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Thomas Schallhart
Thomas is a full time freelance trainer, facilitator and activist. His main focuses are gender and LGBT+ rights, climate justice, global justice and antimilitarism. He has vast expertise in action planning, campaign strategy, non-formal education, utopic thinking, volunteer management and digital volunteering (esp. Wikipedia). He is based in Berlin, but works all around Europe.
Thomas Schallhart has 3 references for past work as a trainer and added 5 tools to the SALTO Toolbox.
Contact details
Trainer connections
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natalie jivkova -
Gośka (Małgorzata) Tur -
Gerashchenko Iaroslav
Current occupation
Freelance Trainer and Activist
Work experience
LGBT+ rights and queer self-empowerment
- Co-founder of the organisation Critical Queer Solidarity in Berlin (since 2019)
- Programme manager for the XPOSED International Queer Film Festival in Berlin (since 2019)
- Fundraiser for Queer Matters e.V. in Berlin (since 2020)
- Facilitator of two workshops at Stretch Festival around queer masculinities in Berlin (2019)
- Volunteer at queer sexual health organisation Mancheck in Berlin (since 2018)
- High school workshops with the queer educational organisation queer:connexion in Vienna (2014-2015)
Feminism and gender
- Several trainings and seminars on gender stereotypes, safer spaces as well as gender-based conflicts and discrimination for Service Civil International (SCI) and PECO in Austria, Italy and Spain (since 2018)
- Contributor to the toolkit "Free to be you and me" by SCI (2018-2019)
Global justice
- Several seminars on the relation between colonialism and volunteering for SCI in Austria and Spain (since 2015)
- Co-editor of the toolkit "Picturing the Global South: The Power Behind Good Intentions"
- Author of the manual "Wegbegleiter. Für Einsatzstellen von internationalen Freiwilligen" on South-North volunteering for ICJA e.V.
Climate justice, sustainability and animal rights
- Campaign strategist for German animal rights organisation Deutsches Tierschutzbüro (2018-2019)
- Course coordinator for the university course "Global Challenges and Sustainable Futures" at CEMUS / University of Uppsala (2017)
- Activist for Fossil Free Sweden (2017)
- Highschool workshops around sustainability for Ekolibria in Sweden (2015-2018)
- Founder of transnational youth initiative "River Jump! 3 Nations, 1 Nature" in Austria, Slovakia and the Czech Republic (2013-2015)
Wikipedia and digital volunteering
- Founder of initiative Wikipedia for Peace, which aims at contributing more content on peace and social justice to Wikipedia
- Co-organiser of the global conference Queering Wikipedia in 2021
- Member of Wikimedia LGBT+ User Group and Wikimedia Austria
- Admin and active contributor in German Wikipedia since 2005
Educational pathway
- Environmental Communication. Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet. Master Degree. 2005-2008.
- Biology. University of Vienna. Bachelors Degree. 2010-2005.
- Philosophy / Scandinavian Studies. University of Vienna. Bachelors Degree (unfinished). 2010-2015.
Fields of training expertise
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Campaigning & Awareness Raising -
Change Management -
Citizenship Education
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Coaching & Mentoring -
Communication Skills
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Conflict Management & Mediation
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Diversity & Anti-Racism
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Drama & Theatre
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Environment & Ecology
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Event Management
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Financial Management
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Fundraising
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Gender Awareness & Mainstreaming
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Global Education
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Group Dynamics & Motivation
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Health & Prevention
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Human Rights
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Intercultural Learning
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International Youth Work
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New Information Technologies
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Open Space Technology
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Organizational Management
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Peace Education
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Project Management
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Storytelling & Humour
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Training of Trainers
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Volunteer Programmes
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Youth Exchanges
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Youth Participation & Initiatives
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Youth Worker Training
Knowledge about institutions and programmes
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Erasmus+ (KA1) Youth Exchanges
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Erasmus+ (KA1) Training & Networking
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Erasmus+ (KA2) Transnational Youth Initiatives
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European Solidarity Corps Volunteering
Working with specific target groups
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Gay, Lesbian, Bi & Transgender work
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Intercultural Teams
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Men's Issues & Groups
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Minorities
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Women's Issues & Groups
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Young People in/from Conflict Areas
Experience with specific geographical regions
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Eastern Europe and Caucasus
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Euro-Mediterranean Co-operation
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European Cooperation
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Global Cooperation
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North-South Co-operation
Language Skills
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English -
French
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German
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Swedish
Trainer references
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Peace on the Streets
Awaiting validation (requested 2022-03-30) -
The Bigger Picture: NFE for a Global Perspective
Awaiting validation (requested 2022-03-30) -
Youth4Remembrance
Validated (2023-01-10)Reference person
Simon* Jakob
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Tools contributed by the trainer
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Peace on the Streets: Toolkit for antimilitarist and pacifist youth activism and education
Topics adressed: Project Management
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Fa-silly-tators! Exploring humour in non-formal education and youth projects
Topics adressed: Group Dynamics, Intercultural Learning
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Remembrance for Peace
Topics adressed: Anti-Racism, Intercultural Learning, Conflict Management, Youth Participation
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The Power Behind Good Intentions. A toolkit for critical European volunteering organisations and Global Education practitioners
Topics adressed: Anti-Racism, Voluntary Service, Intercultural Learning, Personal Development
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Image Mapping. A manual about volunteering in rural areas
Topics adressed: Voluntary Service
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This profile was last modified on 2020-03-27