Trainers

Tomáš is an expert on cognitive security who works as a senior stratcom consultant for Gerulata Technologies. Tomáš worked or is part of many Slovak initiatives and projects that tackle modern phenomena of disinformation and hate speech like #Iamhere network, chatbot Checkbot, Confident Slovakia and many more. He is also an experienced lector of courses in critical thinking and media literacy, his newest project HOPE brings his skills and knowledge to teachers and students from all around Slovakia – https://projekthope.sk/

Expert trainer and educator with 20 years experience. Throughout her career, she has helped activists find the right balance between passion, mission, and strength through coaching, supporting their activities, and caring for their well-being. In his work, he uses individual, team and group coaching methods (e.g. Balint Groups, Experiential Activation Techniques, Hero’s Journey). Her mission is to build communities through peer-to-peer education so activists can sustainably act.
Her education includes the SET Group Business Coaching School and the Novo Group Team and Group Coaching School.

Paweł Marczewski holds a PhD in sociology and is the head of research unit “Citizens” at ideaForum, a think tank of the Batory Foundation in Warsaw. In addition, he is a member of Carnegie Civic Research Network.

Vero is a feminist activist from Georgia. She works at ForSet as a equality and inclusion oriented projects lead. She has many years of experience working in various NGOs in
the field of human rights protection.

She creates educational content for Tbilisi Pride and is one of the co-founder of the feminist informational platform Femea.ge.

Vero also is one of the first female stand-up comedians in Georgia who uses humor as a tool to highlight pressing social issues.

Maja Nenadovic’s expertise areas are a mix of Monitoring-Evaluation-Learning, program design, facilitation, debate, civic education, dialogue and critical pedagogy. She is the author of “Across Divides – Training Workshops for Depolarizing Communication”. She holds a PhD from the University of Amsterdam on dysfunctions of democracy and is the co-founder of Reflectory, a consultancy in the fields of conflict transformation and social cohesion.

As Head of TechSoup Polska Program, she supports nonprofits in conducting digital diagnoses and creating digital adoption plans. Magdalena has led multiple training sessions and webinars on various aspects of digital transformation, including the practical applications of AI in everyday work and operational processes. As a leader, she combines support with a goal-oriented approach and is passionate about leveraging technology to streamline operations and empower organizations to achieve their missions.

Rowan Kerek Robertson is a social media expert with over 20 years’ experience. As Former Head of Social Media for BBC Television, and now an independent social media and digital communications consultant for eight years, she has worked on hundreds of projects creating social media strategy, production of creative content, dealing with emergency comms and moderation, training, policy and workflow planning for social media activity. Rowan works with clients of all sizes in many sectors.

Hajrudin Solak is a community engagement and outreach specialist with 10 years of experience of working with NGO’s in Bosnia and Herzegovina. In the last three and a half years, he has been working at IOM Bosnia and Herzegovina on projects regarding social cohesion, youth resilience and empowerment and the Women, peace and security agenda. He has created outreach strategies for projects in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Serbia and Ghana, as well as lead workshops on communication throughout the Balkans and Germany.

Director of PDCS. Over the years he managed many projects with focus on prevention of extremism, depolarization, or strategies on how to deal with online threats, ranging from hate speech to user and organizational cybersecurity, which are the topics in which he works as a trainer and consultant. He is also involved in the development of foreign partnerships and organizes international conference “Civic Actors in Conflicts”. Proponent of consilience.