Katerina Stoyanova

About:

Community organiser with a strong academic and practical background in human rights, forced migration, social work and non-formal education.
Passionate about trainings and supporting the concept of life-long learning since 2010.
Katerina is a person who likes to dedicate her free time to arts, both appreciating and performing herself in the fields of theatre, music and photography. Travelling is her way of life and nature is what gives her energy and positive vibes.

Katerina Stoyanova has 3 references for past work as a trainer.

Katerina Stoyanova

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  • Oleksandra Bakun
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  • natalie jivkova
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Current occupation

Steering Board Chairperson and Project manager in CVS-Bulgaria (full time)

Work experience

- Steering Board Chairperson and Project manager
March 2012-Ongoing
CVS-Bulgaria(branch of SCI International), Sofia (Bulgaria)
- Freelance trainer and facilitator:
* Pool of trainers of South East European Youth Network (SEEYN) - www.seeyn.org/‎
(June 2013 - current)
* Pool of trainers of the Development Center for Human Resources (Bulgarian National Agency for Erasmus+ Program)
(2012 - current)
- Service Delivery Manager
May 2011-December 2016
Translation Market LTD (Stara Zagora, Bulgaria)
- Helpesk Analyst II
March 2009-November 2010
c3i Europe LTD (Sofia, Bulgaria)
- Senior Project Account Manager
June 2007- April 2009
Applied Language Solutions LTD (Sofia, Bulgaria)
- Office administrator and Project coordinator
July 2006- June 2007
Nexys LTD - Up2technology, Sofia (Bulgaria)

Educational pathway

- Master in Middle East Studies
Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”
2020 -ongoing' Sofia, Bulgaria
- Master in Social Work with Refugees and Migrants
Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”
2019 -2020; Sofia, Bulgaria
- Batchelor in International Relations
University of National and World Economy .
2001-2007; Sofia, Bulgaria

-Graduate of the National Program “Governing Skills”
Bulgarian School of Politics “Dimitry Panitza”
2023; Sofia, Bulgaria

Fields of training expertise

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

Knowledge about institutions and programmes

  • (expert) Erasmus+ (KA1) Youth Exchanges
  • (expert) Erasmus+ (KA1) Training & Networking
  • (advanced) Erasmus+ (KA2) Transnational Youth Initiatives
  • (expert) European Solidarity Corps Volunteering
  • (expert) Erasmus+ (lifelong learning, non-youth)
  • (intermediate) European Youth Foundation (CoE)
  • (intermediate) European Institutions
  • (beginner) United Nations

Working with specific target groups

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

Experience with specific geographical regions

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

Other skills

Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Publisher, Access, Teams) / Google Drive; Content Management Systems (WordPress); Email Marketing (MailChimp); Photo and Video Editing Software (Adobe, iMovie, Canva)/ Social Media / Zoom /

Language Skills

  • (beginner) Arabic
  • (fluent) Bulgarian
  • (fluent) English
  • (good) Russian
  • (good) Spanish

Trainer references

This profile was last modified on 2024-02-28

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