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Monika Kezaite-Jakniuniene

born 1981  •  lives in Lithuania  •  speaks fluent English, Lithuanian
About:

- I have been here since 2000, still passionate about raising the quality of youth work by supporting the professional growth of youth work practitioners.
- Inspired by creating experiential, holistic and systemic learning spaces that connect directly to practice.
- For me, youth work at its best is inclusion.
- With SALTO T&C RC I co-developed long-term concepts for competence development
- I contribute to publications that support youth work practice.

Monika Kezaite-Jakniuniene has 5 references for past work as a trainer.

Monika Kezaite-Jakniuniene

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    Corina Pintea
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Current occupation

Full time facilitator and trainer

Work experience

I have been involved in youth work and training since 1999.
Volunteering was my entry to youth work, where I started as mentor, tutor and coordinator of local and international volunteers. This field still remains the area where I train practitioners and organisations to be more competent. Sharing practices for personal, professsional, organisational and community development.
Another area of my professional activity is supporting learning within individual relationship (coaching, mentoring, supervision). I'm specifically employing this in my work with youth workers for their competence development.

Besides, I have experience working withing such topics as: team development, inclusion, experiential learning, intercultural communication and learning, personal development, learning organisations, project management etc.

Educational pathway

I have been studying in several fields, but the following long term educational experiences are the most relevant to the work I do:
- Long term training course "Training for trainers for European Youth Projects (Austria, Hungary, Italy), 2000 -2001
- Long term training course "Intercultural via Experiential learning" (Belgium, Lithuania), 2002 -2003,
- Studies on Organisational Psychology in the Academy of Psychology (Human Study Center, Lithuania) 2006 - 2008
- Supervision and Coaching studies (Munster academy, Vilnius Magnus University and Association of Supervisors in Lithuania), 2015
- MA in Leadership and change management (Mykolas Romeris University), 2016
-Systemic Dynamics in Organisations, (Bert Hellinger Instituut, Netherlands), 2023

Fields of training expertise

  • (intermediate) Change Management
  • (expert) Coaching & Mentoring
  • (expert) Communication Skills
  • (beginner) Conflict Management & Mediation
  • (intermediate) Diversity & Anti-Racism
  • (advanced) Evaluation & Assessment
  • (advanced) Group Dynamics & Motivation
  • (advanced) Intercultural Learning
  • (advanced) International Youth Work
  • (advanced) Leadership Development
  • (advanced) Open Space Technology
  • (advanced) Organizational Management
  • (advanced) Outdoor & Experiential Training
  • (advanced) People Management & Cooperation
  • (advanced) Personal Development & Empowerment
  • (intermediate) Project Management
  • (intermediate) Recognition of NFLearning
  • (advanced) Social Inclusion & Exclusion
  • (intermediate) Time Management
  • (advanced) Training of Trainers
  • (advanced) Volunteer Programmes
  • (expert) Youth Worker Training

Knowledge about institutions and programmes

  • (intermediate) Erasmus+ (KA1) Youth Exchanges
  • (advanced) Erasmus+ (KA1) Training & Networking
  • (expert) European Solidarity Corps Volunteering
  • (intermediate) European Youth Centres (CoE)
  • (intermediate) European Youth Foundation (CoE)
  • (intermediate) European Institutions

Working with specific target groups

  • (advanced) Intercultural Teams
  • (intermediate) Marginalized & Excluded Youth
  • (intermediate) Women's Issues & Groups
  • (advanced) Young People with a Physical Disability

Experience with specific geographical regions

  • (beginner) Asia
  • (advanced) Eastern Europe and Caucasus
  • (expert) European Cooperation

Language Skills

  • (fluent) English
  • (fluent) Lithuanian
  • (intermediate) Russian

Trainer references

  • Appetiser

    Awaiting validation (requested 2025-02-10)
    The training activity took place
    in Sigulda, Latvia
    organised by National Agency of Youth in Action project in Latvia
    2nd-6th of February, 2013

  • Meant to be a Mentor. Discover and develop yourself as an EVS mentor (Blended Training Course)

    Validated (2021-10-18)
    The training activity took place
    in Online + TC in Vilnius, Lithuania
    organised by National Agencies of Erasmus+: Youth in Action programma in Lithuania and Poland
    October 2014 - May 2015, TC 27.-31.01.2015
    Reference person

    Michael Kimmig

    (Co-trainer)
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  • “ONE 2 ONE - supporting learning face-to-face”

    Validated (2022-02-17)
    The training activity took place
    in Bulgaria
    organised by National Agency of Youth in Action project in Bulgaria
    2-8, September June, 2012
    Reference person

    Mark Taylor

    (Co-trainer)
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  • SOHO European Training Course

    Awaiting validation (requested 2025-02-10)
    The training activity took place
    in Sheffield, United Kingdom
    organised by UK National Agency of European Erasmus+: Youth in Action Programme
    16-21 May, 2016

  • YOCOMO Training for trainers

    Validated (2025-02-10)
    The training activity took place
    in Lithuania
    organised by SALTO Training and Cooperation RC
    September, 2023-April, 2024
    Reference person

    Darko Markovic

    (Co-facilitator)
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This profile was last modified on 2025-08-28

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