Nicolae Cuta 

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CURRICULUM VITAE

1.         Family name: Cuta            

2.         First name: Nicolae          

3.         Date of birth: 16.03.1962 

4.                  Nationality: Romanian     

5.                  Civil status: married         

6.                  Education:                          

 

Institution [Dates]

Degree(s) or Diploma(s) obtained

University "Alexandru Ioan Cuza" – Iasi, Romania [01.10.2000 –15.06.2002]

Master degree in Social Management and Community Development

University of Craiova, Romania [01.09.1996-01.09.1998]

1st level Teaching Certificate

Univeristy of Bucharest [01.10.1982 – 01.06.1986]

Bachelor’s degree in Physics

(Annex 1 – list of training sessions and seminars attended)

 

7.        Language skills: (1 to 5 (1 = excellent; 5 = poor))

 

Language

          Reading

         Speaking

           Writing

English

1

1

1

French

2

3

4

 

 8.        Membership of professional bodies: founder of the Romanian Association for Community Development and of the Romanian Association for Tele-work and Tele-activities.

 9.        Other skills: Good command of Microsoft Office™ tools (Word™, Excel™ and PowerPoint™), Microsoft Project™, Internet browsers and e-mail programs (Internet Explorer, Outlook Express, Netscape). Driving licence category B.           

10.>      Present position: Freelancer consultant                 

11.            Years within the firm: 5                        

12.            Key qualifications:

 

·        Project proposals apprising: 25 community social services projects apprised at desk and 5 in the field;

·        Project co-ordination and implementation: I have participated at the implementation of 24 projects in last 5 years (at 3 of these, EU funded, as co-ordinator/ manager). Most of them where financed or run by international organisations and had as beneficiaries marginalized groups.

·         Proficiency in European Structural Funds – I wrote 2 guides on structural funds, one for NGOs working in community development (published by CREST) and another one for urban stakeholders (published by CRONO).

·         Ample training experience in European Structural Funds and Project Management – I was trained as a trainer on European Structural Funds and Project Management and I delivered over 400 training hours on these topics.

·         Consultancy and facilitation for institutional strengthening and organisational development of non-profit entities (NGOs, public administration institutions, schools etc): I conducted over 120 consultancy visits (480 hours) to more than 50 non-profit organisations/ institutions.  

13.      Specific experience in the region:

 

Countries (Dates)

I work in Romania since 1986 as teacher and trainer/consultant.

In Oltenia I work since 1990 (as teacher and school master) and since 1998 as trainer/consultant for non-profit sector. In this last position I participated at the implementation of 24 projects.

Since 2004 I manage the activity of the Resources Centre for Nonprofits from Oltenia – CRONO.

 

14.>       Professional experience:

 

Dates

Location

Company

Position

From Oct. 2007

Bals (OT)

William Tyrrell Foundation

Trainer/consultant

Description: In the frame of a project funded by Trust for Civil Society in Central and Eastern Europe, I train and assist mixed teams of volunteers (teachers and students from the local high schools) in preparing and implementing community projects for marginalized groups from Bals.

 

Dates

Location

Company

Position

From March 2007

Dolj, Olt, Vilcea

Human Dynamics

Trainer, senior facilitator

Description: I train the staff from National Agency for Roma, County Offices for Roma, from local administration (Roma experts) and from Roma NGOs on European structural Funds topic and I supervise the facilitation process of local partnerships between Roma communities and Local Public Administration to initiate projects for different financing programs (PHARE 2006, Regional Operational Program and Operational Program for Human Resources Development).  I moderate the e-group on “Structural Funds for Roma communities (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/fonduri_romi/).

 

Dates

Location

Company

Position

Sept.- Dec. 2007

Craiova

CREST

Consultant

Description: I designed a guide of European Structural Funds for the member organisations of RuralNet and I moderated the discussions on structural funds on the e-group of community development in Romania (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dezvoltare_comunitara/) in the frame of a PHARE project.

 

Dates

Location

Company

Position

June-Sept. 2006

Oltenia

CRONO– Resources Centre for Nonprofits from Oltenia

Consultant

Description: I moderated the local forums, I facilitated Logic Framework Workshops with local stakeholders for initiation of community projects to be applied at different Operational Programs in 9 towns from Oltenia and I designed a guide about European Structural Funds in the frame of a project funded by USAID.

 

Dates

Location

Company

Position

May – Oct. 2007

DJ, GJ, OT

PACT Foundation

Trainer/consultant

Description: I trained and assisted local initiative groups to prepare and implement community projects in the frame of a CEE Trust funded project.

 

Dates

Location

Company

Position

Jan. - Dec.2006

Oltenia

CRONO – Resources Centre for Nonprofits from Oltenia

Project manager

Description: I have co-ordinated the process of initiation and implementation of 15 community projects/actions by Community Based Organisations (PHARE 2003/005-551.01.05/01).

 

Dates

Location

Company

Position

Oct.2005–Apr.2007

Dolj

International Orthodox Christian Charity

Community coordinator/ trainer

Description: I trained and assisted 96 priests from Dolj to establish community based organisations (Philanthropic Committees) to support victims of domestic violence and people with HIV/AIDS from their communities in a project financed by USAID.

 

Dates

Location

Company

Position

Jan 2005 – Dec. 2005

Romania and Bulgaria

The Ecologist Association “GAIA”

Project manager

Description: I co-ordinated the establishment and functioning of a Cross Border Business Centre for SMEs. (PHARE Joint Small Projects Fund Romania – Bulgaria RO2003/005.701.06.)

 

Dates

Location

Company

Position

Sep. 2004 – May 2007

Dolj

Centre Education 2000+

Facilitator

Description: I assisted the project teams from 45 schools to initiate and plan educational projects to be financed from World Bank’s Rural Education Project.

 

Dates

Location

Company

Position

Aug. 2004 – May 2005

DJ, GJ, MH

Romanian Association for Community Development

Mentor

Description: I trained and assisted community facilitators to establish new community based organisations that initiated and implemented community projects for marginalized groups in the frame of a project funded by Balkan Trust for Democracy.

 

Dates

Location

Company

Position

Jan. – July 2004

DJ, GJ, OT

Human Dynamics

Trainer/ consultant

Description:  I have trained Roma representatives on Local Capacity Development and I have assisted them in making partnerships between Roma communities and public administration in order to develop together community projects in the frame of the project “Support to the National Strategy to Improve Roma Conditions in Romania” (PHARE RO2002/000-586.01.02)

 

Dates

Location

Company

Position

Sep. 2003 – Aug. 2004

Dolj

Eptisa Internacional

Training team leader

Description:  I have trained Dolj County Council staff on Participatory Planning to support the development of community infrastructure projects applied at World Bank’s Rural Development Project.

 

Dates

Location

Company

Position

Aug. 2003 – Aug. 2004

Romania

IMC Consulting

Trainer/consultant

Description:  I delivered training for the teachers, school heads and inspectors working in the project and I evaluated the outcomes of some sub-projects realised in the frame of “Access to education for disadvantaged groups, with a special focus on Roma population” – IMC Consulting – (PHARE – EuropeAid/113198/D/SV/RO)

 

Dates

Location

Company

Position

Apr. 1999 – Mar. 2002

Romania

Romanian Fund for Social Development

Evaluator

Description:  I have evaluated 25 social services proposals at desk and 5 on-site for the Department of Community Social Services. All had as beneficiaries different disadvantaged groups.

 

15.        Other relevant information:

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Personal contact data: tel. 0743070270, [email protected]

References:

Mr. Chuck Hirt, director of CEE Citizens Network: [email protected], tel. ++421 48 415 24 68

Mr. Nigel Shakespear, team leader at Human Dynamics: [email protected], tel. 0213107242

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Publications: I have published over 50 articles on different social, economic, training & education or civil society topics in Dilema, “22”, Civitas, IDEA etc. (Annex 2 - selective list of articles)

 

List of seminars and training sessions attended

 

1.      Workshop on Civic Participation and Governance – The Economic Development Institute of the World Bank

2.      Training for Appraisers – The British Council & The Romanian Fund for Social Development

3.      Preparation and realisation of Community projects in the field of Civic Education – Ministry of Education and Science – Bulgaria, Open Education Centre

4.      Training of Trainers and Advanced Facilitation Skills  - The Romanian Association for Community Development

5.      The Small School –Heart of the Village in Changing Europe – The National Centre for Professional Development in Education, Heinola, Finland

6.      Mentoring in Community Development -  Romanian Association for Community Development

7.      Training of Trainers on NGO Management – Opportunity Associates Romania

8.      Training for Trainers on NGO Management – Civil Society Development Foundation Hungary

9.      Poverty, Ethnicity and Spatial Change in Eastern and Central Europe – Central European University Budapest

10. Fundraising in Local Communities – Central/Eastern European Citizens Network

11. Advanced Practice of Managing Projects – MALTACOM Training College

12. Training on NGOs’ Governance – Allavida

13. Training on Design and Implementation of the Infrastructure Projects in Rural Area – IMC Consulting

14. Training on School Development Strategy – CEDU (SON)

15. Training on Community Development Services’ Quality Standards – RuralNet

16. Training on Forum Theatre – Ministry of Education from Malta

17. Training on Inclusive Education – IMC Consulting

18. Training of Trainers on European Structural FundsInstitut für Europäische Politik Berlin

19. Training of Trainers on Project Management – The Institute for Public Administration Dublin

 

 

A Selective List of Publications

 

1.      Review of “The Weakness of Civil Society in Post-Communist Europe”, Marc Morjé Howard, Voluntas, volume 15, number 4, December 2004, pp. 410-412

2.      “The Romanian Rural Schools” on the CD-ROM “The Small Schools of Europe” edited by Catalunia Departament d’Ensenyament, La Noguera, 2000.

3.       Intergenerational Learning for a Democratic Citizenship  - Institutions of Adult Learning ; Editura Spiru Haret, Iaşi, 2003

4.      Training Needs Assessment in Community Projects – Central and Eastern European Citizens Network Newsletter, Issue #2/December 2003, http://ceecn.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=33&Itemid=53

5.      Management and Strategic Planning for NGOs – Romanian Association for Community Development handbook, 2004 (joint author).

6.      Rudezis – case study - http://www.ceecn.net/ceecn.net/old_site/downloads/2006/resources/Best_Practices/pdf/RACD_Ro.pdf

7.      Local Council’s Guide – CRONO, 2005 (joint author)

8.      Project Management Manual – The National Institute for Administration, 2006 (joint author)

9.      “Learning the Freedom” (The Civic Romania) – Dilema nr. 383, 16-22.06.2000

10. “Building Prosperity Based on Social Trust” – Atitudini, nr. 10/oct. 2003, 11-12 /Nov. –Dec. 2003

11. “Romanian Education System between Subsidiarity and Equality of Chances” - Tribuna invatamantului nr. 582, 19-25.03.2001;

12. “Discrimination vs. Competency” (about Roma people access at education) - “22” nr. 430, 19-25 May 1998;

13. “Guide for NGOs active in Community Development regarding the Functioning of the European Structural Funds and Rural Development Funds in Romania” – CREST, 2007

14. “Guide on European Structural Funds” – CRONO, 2007

 

 

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