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Alexandre Fonseca
My name is Alexandre Fonseca and I am passionate about education, youth participation, well-being, and sports.
I am a Non-formal education trainer and longevity and well-being coach and always happy to share the knowledge that I have gathered.
I believe that ageing does not mean living with pain or giving up on your body.
I also believe that education can make us freer, wiser, independent thinkers.
My favourite word is "brio" ;)
Alexandre Fonseca has 3 references for past work as a trainer.
Contact details
Trainer connections
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Natasa Golosin -
Simona Molari -
Aldo Campanelli -
Nerijus Kriauciunas -
Anita Silva -
Marta Brzezińska-Hubert -
Spela Gorjan -
Carlos De Sousa Santos -
Branimira Penic -
Ekaterina (Katya) Sherer Sherer -
Pedro Santos -
Patrícia Amaro -
Davide Tonon -
Syrine Rekhis -
Marius Ulozas -
Lea Kovic -
Michele Di Paola -
Konstantinos Spatiotis -
Barnabás Gulyás -
Domagoj Morić -
Aytaç Uzunlas -
Darko Markovic -
Barbara Foldi -
Katarina Vuckovic -
Daniel Gismera Casasola -
Gergely Kiss -
Carolina Loureiro
Current occupation
Freelance Trainer and Coach
Work experience
Relevant events designed/conducted/facilitated:
- ESC On-Arrival Training (May & December 2025)
- AEIDL's Co-Creation Workshop (2024)
- Youth@Work Gathering (2024)
- ENOS Euro'Meet (2024)
- Seminar of Youth Participation Experts and Trainers (2023)
- Youth Participation Forum (2022)
-Training for Participation Officers of the National Agencies (2021; 2022)
-Training of Trainers on Youth Participation (2021)
- SALTO Awards (2021 - 2023)
- SALTO on the Spotlight (2021)
- National Meeting of Local Youth Councils (2021)
- Youth Municipal Strategy of Porto (2021)
- Training for Youth Workers on the Implementation of the Declaration of Lisbon+21 (2020)
- On-Arrival and Mid-term Trainings for EVS volunteers (2020)
- 8th EU Youth Dialogue in Portugal (2020)
- Closing Forum of the 7th EU Youth Dialogue in Portugal (2020)
- Youth Initiative of Portimão (2020)
- North-South Cooperation for Youth Participation (2020)
- European Youth Work Convention (2020)
- European Academy of Youth Work (2019)
- Training Course "Home Away from Home" (2019)
- Training Course "Storytelling for Solidarity" (2019)
- Training Course "Empower your NGO - Project Management competences" (2019)
- Workcamp "Solidarity with Refugees in Serbia" (2018)
- Youth Exchange "Mighty Atlas of Peoples and Stories" (2018)
- Youth Exchange "A Walk in their Shoes" (2017)
Work Experience:
- Evaluator of Erasmus+ projects (2024 - present)
- SALTO Participation & Information (2021 - 2024)
- Pool of Trainers of the Portuguese National Agency for Erasmus + and ESC (2021 - present)
- Pool of Trainers of the Portuguese National Youth Council (2019 - 2022)
- DYPALL Network (2019 - 2020)
- European Voluntary Service (2017 - 2018)
- Language Teacher - AIESEC Serbia (2017)
- Language Teacher - INSA Rouen Normandie (2011)
- Language Assistant - French Ministry of Education (2011 - 2012)
Educational pathway
I have started my path in Non-Formal Education before I even knew what it was.
I started as a student leader organising and taking part in Model United Nations and Model European Union events and organizing with my peers to improve the quality of our graduation programme from 2009 onwards.
In 2012, I took part in a Weekend of Training in "Education Populaire" in France, near Paris, and it changed my whole perspective on Education and its possibilities. In that same year, I took part in the activity of the Youth Assembly of the Council of Europe, "Youth and Democracy: The Young Generation Sacrificed?".
Fast forward to 2016, when I finally learned about the Erasmus programme and the possibilities it offered by taking part in a Youth Exchange about the Refugee crisis in Europe in the lovely village of Holloko in Hungary. It was a theme that drove my PhD and my volunteering afterwards, as well as my career as a trainer and coordinator. Ever since, I have been discovering, learning, and improving my craft.
Non-Formal Education:
Training of Trainers on Learning Experience Design (2021)
Training of Trainers - National Youth Council of Portugal (2020)
Virtual Exchange Facilitator Advanced Training - Soliya (2020)
Learning Environments in Training - Spanish National Agency (2019)
Certificate of Pedagogical Competencies - Portuguese Institute of Employment and Professional Training (2019)
Formal Education:
PhD in Sociology (incomplete) - University of Coimbra (2013 -)
Master's in History of Political Thought with a Scholarship of Excellence - École Normale Supérieure de Lyon (2012 - 2013)
Graduation in Language and International Relations - University of Porto (2008 - 2011)
Fields of training expertise
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Bullying & Harassment -
Campaigning & Awareness Raising
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Change Management
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Citizenship Education -
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Communication Skills
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Conflict Management & Mediation
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Creativity & Art
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Crisis Management
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Diversity & Anti-Racism
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Drama & Theatre
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Education through Sports
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Environment & Ecology
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Entrepreneurship (Social)
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Equal Opportunities
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Evaluation & Assessment
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Event Management
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Financial Management
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Fundraising
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Gender Awareness & Mainstreaming
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Global Education
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Group Dynamics & Motivation
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Health & Prevention
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Human Rights
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Intercultural Learning
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International Youth Work
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Labour Rights & Employment
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Leadership Development
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Lobbying & Advocacy
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New Information Technologies
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Open Space Technology
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Organizational Management
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Outdoor & Experiential Training
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Peace Education
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People Management & Cooperation
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Personal Development & Empowerment
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Project Management
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Public Relations & Marketing
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Public Speaking
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Recognition of NFLearning
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Social Inclusion & Exclusion
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Social Media
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Storytelling & Humour
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Time Management
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Training of Trainers
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Valorisation of Projects (DEOR)
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Volunteer Programmes
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Youth Exchanges
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Youth Information Work
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Youth Participation & Initiatives
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Youth Policy
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Youth Violence & Criminality
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Youth Worker Training
Knowledge about institutions and programmes
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Erasmus+ (KA1) Youth Exchanges
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Erasmus+ (KA1) Training & Networking
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Erasmus+ (KA2) Transnational Youth Initiatives
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Erasmus+ (KA2) Strategic Partnerships
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Erasmus+ (KA2) Capacity Building (other countries in the World)
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Erasmus+ (KA3) Youth Policy Meetings
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European Solidarity Corps Volunteering
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Erasmus+ (lifelong learning, non-youth)
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European Youth Centres (CoE)
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European Youth Foundation (CoE)
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Solidarity Fund for Youth Mobility (CoE)
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European Institutions
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Youth Partnership CoE-COM
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International Youth Structures
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Private Foundations
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United Nations
Working with specific target groups
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Children
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Families
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Gay, Lesbian, Bi & Transgender work
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Intercultural Teams
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Marginalized & Excluded Youth
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Men's Issues & Groups
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Minorities
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Religious Youth Groups
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Women's Issues & Groups
Experience with specific geographical regions
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Eastern Europe and Caucasus
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Euro-Mediterranean Co-operation
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European Cooperation
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Global Cooperation
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Latin America
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North-North Cooperation
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North-South Co-operation
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South East Europe
Language Skills
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English -
French
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German
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Portuguese
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Romanian
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Serbian
Trainer references
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Training of Trainers on Youth Participation
Validated (2024-10-04)Reference person
Nerijus Kriaučiūnas
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European Youth Work Convention
Validated (2024-10-11)Reference person
Simona Molari
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Home away from Home – empowering local NGOs to take an active role in the migrants’ integration process
Validated (2024-10-05)Reference person
Natasa Golosin
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This profile was last modified on 2025-11-24