Adviser Committee on European Integration, Coordinator for SEECP PA, Parliament, Podgorica

Date of birth: 16^th  January 1988

Place of Birth: Bijelo Polje, Montenegro

Marital status: Married, No children

Education:

2006 – High school – Gymnasium „Miloje Dobrašinović”, Bijelo Polje,
2009 – Faculty -  Degree on the “Faculty of Administrative and European Studies - FDES”, Podgorica

2009 – Master studies – Finishing master thesis on the “Faculty on Administrative and European Studies” on the topic: “Parliamentary oversight of the Executive and the Role of the Parliament of Montenegro in the EU accession process”

Skills/knowledge:

1. Languages  – English (Fluent), German (Fluent), Russian (Basic)

2. Computer skills – Microsoft Office, (Word, Excel, Power point, etc.), Internet, etc.

3. Driver licence – “B” Category

Work experience:

• 2006 – 2007 – Lecture on the Project “Bringing Europe Closer to Youth””,
• 2006 - 2011 – Project Coordinator – “T-Mobile Open days” (2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011.).
• 2007 – Assistant on a Project - „School of Good Local Self Government”, organized by “FDES”,
• 2008 – Assistant on the “FDES” Project – „Future Now”
• 2008 – Assistant in the “Centre for Mediation” in Bijelo Polje
• 2008 – 2009 – Participant in the NGO “Centre for Democratic transition (CDT) – Internship Program”, Intern in the Cabinet of the Vice-President of the Parliament of Montenegro and the Committee on Security and Defence,
• 2009 – 2010 – UNICEF Consultant on the Project “Juvenile Justice Reform“,
• 2010 – 2012 – Adviser, Parliament of Montenegro, Committee on International Relations and European Integration,
• 2011 – 2012 – Adviser – National Council on European Integration, 
• 2013 – Lecture on the Project – “EU means YES”,
• 2012 – 2015 Adviser– Parliament of Montenegro, Committee on International Relations and Emigrants,
• 2012 – 2013 Adviser – Parliamentary Committee on Stabilisation and Association,
• 2012 – 2015 Member of the Ad-Hoc Working Group of the “SEECP PA”

Currently:

• 2012 – Adviser – Parliament of Montenegro, Committee on European Integration,
• 2013 – National Parliamentary Coordinator of the Parliament of Montenegro to the “SEECP PA”
• 2013 – Secretary of the Standing Delegation of the Parliament of Montenegro to the Parliamentary dimension of the Central European Initiative “CEI-PD”

MP, Head of Delegation to SEECP PA

Parliament, Bucharest 

Gabriela Podașcă (born 1985) is one of the youngest deputies of the Romanian Parliament. She was a member of Victor Ponta’s staff, the current Prime Minister, first as a political adviser and then as a consultant within the Ministry for Relations with the Parliament. Having gathered a wide experience in political marketing and public relations, she went on to become the coordinator of PSD’s Press Bureau.

Her education consists of the Communication and Public Relations at the University of Bucharest and a master's degree in Political Communication at The National School of Political Science and Public Administration. In 2009, she attended the classes offered through “The Friedrich Ebert Scholarship for young politicians” and during the following years she completed an internship at the European Parliament within the “Francis Vals Scholarship”.

In December 2012, she was elected deputy on behalf of the Social Democratic Party, winning a mandate in Bucharest, district 3. She is currently Vice-chairperson for the Committee on Equal Opportunities for Women and Men and a member of the Committee on European Affairs Committee. In 2013, she became a member of the Constitution Revision Committee and in 2015 she was named Vice-Chairperson of the Election Code Committee. 

Gabriela Podașcă is a member of the Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the South-East European Cooperation Process. In 2014, she was elected Chairperson of the SEECP PA General Committee on Social Development, Education, Research and Science.

Gabriela Podașcă is also a member of the “Red Cross National Society” and continues to be involved in social projects. Her political activity focuses on legislative measures aimed to support children's rights, youth, the vulnerable and the disadvantaged.

She was a member of Victor Ponta’s staff, the current Prime Minister, first as a political adviser and then as a consultant within the Ministry for Relations with the Parliament. Having gathered a wide experience in political marketing and public relations, she went on to become the coordinator of PSD’s Press Bureau.

Her education consists of the Communication and Public Relations at the University of Bucharest and a master's degree in Political Communication at The National School of Political Science and Public Administration. In 2009, she attended the classes offered through “The Friedrich Ebert Scholarship for young politicians” and during the following years she completed an internship at the European Parliament within the “Francis Vals Scholarship”.

In December 2012, she was elected deputy on behalf of the Social Democratic Party, winning a mandate in Bucharest, district 3. She is currently Vice-chairperson for the Committee on Equal Opportunities for Women and Men and a member of the Committee on European Affairs Committee. In 2013, she became a member of the Constitution Revision Committee and in 2015 she was named Vice-Chairperson of the Election Code Committee. 

Gabriela Podașcă is a member of the Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the South-East European Cooperation Process. In 2014, she was elected Chairperson of the SEECP PA General Committee on Social Development, Education, Research and Science.

Gabriela Podașcă is also a member of the “Red Cross National Society” and continues to be involved in social projects. Her political activity focuses on legislative measures aimed to support children's rights, youth, the vulnerable and the disadvantaged.

MP, Committee on Foreign Affairs,

Assembly, Prishtina

Functions in the Assembly of Kosovo: Committee on Foreign Affairs,

Member Parliamentary Group: PDK

Party: Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK) Chairperson of Woman Caucus Personal

Date of birth 08/12/1980 in Prishtinë, Married

Education

• Faculty of Arts, Prishtinë
• Master studies at the Faculty of Arts

Past and Present Activities and Functions: 10 years work experience at Public Television of Kosovo (RTK)

Other languages than mother tongue: English, German, Serbian and Croatian

Assistant-Professor at New Bulgarian University, Advisor to the Speaker of the National Assembly, Sofia

Date of birth: 30 January 1964

Nationality: Bulgarian

Civil status: Married

Education: High Education, PhD, Assistant-Professor

Institution: New Bulgarian University

Political Sciences Department

Date:   10. 2008 to present

Degree(s) or Diploma(s) obtained:     Assistant-Professor

Sociology of Policy and Culture

Institution: Bulgarian academy of sciences

Institute of sociology

Date:07. 2005 - 09.2008

Degree(s) or Diploma(s) obtained:     Senior Research Fellow, II degree

Sociology

Institution:

Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication, Ministère des Affaires Etrangères, Paris, France

Université d'Avignon et des Pays du Vaucluse, France

Date:   10. 2001 - 07.2002

Degree(s) or Diploma(s) obtained:     D.E.S.S. Strategies du Developpement Culturel, Option: Politique culturelle internationale et Géstion des Arts, "Arts et industrie. Strategies de communication de l'Union Centrale des Arts Decoratifs"

Institution: Institute of Sociology to the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Bulgaria

Date:06. 1996 - 09. 2001

Degree(s) or Diploma(s) obtained:     Research Associate, I degree, Institute of Sociology

Sociology of Deviant Behavior

Institution: Institute of Sociology to the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Bulgaria

Date:   03. 1996

Degree(s) or Diploma(s) obtained:     PhD in Sociology, PhD thesis entitled:

"Ethnic Identity and Ethnic Conflicts"

Institution:

Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Paris, France

Date:   10. 1993 - 07.1994

Degree(s) or Diploma(s) obtained:     D.E.A. de sociologie, Thèse:

"Autoidentification ethnique dans une situation de conflit en Bulgarie contemporaine"

Institution:      Sofia University, Faculty of Philosophy, Department of Sociology

Date:   10. 1984 - 05.1989

Degree(s) or Diploma(s) obtained:     MSc in Sociology

MSc Thesis: "Juvenile Subculture"

Language skills:  French, Russian, English

Membership of professional bodies:

•           Key expert of Transparency International – Bulgaria (from 1998 to present)

•           Member of the Bulgarian Sociologist Association

•           Vice-President of Scientific Committee EUROPA Association for Experts in the national and local administration, France

•           Member of the Association of French Speaking Sociologists – A.I.S.L.F., France

•           President of the Board of Institute for Public Policies and Partnership, Bulgaria

•           Member of Board of the Advisory Committee CEE Trust (from 2008 to present)

•           Director of Laboratory for Public Policy

•           Member of the Bureau of Association ERASMUS Expertise, France

Present position:

- Advisor in the Political cabinet of the President of National Assembly of Republic of Bulgaria

- Assistant-Professor, PhD in Sociology of Policy and Culture, Head of Political Sciences Department, New Bulgarian University

- Director Laboratory on Public Policy, Department of Political Science, New Bulgarian University

Key competences and qualifications:

- General experience in consulting – 20 years; general academic experience – 27 years

- Policy formulation and strategy development

- Program Evaluation Research in the Planning process in national and regional level;

- Interactive policy making in the regional and local level;

- Conflict mediation, conflict management and resolution;

- Anticorruption policy formulation, measuring and evaluation;

- Administrative capacity building – education and training of public servants, NGO’s and journalists;

- Public-Private Partnership – policies, methods and evaluation of effectiveness.

- Cultural Policy and Diversity Management

- Urban Policies Analysis

Professional experience:

Date: 02.2015 to present

Location          Sofia, Bulgaria

Company         National Assembly of the Republic of Bulgaria

Position           Advisor in the Political cabinet of the President of National Assembly of Republic of Bulgaria

Date: 02.2011 to 10.2013

Location          Sofia, Bulgaria

Company         New Bulgarian University, Political Sciences Department

Position           Head of Department Political Science

Description      Sociology of Policy and Culture

Date: 10.2008 to present

Location          Sofia, Bulgaria

Company         New Bulgarian University, Political Sciences Department

Position           Assistant-Professor

Description      Sociology of Policy and Culture

Date: 01.2005

Location          Sofia, Bulgaria

Company         Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Sociology

Position           Senior research Fellow

Description      Sociology of Deviant Behavior

Date: 05.1996

Location          Sofia, Bulgaria

Company         Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Sociology

Position           Doctor in Sociology

Description      Ethnic Identities and Ethnic Conflicts

Date:   01.1991

Location          Sofia, Bulgaria

Company         Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Sociology

Position           Research Fellow

Description      Social Structures and Inequalities

Date: 09.1987 - 12.1990

Location          Sofia, Bulgaria

Company         Institute for Youth Studies, Department of Juvenile Subculture

Position           Researcher

Description      Youth subcultures

Head of the Division for International Parliamentary Assemblies and Multilateral Cooperation,  Assembly, Skopje

Her responsibilities include direction of the overall activities of the Division, preparation of briefing papers, speeches and talking points for the parliamentarians in preparation for international meetings and providing advice on policies, procedures and rules of the international parliamentary assemblies. In addition, she follows the latest developments in the international affairs and provides inputs to parliamentarians. Ognenovska is Secretary of the Macedonian Delegations to the Inter-Parliamentary Union and to the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, Executive Secretary of the Macedonian Parliamentary Section to the Assemblée parlementaire de la Francophonie, Deputy National Coordinator to the SEECP Parliamentary Assembly and Officer-in-charge of bilateral relations with: Canada, Iran, Russian Federation, Ukraine and Turkey. In this capacity she attends the meetings of the international parliamentary assemblies, briefs the parliamentarians on proceedings and deliberations and maintains working relations with counterparts in the international parliamentary assemblies and other countries’ parliaments.

Ognenovska joined the Staff of the Assembly, Skopje in May 1998, as Senior Assistant in the International Cooperation Department. From July 2003 until her appointment as Head of Division in January 2006, she was Advisor for Multilateral Cooperation. She was a research assistant in NATO Parliamentary Assembly in Brussels, Belgium (October 1999 - November 1999) and stagier in the National Assembly in Paris, France (November 2003 and December 2006).

Before joining the Staff of the Assembly, Skopje, Ognenovska was engaged as an Administrative Assistant on a Project of the Office of the World Bank in Skopje.

During her studies, she was actively involved in AIESEC, the world’s largest youth-led network as member, executive (Local Committee Vice-President, Local Committee President, National Committee Vice-President) and trainer (National Training Team and Balkan’s Training Team). She attended numerous AIESEC meetings around the world and two traineeships in Cairo, Egypt: Market Researcher in Godwood Co. (June 1996 - September 1996) and Marketing Assistant and Market Researcher in Heinz-Egypt (September 1996 - November 1996). Ognenovska is still active in the organisation, as member of the Board of Advisors of AIESEC Macedonia and member of AIESEC Alumni Macedonia.

She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Economics at the University "Ss. Cyril and Methodius"; Skopje, Macedonia and Master’s degree in Public Management at Université Paris 12 - Val de Marne, Créteil, France. She has a wide range of experience in international parliamentary affairs and parliamentary practises, having attended numerous training programmes, among which: “International Legislative Drafting Institute” at Public Law Center of Tulane and Loyola Universities in New Orleans, LA, USA; “La Francophonie” at Institut international d'administration publique (IIAP) in Paris, France; Formation Administrative Supérieure at  Ecole Nationale d’Administration (ENA) in Skopje, Macedonia and Paris, France; "Contributing to the Modernization and Democratization of the Parliaments of Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia, Serbia and Montenegro" at La Sapienza University in Rome, Italy; “What Role Do the Parliaments Have vis-à-vis the States in EU Decision-Making” at ENA in Paris, France; “Parliamentary Internship Programme” at the Parliament of India in New Delhi, India and “Organisation of Parliamentary Work” at ENA, National Assembly and Senate in Paris, France.

Ognenovska is member of the Association d'anciens boursiers de la République Française en Macédoine (Alumni Association) and Honorary Citizen of New Orleans (LA, USA).

She speaks English and French, and learns German (B1).

Associate Professor, Head of the Research Center, Grand National Assembly, Ankara

He was born in Diyarbakır in 1966.

He was graduated in 1990 from Political Science and International Relations Department in Boğaziçi University. He took his MA and Ph.D degrees from Social Science Institute  in Bilkent University.

He lectured courses such as History of Political Thought, Modern Political Theory, Comparative Politics and Sources of Ottoman History in various universities.

His parliamentary career started in 1992 as a legislative expert. He is the founding director of the Research Center  in 2006. Since then, he is also the ECPRD correspondent for the Turkish Parliament.

He authored a three volumes book in parliamentary history of Grand National Assembly of Turkey (GNAT) for the legislative period 2002-2007. He published extensively on democratization, nationalism, Islam, Turkish EU accession process, and the so-called “Kurdish  issue” in Turkey. 

Currently, Dr. Yıldız is the head of the Research Center of the Turkish Parliament.

Esmeralda Shkjau, Chair of the SEECP PA Committee on Social Development, Education, Research and Science, MP, Parliament, Tirana

Date of birth: 24/07/1983
Nationality: Albanian

EDUCATION:

- University New York Tirana - Master in International and Commercial Law (LLM)

- European University of Tirana - Major Field of study – Business Management Culture Manager “Robert Bosch Stiftung”/ guest student HFF(Film &Television)

WORK EXPERIENCE:

2015- Member of the European Integration Committee
28.12.2013  Member of Parliament Durres ( Social Party)
07.05.2013   Candidate for parliament member in Durres ( Social Party)
08.05.2012  Youth Leader of FRESSH Durres ( Social Party)
01.12.2011- 30.12.2011  Coordinator of the project  “Help the children”
06.2011  Part of the Champus in “Taormina  Film Festival 2011”
06.2011-09.2011  Coordinator in “Leipzig and Dresden Festival”  (Albanian and Kosovo film)
05.2011  Project manager of “Entdecken“ Student film workshop and film presentation
04.2011 Election manager for youth section in Durres ( Social Party Albania)
10.2010-05.2011 Coordinator of “Dok.guest.Balkan”  in ”Dok.fest”.Munich
05.2010  Assistant curator for the exhibition “Squat the City” organized from “Tirana Art Lab” Olympia Center, Tirana Albania.
09.2009-2010  Public Relation Director and Coordinator “ Rinia Aktive” Association ( Active Youth ), Tirana Albania
10.2008-2010  Volunteer Coordinator of the” Social Party Youth Forum”, Durres
01.2007-2009 Coordinator for Culture Activities “ European University of Tirana”, Albania
01.08.2009  Film Coordinator “ International Film Festival Durres II”
2003-2007 Interpreter/  assistant professor ( Centro Evoluzione Moda).

LANGUAGES: 
Albanian - native language
English - fluent
German - good
Spanish - good
Italian - fluent
Greek - beginner
Arabian - beginner

OTHER SKILLS
PC literate: MS Office, Internet, and basic, computer, and software applications.