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sergavra
Aleksandar Gavrilovic


Gender and Age:		Male, 32
Location:		Nis
Country of Residence:		Serbia
Languages:		English , Serbo-Croatian , Russian



Website:		http://www.sergavra.tk
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About Me

My NGO experience:

Member of the Trainers team of the Group “Lets...”
From: November 2003
Group “Lets...” - Belgrade (www.hajdeda.org.yu) have created a team of trainer from Serbia and Montenegro which are experienced in different field. This is a first attempt in SCG in order to conduct a national Pool of trainers.

Trainee at Resource center for South East Europe and Slovenian National Agency of YOUTH program of European Commission
Period of traineeship: September-November 2003
At the beginning of the September 2003 SEE Resource center start to implement the program of the trainees in cooperation with European Commission, Directorate for Youth and sport, structures of the governments within the SEE in charge of the youth policy and Slovenian Government.
Traineeship program offers better introducing of the YOUTH program of the European Commission, its role and responsibilities as well as better understanding of the European youth policy. (For further informations please visit http://mladina.movit.si or contact sonja.mitter@mladina.movit.si - SEE resource center)

Youth house Nis || Kuca za Mlade Nis
One of the founders of the youth NGO.
Post: member of the presidency
Youth NGO Youth House is founded by the group of the activists of different NGO`s mostly dealing with the youth issues (trainings, youth policy, preparation and realization of the projects) with the one main aim: to promote the youth of Serbia and Montenegro their creativity and autonomy trough informational, educational, activities concerning youth participation and general visibility of youth.

Center for civil society development Protecta
Post: Project manager/Trainer. Project “Take a step forward”
From: April 2003
To: Jul 2003
Project aims to encourage youth leaders from South Serbia region in active participation in youth initiatives dealing with human rights. Training for 20 youth leaders on themes such as general human rights, social inclusion, civil society and participation was the introductory phase of the project. After the training participants were on active visits in more the 30 NGO dealing with human rights and participation in order to improve their knowledge.
I was responsible in project management, incl. project preparation, reporting and evaluation of the project as well as trainer (training is prepared and conducted following the methodology of the Compass – manual on human rights education with young people, Coe 2002)
Project donator was European Youth Foundation

CeSID (Center for free elections and democracy)
Post: Project coordinator “Training of the regional coordinators on project management and project proposal writing”
From: April 2003
To: September 2003
Responsibilities: Project planning, Preparing the concept and vision of the workshops, Evaluation and reporting, Co trainer on civil society, human rights and project management issues
CeSID Nis began to implement the program of the long-time training of the regional coordinators from 23 offices from Serbia. Main aims of the project were: to introduce to the participants concept of the civil society; to prepare participants to be able for project management incl. fundraising, PR; to develop a strategy for future activities within the mission of Center for free elections and democracy

Center for civil society development “Protecta”
Post: Marketing team coordinator. Project “Informational Anti sex trafficking campaign “; Project supervisor.
From: Jun 2002
To: September 2002
As a coordinator of the marketing team I was responsible for the visibility of the project incl. preparation of the promo material for the project

Center for civil society development “Protecta”
Post: Project coordinator
Project: “Education for better tommorow”
From: January 2002
To: July 2002
Objectives of the project are creating a database of NGO`s of IDPs in Serbia. Second part of the project is an education in fields of NGO management (project proposal writing step-by-step, working in team, strategic planning etc.) and non-violent conflict resolution. Project is being implemented in territory of Serbia excluding Kosovo. More than 150 active participants and 130 NGO were involved in project, including in that number and 80 participants of the 4 module training.

Center for civil society development “Protecta”
Post: Project coordinator
Project: “Let’s omit our differences”
From: October 2001
Responsibilities: Creating a temporary database of media in Serbia, including Kosov@. Preparing a training for 30 journalists and editors, on topics such as: communication, general human rights, media and democracy.
I was responsible for the project management incl. fundraising as well as trainer on themes such as participation and diversity.
Project donator was Council of Europe.

Center for civil society development “Protecta”
Post: Program assistant
From: December 2000
To: October 2001
Responsibilities: As a program monitor in ALTNET project, which “Protecta” is acting in as an implementation partner of IRD, I was responsible for humanitarian aid monitoring in field, and also for communication with vulnerable groups, updating lists of potential beneficiaries as well as creating a database with reference to gathered information from field work.

Center for civil society development “Protecta”
Post: Trainer in NGO management, Human rights issues and Nonviolent conflict resolution
From: May 2001
To: Present
From may 2001 I was involve in more than 30 training activities (app. 100 days of training maintained plus app. 90 preparatory days) as a trainer in human rights issues, non violent conflict resolution and project management. Themes which I done most often are: general human rights, participation, intercultural learning, diversity, project management.

Trainings maintained:

-2003 Project management for leaders of the Kikinda NGOs
-2003 EVS on-arrival training – workshops on intercultural learning
-2003 Moderation on Alpe Adria meeting (issues of network improvement and team building)
-2003 “Take a step forward” education on human rights with young people from South Serbia (5 days training on participation, general human rights, diversity, organizational management)
-2003 Human rights trainings for youth from Toplica county (2 modules on topics such as: human rights, youth initiatives, project proposal writting & fundraising)
-2002/2003 Trainings for CeSID volunteers (6 3 day trainings on nonviolent conflict resolution, participation)
-2002/03 Human rights/nonviolent conflict resolution – Trainings for empowering youth from South Serbia to take a part in elections (more than 10 workshops in South Serbia participation, civil society, non violent communication+3 day training on general human rights, intercultural learning)
-2002 Nonviolent communication – Pirot (project of NGO Pirgos)
-2002 Nonviolent action – Reducing violence during a Election day
-2002 “Me as a community builder”. Trainings for youth from Bujanovac.
-2002 Trainings for IDP`s and refugees on NGO management and project proposal writing
-2001 Youth leaders Balkan debate – training conducted for 24 young politicians from Balkan area (incl. themes such as: non violent conflict resolution, participation)
-2001 Trainings for young NGO from Sumadija county (2 modules on project proposal)

CeSID (Center for free elections and democracy)
Post: Trainer of volunteers;
From: July 2000
To: Present
CeSID is the biggest NGO in Serbia, with 22 offices, 50 professional staff and 19000+ volunteers.
Responsibilities: I was responsible for conducting trainings for CeSID volunteers for September-December 2000 elections. I have conducted 8 trainings for 120 volunteers. In addition, I have been included in all CeSID Nis activities from July 2000 to date (supervising elections in Serbia September-December, 2000; assistant of coordinator for IDPs’ registration in South Serbia process 2001; supervising elections for Kosova/Kosovo parliament; member of CeSID mission in Bulgaria during presidential elections 2001; all other program activities of CeSID Nis office). Also, I’m responsible for conducting training for CeSID coordinators in the field of project proposal writing.

My Professional experience:

Trade Union of Healthcare “Nezavisnost”
Post: Office Manager
From: October 2000
To: May 2001
Responsibilities: Maintaining contacts with trade unions, which are within Trade Union of Healthcare “Nezavisnost”. Taking active part in establishing union network and setting up new trade unions.

United Trade Union “Nezavisnost”
Post: Administrative officer
From: July 2000
To: October 2000
Responsibilities: Activist in trade union’s activities in South Serbia region. Working on establishing and registration of new unions, as well as a facilitator for union’s internal activities.

Internet club “Albino Slon”
Post: Network administrator
From: October 1998
To: July 1999
Responsibilities: Computer network system maintenance and assistance to club visitors in using the computers and Internet software.

Local Radio Station “018”
Post: Broadcast editor
From: July 1995
To: July 1996
Responsibilities: Creating and editing radio broadcast contents.

My Professional Trainings and seminaries:

2002 Training for trainers in the field of Human rights (using a manual edited by Council of Europe) (obtained a certificate)
2002 Training for trainers in the field of nonviolence conflict resolution & negotiation skills with an accent on reducing violence during a E-day (obtained a certificate)
2001–Six month’s training for trainers on non-violent conflict resolving organized by Center for Non-violent Action from Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina (obtained a certificate);
2001–Basic training on non-violent conflict resolving organized by Center for Non-violent Action from Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina;
2001–9 days training on lobbing, networking and advocacy skills;
2001–3 days seminary on NGO management (including team building, leadership, organized by CeSID;
2000–Seminary “Know our rights” organized by Belgrade Center for human rights, Nis office (obtained a certificate);
2000–Two week training for trainers for human rights education organized by Belgrade Center for human rights (obtained a certificate);
2000–CeSID training for volunteer trainers for election observation process (obtained a certificate);
2000–POLITEIA – Seven days school for civil society and project proposal writing (obtained a certificate);

My Other skills:

Excellent communication skills, great interpersonal skills, ability for active conflict resolution, highly organized with a positive attitude, team player, open for new ideas, creativity, flexibility, success in working in stressful environment.

Other interest:

History, Computers (Internet/Chat/Games), Music

Issues of Interest

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User Joined: October 13, 2003

Last Login: March 8, 2007

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