Max Fras

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
March 2007 - December 2009: Director of European Development, Minorities of Europe, UK
February 2006 – March 2007: 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 organised by Culture Vulture International, Pershore, UK, August 2005
- Living Diversity Through Integration of Minority Youth into the Society, EuroMed TC organised by Hungarian Volunteer Sending Foundation, Budapest, Hungary, April 2006
- Cultural Diversity and Minority Youth Participation, Contact-making seminar 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 organised by Minorities of Europe, Loughborough, UK, August 2006
- Swapping Cultures Initiative as a Tool of Promoting Peace, TC organised by Minorities of Europe and Public Movement Multinational Georgia, Batumi, Georgia, August 2006
- Youth for Racial Equality, TC organised by Loughborough Racial Equality Council, Loughborough, UK, August 2006
- Youth Workers in Training: Improving Skills for Intercultural Youth Exchanges, TC organised by Academy for Peace and Development, Tbilisi, Georgia, December 2006
- Youth for Racial Equality, TC organised by Platform Buitenlanders Rotterdam, the Netherlands, February 2007
- Combating Religious Intolerance Through Interfaith Dialogue, TC 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 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 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 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 organised by Minorities of Europe and Academy for Peace and Development in Kobuleti, Georgia, March 2008
- Better Co-operation - Better Future, Partnership Building-Activity organised by European Movement Estonia in Tallinn, Estonia, March 2008
- Migration, Integration, Inclusion - TC 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 organised by Minorities of Europe and Youth for Peace and Development in Gyumri, Armenia, April 2008
- Cultures in Dialogue, TC organised by PEL in Stip, Macedonia, May 2008
- Active Citizenship Through Youth Exchanges, EuroMed Training Course organised by MoE Branch for Baltic States and Scandinavia, Ventspils, Latvia, August 2008
- Belonging to Europe of Today, Training Course organised by Walk Together, Durres, Albania, October 2008
- Social Cohesion Through Youth Exchanges, TC organised by MoE Branch for Baltic States and Scandinavia, Ventspils, Latvia, January 2009
- Jump into Action, TC organised by Youth 4 Society, Durres, Albania, February 2009
- Road to Action, TC organised by Beyond Barriers, Durres, Albania, March 2009
- Promoting Minority Youth Empowerment in Europe, TC organised by Walk Together, Durres, Albania, April 2009
- Creative Evaluation Methods, TC organised by Minorities of Europe, Budva, Montenegro, May 2009
- Genocide: Catalysts and Consequences, Study Session at the European Youth Centre Budapest, Hungary, May 2009
- Mainstreaming Minorities, TC organised by Minority Leaders for Society, Macedonia, June 2009
- Youth Workers Developing Conflict Management Skills, TC organised by Minority Leaders for Society, Macedonia, July 2009
- Swapping Cultures across the Balkans, Multipliers Seminar (supported by the European Youth Foundation) 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 organised by the ASHA Foundation, Flaxley, Gloucestershire, UK, November 2009
- Promoting European Citizenship Through Media, TC organised by Beyond Barriers, Durres, Albania, November 2009
- Equality in Opportunity, TC organised by Derby Racial Equality Council, Derby, UK, December 2009
- Path to Interfaith Dialogue, TC organised by Youth4Society, Durres, Albania, February 2010
- Developing Organisational Competences - a Training Course on Project Management, organised by PEL, Kocani, Macedonia, February 2010
- European Voluntary Service in the Balkans – Join in! - a TC on EVS with SEE, organised by Beyond Barriers, Durres, Albania, March 2010
- Building Bridges Between Young People of Diverse Faith – Interfaith Dialogue as a Tool in Youth Work, Training Course organised by Minorities of Europe, Newcastle/Gateshead, April 2010
- Art and Multimedia: Tool for Inclusion of Youth and Fight against Poverty, 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, PEL Association, Strumica, Macedonia, July 2010
- Creating New Tools for Genocide Education, TC, Beyond Barriers, Vlora, Albania, October 2010
- Living Together in an Intercultural Society, TC, Association Walk Together, Durres, Albania, November 2010
- Migration and Youth in Europe: New Realities and Challenges, Study Session at EYC Budapest, November/December 2010
- Youth Interfaith Champions for Dialogue Between Religions, TC, Digg Out, Volendam, the Netherlands, January 2011
- Road to Inclusion, Partnership-Building Activity, Beyond Barriers, Durres, Albania, February 2011
- Youth Worker Ethics, TC, Better Life in Kosovo, Pristina, Kosovo, April 2011
- Migration and Mobility – Challenges and Opportunities for European Youth, TC organised by Droni (Georgia) and ECPAT (Austria) in Ureki, Georgia, June 2011
- What You Get is What You Give - EVS Training Course, organised by Beyond Barriers, Vlora, Albania, August 2011
- Youth on the Move: European Migration and Youth Mobility, TC organised by Droni (Georgia) and Human Rights and Equalities Charnwood (UK), Kobuleti, Georgia, September 2011
- Planning, Monitoring and Evaluating in International Youth Work, TC organised by European Intercultural Forum, Berlin, Germany, November 2011
- Protection of Minorities – Bridging Theory and Practice in Youth Work, TC organised by the Asha Foundation, Flaxley, Gloucestershire, December 2011

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