Curriculum Vitae

Mihai Surdu

 


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Personal information

 

 

Surname / First name

 

Surdu Mihai

Address

 

Budapest, Hungary

 

 

 

 

E-mail

 

surdu@policy.hu

Nationality

 

Romanian

Date of birth

 

30.01.1969

Gender

 

Male

 

 

 

Work experience

 

 

Dates

 

From August 2007 on

 

Occupation or position held

 

Capacity Building and Policy Development Manager

Main activities and responsibilities

 

Identify and coordinate research and policy development activities, conduct the policy dialogue with governments and NGO sector, management of country programs; review and assessment of grant proposals, following the grants through all the project cycle, supervising the REF country facilitators.

 

Name and address of employer

 

Roma Education Fund, 46 Terez krt, , 1066 Budapest, Hungary

Type of business or sector

 

Education- Policy development, grant giving and research

 

 

 

Dates

 

1995 - 2007

 

Occupation or position held

 

Senior Researcher

Main activities and responsibilities

 

Survey design, data analysis in qualitative and quantitative studies, policy analysis and policy papers writing

Name and address of employer

 

Research Institute for the Quality of Life , 13 Calea 13 Septembrie, 050718, Bucharest, Romania

Type of business or sector

 

Research

 

 

 

Dates

 

2005 – 2007

Occupation or position held

 

Educational Consultant

Main activities and responsibilities

 

Designing research methodology and instruments, training and coordination of national teams of researchers for 8 countries, reviewing and editing national reports.

Name and address of employer

 

EU Monitoring and Advocacy Program, Open Society Institute, Oktober 6. u. 12 (2nd floor), Budapest, Hungary

http://www.eumap.org/topics/minority/reports/roma_education/reports

Type of business or sector

 

Education, media, public health, and human, minority and women's rights.

 

Dates

 

2006 – 2007

Occupation or position held

 

 Consultant

Main activities and responsibilities

 

Designing research methodology and instruments, coordination of national teams of researchers, reviewing and editing national reports.

http://www.unicef.org/ceecis/070305-Subregional_Study_Roma_Children.pdf

Name and address of employer

 

UNICEF Serbia, Svetozara Markovica 58, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia

Type of business or sector

 

Children's rights.

 

 

 

Dates

 

2006

Occupation or position held

 

 Evaluator

Main activities and responsibilities

 

Evaluating the Project proposals submitted by the county school inspectorates in PHARE educational program “Access to education for disadvantaged groups with a special focus on Roma”.

Name and address of employer

 

Romanian Ministry of Education and Research , Str. Gen. Berthelot 28-30 Sector 1, 010168, Bucureşti

Type of business or sector

 

Government, Education

 

 

 

Dates

 

2006

Occupation or position held

 

 Roma Education Expert

Main activities and responsibilities

 

Technical assistance for the Romanian Ministry of Education in PHARE educational program “Access to education for disadvantaged groups with a special focus on Roma”. Among the main tasks: monitoring educational projects, preparing reports to the Ministry, developing training curriculum for teachers and school inspectors and delivering the training.

Name and address of employer

 

Larive Romania International Business Development SRL, 82, Clucerului St., B1
Sector 1, Bucharest, 011368, Romania

Type of business or sector

 

Consulting services

 

 

Education and training

 

 

Dates

 

1998-2004

Title of qualification awarded

 

PhD in Sociology

Principal subjects/Occupational skills covered

 

Thesis title: Inequality of Educational Opportunities - the case of Roma in Romania

Sociology of Education

Name and type of organisation providing education and training

 

University of Bucharest, Sociology Department

Level in national or international classification

 

ISCED level 6

 

 

 

Dates

 

1995-1996

Title of qualification awarded

 

M.A. in Sociology

Principal subjects/Occupational skills covered

 

Management of public and non-governmental organizations

Name and type of organisation providing education and training

 

University of Bucharest, Sociology Department

Level in national or international classification

 

ISCED level 5

Dates

 

1990-1995

Title of qualification awarded

 

B.A.in Sociology

Principal subjects/Occupational skills covered

 

Sociology

Name and type of organisation providing education and training

 

University of Bucharest, Sociology Department

Level in national or international

 

ISCED level 5         

 

 



Personal skills and competences

 

 


Mother tongue(s)

 

Romanian

 

 


Other language(s)

 

Self-assessment

 

Understanding

Speaking

Writing

 European level (*)

 

Listening

Reading

Spoken interaction

Spoken production

 

 

 

English

 

C2

Proficient user

C2

Proficient user

C2

Proficient user

C2

 Proficient user

C2

 Proficient user

French

 

 

B2

Independent user

 

C1

Proficient user

 

B1

Independent user

 

B1

Independent user

 

B1

Independent user

German

 

A2

 Basic user

A2

 Basic user

A2

 Basic user

A2

 Basic user

A2

 Basic user

 

(*) Common European Framework of Reference (CEF) level