Kasia Szajda

About:

I believe in CHANGE, I believe in PEOPLE, and most of all I believe that all I do is about empowering PEOPLE to make THE CHANGE happen.. helping them to imagine better World and give them tools to turn their dreams into reality..

What matters to me during training is: learning atmospheare, power of self reflection, sharing ideas and inspiration, learning from experiences and most of all learning from each other

Kasia Szajda has 4 references for past work as a trainer.

Kasia Szajda

Contact details

If you want to see the contact details of trainers, you have to be signed in.

Trainer connections

  • Marco Santos
    Marco Santos
  • Serhan Karatas
    Serhan Karatas
  • Hugo Lage
    Hugo Lage
  • Wojciech Spychala
    Wojciech Spychala
  • Brais Fernandes Álvarez
    Brais Fernandes Álvarez
  • Henk Persyn
    Henk Persyn
  • Lukáš  Hrošovský
    Lukáš Hrošovský

Current occupation

freelancer

Work experience

POLISH NATIONAL AGENCY OF EUROPEAN SOLIDARITY CORPS - trainer of TEC cycle (trainings for volunteers and organizations), external expert

CZECH NATIONAL AGENCY OF ERASMUS + & EUROPEAN SOLIDARITY CORPS (2014-2021) - trainer of TEC cycle providing trainings for volunteers

UNESCO CENTRE (2004 till now) - I did set up the Centre in September 2004 and since that time I have luck to work with great team of people for whom active participation and intercultural learning is really important - as those are 2 main topics of our projects. My responsibilities: managing team, writing applications, coordinating projects, developing educational programmes.
www.unescocentre.pl

YOUTH OPENS THE SPACE (July 2007), big open space conference organised in cooperation with UNESCO Youth Section from Paris (Headquater). There were more than 80 youth trainers from 27 countires taking part. In 2009 we are planing second edition of this activitiy.
www.unescocentre.pl/youthopensthespace

SAILORS ON CITIZENSHIP (January 2008 - Poland, April 2008 - Latvia, November 2008 - Portugal) - trainings on active european citizenship for youth workers and youth leaders, within Youth in Action Programme.
I was trainer during 2 editions of the project, coordinator and organiser of one of them. Main responsibilities: group process, running modules, developing follow up activities, improving Sailors on Citizenship Project (next trainings, follow up activities also on local level).
www.sailorstraining.eu

NEIGHBOURS MEET NEIGHBOURS (February 2007 - Poland, May 2007 - Czech Republic)- trainings on cross border cooperation for youth workers and youth leaders, whitin Youth in Action Programme.
Trainer during 2 editions, coordinator and organiser during one of them. My responsiblities: developing idea of the training, developing and running modules. Those 2 trainings were just begining of my long term involvement in Euroregion Nisa (Polish - German - Czech crossborder area).
www.meetneighbours.eu

MISSION POSSIBLE Project Management 4 Intercultural Learning (January 2008, Poland)- training on project management skills for youth leaders starting their adventure with international youth work. Training organised whithin Youth in Action Programme. My responsiblities: developing idea of the training, developing and running modules.

INDIFFERENCE HURTS (August 2005, July 2006, July 2007 - Poland, Germany, Israel)- polish-german-israeli project for multipliers working in youth field.
I was trainer during 3 editions of the project and coordinator during 2 of them. Main responsibilities: group process, facilitation, coaching participants in developing educational programme dealing with human rights and active participation.

POLISH COMISSION FOR UNESCO (2003 till now). My responsibilities: coordinating internaitonal conferences and projects dealing with human rights and intercultural dialogue.

MINISTRY OF NATIONAL EDUCATION (2001-2004). My responsibilities: trainer and youth leader during internaitonal youth meetings organised within Europe at School programme (Council of Europe).

MUSEUM OF HISTORY OF POLISH JEWS (2008). My responsibilites: running workshops during polish - israeli youth meetings and meetings of educators from those countries, co-organising those meetings.

Educational pathway

There were many events, programmes where I believe I've learned a lot, but most of all I learn from incredible people I meet on my way.. from my colleagues - trainers and dreamers, people who believe that change is possible.

OPEN SPACE TECHNOLOGY TRAINING (November 2006) - trainng for open space facilitators within Grundvig Programme.
Through this training I did not only got to know open space technology, but most of all I've met incredible people, from whom I've learned a lot.

LEADERS (2008)- one year individual development programme for leaders of possitive change, set of trainings buid up on individual training needs and personal coach/tutor
(http://www.szkola-liderow.pl/)
Especially the individual approach to the learing process through tutoring helped me to identify my main strenghtness, fields of interest, reflect on things that really matter, and find balance in my private and professional life

UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS (finished in 2005) - 2 MA titles: European Studies and International Trade.
In my work I use especially project management skills and human resources management, as 2 topics that were quite important for me during my studies. Topic was my second master was: Entreprenership skills that young person can get while being involved in Youth in Action Activities.

TRAININGS FOR YOUTH LEADERS AND YOUTH TRAINERS organised within Council of Europe programmes (1997 - 2002).
Main aim of those trainings was to train skills of youth leadres who are multipliers and want to run and organise international youth projects.
Those projects were the main impulse for me to start doing the job I do till now.

Fields of training expertise

  • (expert) Animation
  • (expert) Citizenship Education
  • (expert) Coaching & Mentoring
  • (expert) Communication Skills
  • (advanced) Conflict Management & Mediation
  • (advanced) Creativity & Art
  • (expert) Diversity & Anti-Racism
  • (intermediate) Drama & Theatre
  • (beginner) Environment & Ecology
  • (expert) Equal Opportunities
  • (expert) Evaluation & Assessment
  • (expert) Event Management
  • (intermediate) Financial Management
  • (expert) Fundraising
  • (intermediate) Gender Awareness & Mainstreaming
  • (expert) Global Education
  • (expert) Group Dynamics & Motivation
  • (expert) Human Rights
  • (expert) Intercultural Learning
  • (expert) International Youth Work
  • (expert) Leadership Development
  • (expert) New Information Technologies
  • (expert) Open Space Technology
  • (intermediate) Peace Education
  • (expert) People Management & Cooperation
  • (expert) Personal Development & Empowerment
  • (expert) Project Management
  • (expert) Recognition of NFLearning
  • (intermediate) Social Inclusion & Exclusion
  • (expert) Time Management
  • (expert) Training of Trainers
  • (expert) Volunteer Programmes
  • (expert) Youth Exchanges
  • (expert) Youth Participation & Initiatives
  • (advanced) Youth Policy
  • (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
  • (beginner) Erasmus+ (KA2) Capacity Building (other countries in the World)
  • (expert) Erasmus+ (KA3) Youth Policy Meetings
  • (expert) European Solidarity Corps Volunteering
  • (expert) Erasmus+ (lifelong learning, non-youth)
  • (expert) European Youth Centres (CoE)
  • (expert) European Youth Foundation (CoE)
  • (advanced) European Institutions
  • (expert) Youth Partnership CoE-COM
  • (advanced) International Youth Structures
  • (intermediate) Private Foundations
  • (expert) United Nations

Working with specific target groups

  • (advanced) Children
  • (advanced) Families
  • (intermediate) Gay, Lesbian, Bi & Transgender work
  • (expert) Intercultural Teams
  • (intermediate) Marginalized & Excluded Youth
  • (intermediate) Minorities
  • (advanced) Women's Issues & Groups

Experience with specific geographical regions

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

Language Skills

  • (fluent) Czech
  • (fluent) English
  • (beginner) German
  • (fluent) Polish
  • (intermediate) Slovak

Trainer references

  • Indifference hurts

    Validated (2022-08-31)
    The training activity took place
    in Berlin-Germany, Wroclaw-Poland
    organised by Edith Stein House, Otto Weidt Museum
    4-14.07.2005
    Reference person

    Wiktoria Miller

    (organiser)
    If you want to contact reference persons, you have to be signed in.
  • Neibhgours meet Neibhbours

    Validated (2022-09-01)
    The training activity took place
    in Raspenava, Czech Republic
    organised by LOS - Liberecka Obcanska Spolecnost
    29.04-5.05.2007
    Reference person

    Ondrej Lochman

    (co-trainer)
    If you want to contact reference persons, you have to be signed in.
  • Sailors on the Citizenship

    Awaiting validation (requested 2018-05-15)
    The training activity took place
    in Balvi, Latvia
    organised by Balvi Regional Interest Education and Methodology Centre
    19-26.04.2008
  • MALL - Mobility Academy for Local Leaders

    Awaiting validation (requested 2022-08-31)
    The training activity took place
    in Konstancin, Poland
    organised by Polish National Agency of Erasmus +
    November 2016

This profile was last modified on 2022-08-30

back to top