Evaldas Rupkus

Experience

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  Radio station "Stereo plus"

  Mar 2003 - Dec 2004

  Editor and presenter

  Children and youth information, information research, music and programme editing, presenting in the live stream, cooperation with business partners.

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  Akmenė region youth council "The round table"

  Feb 2006 - Jun 2008

  President

  Youth representation, cooperation with municipality, organisational development, administration andmanagement of team (4-6 volunteers), youth information, counselling of organisations.2007 June representative from Lithuania to the centralised event of the European Youth Week, Brussels2006-2008 member of the Youth Council under the municipality of Akmene district2006-2008 member of the Youth Council under the Akmene district Youth Labour Centre

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  Lithuanian Youth Council

  Aug 2009 - Nov 2014

  Analysis of national and international youth policy, advise to the President with emphasis on the topics of youth information, youth NGOs, youth work, employment, youth rights, mobility, social inclusion, organizational development.2014 June, Roma youth seminar on multiple discrimination - representing European Youth Forum and Lithuanian Youth Council2014 July, Southern European Summer University, Alghero2014 September, "From the dialogue to the structured action", seminar, Cascais2014 October, EU Youth conference, Rome Show less Strategic and annual planning and reporting (content and financial (~60 000-100 000 EUR/yearly), supervision of implementation of work plan and tasks of 3 staff members and 2-6 volunteers. Youth information and counseling development (online services, branding, partnership building with 30 regional organisations, national lobbying and advocacy), international mobility promotion. Organizational development, administration and management, HR management (recruiting, support), international cooperation, cooperation with governmental bodies and business partners. Preparation and delivery of training programmes, fundraising, preparation of applications and reports for public financing (EACEA, Baltic sea foundation, “Youth in Action” etc.), political analysis (impact research, reviews of good practices internationally, preparation of concept papers and strategies). Organisation of international events, social media planning and creation of messages, representation and public speaking at high-visibility events, coordination of preparation of publications (e.g. manual for youth information workers).2014 April expert for the establishment of the Vilnius Youth Information Centre2013 October Lithuanian youth delegate to the 8th UNESCO Youth Forum, Paris2013 October organisator of Eurodesk network meeting and general assembly, Vilnius2013 September facilitator of the EU Youth Conference, Vilnius2013 April ERYICA General Assembly moderator, Antalya, TurkeySince 2012 member of working group of the Prime Minister of the Republic of Lithuania for the youth unemployment and Employment strategy 2014-2020Since 2011 Vice-chair person in the Youth council under the Lithuanian Labour Exchange under the Ministry of Social Affairs and Labour Show less

  • Expert-advisor for the President

    May 2014 - Nov 2014

  • Eurodesk Lithuania coordinator

    Jan 2011 - May 2014

  • Referent for regional affairs

    Aug 2009 - Jan 2011
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  Goethe Institut Vilnius

  Oct 2011 - Oct 2013

  Coordinator of the Goethe-Guerilla project

  Administration, preparation and planing of communication, management, counselling and training of group of young artists, action and event management (organising actions in public space etc.) international cooperation, communication in German.

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  Executive Committee of Eurodesk AISBL

  Oct 2012 - Nov 2014

  Member

  Cooperation with EU neighboring countries and international youth information networks; development of network.

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  European Youth Information and Counselling Agency (ERYICA)

  Jun 2013 - Dec 2014

  Consultant

  Author of the policy sheet on Youth information for the European Knowledge Centre for Youth PolicyCo-author of Compendium on National Youth Information and Counselling Structures (publication)Coordinator of the preparatory group on the assessment tool for youth information centres2014 June Summer University on Youth Information and Counselling, Braga, speaker and workshop on the Establishment of youth information and counselling structures on national level moderator

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  Bundesnetzwerk Österreichische Jugendinfos

  May 2014 - Sept 2014

  Intern

  Analyzing and preparing recommendations for Austrian youth policy, with emphasis on youth information, counselling young people on mobility, technical support in the office and during events.

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  Freelance

  Dec 2014 - now

  Trainer

  Design and delivery of training courses for youth workers and young people. Main topics: youth information and counselling, mobility, NGO capacity building, strategic planning, political participation, eParticipation, representation and communication.2020 facilitator, series of European online events MOVE IT Youth mobility in digital era. 2019 October, facilitator, communications workshop "Hear my story" for the IBE (International Bureau for Epilepsy), Dublin2019 August, speaker and facilitator at the MIL Lab by SALTO PI, Tallinn2019 June, speaker and facilitator at the 4th Eastern Partnership Youth Forum2018 August, expert/facilitator for the establishment of youth information structure in Georgia with the national ministry (Vilnius, Lithuanian Department of Youth affairs)2017 eTrainer for online learning course for youth information workers Digital YIntro (acredited by ERYICA)2016 December, training course for experienced youth information workers Advanced YIntro2015 December, general facilitator at the Regional Seminar for southeast Europe and Caucasus on Youth Information and Counselling, Tbilisi (CoE/ERYICA)2015 March, Ideas Lab (part of the European Youth week; European Commission, LiJOT, Lithuania)2015 March, Peer-to-peer in the youth information work (Creativitas; Lithuania)2014 May, 2015 December, Digital YIntro - online youth information services (LiJOT, Lithuania)2013 November-December, 2014 October, 2015 October, 2016 October, YIntro - Stepping into youth information (international and national training courses for youth information workers by the ERYICA; LiJOT, Creativitas, Lithuania)2011-2012 Training courses for mobility youth information workers at Eurodesk Lithuania network (LiJOT)2009-2010 20 Training courses for regional youth councils on structured dialogue (political representation) on the regional level (LiJOT) Show less

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  MALO CLINIC | DPC

  Apr 2015 - Jun 2015

  Medical Consultant

  Market research and analysis in the fields of the odontology (implantology) and the Portuguese wine sales, establishing and maintaining contacts with the doctors, the foundation of the referrals network, consulting the customers on the services, telephone sales marketing, event management.

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  IJAB - International Youth Service of the Federal Republic of Germany

  Aug 2015 - Dec 2018

  International project management, marketing, external relations and representation, public relations, science communication, event management, social media management (Horizon 2020 project “EUth - Tools and Tips for Mobile and Digital Youth Participation in and across Europe” (http://euth.net)March 2017, trainer ar the European youth eParticipation training for initiators of digital youth participation processesDecember 2017, event manager of the Open Summit on youth eParticipation in Europe "The Future is Now" (Berlin) Show less

  • Project Manager

    Mar 2018 - Dec 2018

  • Project Manager for Marketing & Deployment

    Aug 2015 - Feb 2018
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  DW Akademie

  Jan 2019 - May 2024

  Project management and Media and Information Literacy trainer in the media development of the Deutsche Welle Akademie Asia & Europe team. Consultancy and trainings on MIL, digitalisation and non-formal education for stakeholders in Moldova, Georgia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Ukraine, Serbia, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.Trainer of Trainers (TTT, online TTT, Trainer of eTrainers).Member of the Diversity working group.

  • Project Manager, Consultant and Trainer

    May 2023 - May 2024

  • Project Officer and Trainer

    Jan 2019 - Jun 2023
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  Deutsche Welle

  May 2024 - now

  Project Manager DEI and Trainer

  Project Manager at DW Directorate General, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, focus on monitoring and inclusion. Trainer of Trainers, facilitator.