Yana Mladenova

Experience

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  ESDA

  Oct 2013 - Feb 2014

  Associate-Practitioner on management of European programs and projects at ESDA
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  European Union newspaper "Generation Europe" at European Parliament

  Feb 2014 - May 2014

  Author

  "Generation Europe" is the Bulgarian annual student newspaper, published for the celebration of the anniversary of Europe on the 9th of May, 2014. The authors were selected by the Information OFFICEof the European Parliament in Bulgaria after an essay contest on the topic "European Parliament elections. Why does my voice matter?".

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  The Atlantic Club of Bulgaria

  Mar 2014 - May 2014

  Intern

  Review of articles, reports on topics related to the activities of the club; translation of official documents, articles, official letters; participation in the organization of conferences

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  Www.banitza.net

  May 2014 - Sept 2015

  Editor

  Writing and editing articles.

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  Centre for inclusive education

  May 2014 - Aug 2014

  Intern

  Activities in the on-going projects “One School for All - American-Bulgarian Teacher Training Program”, “North-South connection: partnership for a more just world between European and African schools”

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  International Cyber Investigation Training Academy

  Apr 2015 - Jul 2015

  Intern

  The International Cyber Investigation Training Academy is a non-governmental organization that focuses its activities in four areas – trainings, prevention, conferences and consultancy. The goal of the academy is to improve the qualification of the experts, working in the field of cyber security and combating cyber crime, to increase the society awareness of the latest threats and risks by organizing conferences, forums, meetings, discussions and to provide reliable consultancy.

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  SMART Foundation

  Sept 2015 - Feb 2018

  Project Coordinator

  Coordinating the projects of the organisation under Erasmus+ (KA1 and KA2) from organisational, administrative and logistical point of view Organizing and conducting non-formal trainings and initiatives in relation to different civic, economic, political and social issues and as well on soft skills like leadership, communication, time management. Organizing and coordinating different events under Network it SMART project funded by Swiss-Bulgarian cooperation programme such as conferences, trainings, simulation models, exhibitions, movie premiere.Communicating on regular basis with already existing and potential partners of the organisation. Coordinating and planning the budget of the on-going projects of the organization.Organizing workshops and trainings for the incoming EVS volunteers of the organization; monitoring the on-going activities. Show less

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  Learn Foudation

  Jul 2017 - Oct 2017

  Trainer

  Delivering trainings for high schools students from different cities in Bulgaria under a project of Learn Foundation for the Ministry of Youth and Sports of the Republic of Bulgaria.

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  YouNet

  Feb 2018 - Nov 2018

  Teacher trainer under Erasmus+ project

  Conducting trainings for teachers and other educational staff in cooperation with IFOM (Institute for Training, Employability and Mobile learning) on topics such as Soft skills (including Conflict management, Leadership, Time-management, Teamwork, Assertiveness), Non-formal education, Effective communication and Public speaking, Dual education and work-based learningAssisting in the process of creation of the program of the trainingsAssuring logistical support to foreign VET students having their vocational practice in ItalyNetworking with organisations and institutions (mostly schools) in order to ensure future cooperation under the Erasmus+ program Show less

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  The Human Resource Development Centre (HRDC) as the Bulgarian National Agency for the Erasmus+

  Nov 2018 - now

  Trainer in the field of Youth

  Preparation and delivery of the trainings of the Training and Evaluation cycle:- On-arrival training for participants (volunteers, trainees, employees) funded under one of the programmes’ actions; - Mid-term evaluation for participants funded under one of the programmes’ actions; - Annual meeting of the Bulgarian participants who finished their activities under one of the programmes’ actions.Summarizing, reporting and collecting feedback from the trainings.

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  Codix

  Feb 2019 - now

  Training Specialist

  Organize, improve and deliver the on-boarding trainings in the company;Developing training content and using different techniques to actively improve skills and capacities of the newcomers in close collaboration with various experts across multiple teams;Coordinating the content, target groups and learning objectives with the relevant experts;Developing and update the training materials (presentations, handbooks, tests etc.) ;Conducting knowledge gap analysis within the team and deliver regular and relevant coaching sessions. Show less