About me:
Youth worker, participant, Trainer, Culture producer, Active sportsman, Traveller, Food lover, A life blogger and many more other things. One who is always eager to learn something new.
Gentle Giant who loves to do and create new projects as well as explore the world and see new places and faces. Into music, football, Ice Hockey, movies, meeting new people, hanging out with friends. And life in general. And a big fan of non-formal education and improvisational acting.
Youth work:
Worked as a professional youth guide in Turku, Finland from 2012-2017 for Turku youth services
Started doing international youth work in 2013
Facilitator, Trainer and active participant as well as idea developer and project planner/coordinator
Also held a football course for refugee children, floor ball practices for youth,
Culture producing:
Arranged several gigs around Turku from punk to metal and from rap to electronic music, produced a festival in Turku 2013-2017 with around 15,000 daily audience, produced a football tournament in Turku 2012-2015, produced a Turku Band Festival 2015-2017, Volunteered in several different festivals in Finland, Worked in several different festivals in Finland as a stage-manager, roadie and builder, Actor in a Halloween jail tour, and many many more..
Education:
Graduated as a professional youth guide in Finland with high degrees on 2015
Also graduated as a chef/cook in 1999
Erasmus+, international and non-formal:
Youth exchange: El Classico held in Sousse, Tunisia 2014
Youth exchange: Eye Candy held in Turku, Finland 2014
Training Course: Freedom Fountain held in Thessaloniki, Greece 2014
Training Course: From Diary to Certificate held in Nessebar, Bulgaria 2015
Training Course: A.C.E – Agenda 1st phase held in Turku, Finland 2015
Training Course: A.C.E – Agenda 2nd phase held in Vanaoue, Estonia 2016
Training Course: A.C.E – Agenda 3rd phase held in Brno, Czech Republic 2016
Youth Exchange: Bacon Slippers 1st phase held in Sauvo, Finland 2016
Youth Exchange: Bacon Slippers 2nd phase held in Chania, Greece 2017
TCA: Get Transnational 3! held in Cercedilla, Spain 2017
Youth Exchange: Erasmus muse held in Komotini, Greece 2017
Training Course: Think Human held in Komotini, Greece 2017
Youth Exchange: Food For Your Soul held in Limassol, Cyprus 2018
Short Term EVS: Upgrade Your Neighbourhood! Held in Komotini 2018
Youth Exchange: UNDER THE SUN held in Agros, Cyprus 2018
Training Course: Superpower of Non-formal Education held in Calatayud, Spain 2018
Youth Exchange: Hand to Hand held in Komotini 2018
Youth Exchange: Your Right To Happiness! Held in Komotini 2018
Youth Exchange: Karma held in Sauvo, Finland 2018
Prepatory Meeting: I Grow held in Riga. Latvia 2018
Training Course: I Grow held in Marijampole, Lithuania 2018
Training Course: ID Human held in Athens, Greece 2018
Youth Exchange: Space Monkeys 1st phase held in Alexandria, Egypt 2018
Youth Exchange: Space Monkeys 2nd phase held in Komotini 2018
Youth Exchange: The Greatest Wealth Is Health held in Komotini 2019
Training Course: Design Your Thinking held in Athens, Greece 2019
Training Course: Set Yp! Held in Corfu, Greece 2019
[Italic= worked as a trainer/facilitator/coordinator]
PROJECTS as a partner:
– Food for your soul (Limassol 2018)
– ID Human (Crete 2018)
– Im not racist but.. (Itri 2018)
– Super Power of Non-formal Education (Munebrega 2018)
– MELT (Szegen 2018)
– UPDATE (Georgia 2018)
– GRASSROOTS (Brighton 2019)
– Step Up 4 Tolerance! (Vàc 2019)
– PromotE U&ME (Riga 2019)
– Confronting Cyberbullying (Pasvalys 2019)
– P.R.I.D.E. (Vienna 2019)
Approved (to be added):
– Active Opoly (Croatia 2019)
– Croatia
– Croatia
– Marokko
– Guadalupe (Mexico)
– Slovakia
