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Hello!! I am Elisabetta Degli Esposti Merli, Event Manager of the EPALE CSS. I am so excited to meet all of you in Brussels on next 25 May! If you want to communicate with me, you can write at helpdesk@epale-support.eu or e.degliespostimerli@laimomo.it. See you soon!

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Hello!! I am Giacomo Dalle Donne, i take care of the helpdesk for the EPALE platform and the IT support for CSS. Always at your fingertips! You can find me at helpdesk@epale-support.eu or at my work email g.dalledonne@laimomo.it

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Hi! I am Alessia Capasso, graphic designer and video editor. Shapes and colors are all I see! You can reach me at helpdesk@epale-support.eu or a.capasso@laimomo.it

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Hello folks, I'm Guido Adragna, EPALE Social Media Manager. I will be with you online during the EPALE Ambassadors Event and I'm looking forward to (virtually) meet all of you! You can contact me at helpdesk@epale-support.eu or at g.adragna@laimomo.it

And remember to follow EPALE on our social media channels:
https://www.facebook.com/EPALE.EU
https://www.linkedin.com/company/epale
https://twitter.com/EPALE_EU

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Hi everyone! Claudia here :)
In the EPALE CSS team, I am a digital content specialist, editor, author, website moderator... and EPALE Community Stories enthusiast.
Looking forward to meeting you all!
Feel free to contact me both using the EPALE Helpdesk email helpdesk@epale-support.eu and my personal email c.deramo@laimomo.it.

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Hello everybody! I am Filippo, EPALE Community Manager for the Central Support Service. I am so happy to get to meet all of you! If you wish to communicate with me you can use helpdesk@epale-support.eu or f.mantione@laimomo.it

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Hello, dear colleagues!

My name is Laura and, even my name sounds italian, I'm from València (Spain). I've been EPALE ambassador since 2021 and since 2019 have been working at the Valencian Regional Government, at the General Directorate for the Vocational Education and Training as Head of Service.

My LinkedIn profile is https://es.linkedin.com/in/lauraferri and you can find me on twitter also as @Orienta_FP

Very happy to be part of this community and eager to meet you all in Brussels soon!

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Hello! I am Franco Cima, Epale Ambassador from Emilia-Romagna since 2015. I got more than twenty-year experience consultancy in European project design and management in national and international contest. At the moment, I am also elected councilor both in Bologna Municipality and Metropolitan City.

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Hello there, my name is Andrea and i am the Deputy Director of the Lifelong Learning Platform - the network of EU NGOs active in education and training! I look after our external relations, public information, campaigns and communication. If you want to discuss lifelong learning, politics, sports or music, you can reach out to me at andrea.lapegna@lllplatform.eu

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Hi, I am Katerina from Czechia, EPALE expert from South Moravian region 🌻🍇🍷 Besides adult education I work on the field of Youth non-formal education in Brno for you Organization.
You can reach me here: kalabova.epale@gmail.com or here: katka@brnoforyou.cz.

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Hi, I'm France Ambassador. We are a team of 6 ambassadors, working with EPALE Team. I have been working all my career in what we call EDUCATION POPULAIRE, in different organisations, in France. For that reason I was one of the founders of Lifelong Learning Platform and European Civic Forum. I'm actually Vice President of Volonteurope. I have the honor to represent Lifelong Learning Platform in Council of Europe (Committee for Education and expert in VET and Democracy). And I'm President of Le Printemps des Rues, Festival of Street arts in Paris. I'm elected in a village Municipality in south of France. david.lopez19@wanadoo.fr

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Ciao everybody! I am Eleonora Perotti from Rome. EPALE Ambassador since 2017, President and CEO of a Learning Centre (www.ciape.it) and of a Coworking and Cobaby Centre (www.theap.it). My passions are innovation and inclusion in didactics, as well as recognition of soft skills. With an extensive experience in EU projects, I am looking forward to meeting you! eleonora@ciape.it

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Ciao everybody! I am Eleonora Perotti from Rome. EPALE Ambassador since 2017, President and CEO of a Learning Centre (www.ciape.it) and of a Coworking and Cobaby Centre (www.theap.it). My passions are innovation and inclusion in didactics, as well as recognition of soft skills. With an extensive experience in EU projects, I am looking forward to meeting you! eleonora@ciape.it

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Eleonora Perotti from Rome, Italy

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Hi! I am Johanni from Finland, I work as an EPALE Ambassador for the Swedish-Speaking parts of Finland. I am passionate about lifelong learning, especially the non-formal (liberal) one. I am a journalist by training and an adult educator by habit. When I am not busy saving the world I write fiction, enters the rabbit holes of social media (ChatGPT Hello!) and try to live and lead a meaningful life.
Twitter: @larjanko Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/larjanko/ mail: johanni.larjanko@bildningsalliansen.fi

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Hi! I'm the founder of Dreamocracy, a consultancy that seeks to foster collective creativity for the common good (dreamocracy.eu), and of Smarter Together (smarter-together.org), a non profit that shares the principles of collective intelligence for smarter democracies. stephen.boucher@dreamocracy.eu

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Hello from Toledo!! I am a cultural and educational manager, teacher, researcher and musician. I currently work as a technical advisor in Adult Education linked to the Consejería of Education, Culture and Sport of Castilla-La Mancha (Spain). I am an EPALE ambassador. You can reach me at rafaeljavier.moreno@jccm.es

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Hi there! This is Sara :) As part of the CSS team, I work on everything that has to do with content on EPALE: looking for interesting topics to cover, working with our amazing experts, searching for outstanding speakers in our events... and much more! I will moderate the event in May with my partner in crime, Claudia. Looking forward to meeting you all! You can reach me out at helpdesk@epale-support.eu or at my personal email s.saleri@laimomo.it

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Hello! I´m Madline or as everyone call me Mado. I´m a teacher in Hälsinglands Utbildningsförbund (HEA) from a little coastal town in the southern North of Sweden.
I´m looking forward to see you all!
mado.arbid@hufb.se

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Dear all,
my name is Sabine and I'm an EPALE ambassador in Germany.
I am a passionate educator, always have been. To accompany people holistically in their development is my passion. I do this as a coach, consultant and facilitator in the field of education.
And I am a podcast host. My show BILDUNGSFRAUEN puts the spotlight on women from across the education sector.
mail@bildungsfrauen.de
https://bildungsfrauen.de/

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Hi, I´m Adela Kasalova, Epale Ambassador from Slovakia. I take part in the Learning city of Trnava.
So I´m involved in the projects and learning programmers of the Learning City of Trnava,  member of the UNESCO International Network of Learning Cities. You can contact me at adela.kasalova@gmail.com
www.uciacasatrnava.sk

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Hi, I am Heike, I am (hopefully!) an ambassador for Germany, but currently living in Lugano, Switzerland. My passion is Lifelong Learning, especially for persons with fewer opportunities. And: digital competences, AI, Learning Theories, cross-sectoral Education and and and....
I work for the NA in Germany as an Evaluator in Erasmus +. What else??? I am a proud grandmother and I love reading, sewing, baking......
My contacts:
Facebook: Heike Kölln-Prisner
Twitter: @keopri@mastodon.social
Fediverse: @keopri@mastodon.social
Instagram: kollnprisner
LinkedIn: Heike Koelln-Prisner

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Hello there, Claudia d'Eramo inspired me and I feel like introducing myself with my pet :-)

I am the EPALE coordinator for the German Speaking Community of Belgium within the National Agency for Erasmus+.
Beside that I am a project counsellor in Adult Education and Thematic Officer for the Erasmus+ Priorities, i.e. Inclusion, Green & Digital Change as well as Participation.
I am looking forward to meeting you in Brussels soon!

You can reach me at chantal.pierlot@jugendbuero.be
Connect with me at https://www.linkedin.com/in/chantal-pierlot-755bb2150/

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Hi, I'm Anildo Vedovatti from Hungary. As a long time andragogist I joined EPALE in 2017. Since then I am following my core passion networking with people in the field of adult education and promote lifelong learning. Besides work, my hobbies reenactment of templars knights :)
Looking forward to meeting you all and share EPALE stories!

You can reach me at vedovatti.anildo@nive.hu

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Hi!
My name is Dora Santos and I'm part of the EPALE Portugal NSS team. I have been working in the field of education and training for about 30 years. My training is in the area of ​​communication and I increasingly believe in the relevance of lifelong learning for our success in the different areas of our lives and for the development of humanity, preserving its values.
dora.santos@anqep.gov.pt

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Pozdrav! I am Ksenija, EPALE ambassador from Croatia. I am an adult education consultant with 38 years of experience in the field. My field of research is history of the adult education in Croatia. These days I am volunteering with Association of Persons with Disabilities "Better Tomorrow".
You can contact me at ksenija.kruselj@gmail.com

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Hello everyone. My name is Ingrida and I am from Lithuania. In 2021 I became an EPALE ambassador and since then I passionately offer my support to the many colleagues I meet online and face to face.  EPALE for me  is a treasure  of knowledge and inspiration. I’m very grateful that a space has been created to offer so many opportunities to gain knowledge and improve one's competences. I‘m looking forward to see you in Brusses.You can contact me at:

projektai.ing@gmail.com

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Hello, I am Christin Cieslak, Head of Programmes and Stakeholder Engagement at the European Association for the Education of Adults. I am really excited to hear about your thoughts and ideas in the workshops. Please feel free to get in touch via christin.cieslak@eaea.org

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Hi all! I am Emil, project lead from the Danish National Support Service for EPALE. I am working in the Danish Ministry of Higher Education and Science, which also hosts the Danish National Agency for Erasmus+. So my work is split between working with EPALE and with adult education KA1-projects.
I am very much looking forward to meeting you all in Brussels
You can contact me at ets@ufm.dk

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Hello from Barcelona! My name is Jose and I am an EPALE ambassador from Spain. I'm a secondary education teacher, but I've been teaching adults for 13 years.

Currently, I am the head of the Adult Education Unit of the Department of Education in Catalonia. Our unit manages 166 public adult schools with nearly 1.500 teaching professionals on staff. 9 of these schools are located in penitentiary facilities.  Nearly 75.000 students enrol every year in one of our schools.

We manage and process agreements and subsidies with different institutions and associations dealing with adult education. We also design the curricula of the different courses we have, as well as training courses for teachers who work in adult education schools.

You can contact me at: jose.pilar@gencat.cat

I'm really looking forward meeting you all in Brussels in a few weeks!

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Hello!!!
I’m Martina from Epale Italy, I work as adult education expert in the Italian National Agency Erasmus+ and I am in charge of the development and implementation of the platform and its contents. I’m also reference person for the national network of EPALE Ambassadors and in charge of organising events, workshops and seminars on priority topics and themes and presenting EPALE during meetings, conferences and info days.
I’m very happy and excited to meet you all! 😊

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Hello! I'm Daniela Ermini from Epale Italy. I am senior expert for adult education at the Erasmus+ National Agency in Italy. I've been working for Epale from the very beginning in 2014. I'm responsible for implementing the platform, managing our Stakeholders network and designing national seminars and conferences on adult education. I also do lots of promotional presentations for Epale. I'm very happy to be able to meet you all in Bruxelles, after such a long time. I come full of ideas and enthusiasm! See you soon!

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Hi! I am Alma Smolander. I have worked at EPALE Finland as a specialist since August 2021. Besides the EPALE work, I am writing a Ph.D. thesis on creating international cooperation.

I am looking forward to seeing you all!

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Hi everyone . I`m Maris form Estonia. I am a member of Estonian Women's voluntary defence organization. Which is, as the name suggest, a defense organization that provides many different opportunities for life long learning. If you are more interested in the organization, then you can find info at: https://www.naiskodukaitse.ee/Introduction_1218.
I mostly teach first aid on voluntary basis but am included in other training and educational opportunities what our organization provides.
maris.lillevali@gmail.com

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Hi! My name is Željka Ciler. I am EPALE Ambassador from Zagreb, Croatia. I have 10 years of experience in adult education. My interests are Erasmus+ and other EU funding projects in adult education, innovative and creative solutions for e-learning and teaching, web design and marketing strategies. I am looking forward to see you in Brussels! You can contact me at zciler@gmail.com

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Hello to all! I am one of EPALE's ambassadors in Latvia. My main occupation is work in the field of culture - I am the manager of the House of Culture. I am connected with adult education in my main job, because I work with various events and workshops for adults, children and young people. I have been working with the promotion of the EPALE platform for three years. I am interested in  Erasmus+ projects and activities for adult and student education. The topics field to me: culture, education, skills and lifelong learning. I will be happy to meet my colleagues in Brussels! You can contact me by e-mail: erodeja@inbox.lv

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Hi. I am Imelda Gaffney and I am from Ireland. I have been an EPALE Ambassador since 2021. I am Head of Learning & Development for a National Organisation for people with physical disabilities here in Ireland.
I look forward to meeting you in Brussels and learning and sharing ideas. imelda.gaffney@iwa.ie

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Hello,
My name is Melinda and I am the technical lead of the team responsible for all that goes on behind the running engine of the EPALE platform.
I am looking forward to meeting you all!
You can reach me at: melinda.csog@tremend.com

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Dear al,
My name is Tatjana Ristovski and I am the director of the organisation of International Women in Malmö. I am also very proud for being chosen as the Ambassador of Malmö for the year 2020. I am happy to contribute as an ambassador for Erasmus+/Epale and looking forward to see you al.
You can reach me at: tatjana.ristovski@ikf.se

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Hey all! I am Antonia, a career advisor and communications professional working for CARDET, a research and education centre based in Cyprus. Our organisation is the Ambassador for EPALE in Cyprus, as we are currently leading a number of exciting projects in the field of Adult Education and Lifelong Learning. See you all soon! antonia.papantoniou@cardet.org

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I'm Gina, secretary general of the EAEA (European Association for the Education of Adults). I'll be moderating a couple of workshops. You can reach me at gina.ebner@eaea.org. I look forward to meeting you in person! (And the pretty girl is Lexie, my newly adopted dog)

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Hello, my name is Jana Galová and I am an EPALE expert in the Czech Republic. I work as an education project manager, career counsellor, lecturer, coordinator of the regional education website.
My LinkedIn profile:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/janinagalova/

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Hey all!
I am Aino from Finland. I am a part time Regional Information Officer for Erasmus+, Nordplus and EPALE.
I enjoy working with educational issues, esp. informal and non-formal lifelong learning, and the vast variety of different interests in that sector.
In addition to that, I like voluntary work, hiking, all kinds of outdoor activities, gigs and concerts as well as knitting, reading and travelling.
I am very much looking forward to our meeting next week in Brussels.
You can contact me: ainomalin60@gmail.com.

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She is Health Coordinator. Degree in Pedagogy. She has been a clinical tutor for the Nurse Training Programme at the Faculty of Medicine and Surgery of the University of Turin, managing work groups training. In the past few years she has been training Health workers, including organization and logistics. She is expert in public engagement in healthcare field. She has taken part in several international projects.

She is professor in different universities in Italy, EPALE Ambassador, EUPATI Patient Expert and from 2022 she is board member of Accademia del Paziente Esperto Eupati (Italian ENP).

She is coordinator, toghether with Giuseppe Recchia and Sebastiano Filetto, of a training course for patients and caregivers with the aim to become expert in digital technologies for health promoted by Smith Kline Foundation, UnitelmaSapienza University and Accademia del Paziente Esperto EUPATI. She is also PhD Student at Turin University (IT).

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Hello,

I am Ágnes Kocsis-Simon, EPALE ambassador from Hungary. As a new member, it was a great pleasure to join the community this year. The focus of my work is the preservation of physical and mental health. I live in Pécs, which was European Capital of Culture in 2010 and won the UNESCO Learning City Award in 2017. Thanks to all these initiatives, I have an even stronger connection to the adult education and community work that we do within our organization, the Educators’ Centre Association. As an international project manager, I mainly deal with Erasmus+ and EU funding projects.

I am really looking forward to meeting you in Brussels.

My LinkedIn profile

https://www.linkedin.com/in/Ágnes-kocsis-simon-4889b417a/

You can also contact me at agnes.simon@ckh.hu

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Hello from Skopje, North Macedonia! :) I am one of the founders of the local NGO Lifelong Learning Center. I have been working on projects in Adult Education for more than 20 years now. As a passionate lifelong learning  advocate,  I enjoy my role of EPALE Ambassador. I am a proud mother of 3-year old Marko, a master student in Education management and a hobby pottery artist :)
You can reach me under: mojsovska@lifelonglearning.mk
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/biljana-mojsovska-manojlova-52b51434/
See you next week!

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Hi! I am Rasmus Kristiansen, Head of Business and Development at VUC Storstrøm - an adult education center in the Southeastern part of Denmark. I've been an EPALE Ambassador for two years and I look forward to meeting you all.
You can reach me at rak@vucstor.dk or at https://www.linkedin.com/in/rasmus-kristiansen-352a4b17b/

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My name is Katarzyna. My father is Czech and my husband is French. I am from Poland! I am librarian, museum educator and language art educator in the same time. I educate people learning Polish as foreign language directly in the exhibition spaces in the Museum of Warsaw. I work with people with refugee experience.
I am a huge fan of Erasmus+ and EPALE, cause I can find and share many educational experiences there. I am addicted to European Language Label every year ;)
I will be happy to meet you and learn from you
cezetka.lany@gmail.com

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Hi! I'm Piret Maiberg-Nõu, from Estonia and  I mostly help EPALE Estonia with different translations. On a daily basis I teach mindfulness and meditation and help people with their different struggels. Currently I teach an 8 week mindfulness based stress reduction (MBSR) course in a government organisation, to help people improve their self-managing skills, reduce stress, anxiety and also to create a more productive and stable climate in the organisation itself.
If you're in any way curios about how to teach mindfulness in organisations, and why it should be important, feel free to contact me: piret.maiberg@gmail.com
Hope to see you all in Brussels.

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Hello, I am Lidwien Vos de Wael and my main topic is environmental sustainability in relation to adult education. I write blogs for EPALE-NL about good practices on this issue. And I co-organize

meetings with educators to promote the inclusion of green competences in adult education. lidwienvosdewael@gmail.com

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Hello I am Amanda Brincat from Jobsplus Malta. I am a Principal Executive within the Training Services Unit. I started off as a Senior Executive within the EU Affairs Department, where I used to analyse EU documentation, write detailed position papers on Malta’s achievements, represent Jobsplus during high profile fora and conduct research on labour market policies.

Then I joined the Training Design and Quality Assurance Unit.  As a Senior Executive, I was responsible for leading this section that was tasked with designing new courses and monitoring of the training delivery. One of my biggest accomplishments was the setting up of regular consultation meetings with employers’ representatives to ensure that our courses remained relevant.

You can reach me on amanda.a.brincat@gov.mt

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Hi everyone,
my name is Joanna Kinberger and I work as EU Project Manager at equalizent Schulungs- und Beratungs GmbH in Vienna, Austria. I am mainly responsible for Erasmus+ KA2 projects.

equalizent is a company with many years of expertise in the fields of Deafness, Sign Language and Diversity Management, offering courses and counselling in written German and Austrian Sign Language for people who are deaf, hard of hearing and hearing.

I'm looking forward to meeting you all.

More at:
https://www.instagram.com/JoannaKinberger
https://www.linkedin.com/in/JoannaKinberger
joanna.kinberger@equalizent.com https://www.equalizent.wien

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Hello, I am an EPALE Ambassador for Germany and I am an adult educator in the non-formal sector. My main interests are competency-based learning (self-learning competencies), media education, further development of adult education (including digitalization). Working as a freelance adult educator and as a project officer at 'Digital Opportunities Foundation', I can live out my passion for these topics - which makes me happy.
You can contact me via LinkedIn https://de.linkedin.com/in/doertestahl, or via these ways: https://erwachsenenbildung-digital.de/en/ (Blog German / English), https://lernallee.de/ (German).
I am very much looking forward to meeting you.

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Hi everyone, I'm Jane O'Kelly from Ireland. I am an EPALE ambassador and work closely with Leargas our national agency for Erasmus+. I work in Dublin City University on initial teacher education for further education and training (FET). FET in Ireland covers formal, non-formal and informal education from life skills through to apprenticeships. I look forward to meeting you on Thursday! My email is jane.okelly@dcu.ie

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Hi All.
I am an Epale Ambassador from Denmark. I had the joy of working with Epale since 2016.
I work with lifelong learning, politics, democracy and am a public speaker.
In epale contexts, I am concerned with our way of meeting people in learning throughout life and the gift learning is. Interdisciplinary collaborations and meeting places in life and learning, research and freedom.
All learning is politics - All politics is human cohabitation. Hope we'll have a great meeting!

contakt me via
astridsoe@mail.dk
Linkedin https://www.linkedin.com/in/astridsoe/

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Hi, I’m Ula, EPALE Ambassador form Poland. Behavioral economy, behavioral changes & gamification are my mail arena of interest.
Contact me via Fb or LinkedIn or my website: www.rudzkastankiewicz.pl :)

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Hello, I am Dr. Hüseyin Kaygın from Türkiye. I am an EPALE Ambassador. I work in the field of adult education both in theory and in practice. I am an Assoc. Prof. at Bartın University, Education Faculty, LLL and Adult Education Department. I am also the director of Bartın University Continuing Education Center and Vice President of the Council of Turkish Universities Continuing Education Centers. I am interesered in disadvantaged groups, transversal skills, pluriversal skills, recognition of prior learning, micro-credentials, innovative methods and techniques for adult education.  Please contact with me via E-mail: hsynkygn@gmail.com or Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/h%C3%BCseyin-kaygin-03979336?trk=contact-info

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I am from Germany. My favourite interests are actually culture, methods and AI. Looking forward to continue my work as EPALE Ambassador. My email is witt@die-bonn.de

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Hello!
I am an English language and literature teacher and Master of Arts in English Philology. For thirteen years now I have been an active part of formal and informal education as a teacher or teaching assistant in the subjects of English language, English literature and Applied Linguistics, as well as a participant in numerous workshops, seminars, webinars and conferences related to my field of studies and work.
Formally, I teach and learn every day. Informally, we all teach and learn every day. That is why the only learning we can talk about is life-long learning and our task as educators is to provide a quality learning and thus quality life for everyone. EPALE community is a great place to start building such life. It is a community where everyone is welcome to share their story.

As someone who belongs to a culture which cherishes storytelling above all, I am more than proud to be its member and privileged to be its ambassador.

My message is always the same: Keep learning; Keep growing; Together; No matter what.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/ivana-aleksi%C4%87-466a35b2/

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Hi, I am Louise, Belgian Epale ambassador.

I work as a policy analyst for Lire et Ecrire in Belgium, we are a broad field organization tackling illiteracy in Belgium, and advocating for people with literacy issues. In our vision, literacy is before all a human right.
Let s get in touch !

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Hello, I am Ramon Mangion. I am the Director for Education & Training Programmes and Learning Support at the Malta College of Arts, Science and Technology. I have also been an EPALE Ambassador since 2016.  This is a link to my profile and contact details

https://mcast.edu.mt/etp-lsu-ks/

Feel free to add me on Linkedin as well