Maria-Carmen Pantea Profile Publications Consultancy CV

2013: The Centre for Strategy & Evaluation Services, Kent, UK. Country expert for the Study on updating and clarifying the list of activities in Annex IV to the Professional Qualifications Directive 2005/36/EC (Provision of evaluation and evaluation related services to DG Internal Market and Services). Interviews and case studies: Romania and Belgium 2013: European Knowledge Centre for Youth Policy, Strasbourg Expert on youth work and youth policy drafting an information template (questionnaire) on the topic Social Inclusion as well as guidelines related to this for the section country information of the European Knowledge Centre for Youth Policy (EKCYP). 2012: EU-CoE youth partnership, Strasbourg Consultant to map the competences needed by youth workers to support young people in international learning mobility projects. The full text of the report is available here. 2012: EU-CoE youth partnership, Strasbourg Consultant to write a comparative review of National Youth Reports on Voluntary Activities submitted by Member States on the implementation of the first work cycle of the EU Youth Strategy 2010-2012. The full text of the report is available here. 2012- 2013: American Institutes for Research, Washington DC. Member of Advisory Board of Researchers for 3ie Systematic Review 2012: Public Policy and Management Institute, Vilnius External consultant for preparation of technical proposals 2011: The European Youth Foundation Contracted evaluator of the Pilot Project Programme of the European Youth Foundation, with particular emphasis on the period 2007-2010. 2009 - 2010: The Centre for Strategy & Evaluation Services, Kent, UK. Evaluator and country expert for the Evaluation of ESF Support for Enhancing Access to the Labour Market and the Social Inclusion of Migrants and Minorities (on behalf of the DG EMPL) 2009: UNDP and UNIFEM CEE. Gender Mainstreaming assessment of the National Action Plans for Decade for Roma Inclusion (areas of education, employment, health, and housing). The full text of the report is available here. 2008: Council of Europe and the European Commission. Independent evaluator of the research and policy strand of the Partnership on Youth between the CoE and EC (2005-2008). 2008: European Knowledge Centre for Youth Policy, Strasbourg Follow-up report of the Quality group meeting of the European Knowledge Centre for Youth Policy, Strasbourg. Other policy-related projects: 2010 – 2011: Local Government and Public Sector Service Initiative (OSF) Fellowship to undertake research on Reintegration Initiatives for Returning Roma Migrants 2006 – 2007: Open Society Institute, CEU Center for Policy Studies International Policy Fellowship. Policy research on combatting Roma child labour in Romania. The full text of the report is available here.