Ruxandra joined our team in March 2007 and took over the Executive Director position starting with July 2008. She graduated the Sociology and Social Work Faculty of Bucharest University and worked for 3 years in public administration, within the Ministry of Administration and Internal Affairs – Central Unit for Public Administration Reform, where she was particularly involved in the project developing the public administrator institution. Ruxandra holds an MA in Urban Management and Development, specializing in Urban Social Development, within the Institute for Housing and Urban Development Studies, in collaboration with Erasmus University, Rotterdam, The Netherlands. In June 2008 she graduated the Community Development School, a post-graduate course organized by Babes-Bolyai University in Cluj-Napoca and RuralNet – the network of organizations active in community development.

Madalina initially joined PACT Foundation’s field team in March 2009, as a community facilitator for one of our Phare 2006 projects - Community Based Organizations, Centers for Community Mobilization. In November 2009, Madalina took over the coordination of PACT Foundation’s project Promotion of debates on Social Inclusion in support of the reinforcement of the Open Method of Coordination on Social Inclusion in Romania. Madalina has been working in the field of European financed programs since 1999; she coordinated the European Voluntary Service of the Youth European Program, and worked as an expert for the national project of the Ministry of Education - Access to Education for disadvantaged groups. Through the latter program, she offered consultancy services to school inspectorates, school managers and local and county public authorities, for the implementation of county grants. Madalina has direct expertise in the field of social inclusion, having gained it particularly between 2003 and 2005, while coordinating the daily center for orphan children Hope for Tomorrow of Saint Stelian Association.

joined the PACT Team as a volunteer in October 2006, wishing to get involved in community development and to get some experience in this field. She graduated Sociology and Social Assistance Faculty at Bucharest University – Sociology Department– Organizations Management specialization by sustaining the graduation paper entitled “The process of developing community based organisations from Romania”. Georgiana worked at Foundation PACT as a project assistant and since november 2008, she’s coordonating the “Learning, Participation, Trust” programme. At the moment she attends the Master of Social Anthropology and Community Development and Regional Development at Bucharest University.

has a degree in Business Administration from the Academy of Economic Sciences in Bucharest and is continuing her studies in the field of community development. Her interest in social economy and community development made her join PACT team, as a volunteer, in february 2009.

Roxana is one of PACT Foundation’s initiators. She was also the first executive director of the Foundation, from 2006 to 2008. Fairly interested in rural development, Roxana has been involved in numerous initiatives targeted at the development of rural communities in Romania, in the last 7 years. Roxana has also worked for Allavida, the Romanian Association for Community Development, the Princess Margaret of Romania Foundation, RuralNet, Babes-Bolyai University, the Romanian Academic Society, The Resource Center for Nongovernmental Organizations in Oltenia, the International Organization for Migration – Republic of Moldavia, UNDP – Serbia, the Resource Centre for public participation (CeRe) and WYG Romania. Roxana graduated from the Faculty of Sociology and Social Work within Bucharest University and has a Master’s degree in Social Work from West Chester University of Pennsylvania.

Magda has been involved in the field of community development since 2005, as an assistant, later a programme coordinator, for “Learning, Participation, Trust”. In the past 2 years, Magdalena has worked on various community development projects in south Romania, acquiring experience in using participatory methods of working with the community, among which the Theatre Forum method, as well as innovative participatory methods used in adult education. Magdalena is a graduate of the Department of Social Work of the Faculty of Orthodox Theology in Bucharest, and holds an MA in Local and Regional Development from the Institute of Social Studies, Hague, Netherlands

Oana has been working in the NGO sector since 1996. She worked for Pro Democratia Association, then for the National Democratic Institute for International Affairs. She is now the Director of the Resource Centre for Public Participation - CeRe. Within CeRe, Oana assists public institutions and nongovernmental organizations in advocacy and public participation programs. Besides her daily activity at CeRe, Oana has been working as a trainer and consultant for many other organizations – the Civic Alliance of Roma in Romania, the Civil Society Development Foundation, the Center for Juridical Resources, the Association for Education and Community Development Tiganesti and, last but not least, PACT Foundation. Oana has been a member of the ‘Learning, Participation, Trust’ program team since 2003. Within the program, she has been

Nicolae has been working in the field of community development since 1998. He is a founding member of the Romanian Association for Community Development, the executive director of the Resource Centre for NGOs in Oltenia and he coordinates the team of trainers of Central Eastern European Citizens Network. Nicolae holds a Master’s degree in social management and community development from Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi. He has carried out over 300 training days and 150 consultancy visits for many Romanian and international organizations, among which the World Bank Institute, Youth Leadership Institute (USA), The Romanian Fund for Social Development, Workshop for Civic Initiatives Foundation (Bulgaria), CEE Citizens Network (Slovakia), Human Dynamics (Austria), ALLAVIDA (Great Britain), World Vision, Vasiliada, Romanian Angel Appeal, Education 2000+ Center (SON), International Organization for Christian Charity (USA), National Administration Institute, John Snow Institute, ALTAIR Assesores, EPTISA Internacional, WIG International, the Community Development Agency “Together”, and has been a member of the ‘Learning, Participation, Trust’ program team since 2002.

Laura has been working in the field of community development since 2001, participating in the implementation of various projects concerning Roma communities, as well as other disadvantaged communities. Along her 10 years of activity in the NGO sector, she has been working with an international assistance team (WYG Consulting/IMC Consulting, Human Dynamics), as well as with organizations such as the Romanian Association for Community Development, the Resource Center for Roma Communities, the Community Development Agency “Together”. She has been working as a member of PACT field team ever since it was founded (2006). Her expertise is in the field of community development, strategic planning, NGO development, public policies, project management, monitoring and assessment.

Adrian joined PACT team in March 2009, as a member of our field team. He has been working in the NGO sector since 2003 and has been the Executive director of one of the most representative social NGOs in Oltenia – Vasiliada Association – since 2008. Adrian graduated his master studies in Regional Development and European Projects; he is a board member of Filantropia Federation and his expertise covers organizational management, community development, fundraising, communication, public relations and strategic planning.

Adrian has been working in the field of community development since 2001. He is involved in projects addressed to Roma communities and disadvantaged groups. He has been providing training and consultancy services to the Resource Center for Roma Communities, “Together” Agency for Community Development and other nongovernmental organizations. Starting with 2005, he has been working as an expert in inclusive education and community development within technical assistance teams of WYG International, Human Dynamics, Ramboll, LDK Consultants. Adrian joined PACT team in October 2008.

has been working in the non-profit sector since 1998. Adela has been a trainer in the team of „Learning, Participation, Trust” Programme since 2003 and she has contributed to the creation of the strategy and operational plan of PACT. Adela was a programme and fundraising director of the Romanian Angel Appeal Foundation until August 2006 when she went on maternity leave. She has a great deal of experience in social programmes management, community development and fundraising. She graduated from the the Faculty of Sociology and Social Work of Bucharest University, and took a postgraduate course on Social Development Practice at the School of Development, London Metropolitan University.