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Laura has degrees in Translation and Interpretation with Global Communication. She has also studied Business Sustainability Management at the University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership. In 2021, she co-founded Albem Consulting in Dubai, with the aim of helping businesses communicate with their stakeholders in a more effective way and aid businesses in implementing sustainability practices. Having grown up in a very intercultural environment and she can speak Spanish, English, German and French.

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Dr. Pablo Biderbost is Assistant Professor in the Department of International Relations at the Universidad Pontificia Comillas in Madrid and co-founder of the consultancy company Biderbost Boscan & Rochin. His areas of expertise are public innovation, anti-corruption strategies, skills development in civil servants, youth policies and migration and refugee policies. He has worked as consultant for many organisations including the EU, EULAC Foundation, UNODC, UNDP, IOM, UNESCO and USAID.

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Gordon worked at the British Council, where he managed the European Commission Youth in Action Programme/Erasmus+ for 14 years. He was also responsible for bilateral youth co-operation with China, Japan, Israel, and programmes with South East Europe, and Sub Saharan Africa. He later became Head of Youth Policy. In 2010, he was awarded an OBE. Previously, he was awarded Chevalier des Palmes Academiques by the French Government, and a John Adams Scholarship by the United States Embassy. In 2018, with CILL, he produced reviews of International Youth Opportunity and An Analysis of Accreditation Schemes for Intercultural Skills, commissioned by the British Council.

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Michal has worked in the field of non-formal education and youth policy in the EU for more than 15, mainly with the Regional Volunteer Centre of Kielce in Poland and is also a Municipal Councillor (member of the network of the European Young Elected Politicians of the Committee of Regions). He has been a director and a board member of the Polish National NGO Federation, and vice-chair of the Polish National Youth Council and cooperates as an external expert with the European Commission.

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Nichola is a highly experienced and qualified information specialist and desk researcher. She has had several roles including head of the information and library team at Connexions, directly providing and managing an adult IAG service and writing many guides and publications, including the Funding Guide to Workforce Development. Nichola has worked in the youth sector for many years most recently as Head of Membership Development for the Ambition UK. Since April 2017, she has worked freelance as a Fundraising Research Consultant, Desk Researcher and Information, Advice and Guidance Professional.

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Paul has been designing and providing programmes for teams, individuals and leaders for over 30 years, working with clients from the financial services, IT, engineering, retail and manufacturing organisations. A strong communicator with highly effective stakeholder management and interpersonal skills, and a wealth of experience in facilitating executive teams and individuals to achieve both business and personal results.

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Julia works with the creative, education and youth sectors to support intercultural dialogue and improve opportunities for disadvantaged communities. A former cultural diplomat with the British Council, she has led arts and education programmes with the European Union, the Middle East, East Asia and the Commonwealth, including a major global programme to commemorate the World War I centenary in 2014-18. In 2019, she founded the Internationalism Alliance, a network of organisations committed to improving access to international and intercultural opportunities for young people.  She is a mentor for The Prince’s Trust and an Advisory Board member for My Life My Say.


Julia is also a cellist and composer. In 2009, she was Creative Director and Producer of the BBC Documentary "Shalom Belfast".  Non-fiction writing has appeared in the collection ‘Unholy Land: An unconventional Guide to Israel’.

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Nicola is a pioneer in using new technologies to tackle the problem of employers locking out the talents, potential and skills of many people in our societies – especially people with autism. Drawing on 15 years of private and public sector experience, Nicola has been using responsible research and innovation methodologies to co-create smarter, more inclusive and sustainable technology-enabled ways of working.

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Tommaso is President of the Italian NGO Associazione Joint. His first role there was in 2008 as their first paid social worker, focusing mostly on young people with severe socio-economic disadvantages. Since then, he has managed over 50 international youth projects, including volunteering projects, training courses, youth exchanges, study visits and large-scale capacity-building projects. He has also worked as a consultant for municipalities, NGOs and private companies and is founder and President of the Italian Network of European Volunteering Organisations (RIVE) and a board member of Associazione PECO.

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A former English Teacher Adrian runs an independent training consultancy. He is also Company Director at YGAM Innovations Limited, writing and delivering training to the gaming and gambling industry and Director at Aspire Prep UK, an innovative training business based in London, offering education, leadership and mentoring solutions to local authorities and external clients. He also works as an independent educational consultant specialising in developing training content around leadership and employability skills, most recently with Enviro Education an organisation which aims to create the next generation of environmental leaders.

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Sheniz works in the international youth development sector, with a focus on reconciliation and peacebuilding, education and skills, and international volunteering, as well as strategic partnerships focusing on women economic empowerment, refugees and migrants and social entrepreneurship.

Sheniz is director of NGO Asfar and is an experienced World Bank development consultant in Azerbaijan.

“I am committed to supporting young person access international learning opportunities to widen their experiences and skills”

Sheniz loves travelling and collects art from all the countries she visits.