Michal Klopocki

Current occupation

Freelance

Work experience

05.05.2025 - present
Participation and Youth Collaboration Senior Specialist
UNICEF Poland
Designing and implementing youth participation structures. Developing tools and programs that engage children and young people in decision-making processes at local, national, and international levels.

Facilitation and support for the Youth Advisory Council at UNICEF Poland. Supporting youth advocacy, facilitating consultations, and helping Council members build leadership and civic competencies.

Organizing participatory events and public campaigns. Creating and managing initiatives such as the Climate Revolution Festival and media campaigns for occasions like World Children Day.

Building partnerships for youth policy development. Collaborating with NGOs, local governments, public institutions, and international partners to strengthen youth participation in public life.

Researching and analyzing the needs of young people. Conducting participatory research and ethnographic studies to co-create innovative youth-oriented solutions based on real needs.

01/11/2017–30.04.2025
Human Rights Education Network Coordinator
Amnesty International Poland, Warsaw (Poland)
- development of educational materials, training programs and conducting trainings and workshops for young people, educators and youth workers and teachers
- cooperation with the coordinator of the human rights education team as part of the implementation of educational projects
- preparation of engagement offer and training for educators of HRE networks

23/11/2017–24/11/2017

Trainer on 14th Youth Councils Forum in Jarocin
Association of Wielkopolska Region's Municipalities, Poznań
Facililator and trainer on forum for members of local youth councils

03/09/2017–06/09/2017 Trainer in "Youth at #V4work" tc
European Foundation for Human Development, Łódź (Poland)
Trainer on training for youth and youth workers on employability and enterpreneurship in V4 countries.

30/06/2017–04/07/2017 Trainer on National Training on Human Rights "COBHRA Competneces of Best Human Rights Activists"
Center of Youth Initiatives Horizons, Poznań (Poland)
Trainer on training for educators, youth workers, teachers and policemen on human rights
education and acitivism, particullary in hate speech preventation

19/09/2016–25/09/2016 Trainer in training "Volunteering Management LAB”
Wielkpolska Coordination Council, Poznań (Poland)
Trainer on training for youth wokers, volunteering managers and volunteers on volunteering
management

17/07/2016–31/12/2016 Trainer in the project “Empowerment for social inclusion – youth with disabilitites on a labor market”
Youth Initiatves Center Horizons, Poznań (Poland)
- Trainer on training for youth wokers working with youth with disabilities on laboral inclusion (17-24.07.2016)
- Substantive development of the publication - https://www.saltoyouth.
net/tools/toolbox/tool/empowerment-for-social-inclusion-youth-with-disabilities-on-a-labormarket.1995/

29/09/2015–04/10/2015 Trainer in tc Model for Active participation and democratic management of youth organizations and its evaluation
Center for Intercultural Dialogue, Skopje (North Macedonia)
Trainer on training for national organisations leaders on organisational management

21/08/2015–26/08/2015 Trainer in tc for youth leaders on Democratic leadership and participation within national-level youth organizations
Center for Youth Initatives Horizons, Poznań (Poland)
Trainer on training for national youth organistions leaders on youth particiation

12/10/2014–20/10/2014 Trainer in "Speak out louder" tc
ADRA Poland Foundation, Warszawa (Poland)
Trainer in tc for youth workers on using ICT for inclusion youth with disabilities

01/10/2013–31/03/2014 International cooperation specialist
ADRA Foundation, Wrocław
- Designing, writing and submitting proposals for international projects with partners
- Development of the EVS project; sending volunteers to partner organizations
- Coordination of international exchange projects, trainings
- Support for volunteers and trainees involved in international projects
- Promotion of activities and effects of international projects

05/09/2012–05/07/2013 Volunteer in Save the Children and Fundacion Alianzas Rosalico in the project
Seed for Growth 2 EVS
Save the Children, Fundacion Alianzas Rosalico, Puebla (Mexico)
- conducting workshops for children and youth from San Mateo Ozolco with human rights, children's rights, interculturality and others with the Save the Children team.
- creating and updating the blog and fanpage of the Foundation
- logistical organization of workshops on sexual education and recycling at the Foundation

01/06/2011–31/08/2012 YEU Newsmail Journalist and Researcher
Youth for Exchange and Understanding International, Brussel
Writing and editing texts, making research on youth policy in Europe

01/10/2010–31/08/2012 Coordinator of the project "INCLUSIVE TOOLBOX - Cooperation for Social Change in Europe"
Center for Youth Initiatives Center Horizons, Poznan (Poland)
- Preparation of participants for international mobilities
- Monitoring activities related to the dissemination of project results espeically toolkit
- Communication with Project Partners,- Managing the project budget in cooperation
- Preparation International Seminar Cultural Diversity in Local Community (May 2012)

20/02/2012–30/06/2012 Coordinator and trainer of the educational project "Young self-governing"
Center for Youth Initiatives Center Horizons, Poznań (Poland)
- recruitment of project participants
- communication and cooperation with project partners
- developing and conducting workshops for participants from youth participation, functioning of Youth
Councils in the local environment
- creation of the publication "Many Councils for Youth Councils" http://www.cimhoryzonty.org/files/docs/publikacje/Wiele_rad_dla_mlodziezowych_rad.pdf

01/10/2011–28/02/2012 Educator in a project “INTERCULTURAL LEARNING - ERASMUS AS A WAY FOR SELF-DEVELOPEMENT”
University of Adam Mickiewicz, Poznan (Poland)
- conducting a series of classes for Erasmus students in intercultural education

16/11/2011–22/11/2011 Trainer "Creative Organizer - Project Management of Youth Activities Involving Youth with Disabilities"
Youth for Exchange and Understanding International, Brussel (Belgium)
trainer on tc for youth workers on inclusion of youth with disabilities in NFE activities

27/07/2011–29/07/2011 Trainer on Forum for Future Forum for Future Foundation, Toszek (Poland)
Trainer of tc for youth leaders on parrtnership nad networking