Nicolae Cuta

CURRICULUM VITAE

Position: trainer/consultant

 

1.            Surname: Cuta                                          

2.         Name: Nicolae                                                       

3.         Date and place of birth: 16.03.1962, Craiova, Romania

4.            Nationality: Romanian                                         

5.         Civil Status: Married

 

6.             Education:

Institutions:

University "Alexandru Ioan Cuza" – Iasi, Romania

Date: From (months/year) - To (months/year)

01.10.2000 –15.06.2002

Degree/diploma obtained:

Master of Science in Social Management and Community Development

Institutions:

University of Craiova, Romania

Date: From (months/year) - To (months/year)

01.09.1996-01.09.1998

Degree/diploma obtained:

1st level Teaching Certificate (Intensive pedagogical training)

 

7. Language skills (Mark 1 to 5 for competence, where 5 is the highest):

Language

Level

Passive

Spoken

Written

Romanian

Mother Tongue

5

5

5

English

 

4

4

4

French

 

3

2

2

 

8.            Membership of Professional Bodies:  Romanian Association for Tele-work and Tele-activities.

9.                  Other skills (e.g. computer literacy, etc.): Good command of Microsoft Office™ tools (Word™, Excel™ and PowerPoint™), Microsoft Project™, Internet browsers and e-mail programs (Internet Explorer, Outlook Express, Netscape).

Driving licence category B

10.            Present Position: self-employed trainer-consultant in community and organisational development and management

11.               Years of professional experience: 21 (13 in education, 10 in management and community and organisational development)

12.               Key qualifications:

·         Ample training delivery experience: I delivered over 200 training days (1.200 training hours) in Romania and Bulgaria for more than 850 trainees from East-European non-profit sector on topics including training of trainers, capacity development, fund raising and (project) management. I am a joint author of a manual of management edited by the National Institute for Administration. Based on this manual I delivered training for more than 200 civil servants from different Romanian public institution from central and regional levels (ministries, agencies, public authorities). I am senior trainer of the Central and Eastern European Citizens Network.

·         Experience in public procurement: as project manager in 2 PHARE funded projects I had to deal with procurement of goods, equipment and services.

·         Consultancy and facilitation for institutional strengthening and organisational development of non-profit entities (NGOs, public administration institutions, schools etc): I conducted over 120 consultancy visits (480 hours) to more than 50 non-profit organisations/ institutions. Too, I facilitated  training session as co-trainer for different experts.

·         Project proposals apprising: 25 community social services projects apprised at desk and 5 in the field;

·         Tender evaluation: as project manager in 2 PHARE projects (Creating a Network of Rural Organisations in Oltenia and SMEs Cross Border Business Centre) I organised and evaluated tenders for goods, equipments and services in value of over 50.000 Euro.

·         Project co-ordination and implementation: I have participated at the implementation of 16 projects in last 5 years (at 3 of these as co-ordinator). Most of them where financed or run by international organisations.

·         Project proposals design: I participated as member in the planning teams at the design of more than 15 projects for non-profits, funded with over 450.000 Euro.

·         Consultancy and technical assistance in project design and implementation: over 40 projects assisted

·         Online group facilitation: I have participated as facilitator at the virtual seminar “e-prof”, in the frame of a “Erasmus” project run by Ludwig-Maximillians-Universitat Munchen and Universitatea Babes-Bolyai Cluj-Napoca (RO)

·         Assignments for Romanian and international organisations such as: World Bank Institute, Youth Leadership Institute, Romanian Fund for Social Development, Romanian Association for Community Development, Euroregional Centre for Democracy (SON), CEE Citizens Network, IMC Consulting, Eptisa Internacional, ALLAVIDA, Human Dynamics, World Vision, The Centre Education 2000+ (SON), Romanian Angel Appeal, Open Society Institute Budapest, Workshop for Civic Initiatives Foundation Bulgaria, International Orthodox Christian Charity, The National Institute for Administration, William Tyrell Foundation, The Local Council of SMEs Dolj, John Snow Training & Research Institute.

·         Good knowledge on the theory and practice of the European Structural Funds – in 2005-2006 I attended two Training of Trainers programmes on the management of the projects funded by the European Structural Funds at Institut für Europäische Politik Berlin and The Institute for Public Administration Dublin (including ample study tours at institutions from Bruxelles, Berlin and Dublin involved in the management and implementation of the programs/projects financed by European Structural Funds)

 

13.            Specific experience in the regions:

Country

Date:from-to (month/year)

Name and brief description of the project

Romania

June 2000

Development Education Program - World Bank Institute

Presenting and promoting the sustainable development education to the Romanian authorities and school managers in Bucharest.

Romania

October 2000 – September 2001

 “Community Development for Poor Rural Communities” - RACD (Open Society Foundation)

Facilitating the creation and the development of citizens initiative groups around a community strategic interest in 10 villages.

Romania

from March 2000

“Community Active School” – Romanian Association for Community Development

Introducing Community Development as optional subject in over 20 rural schools.

Romania

July-September 2000

 “Facilitation of Interethnic Partnerships” – The Regional Centre for Ethnic-cultural Diversity – (Soros Open Network)

Facilitated partnerships between different ethnic groups’ representatives in order to develop together community projects financed by SON.

Central/ Eastern Europe

From April 2002

Central/Eastern European Citizens Network’s Training Program

The objective is to increase skills and capacities of citizens/local leaders through annual training events conducted by the Network.

Eastern Europe

March 2002 – March 2003

“Community Development Partnership Building in Central and Eastern Europe” (Charles Stewart Mott Foundation)

Creating a network for sharing experience among community development organisations in Eastern Europe.

Romania

November 2002 – September 2003

 “Innovative Methods for Adult Learning” (Forum – Theatre in rural communities) - Grundtvig 2

Realisation of 2 community forum-theatre events to raise the awareness of the people on their communities’ problems.

Romania

From December 2002

“Community Based Organisations Development Programme in Romania” - ALLAVIDA (UK),

Designing and delivering training modules for CBOs representatives in the field of community development. Providing technical assistance for CBOs that run community projects.  Providing consultancy for the organisational development of the CBOs.

Romania

December 2002 – September 2004

Romanian Association for Community Development Organisational Development project – ALLAVIDA (Charles Stewart Mott Foundation)

The aim of the project was to develop the institutional capacity of RACD and to help its members to plan the organisational development process.

Romania

August 2003 – August 2004

“Access to education for disadvantaged groups, with a special focus on Roma population” - IMC Consulting - (PHARE - EuropeAid/113198/D/SV/RO)

Increasing the access to education for Roma children by creating inclusive environment in public schools. I delivered training for the teachers, school heads and inspectors working in the project and I evaluated the outcomes of some sub-projects realised in the frame of this project.

Romania

September  2003 – August 2004

Rural Development Project - Eptisa Internacional (World Bank)

Delivering training on Participatory Planning for Dolj County Council administration that can facilitate the community infrastructure projects development.

Romania

January – July 2004

Support to the National Strategy to Improve Roma Conditions in Romania - Human Dynamics –(PHARE RO2002/000-586.01.02)

Delivering training for Roma representatives on Local Capacity Development and assisting them in making partnerships between Roma communities and public administration in order to develop together community projects.

Romania

August 2004 May 2005

CBO Development and Civic Participation - Romanian Association for Community Development – (Balkan Trust for Democracy)

Facilitating the establishment and registration of new Community- Based Organisations in rural area.

Romania

From September 2004

Rural Education Project - Centrul Educatia 2000+ (member of Soros Open Network) (World Bank)

Facilitating the establishment and the activity of the Local Educational Councils and the development in schools of educational projects financed by World Bank.

Romania

July – August 2005

Modernisation of the Local Administration – CRONO (PHARE)

Training and facilitating the Citizens Advisory Groups and Local Councils in 2 villages to work together at local budget planning and management.

Romania

Nov. 2004-Sept. 2005

Forum Theatre – Grundtvig 1 Program

Community facilitator.

Romania

From October 2005

Strengthing the community initiatives of preventing AIDS/HIV and domestic violence – International Orthodox Christian Charity (USAID)

Romania

2005 - 2006

Creating a Network of Rural Organisations in Oltenia - CRONO (PHARE 2003/005-551.01.05/01)

Project Manager.

Romania

2005-2006

SMEs Cross Border Business Centre – The Ecologist Association “GAIA” (PHARE Joint Small Projects Fund Romania – Bulgaria RO2003/005.701.06)

Project manager.  

 

14.          Professional experience:

Date: from (month/year) to (month/year)

Since January 2003

Location

Craiova, Romania

Company / Organisation

“P.F. Cuta Nicolae”

Position

Self-employed consultant

Job Description

Delivering training, consultancy or facilitation for non-profit entities (NGOs, public administration institutions, schools etc) voluntarily or in the frame of different international development projects. I delivered over 200 training days (1200 training hours) for more than 850 trainees from East-European non-profit sector. I conducted over 120 consultancy visits (480 hours) to more than 50 non-profit organisations/institutions.

 

Date: from (month/year) to (month/year)

Since April 2004

Location

Craiova, Romania

Company / Organisation

The Resources Centre for Non-profit Organisations in Oltenia – CRONO (volunteer)

Position

Executive director

Job Description

Fundraising and organising operational activities. I raised over 40.000 Euro for CRONO’s activities.

 

Date: from (month/year) to (month/year)

September 01, 1999 – August 31, 2002

Location

Craiova, Romania

Company / Organisation

The Pre-university Education Union from Dolj County

Position

Vice-president

Job Description

Training the schools’ union leaders and editing a weekly newsletter for teachers. I trained more than 50 people (over 250 training hours) and I edited 30 newsletters in 4.000 copies each.

 

Date: from (month/year) to (month/year)

From 01.04.1999 to 2002

Location

Bucharest, Romania

Company / Organisation

Romanian Fund for Social Development

Department: Community Social Services

Position

Appraiser (co-worker)

Job Description

Appraising social services proposals for the Department of Community Social Services.  I assessed 25 proposals at desk and 5 on-site

 

Date: from (month/year) to (month/year)

01 09.1991-31.08.1999

Location

Calopar, Dolj County, Romania

Company / Organisation

k-8 School Salcuta

Position

Teacher, schoolmaster

Job Description

Teaching physics at secondary school level (grades 6-8)

Managing the activity of a public school with 200 students and 15 teachers.

 

15.       Other relevant information:

Mail Address: Str. Vasile Alecsandri, nr. 162, postcode 200463, Craiova, Romania

Tel. 040 351 807051, Fax: 040 351 814400, mobile: 0040 743 070270

E-Mail: nicucuta@gmail.com

15a.            Publications and Seminars: see annexes 1 - 3

15b.            References:

Chuck Hirt –director of Central/Eastern European Citizens Network, chuck@ceecn.net    

Nigel Shakespear – Team leader, Human Dynamics, nigel.shakespear@hdproject.ro

 

 

 

Annex 1. A Selective List of Publications

 

1.      Review of “The Weakness of Civil Society in Post-Communist Europe”, Marc Morjé Howard, Voluntas, volume 15, number 4, December 2004, pp. 410-412

2.      “The Romanian Rural Schools” on the CD-ROM “The Small Schools of Europe” edited by Catalunia Departament d’Ensenyament, La Noguera, 2000.

3.       From AWARENESS  to ACTION and EMPOWERMENT – http://www.worldbank.org/wbi/communityempowerment/Documents/CaseRomania.pdf

4.      “Intergenerational Learning for a Democratic Citizenship”  - Institutions of Adult Learning ; Editura Spiru Haret, Iaşi, 2003

5.      Training Needs Assessment in Community Projects – Central and Eastern European Citizens Network Newsletter, Issue #2/December 2003, http://www.ceecn.net/newsletter.php

6.      Management and Strategic Planning for NGOs – Romanian Association for Community Development handbook, 2004 (joint author).

7.      Rudezis – case study - http://www.ceecn.net/downloads/2006/resources/Best_Practices/word/RACD_Ro.doc

8.      Local Council’s Guide – CRONO, 2005 (joint author)

9.      Project Management Manual – The National Institute for Administration (joint author)

 

Annex 2. List of seminars and training sessions attended

 

1.      Workshop on Civic Participation and Governance - The Economic Development Institute of the World Bank

2.      Training for Appraisers - The British Council & The Romanian Fund for Social Development

3.      Preparation and realisation of Community projects in the field of Civic Education - Ministry of Education and Science – Bulgaria, Open Education Centre

4.      Training of Trainers and Advanced Facilitation Skills  - The Romanian Association for Community Development

5.      The Small School –Heart of the Village in Changing Europe - The National Centre for Professional Development in Education, Heinola, Finland

6.      Mentoring in Community Development -  Romanian Association for Community Development

7.      Training of Trainers on NGO Management – Opportunity Associates Romania

8.      Training for Trainers on NGO Management – Civil Society Development Foundation Hungary

9.      Poverty, Ethnicity and Spatial Change in Eastern and Central Europe – Central European University Budapest

10.  Fundraising in Local Communities – Central/Eastern European Citizens Network

11.  Advanced Practice of Managing Projects – MALTACOM Training College

12.  Training on NGOs’ Governance – Allavida

13.  Training on Design and Implementation of the Infrastructure Projects in Rural Area – IMC Consulting

14.  Training on School Development Strategy – CEDU (SON)

15.  Training on Community Development Services’ Quality Standards - RuralNet

16.  Training on Forum Theatre – Ministry of Education from Malta

17.  Training on Inclusive Education – IMC Consulting

18.  Training of Trainers on European Structural Funds – Institut für Europäische Politik Berlin

19.  Training of Trainers on Project Management – The Institute for Public Administration Dublin

 

Annex 3. List of training and presentations delivered

 

1.      17-19.03.2000, Elements of a successful project - Training for 20 community leaders in RACD’s community development project financed by OSF.

2.      17-22.08.2000 and 24-28.08.2001, Method of teaching Community Development subject in school – training for 15 teachers from rural schools in RACD’s Community-Active School program

3.      7-10.09.2000, Training for community facilitators – training for 16 young persons in a DJTS Gorj project

4.      31.03-04.04.2001, The school as community centre - Community Centres South Eastern Europe training seminar – (Community centres co-ordinators from former Yugoslavia) Open Society Institute/Budapest (HU)

5.      26.05-01.06.2001, Training for community facilitators –- Regional Centre for Ethnic-cultural Diversity from Cluj

6.      21-24.02.2002, Training for Community Facilitators - Workshop for Civic Initiatives Foundation Bulgaria, Sofia

7.      09.05.2002, Training on Community – Active School topic - CJAP Mehedinti

8.      17-21.06.2002, Leadership Development – 14 NGO leaders from Romania, Macedonia and  Serbia, (Euro-Regional Centre for Democracy, Timisoara)

9.      25-29.09.2002, Training for community leaders (The Resources Centre for Roma Communities, Cluj)

10.  22-26.03.2003, Training on strategic planning for 16 youth NGO members (Euro-Regional Centre for Democracy, Timisoara)

11.  12-16.05.2003, Strategic Planning - 15 participants from institutions and organisations from Romania and Ungaria involved in a PHARE C.B.C. project (Euro-Regional Centre for Democracy Timisoara)

12.  08-12.09.2003, Marketing and Fundraising for Non-profit – 15 participants from institutions and organisations from Romania and Ungaria involved in a PHARE C.B.C. project (Euro-Regional Centre for Democracy Timisoara)

13.  22-25.05.2003, 27-30.01.2005, Working together for a better community – ALLAVIDA & ARDC’s “CBOs Development” program.

14.  18-21.09.2003, 10-12.05.2005, How to ensure your project’s success - ALLAVIDA & ARDC’s “CBOs Development” program.

15.  26-30.11.2003, Making a sound and effective organisation - ALLAVIDA & ARDC’s “CBOs Development” program.

16.  19-21.02.2004, Coalition building and fundraising - ALLAVIDA & ARDC’s “CBOs Development” program.

17.  08-09.2003, TOT for teachers’ trainers – PHARE project “Access to education for disadvantaged groups”

18.  03-08.11.2003, Change Management – school directors and inspectors in PHARE project “Access to education for disadvantaged groups”

19.  Jan.2004, Participatory Planning  – for Dolj County Council staff in World Bank “Rural Development Project”

20.  Feb.2004, Local Capacity Development  – for Roma NGOs’ representatives, medicine doctors in PHARE project “Support for the Governmental Strategy for Improvement of Roma Population Situation in Romania”

21.  April 2004, Community Development Camp for students and teachers from 13 rural schools from Cluj county - World Vision

22.  May 2004, Teambuilding & project management – PHARE project “Roma House – Romano Kher”

23.  July 2004, Training for community facilitators - RACD

24.  August 2004, Ensuring the sustainability of the community projects - PHARE project “Roma House – Romano Kher”

25.  September 2004, Case Study Development training - RuralNet

26.  September 2004, Community Organising – for 15 representatives from 8 countries members of CEE Citizens Network, Bankia (BG)

27.  October 2004, Case Study Development training for 24 medical staff working in Romanian Angel Appeal’s “HIV prevention project”

28.  29-31.07.2005, 05-07.08.2005, 12-14.08.2005, Training for local councillors and members of the citizens’ advisory committees – PHARE Fund for Public Administration Modernisation

29.  April 2006, European Structural Funds – National Institute for Administration

30.  May 2006, February 2007, Community Development – Grundtvig 1 project “Adult Learning as Value Added”

31.  May-June 2006, Project Management – National Institute for Administration

32.  May – June 2006, Project Management – The Local Council of SMSEs Dolj

33.  June 2006, February 2007, Project management – Foundation “William Tyrell”

34.  June 2006, Community Development – International Orthodox Christian Charity

35.  July 2006, The Design of the Projects Funded by European Structural Funds – National Institute for Administration

36.  August 2006, Project Cycle Management - National Institute for Administration

37.  August/September 2006, Training of Trainers for priests and teachers – John Snow Institute

38.  Sept. 2006, Appreciative Inquiry – International Summer School on Community Development, Bankya, Bulgaria

39.  Oct. 2006, Training of Trainers on Participatory Planning – CEE Citizens Network

40.  Oct/Nov. 2006, Training of trainers on Community Development – International Orthodox Christian Charity

41.  Nov. 2006, Project Management - National Institute for Administration

42.  Ian. 2007, Participatory Community Evaluation – PACT Foundation

43.  March 2007, Strategic Planning - IOCC

44.  March 2007, Fundraising - IOCC

45.  April – May 2007, Training of Trainers for Public Procurement – WYG International

46.  May 2007, Community Projects Management, PACT Foundation

47.  June 2007, Community Development and Project Management for Roma Communities – Human Dynamics