Wojciech Szczepanik

About:

Freelancer, social worker and activist in the non-profit sector. From 1989 to 1994, I was a volunteer in Germany (contact person for organisations from East Europe), Croatia (work with refugees during the war in the Balkans) and in Northern Ireland (community work for catholic and protestan societies). Founder and long-time employee of One World Association / SCI Poland.
Member of trainers' pools in OWA, SCI, Youth in Action Programme, Erasmus+ Programme and European Solidarity Corps.

Wojciech Szczepanik has 3 references for past work as a trainer.

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Trainer connections

  • Gośka (Małgorzata) Tur
    Gośka (Małgorzata) Tur
  • Marta Brzezińska-Hubert
    Marta Brzezińska-Hubert
  • Michael Kimmig
    Michael Kimmig
  • Joanna Stompel
    Joanna Stompel
  • Anna Huminiak
    Anna Huminiak
  • Joanna Hoffman
    Joanna Hoffman
  • Henk Persyn
    Henk Persyn
  • Anna Krzeszowska-Hovanecz
    Anna Krzeszowska-Hovanecz

Current occupation

freelancer and trainer

Work experience

FREELANCER
Wojciech Szczepanik "Kreatywni" [ 2007 – Current ]
City: Poznan | Country: Poland
Running, organising and coordinating training events, conferences, projects

OFFICE MANAGER
One World Association / Service Civil International Poland [ 1994 – 2006 ]
City: Poznan | Country: Poland
- Coordination of staff and volunteers
- Coordination of projects
- Fundraising

I conduct training events / workshops / conferences / projects in the following areas: project management, motivation, team work, multiculturalism, staying in another culture, working with volunteers, inclusion.

NETWORKS & MEMBERSHIPS
[ 1991 – Current ] Poznan / Poland
One World Association / Service Civil International Poland
Founder, Office Manager, Member
[ 2018 – 2024 ] Poland
European Solidarity Corps
Member of the trainers pool
[ 2002 – 2017 ] Poland
European Voluntary Service
Member of the trainers pool

Educational pathway

EDUCATION AND TRAINING
Project Management
European Induction Programme [ 1994 – 1995 ]
City: Paris | Country: France

VOLUNTEERING
[ 1989 – 1991 ] Norden and Hannover
Germany
Contact person with youth organisations from Central and Eastern Europe
[ 1991 – 1992 ] Brac
Croatia
Animation for refugee children and mothers from Croatia and BiH
[ 1992 – 1993 ] Poznan
Poland
Organising workcamps in Poland and sending Polish volunteers abroad
[ 1994 – 1994 ] Glebe House / Strangford
Northern Ireland
Animation for children and adults from Catholic and Protestans communities

Fields of training expertise

  • (advanced) Animation
  • (intermediate) Campaigning & Awareness Raising
  • (advanced) Change Management
  • (advanced) Citizenship Education
  • (intermediate) Coaching & Mentoring
  • (advanced) Communication Skills
  • (intermediate) Conflict Management & Mediation
  • (intermediate) Creativity & Art
  • (intermediate) Crisis Management
  • (advanced) Diversity & Anti-Racism
  • (advanced) Education through Sports
  • (intermediate) Environment & Ecology
  • (intermediate) Entrepreneurship (Social)
  • (intermediate) Equal Opportunities
  • (advanced) Evaluation & Assessment
  • (advanced) Event Management
  • (expert) Financial Management
  • (expert) Fundraising
  • (beginner) Gender Awareness & Mainstreaming
  • (advanced) Global Education
  • (expert) Group Dynamics & Motivation
  • (intermediate) Health & Prevention
  • (advanced) Human Rights
  • (expert) Intercultural Learning
  • (expert) International Youth Work
  • (intermediate) Labour Rights & Employment
  • (advanced) Leadership Development
  • (intermediate) New Information Technologies
  • (advanced) Open Space Technology
  • (expert) Organizational Management
  • (intermediate) Outdoor & Experiential Training
  • (advanced) Peace Education
  • (advanced) People Management & Cooperation
  • (advanced) Personal Development & Empowerment
  • (expert) Project Management
  • (intermediate) Public Relations & Marketing
  • (advanced) Public Speaking
  • (expert) Recognition of NFLearning
  • (expert) Social Inclusion & Exclusion
  • (intermediate) Social Media
  • (advanced) Storytelling & Humour
  • (expert) Time Management
  • (advanced) Training of Trainers
  • (intermediate) Valorisation of Projects (DEOR)
  • (expert) Volunteer Programmes
  • (expert) Youth Exchanges
  • (advanced) Youth Information Work
  • (expert) Youth Participation & Initiatives
  • (intermediate) Youth Policy
  • (beginner) Youth Violence & Criminality
  • (expert) Youth Worker Training

Knowledge about institutions and programmes

  • (expert) Erasmus+ (KA1) Youth Exchanges
  • (expert) Erasmus+ (KA1) Training & Networking
  • (expert) Erasmus+ (KA2) Transnational Youth Initiatives
  • (expert) Erasmus+ (KA2) Strategic Partnerships
  • (expert) Erasmus+ (KA2) Capacity Building (other countries in the World)
  • (expert) Erasmus+ (KA3) Youth Policy Meetings
  • (expert) European Solidarity Corps Volunteering
  • (intermediate) Erasmus+ (lifelong learning, non-youth)
  • (intermediate) European Youth Centres (CoE)
  • (intermediate) European Youth Foundation (CoE)
  • (intermediate) Solidarity Fund for Youth Mobility (CoE)
  • (advanced) European Institutions
  • (intermediate) Youth Partnership CoE-COM
  • (intermediate) International Youth Structures
  • (intermediate) Private Foundations
  • (intermediate) United Nations

Working with specific target groups

  • (advanced) Children
  • (intermediate) Families
  • (intermediate) Gay, Lesbian, Bi & Transgender work
  • (expert) Intercultural Teams
  • (advanced) Marginalized & Excluded Youth
  • (beginner) Men's Issues & Groups
  • (expert) Minorities
  • (intermediate) Religious Youth Groups
  • (beginner) Women's Issues & Groups
  • (advanced) Young People in/from Conflict Areas
  • (intermediate) Young People with a Mental Disability
  • (expert) Young People with a Physical Disability
  • (intermediate) Young People with a Sensory Disability

Experience with specific geographical regions

  • (intermediate) Africa
  • (intermediate) Asia
  • (expert) Eastern Europe and Caucasus
  • (advanced) Euro-Mediterranean Co-operation
  • (expert) European Cooperation
  • (intermediate) Global Cooperation
  • (intermediate) Latin America
  • (intermediate) North-North Cooperation
  • (advanced) North-South Co-operation
  • (expert) South East Europe

Language Skills

  • (fluent) English
  • (beginner) German
  • (good) Russian

Other languages

Polish, communication in Slavic languages

Trainer references

  • On Arrival Training Event

    Validated (2022-01-31)
    The training activity took place
    in Warsaw / Poland
    organised by Polish National Agency of the Erasmus+: Youth Programme
    06-11/02/2017
    Reference person

    Kalina Strzałba

    (Organiser, representative of the Polish NA)
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  • On-Arrival Training

    Validated (2024-04-29)
    The training activity took place
    in Warszawa, Poland
    organised by The Polish National Agency of the ESC Programme
    15-19 April 2024
    Reference person

    Agnieszka Jankiewicz-Kiryk

    (Organiser, the Polish Agency of the ESC Programme)
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  • Deyna Cup Junior 2023

    Validated (2024-05-01)
    The training activity took place
    in Starogard Gdański, Poland
    organised by Klub Sportowy Beniaminek 03, Starogard Gdański
    24-27 August 2023
    Reference person

    Murat Ozer

    (organizer, Klub Sportowy Beniaminek 03)
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This profile was last modified on 2025-02-14

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