Seg Kirakossian

born 1989 • lives in Armenia • speaks fluent Armenian, English, Russian

About:

Art is my profession, Human Rights are my passion, and the Youth Work is the place where I combine them both using arts as tools to raise up a voice of youth, to address and solve problems.

Seg Kirakossian has 3 references for past work as a trainer and added 11 tools to the SALTO Toolbox.

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Current occupation

Film Director, Trainer (freelance)

Work experience

From 2020 - Lecturer of "Video-photo shooting and editing" at the Yerevan Brusov State University of Languages and Social Sciences

2019 - present - Member of Creative Board at "Haik" Documentary Film Studio - State Non-Profit Organization (SNPO)

2014 - present - Project Coordinator and Senior Trainer at Foreign Students of Luxembourg

2016 - 2018 - Contractual Documentary film producer, director at "Contact Media" LLC

2016 - 2019 - Advisor and Trainer at Amities Luxembourg - Armenie A.S.B.L.

2015 - present - Founding President at "Doctor Cinema" Youth NGO

From 2007 to 2020 made around 10 documentary films most of which have been shown on the Public TV of Armenia.

Have been a trainer/workshop conductor in the following projects:
- Trainer in the project ARTinclusive in Luxembourg and Armenia;
- Trainer in the NoHateProject in Luxembourg;
- Filmmaking workshop conductor in the project "Tackling racism and radicalization through the youth work values and interculturality" in Sweden;
- Trainer in the project DocuSpeech Against Hate Speech in Luxembourg and Armenia;
- Trainer in the project MovieDoc in Armenia
- Filmmaking expert in the "Eco-tourism in Armenia" cognition project;
- Filmmaking expert in the long term documentary filmmaking workshop "My Color";
- Trainer in the Youth Camp "Diversity" (OSCE-Armenia project);
- Team Leader in the Youth Exchange “RRR – Reduce, Reuse, Recycle” in Italy;
- Workshop leader in the cinematic Youth Exchange “Feels Like Home” in Czech Republic;

Educational pathway

2011 - 2013 - Master's Degree in Cinema Sciences at Yerevan State Institute of Theatre and Cinematography

2011 - 2013 - Youth Peace Ambassadors 2 year educational project organized by the Council of Europe, Youth Department

2008 - 2010 - 2-year leadership course at the School for Young Leaders

2003 - 2004 - 1-year Journalism Course at the “Bridge of Hope” NGO

Fields of training expertise

Campaigning & Awareness Raising
Citizenship Education
Coaching & Mentoring
Communication Skills
Conflict Management & Mediation
Creativity & Art
Crisis Management
Drama & Theatre
Environment & Ecology
Entrepreneurship (Social)
Human Rights
International Youth Work
Open Space Technology
Organizational Management
Peace Education
Personal Development & Empowerment
Project Management
Youth Exchanges

Knowledge about institutions and programmes

Erasmus+ (KA1) Youth Exchanges
Erasmus+ (KA1) Training & Networking
European Youth Centres (CoE)
European Youth Foundation (CoE)

Working with specific target groups

Intercultural Teams
Marginalized & Excluded Youth
Minorities
Women's Issues & Groups
Young People with a Physical Disability

Experience with specific geographical regions

Eastern Europe and Caucasus
European Cooperation

Language Skills

Armenian
English
Russian

Trainer references

Training course "ARTinclusive"

Awaiting validation (requested 2022-12-18)

The training activity took place

in Luxembourg, Luxembourg

organised by Amities Luxembourg - Armenie a.s.b.l.

September 30 - October 9, 2019
"MovieDoc" TC

Awaiting validation (requested 2022-12-20)

The training activity took place

in Dilijan, Armenia

organised by Foreign Students of Luxembourg

April 26 - May 4, 2017
Promoting Media Literacy Education TC

Awaiting validation (requested 2022-12-18)

The training activity took place

in Dilijan, Armenia

organised by PCYD Belgium

November 10-18, 2018

Tools contributed by the trainer

SHOE BOX Exercise

Topics adressed: Youth Participation
Not Just Words

Topics adressed: Social Inclusion, Disability
Workshop On Critical Thinking

Topics adressed: Personal Development, Youth Participation
Love Speech for a World Without Hate

Topics adressed: Personal Development, Youth Participation
Check the Fake

Topics adressed: Personal Development, Conflict Management, Youth Participation
My Rights Are Universal

Topics adressed: Social Inclusion, Eastern Europe and Caucasus, Youth Participation
Media Literacy in Crisis - Comprehensive Research Report

Topics adressed: Personal Development, Youth Participation
Manual for Trainers on the Narrative Based Learning and Digital Training for Creative Training Techniques

Topics adressed: Youth Initiatives, Environment
GREATIVE Digital Training (Green & Creative)

Topics adressed: Project Management, Youth Democracy projects
EDUcreateBAG Toolbox

Topics adressed: Youth Initiatives, Youth Participation, Environment
Quantumpreneurship

Topics adressed: Youth Initiatives, Personal Development

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This profile was last modified on 2020-01-18