech

Bachelor'S Degree, Psychology

Bachelor'S Degree, Foreign Languages

Activities and Societies: AEGEE, European Students' Forum

High School Diploma, Humanities, English Bilingual