REF Office in Budapest:
Terez krt. 46
Mark Center
Budapest, 1066
Hungary
Phone: +36-1-235-8030
E-mail:info@romaeducationfund.org
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Aida Mihajlovic
Country Facilitator-Bosnia and Herzegovina
Email:amihajlovic@romaeducationfund.org
Aida Mihajlovic is a BIH national. She graduated from the Faculty of Arts and Science, English Department, Sarajevo University, Bosnia and Herzegovina. She started working in different schools in 1987 while in the last 15 years she focused her work in NGO sector. During this period she held various positions in managing and coordinating in different NGOs and diplomatic mission. She has trainings in monitoring and evaluation, anti-bias, leadership, communication, PTSP, ethics, code and empathy. While working with Save the Children UK she provided valuable support and input as a member of the project coordinators team to the publication ”A Guide for Models of Good Practice in Regional Project-Based Work with Roma Children” as an output of the “Inclusive Education and Anti-Discrimination in the Western Balkans – Equal Opportunities for Roma Children Project”. She is married and has a son.
Bulgaria
Dimitar Dimitrov
Country Facilitator
Email:ddimitrov@romaeducationfund.org
Cell:+359898428500
Dimitar Dimitrov graduated B.A. “Tourism”in 2004. In 2009 he finished his postgraduate in “Social Development Practice” at the London metropolitan university, UK. He has professional qualifications in “Political management”, “Management of European programs and projects”. In 2005 he did a traineeship in the European Commission at DG Employment, Social affairs and Equal opportunities. In 2006 he was a trainee in the National parliament of Bulgaria. He is also graduate of “Bulgarian school of politics”.
He has specific experience in the area of Minority issues, Youth, Volunteering, EU social issues, Education, especially Education of minorities and Roma in particular. He has been involved in programs and projects of local, national and international NGOs and public institutions. He has an extensive practice in Community development. For a limited period of time he was a senior expert in the State agency for youth and sports in Bulgaria. As a consultant he was involved in elaboration and development of different social, educational and socio-economic studies and analyses.
Macedonia
Senad Mustafov
Country Facilitator
Email:smustafov@romaeducationfund.org
Senad Mustafov is a Roma from Macedonia. He graduated from the faculty of Law – “Justinian I” at University “St. Cyril and Methodius” - "Skopje, Macedonia. Since 1999-2002 he has been actively involved with Roma Civil Society, working as a volunteer - assistant in Roma program in Foundation Open Society Institute – Macedonia (FOSIM) and later as a program coordinator in Romaversitas/FOSIM. He was member of the Romany expert group on European Centre for Minority Issues (ECMI). He is trainer for democracy and Advocacy and Lobbing.
Romania
Florin Nasture
Country Facilitator
Email:fnasture@romaeducationfund.org
Florin Nasture is a Romanian Roma. He graduated from the faculty of Theology and Philology, Bucharest University and has an MA in strategic management and social development. Since 1997 he has been actively involved with Roma Civil Society, working as a program coordinator for Romani CRISS and later as a country coordinator for the Pakiv European Roma Fund. He managed programs dealing with education, culture, and income-generating activities. He has an extended training and practice of community development.
Serbia
Natasha Kocic-Rakocevic
Country Facilitator
Email:nkocic@romaeducationfund.org
Natasha Kocic Rakocevic is a Roma, with Serbian citizenship. Since 1999, she has been actively involved with Roma Civil Society, working as a programme manager for Roma Children’s Centre. She managed numerous programs dealing with education, health, civil participation and gender issues. Natasha took part in Serbian Roma rights movement. As a Roma National Consultant, engaged by UNICEF, she participated in development of Sub-regional Study on Exclusion of Roma in South-East European Countries with particular focus on Roma children and women. She has inclusive training in project and financial management, project development, monitoring, fundraising and strategy planning.
Slovakia
Lydia Bariova
Country Facilitator - Slovakia
Email :lbariova@romaeducationfund.org
Lydia Bariova is a Slovakian Roma. She graduated from Social Faculty of Constantine Philosopher University and has Magister degree in social work. Since 2 003 she has been actively involved with Roma Civil Society, working as a programme manager for Slovakia Family Planning Association. She managed numerous projects dealing with young Romani leadership, combating socio – economic exclusion at the grassroots level, building strategic partnerships among local Roma and authorities and fostered national and international networking to promote shared learning, strategic thinking and join actions, including gender issues. She has one year training in leadership, fundraising, project development, strategy planning, and program monitoring evaluation system through PAKIV European Roma Fund.