Mihaela Amariei

Current occupation

Trainer & Facilitator - Erasmus+ Programme - Collaborator

Work experience

* Member of the ETS AG - European Training Strategy Advisory Group (2017 - present)
Responsibilities:
- link my own work plans, procedures and tools with the development and implementation of the ETS measures;
- collect feedback within my working groups on ETS relevant subjects and address the recommendations to the ETS Advisory Group;
- support the visibility of ETS and support the dissemination and exploitation of results of the ETS measures.

* Member of the Pool of Trainers for the former Youth in Action Programme (2012 - 2014) and Erasmus+: Youth in Action programme (2014 - present), under the National Agency for Community Programmes in the Field of Education and Training Romania
Responsibilities: Organizing & delivering trainings and Developing training design & agenda in Erasmus+ Programme context: Organizational development, Dissemination and exploitation of project results, Project management, Writing funding proposals, Non-formal education methods, Management of volunteers, NGO Set up, Mentor 2B, the European Voluntary Service Training and Evaluation Cycle (On arrival Training, Mid-Term Meeting for the volunteers and Final evaluation) and also international TCs and events on different topics related to Erasmus+.

http://www.erasmusplus.ro/retea-formatori-erasmus
http://www.tinact.ro/formatori/ID/8777

* Member of the Pool of Trainers for the CIVITAS Programme, under Proedus Association, Bucharest City Hall (October 2014 - present)
Responsibilities: Organizing & delivering trainings and Developing training design & agenda in CIVITAS Programme context. The training programme named "The management of extracurricular activities" is designed for teachers and educational counselors. It has 3 modules over 3 weeks and they learn, in a non-formal context and using non-formal methodology, how to discover and develop competences necessary for personal and professional development in order to initiate, elaborate, organize and implement extracurricular non-formal activities with their students.

http://proedus.ro/civitas/cursuri-profesori/

* Project Management Consultant (Jun 2011 – present)
Responsibilities:
• Development and writing of funding applications for grants access
• Be the interface between the beneficiary and experts financing institution
• Coordinating public procurement procedures for construction services, project supervisors, equipment acquisition and advertising services
• Assisting the beneficiary during the conclusion of contracts, realization of payments and carry out activities in the project, in accordance with the procedures and recommendations of the financing institution
• Advising the beneficiary on the technical and financial issues related to the financing contract
• Advising the beneficiary in obtaining the expected results and achieving the project objectives
• Additional assistance to draft the documents and / or notifications to the grant and application for approval of changes that may occur during project implementation
• Preparing applications for payment and technical and financial reports
• Monitoring and evaluation of project implementation

* Programme Manager, Pro Women Foundation (Feb 2008 – Jun 2011), Iasi County, Romania

Responsibilities for coordinating Phare and Structural Funds projects:
• Coordinating the implementation of project activities
• Maintaining and developing relationships with partners, stakeholders in the project, the financial and technical implementation bodies
• Promoting the project internally and externally
• Making quarterly reports, interim and final
• Implement procedures and practices of project management
• Monitoring and evaluation of activities and project team
• Coordination of acquisitions: request / offer, negotiating, closing contracts
• Deal with crisis or unexpected events in the project
• Attract new partnerships / collaborations and writing new projects

Responsibilities for PR activities:
• Coordination of visual identity: editing information and promotion materials, the annual activity report, website administration, participation in fairs, exhibitions, seminars, conferences, workshops
• Organization of fundraising and CSR events, press conferences
• Participation in recruiting: publishing and dissemination of recruitment ads, centralizing and selection resumes and letters of motivation, job interviews, participation in decision-making stage for employment
• Promoting the organization in mass-media, Internet, social events

Responsibilities for External Collaboration:
• Establishing and developing contacts with other organizations worldwide
• Lobbying and advocacy at national and international level
• Initiate cooperation agreements and partnerships in projects with external financing
• Activities for external customers: trainings (topics: project management, training of trainers, PR, The six thinking hats - De Bono Method), consultancy in writing, implementation and project management, acquisitions and identifying non-refundable funds