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Trainer Profile: Max Fras

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Intro

Max Fras (M & Polish) was born in 1981 and is currently living in United Kingdom. The trainer has been involved in several training activities such as 'Inclusion for Active Citizenship' (Durres, Albania) and 'Take an Act!ion for Human Trafficking Prevention' (European Youth Centre Budapest, Hungary).

Trainer Profile & Skills

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Fields of Training Expertise

Animation Bullying & Harassment Campaigning & Awareness Raising
Change Management Citizenship Education Coaching
Communication Skills Conflict Management & Mediation Creativity
Crisis Management Diversity & Anti-Racism Drama & Theatre
Environment & Ecology Equal Opportunities Evaluation & Assessment
Event Management Financial Management Fundraising
Gender Awareness & Mainstreaming Global Education Group Dynamics & Motivation
Health & Prevention Human Rights Intercultural Learning
International Youth Work Labour Rights & Employment Leadership Development
Lobbying & Advocacy New Information Technologies Open Space Technology
Organizational Management Outdoor Training Peace Education
People Management Personal Development & Empowerment Project Management
Public Relations & Marketing Recognition of NFLearning Social Inclusion & Exclusion
Time Management Training of Trainers Valorisation of Projects
Volunteer Programmes Youth Exchanges Youth Information Work
Youth Participation & Initiatives Youth Policy Youth Violence & Criminality
Youth Worker Training  

Knowledge about Institutions and Programmes

(YiA 1.1) Youth Exchanges (Yia 1.2) Youth Initiatives (YiA 1.3) Youth Democracy Projects
(YiA 2) European Voluntary Service (YiA 3) Youth in the World (YiA 4.3) Training & Networking
European Institutions European Youth Centres (CoE) European Youth Foundation (CoE)
International Youth Structures Private Foundations Solidarity Fund for Youth Mobility (CoE)
United Nations Youth Partnership CoE-COM  

Working with Specific Target Groups

Children Families Gay, Lesbian, Bi & Transgender work
Intercultural Teams Marginalized & Excluded Youth Men's Issues & Groups
Minorities Religious Youth Groups Women's Issues & Groups
Young People in/from Conflict Areas Young People with a Mental Disability Young People with a Physical Disability
Young People with a Sensory Disability  

Experience with Specific Geographical Regions

Africa Asia Eastern Europe and Caucasus
Euro-Mediterranean Co-operation European Cooperation Global Cooperation
Latin America North-North Cooperation North-South Co-operation
South East Europe  

Language Skills

Arabic English French
German Russian Spanish

Other languages:

Polish (native)

Contact Details Trainer

Address

London
United Kingdom

Contacts

E-Mail:
Telephone: +447861315326
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References:

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  1. Training: Inclusion for Active Citizenship (November 2007, Durres, Albania)

    Organised by:

    Roma Active Albania for a period of 6 days.

    Description:

    Aims and objectives:

    - giving participants tools to work with youth minorities in order to integrate them in the communities where they live;
    - promoting the inclusion of young people from minority communities in the society exchanging competences on minority issues;
    - empowering minority young people and minority communities in acquiring knowledge and skills on minorities;
    - improving the quality of minority-focused projects, organised by the partner organisations in the future, both within and outside the Youth in Action programme;
    - using non formal education as a tool for social change (presenting Compass manual)
    - empowering the activities of the Youth Organizations which come from countries where minority communities are present and which work with minorities;
    - building a new network composed by trainers and youth workers working with minorities with the aim to involve them in youth activities supported by the Youth Programme and by other programmes of aid;
    - promoting the Youth in Action Programme as a tool for minority youth work
    - setting up new partnerships

    Target group: youth workers, youth leaders, volunteers, project managers involved in youth work
    Team: two trainers (Luca Frongia and Max Fras), facilitators from PEL Macedonia and Beyond Barriers Albania, project manager (Roma Active Albania)
    Training Methods: presentation of Compass and workshops using the manual, as well as other resources for citizenship work; group work on concepts of citizenship; reflection groups, amongst others
    Participant countries: Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Italy, Germany, United Kingdom
    Tasks and responsibilities: trainer

    Reference person:

    Luca Frongia = co-trainer (lucafrongia@tdm2000.org, )

  2. Training: Take an Act!ion for Human Trafficking Prevention (November 2007, European Youth Centre Budapest, Hungary)

    Organised by:

    Minorities of Europe, Council of Europe for a period of 5 days.

    Description:

    Aims and objectives:

    - to share and analyse the experiences on the projects and activities aimed at prevention of youth trafficking, in particular of minority youth, implemented in countries represented by participants;
    - to introduce human rights education as an effective tool for prevention of human trafficking;
    - to discuss the role of human rights education in prevention of youth trafficking;
    - to develop strategies to promote sustainable human rights education with young people for prevention of trafficking in human beings, in particular in minority youth;
    - to review the opportunities for prevention of youth trafficking provided by the human rights education, the World Programme of Human Rights Education, the new European Commission’s “Youth in Action” Programme and Council of Europe;
    - to share and reflect on the practice to be used in future national and regional activities in human trafficking prevention;
    - to prepare common objectives, approaches and projects for prevention of youth trafficking, in particular of minority youth, on International and Interregional governmental and non-governmental levels;
    - to facilitate dialogue, support networking and co-operation among minority youth, organizations and other institutions and individuals active in the field of human trafficking prevention;
    - to gather contributions for the development of organisational strategies to better serve needs of minority youth today and in the future;

    Target group: participants active in human trafficking prevention, in particular youth and minority you trafficking prevention: activists, educators, trainers and youth workers, representing multicultural communities, collaborating with minority youth and motivated to develop their work on human trafficking prevention, in particular minority youth trafficking prevention
    Team: course director and trainer (Max Fras), CoE Educational Advisor (Marius Jitea, Romania), three facilitators (from Latvia and Azerbaijan)
    Training Methods: experience sharing, open space technology, presentations, Compass workshops, project development, role play
    Participant countries: Albania, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Estonia, Georgia, Germany, France, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Sweden, Slovakia, Turkey, United Kingdom
    Tasks and responsibilities: course director and trainer

    Reference person:

    Marius Jitea = CoE Educational Advisor (ijitea@maxwell.syr.edu, )

  3. Training: Youth for Racial Equality (February 2007, Rotterdam, the Netherlands)

    Organised by:

    Platform Buitenlanders Rijnmond for a period of 5 days.

    Description:

    Aims and objectives:
    - to reflect on the role of youth-led activities in promoting racial equality
    - to analyse the various activities tackling racism that young people can lead and be involved in
    - to provide the participants with solid knowledge and practical skills necessary to organise such activities and allow them to share experiences and exchange ideas on the topic
    - to encourage various European organisations to promote racial equality through youth work and international cooperation
    - to increase the quality of youth projects tackling racism and xenophobia
    - to promote the YOUTH Programme as a tool of combating racism on the local level (Action 3) and international level (Actions 1, 2 and 5).
    - to plan and develop new project within the Youth Program around topics related to fighting racism and xenophobia, to be organised and hosted by the Project Partners in their respective countries

    Target group: youth leaders, youth workers, volunteers and community activists working with young people and racial equality issues
    Team: two trainers (Diego Marin and Max Fras), facilitators from Platform Buitenlanders Rijnmond, project manager (PBR)
    Training Methods: workshops on advocacy and campaigning, social theatre, simulation exercises, theoretical inputs on resources and tools for anti-racism work
    Participant countries: Azerbaijan, Estonia, Georgia, Latvia, Moldova, Netherlands,Ukraine, United Kingdom
    Tasks and responsibilities: trainer

    Reference person:

    Diego Marin = co-trainer (dimaro76@hotmail.com, )

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Trainer Background

Current Occupation

PhD candidate, postgraduate teaching assistant, freelance trainer and consultant in youth work, human rights and civil society projects

Work Experience

October 2006 – present: Teaching Assistant (Politics and Society in Eastern Europe), University College London
February 2006 – present: Project Manager, Minorities of Europe, UK
2003 - 2004: Consultant, European Consulting Bureau, Polish Economic Society, Wroclaw, Poland
2002 - 2003: Youth Worker, Krzyżowa Foundation for Mutual Understanding in Europe, Krzyzowa, Poland

Training and facilitation experience:

- Community Cohesion and Regeneration, training course (TC, funded by the Youth Programme, Action 5) organised by Culture Vulture International, Pershore, UK, August 2005
- Living Diversity Through Integration of Minority Youth into the Society, EuroMed TC (Youth Programme, Action 5) organised by Hungarian Volunteer Sending Foundation, Budapest, Hungary, April 2006
- Cultural Diversity and Minority Youth Participation, Contact-making seminar (Youth Programme, Action 5) organised by Minorities of Europe, May 2006
- Aim High, Beyond Borders, seminar (financed by the European Youth Foundation) organised by Dan Voiculescu Humanist Foundation, Poiana Brasov, Romania, July 2006
- Empowering Minority Youth Through Participation, TC (Youth Programme, Action 5) organised by Minorities of Europe, Loughborough, UK, August 2006
- Swapping Cultures Initiative as a Tool of Promoting Peace, TC (Youth Programme, Action 5) organised by Minorities of Europe and Public Movement Multinational Georgia, Batumi, Georgia, August 2006
- Youth for Racial Equality, TC (Youth Programme, Action 5) organised by Loughborough Racial Equality Council, Loughborough, UK, August 2006
- Youth Workers in Training: Improving Skills for Intercultural Youth Exchanges, TC (Youth Programme, Action 5) organised by Academy for Peace and Development, Tbilisi, Georgia, December 2006
- Youth for Racial Equality, TC (Youth Programme, Action 5) organised by Platform Buitenlanders Rotterdam, the Netherlands, February 2007
- Combating Religious Intolerance Through Interfaith Dialogue, TC (Youth Programme, Action 5) organised by Minorities of Europe and Yuva Humanitarian Centre, Baku, Azerbaijan, June 2007
- Conflict Management, TC organised within the framework of EC-funded Large Scale Project For a Future to Come, Poronin, Poland, July 2007
- Promoting Cultural Diversity, seminar (Youth Programme, Action 5) organised by Minorities of Europe and Association for Progress, Education and Lobbying, Ohrid, Macedonia, July 2007
- Mainstreaming Intercultural Learning in Youth Work, TC organised by Loughborough Racial Equality Council, Loughborough, UK, August 2007
- Swapping Cultures Initiative as a Tool of Promoting Social Cohesion, TC (Youth in Action, Action 3.1) organised by Youth Information and Mobility Centre, Ventspils, Latvia, August 2007
- Take an Act!ion for Human Trafficking Prevention, Study Session held at the CoE's European Youth Centre Budapest, Hungary, November 2007
- Inclusion for Active Citizenship, TC (Youth in Action, Action 3.1) organised by Roma Active Albania, Durres, Albania, November 2007
- Conflict Management, Contact-Making Seminar organised within the framework of EC-funded Large Scale Project For a Future to Come, Potsdam, Germany, December 2007
- Supra Limite, TC (Youth in Action, Action 3.1) organised by Minorities of Europe and Academy for Peace and Development in Kobuleti, Georgia, March 2008
- Better Co-operation - Better Future, Partnership Building-Activity (Youth in Action, Action 3.1) organised by European Movement Estonia in Tallinn, Estonia, March 2008
- Migration, Integration, Inclusion - TC (Youth in Action, Action 3.1) organised by Minorities of Europe and Association for Progress, Education and Lobbying (PEL) in Stip, Macedonia, April 2008
- First Step to a Social Workers' Network, PBA (Youth in Action, Action 3.1) organised by Minorities of Europe and Youth for Peace and Development in Gyumri, Armenia, April 2008
- Cultures in Dialogue, TC (Youth in Action, Action 3.1) organised by PEL in Stip, Macedonia, May 2008
- Active Citizenship Through Youth Exchanges, EuroMed Training Course (Youth in Action, Action 3.1) organised by MoE Branch for Baltic States and Scandinavia, Ventspils, Latvia, August 2008
- Belonging to Europe of Today, Training Course (Youth in Action, Action 3.1) organised by Walk Together, Durres, Albania, October 2008
- Social Cohesion Through Youth Exchanges, TC (Youth in Action, Action 4.3) organised by MoE Branch for Baltic States and Scandinavia, Ventspils, Latvia, January 2009
- Jump into Action, TC (Youth in Action, Action 3.1) organised by Youth 4 Society, Durres, Albania, February 2009
- Road to Action, TC (YiA, Action 3.1) organised by Beyond Barriers, Durres, Albania, March 2009
- Promoting Minority Youth Empowerment in Europe, TC (YiA, Action 3.1) organised by Walk Together, Durres, Albania, April 2009
- Creative Evaluation Methods, TC (YiA, Action 3.1) organised by Minorities of Europe, Budva, Montenegro, May 2009
- Genocide: Catalysts and Consequences, Study Session at the European Youth Centre Budapest, Humgary, May 2009
- Mainstreaming Minorities, TC(YiA, Action 3.1) organised by Minority Leaders for Society, Macedonia, June 2009
- Youth Workers Developing Conflict Management Skills, TC (YiA, Action 3.1) organised by Minority Leaders for Society, Macedonia, July 2009
- Swapping Cultures across the Balkans, Multipliers Seminar (European Youth Foundation, category A) organised by Beyond Barriers, Durres, Albania, October 2009
- Mosaic Training Seminar on Religion, organised by the Youth Partnership (CoE-EC) and SALTO EuroMed, Adrasan, Turkey, November 2009
- All the World's a Stage - Applying Social Theatre Methods in Youth Work, TC (Action 4.3) organised by the ASHA Foundation, Flaxley, Gloucestershire, UK, November 2009
- Promoting European Citizenship Through Media, TC (YiA Action 3.1) organised by Beyond Barriers, Durres, Albania, November 2009
- Equality in Opportunity, TC (YiA Action 4.3) organised by Derby Racial Equality Council, Derby, UK, December 2009
- Path to Interfaith Dialogue, TC (YiA Action 3.1) organised by Youth4Society, Durres, Albania, February 2010
- Evaluate Your Work - TC on Evaluation of Youth Projects (YiA Action 3.1) organised by MoE, Stip, Macedonia, February 2010
- Developing Organisational Competences - a Training Course on Project Management (YiA Action 3.1), organised by PEL, Kocani, Macedonia, February 2010
- European Voluntary Service in the Balkans – Join in! - a TC on EVS with SEE (YiA Action 3.1), organised by Beyond Barriers, Durres, Albania, March 2010
- Building Bridges Between Young People of Diverse Faith – Interfaith Dialogue as a Tool in Youth Work (YiA Action 4.3), Training Course organised by Minorities of Europe, Newcastle/Gateshead, April 2010
- Art and Multimedia: Tool for Inclusion of Youth and Fight against Poverty (YiA Action 3.1), Training Course organised by Association of Citizens Svetlost (Light), Sabac, Serbia, May 2010
- B-Young: Youth Event of the Lithuanian Presidency of the Council of Baltic Sea States (CBSS), Vilnius, May 2010
- Gender and Multiple Discrimination, TC (Action 3.1), PEL Association, Strumica, Macedonia, July 2010

Long-term project management experience:

- For a Future to Come - International Youth Work on Conflict Management - Large Scale Youth Programme Project (January 2007 - June 2009)

- Volunteers for Regional Development in South Caucasus - Multilateral EVS Project (January 2008 - October 2009)

Publishing/editing experience:

- Manual on Conflict Management - For a Future to Come (co-editor with Sebastian Schweitzer), Minorities of Europe, 2007
http://www.moe-online.com/future/index.php?x=downloads

- Intercultural Communication Resource Pack (rapporteur/editor), SALTO Cultural Diversity RC, 2009
http://www.salto-youth.net/publicationsCD/

- Partnership-Building Activity Manual (co-author with Giorgi Kakulia and Sebastian Schweitzer), MoE and Academy for Peace and Development, 2009
http://www.salto-youth.net/eecapublications/


Educational Pathway

September 2006 - present: PhD, Open University, UK
September 2004 - June 2005: MA in Jewish-Christian Relations, Centre for the Study of Jewish-Christian Relations, Cambridge, UK
2000 – 2005: MA in International Relations, Institute of International Studies, University of Wroclaw, Poland

Other training received:

- Youth Conflict Transformation, Network University Amsterdam, on-line, July 2004
- Cultural Diversity, SALTO Cultural Diversity Resource Centre, Budapest, Hungary, April 2004
- Conflict Resolution in a Multicultural Environment, Youth Information and Mobility Centre, Riga, Latvia, February 2006

Curriculum vitae:

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