Natasha Lendjel

Current occupation

Freelance trainer, project coordinator, youth worker, researcher, hub manager

Work experience

:::::::::: KOMPAS – Creative youth centre of Pančevo fighting AIDS (since 2004) ::::::::::

- Volunteer, peer educator, activist, member (since 2004)
- Training of peer educators, training coordinator assistant (2005)
- CEO of KOMPAS/Chairman of the Administrative Board (since 2006)
- Training of peer educators, Training coordinator (since 2006)
- Trainer of trainers of peer educators (from 2007)
- Coordinator of the Department of Peer education (2005 - 2009)
- Held over 500 workshops on HIV/AIDS & discrimination in primary and secondary schools

• Coordinator of the program "Prevention of HIV / AIDS in Pancevo" (since 2006), supported by Municipality of Pancevo's city budget

• Coordinator of the "Give a hand! - Help others, help yourself" project, Volunteer Youth Activities MLADI SU ZAKON! ("Young people rule!") South-Banat (Ministry of Youth & Sport Serbia, 2010)

• Training coordinator on projects "Take matters into your own hands", "It's your decision" and "Creating a quallity life - YOU WANT IT = YOU CAN DO IT!“, in partnership with the Union of secondary school students of Pancevo and The Students' Union of Pancevo, motivating young people to be involved in youth activism, to develop the skills of teamwork, communication, motivation and conflict resolving (Youth Office, City of Pancevo, 2012)

• Coordinator of educational and informative training "I really wanna work!", youth employment, organized by the Youth Office of Pancevo (Ministry of Youth and Sports of Vojvodina, 2012)

• Coordinator of the work group "Youth health and evolvent," the development of the Youth care Strategy, City of Pancevo 2014-2017

:::::::::: ERASMUS PROJECTS / since 2014 ::::::::::

• Trainer of „Towards economical empowerment of Roma youth“ TC (Erasmus+, organized by ADRA Germany, Kopaonik, Serbia, 12-20th December 2014)

• Trainer of „Easier implementation of social rights for the unemployed, refugees & internally displaced young people“ TC (European Youth fondation, Council of Europe, organized by People's Parlament Leskovac, Leskovac, Serbia, 3-9th June 2015)

• Trainer of „Your voice matters!“ TC (Erasmus+, organized by ADRA Czech Republik, Novi Becej, Serbia, 19-27th June 2015)

• Trainer of „YOUth participation in ACTion!“ TC (Erasmus+, organized by "Tontorino" Croatia, Samobor, Croatia, 18-18th August 2015)

• Project coordinator of "RETOOLED - Rethinking and Envisioning TOOLs for EDucation"
Programme: Erasmus+
Key Action: Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices
Action Type: Capacity Building for youth in neighboring and enlargement countries
Project Reference: 573269-EPP-1-2016-1-RS-EPPKA2-CBY-WB
Duration: 01-08-2016 - 28-02-2018
EU Grant: 59288 EUR

- Training courses of youth workers and NGO managers on:
1. SOCIAL DIAGNOSIS
(on how to gather data, do empirical research, examine real society needs and respond with appropriate measures and activities)
2. COACHING AND MENTORING
(learning how to support and engage youngsters in activism and manage organization in participatory way, transforming a working space into a learning space)
3. SOCIAL IMPACT MAKING
(learning how to understand digital media and data, use creative technology, IT and visual data presentation in social campaigns, youth work and public activities so they are reaching young people and making impact)
4. CO-MANAGEMENT
(involving all stakeholders into social problem solving, cooperating with public authorities, creating common strategies, implementing changes together)

- E-learning platform on international level among YNGOs
(international quality alliance among partner and other YNGOs in whole Europe and beyond, through sustaining efficient communication skills and mutual learning support)

:::::::::: PARTICIPATION IN SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH ::::::::::

• Researching the needs of young people "Dialogue with the youth of Pancevo", draft of the Action Plan for the Youth care Strategy of Pancevo 2007-2012, surveying and data entry;

• Cultural Development Strategy of Pancevo 2010-2015, surveying;

• "I want to know! – Research of the educational needs of young people in Vojvodina", a project in the framework of implementation of the Action Plan for Youth Policy in Vojvodina, a member of the project team, surveying;

• "Cultural policy as a tool for community and regional development", Centre for Study of Cultural Development, surveying;

:::::::::: EUROPEAN VOLUNTARY SERVICE in KRAKOW, POLAND / Europe4Youth, Januar 2017 – januar 2018 ::::::::::

Long term volunteering on the topics of non-formal education, youth policy, international volunteering, human rights, social entrepreneurship,...
- Maping Krakow as a place for international volunteers
- Workshops for yourh study visits in Krakow
- Peer to peer consultations with future EVS volunteers
- Creating workshops for introducing social entrepreneurship to high-school students
- Creating a manual for education on social entrepreneurship "Prodest"

:::::::::: PROJECT MANAGER IN SEE ICT / Startit Center Belgrade, May – October 2018 ::::::::::

Researching the needs of target groups, data gathering, data analysis, solution creation, project writing and management, monitoring and evaluation, reporting, administration.

CURENTLY

:::::::::: CO-FOUNDER OF SINHRO HUB / Pancevo, Serbia, May 2018 – today::::::::::

Launching the hub as well as the coworking space, community management, community building, fundraising, creating the models of organizational procedures, legal framework, marketing strategies, hub culture.