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Bo Maria Daskalova

born 1900  •  lives in Ireland  •  speaks fluent English, Russian
About:

An International Senior Trainer, Researcher, and Consultant with over two decades of experience driving transformative NFE . My expertise spans human rights education, diversity and gender mainstreaming, European citizenship, peace-building, and the strategic inclusion of disadvantaged youth—including youth with disabilities, migrants, and refugees—bringing profound passion, care, and systemic insight into the training room to co-create accessible, safe, and impactful learning spaces.

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Bo Maria Daskalova

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Current occupation

Freelance Trainer; Member of Trainers’ Pool of the Directorate of Youth and Sport at the Council of Europe (http://eycb.coe.int/)

Work experience

Executive Bio
My journey in the European youth field began in 1999 as a teenage volunteer and grass-roots activist in a local Human Rights Club. Over the past 25+ years, I have evolved into an International Senior Trainer, Researcher, Consultant, and Policy Advocate specialized in human rights education, cross-sector civic participation, and transformative social inclusion.
I hold an advanced academic background completed across Austria, Germany, and the United States, which I structurally pair with rigorous, specialized certifications for youth multipliers and trainers from premier global institutions. These include the Council of Europe Directorate of Youth and Sport (DYS), the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR), Minority Rights Group International, and the World Bank. Driven by deep-rooted passion and care, I act as an inspiring educator and enabling facilitator who bridges robust socio-political research with immersive, experiential learning to co-create accessible, safe, and impactful spaces.

Institutional Track Record & Policy Leadership
• Council of Europe Expert: A long-standing, active member of the Directorate of Youth and Sport Pool of Trainers since 2008, consistently delivering high-level training courses and study sessions aligned with institutional quality standards.
• Network Presidency: Chaired the DARE Network (Democracy and Human Rights Education in Europe) from 2015 to 2017, leading strategic advocacy, European policy development, and cross-border cooperation.
• Profound European Programme Expertise: Over two decades of experience designing, managing, and evaluating programs across the full evolution of EU funding schemes, including the Youth, Youth in Action, Erasmus+, CERV and H2020 Programs.
• Extensive Delivery Portfolio: Facilitated more than 200 international and national training courses for youth leaders, educators, and multipliers since 2005, with 90% executed directly within EU and the CoE frameworks.
• Trainer-Researcher Model: Currently combine empirical field research and policy evaluation with non-formal education design, acting as an expert researcher and evaluator on various European project proposal.
• Public-Private Partnerships: Proven capacity in building and scaling public-private and cross-sectoral alliances between NGOs, civil society, municipal authorities, and corporate stakeholders to maximize the systemic impact of youth participation.

Core Thematic Areas of Expertise
1. Diversity Management, Human Rights & Intercultural Dialogue: Delivering competence-based training, educational pathway audits, and systemic anti-racism frameworks.
2. Targeted Inclusion & Intersectionality: Designing tailored, accessible NFE paths for highly disadvantaged youth cohorts, including ethnic minorities, migrants, youth with physical or sensory disabilities, and NEETs, with a firm focus on dismantling multiple discrimination.
3. Prevention of Risk Migration: Implementing specialized cross-border training modules addressing human trafficking, refugee protection, and safe regional migration pathways.
4. Gender Mainstreaming & Human Rights: Facilitating critical educational interventions on gender-based violence, systemic sexism, and the protection of women’s and LGBTI rights in contemporary youth work.
5. Applied Arts for Social Change: Pioneering the integration of embodied, non-formal methodologies in human rights education, specializing in the field-testing and execution of Theatre of the Oppressed and Sensory Labyrinth techniques to navigate systemic conflict.
A detailed, project-by-project overview of my chronological work experience, publications, and authored SALTO toolkits can be obtained upon request via my comprehensive curriculum vitae.

Educational pathway

Formal Education:
MA in Human Rights from Friedrich-Alexander University, Erlangen-Nurnberg
MA in Literature and Drama
MPhil in Gender Studies

Research Fellow:
- University of Washington, USA,
- Open Society Institute, Bulgaria,
- Central European University, Budapest,
- University in Saarbrucken, Germany,
- University of Vienna, Austria.

Non-formal education received:
ADVANCED COMPASS TRAINING IN HUMAN RIGHTS EDUCATION- long-term training program for trainers in human rights education, organized by DYS at CoE, December 2005 – February 2008 I have the chance to to undertake a thorough professional audit of my experience, strengths and weaknesses, in the field of non-formal education.
- As a trainee in the Long Term Training of Trainers for EuroMed Youth Projects (Council of Europe: Budapest – Athens - Amman) 2004/05 - this enabled me to start organizing and delivering youth EuroMed trainings.
- As a trainee in Minority Rights Group International courses on minority rights in 2000 in Strasbourg, 2001 in Budapest, 2002 in Warsaw and 2003 in Budapest, Long Term Training Course for Trainers on Minority Rights Advocacy 2003-2004 - I learned a lot about international human rights instruments, minority rights and gained important facilitation skills.

Fields of training expertise

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

Knowledge about institutions and programmes

  • (expert) Erasmus+ (KA1) Youth Exchanges
  • (expert) Erasmus+ (KA1) Training & Networking
  • (expert) Erasmus+ (KA2) Transnational Youth Initiatives
  • (expert) Erasmus+ (KA2) Capacity Building (other countries in the World)
  • (expert) Erasmus+ (KA3) Youth Policy Meetings
  • (expert) European Solidarity Corps Volunteering
  • (advanced) European Youth Centres (CoE)
  • (expert) European Youth Foundation (CoE)
  • (intermediate) Solidarity Fund for Youth Mobility (CoE)
  • (expert) European Institutions
  • (expert) Youth Partnership CoE-COM
  • (expert) International Youth Structures
  • (expert) Private Foundations
  • (advanced) United Nations

Working with specific target groups

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

Experience with specific geographical regions

  • (intermediate) Africa
  • (intermediate) Asia
  • (expert) Eastern Europe and Caucasus
  • (expert) Euro-Mediterranean Co-operation
  • (expert) European Cooperation
  • (intermediate) Global Cooperation
  • (beginner) Latin America
  • (intermediate) North-North Cooperation
  • (expert) North-South Co-operation
  • (expert) South East Europe

Other skills

Applied Drama; Art for Social Change; Prevention of Youth Risk Migration

Language Skills

  • (fluent) English
  • (intermediate) German
  • (intermediate) Italian
  • (good) Russian
  • (beginner) Spanish

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This profile was last modified on 2026-06-08

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