Vitae: Kerstin Wittig-Fergeson

University Education

Institution	Degree	Year
University of Tübingen, Germany	Masters in Political Science/ International Relations, Peace and Conflict Studies	2000-2005

Working Experience

Duration	Institution	Duties
February 2025 - present	GENE (Global Education Network Europe)	Consultant Activities as part of the GENE Secretariat assisting in the process of the Global Education Peer Review for Germany in cooperation with the BMZ and Engagement Global, Coordinating research, analysing policy documents, and assisting in the overall drafting process.
November 2024 – present	ICE International Consulting Expertise EEIG	Consultant Activities as Senior Non-Key Expert on Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning in the framework of the DEAR Support Team, Assisting projects receiving DEAR-funding (DG INTPA) with their Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning frameworks, Preparing and delivering workshops and training sessions for project staff in the context of the DEAR Support Team activities.
July 2023 – present	Foundation for the Management of European Lifelong Learning Programmes – IDEP	Consultant Activities involving the assessment of project proposals under Erasmus+ (Adult Education, Youth, School Education) – Key Action 2, and the evaluation of final project reports under Erasmus+ (Adult Education, Youth) – Key Action 2.
February 2024 – May 2024	North South Centre of the Council of Europe	Consultant Activities involving the facilitation of the Annual Global Education Network Meeting of the North South Centre of the Council of Europe, including preparation of the agenda for the meeting, facilitation during the sessions, and contribution to the report.
December 2023 – April 2024	ICE International Consulting Expertise EEIG	Consultant Activities involving the mapping of EC funding mechanisms relevant to the DEAR Programme of EuropeAid, and the drafting of a report with mapping analysis.
September 2023 – December 2023	GENE (Global Education Network Europe)	Consultant Research and development of The State of Global Education in Europe Report, Global Education policy research, Research on and evaluation of Global Education funding instruments.
January 2022 – February 2023	Future Worlds Center	Consultant Research on innovation in teaching and learning practices in adult education in Serbia, Palestine and Jordan through partnerships with the European Training Foundation, including interviews with teachers, learners, and staff in Jordan and Palestine, Evaluation of adult education programmes and compilation of six case studies (three Jordanian training programmes and three Palestinian training programmes) documenting their impact through innovative learning practices, with editing and support to six additional case studies (three in Palestine and three in Serbia).
February – December 2022	GENE (Global Education Network Europe)	Consultant Supported the process towards the European Declaration on Global Education to 2050, Conducted policy research related to Global Education and Global Citizenship Education, Supported stakeholder consultation processes towards the European Declaration on Global Education.
April – July 2021	IDEA	Consultant Development of a 60-page publication entitled “Out of the Comfort Zone? Global Citizenship Education and Cross-Sector Partnership for Sustainable Development” as part of the EU-funded Bridge47 project.
January – April 2021	Future Worlds Center	Consultant Delivery of a workshop on Global Education and the SDGs during the online Winter School (January 2021) as part of the EU-funded project Global Education Goes Local, Development of fact sheets on Global Education and a policy paper entitled “Global Education Goes Local: Actively Engaging Citizens towards Sustainable Development” as part of the EU-funded project MigratED.
December 2020	IDEA	Consultant Editing and providing input into draft publication on CSO-police partnership in the framework of Global Citizenship Education.
May – September 2020	EPRD	Consultant Design and implementation of qualitative and quantitative frameworks analysing the impact and outputs of EU DEAR (Development Education & Awareness Raising) projects, Development of a report with main findings, conclusions and recommendations feeding into the “DEAR 2020: Projects at Half-Time” report.
November 2018 – January 2020	Future Worlds Center	Consultant Development of a chapter for the youth-oriented Global Learning Toolkit entitled “Global Education Goes POP” on the use of photographs and visual expression in global learning, Development of Module 1 for the online training course entitled “Global Education Goes POP” on the introduction to Global Education and the SDGs, Both the toolkit and the MOOC were part of the EU-funded project Global Education Goes Local.
August – November 2019	C.E.G.A. Foundation	Consultant Editing of 90-page youth-oriented Global Learning Toolkit entitled ‘Global Education Goes Pop’ as part of the EU-funded project ‘Global Education Goes Local.’
June – October 2019	CARDET	Consultant Preparation of a presentation on Policy Coherence for Development in the context of the SDGs with a particular focus on migration, Contribution to agenda setting for the National Roundtable on Policy Coherence for Development, Design of an interactive workshop for national stakeholders on Policy Coherence for Development and the SDGs with a particular focus on migration.
September 2019	C.E.G.A. Foundation	Trainer Design of a 5-day international training for youth leaders as part of the EU-funded project Global Education Goes Local within a training team of three trainers, Leading daily training sessions (15–20 September 2019) as part of the international training, Conducting daily monitoring and evaluation meetings with the trainer team and organisers to respond to participants’ needs and comments, Preparation of the training report.
October 2005 – March 2012, June 2013 – February 2018	Future Worlds Center	Head of Global Education Unit Management of the Global Education Unit, Project management (activities and financial) and implementation of Global Education projects including Map Your Meal (EU-funded, 2015–2017), The World From Our Doorstep (EU-funded, 2013–2016), TeachMDGs (EU-funded, 2010–2013), Accessing Development Education (EU-funded, 2008–2010), Youth Ambassadors for Millennium Development Goals (EU-funded, 2008–2009), Youth Activism (UNDP-funded, 2009–2011), and Building a Multi-National and Multi-Ethnic Cyprus (UNDP-funded, 2007–2008), Monitoring and evaluation of these projects based on logical frameworks, result-oriented monitoring and monitoring plans with analyses involving both quantitative and qualitative methods, Development of training content and teaching resources such as teachers’ manuals and teaching resource books on Global Education, Organisation and facilitation of regular workshops and trainings for teachers, pupils, youth, and CSOs on topics related to Global Education within both formal and non-formal education sectors, intercultural learning, active citizenship, and project development, Guidance and support in the monitoring of the implementation of the EU-funded project Civil Society Acts Beyond Borders involving youth from Israel and Palestine, including the delivery of workshops and training sessions in Israel and Palestine, Project development, design of logical frameworks, project proposals and project budgets, Development of advocacy strategies for EU-funded campaigning projects SupplyChange (2015–2017) and Make Fruit Fair (Cyprus participation 2016–2017) in the capacity of Head of the Global Education Unit, Liaison with national and European stakeholders, Representation of FWC as member of the Inter-Sectoral Committee on Global Education of the Ministry of Education and Culture since 2009, Member of the Board of the Cyprus NGO Platform The Development (2009–2012 as Secretary and 2013 as President), Member of the coordinating committee of the Cyprus Island-wide NGO Development Platform (CYINDEP) since 2009, CYINDEP representative to the Development Awareness Raising and Education (DARE) Forum of CONCORD since 2007, Member of the DARE Steering Group since 2009, Chair of the Formal Education Working Group since 2011, and Member of the Board of the Cyprus Network for Youth Development (2008–2011).
April 2012 – May 2013	Cyprus Islandwide NGO Development Platform – CYINDEP	Project Director Management of the team and all activities of CYINDEP, Project management (technical and financial) of Solidarity in Change – Development in a Time of Transition (EuropeAid-funded, 2012–2013 on the occasion of the Cyprus Presidency of the Council of the EU), Liaison with national and European stakeholders including government, EU institutions, international and local organisations, Design of advocacy strategy on behalf of CYINDEP towards the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Regular advocacy meetings with government stakeholders, Coordination and organisation of national trainings and seminars as well as international conferences in Cyprus, Representation of CYINDEP at EU level through the Development Awareness Raising and Education (DARE) Forum of CONCORD since 2007, membership of the DARE Steering Group since 2009, Chairing of the Formal Education Working Group since 2011, and Membership of the Steering Group of the European Taskforce of the Beyond2015 Campaign.

Publications

Publications	Year
Out of the Comfort Zone? Global Citizenship Education and Cross-Sector Partnership for Sustainable Development, Bridge47, IDEA	2021
DEAR 2020 – Projects at Half Time, DEAR Support Team for the European Commission	2020
Global Education Goes POP, C.E.G.A. Foundation, Future Worlds Center et al	2019
Map Your Meal – Explorer’s Guide, Future Worlds Center, 2017. ISBN: 978-9925-554-13-3	2017
Youth of the World – Toolkit on Global Education in Youth Work – C.E.G.A. Foundation, Future Worlds Center et al	2015
A Reflection on Global/ Development Education in the context of Europe and Cyprus – Policy Paper, NGO Support Centre	2012
Journeys to Citizen Engagement: DEAR and the wider World. Research 3, May 2014, DEEEP/CONCORD	2014
TeachMDGs – Resource Pack for Global Education. Introduction to the content and methodologies of global education – Future Worlds Center, 2012. ISBN: 978-9963-677-72-6	2012
Εισαγωγή στην Παγκόσμια Εκπαίδευση. Εγχειρίδιο για Εκπαιδευτικούς. [Introduction to Global Education. Toolkit for Educators] – Future Worlds Center, 2009. ISBN: 978-9963-677-61-0	2009
Εισαγωγή στην Παγκόσμια Εκπαίδευση. Εγχειρίδιο για Εκπαιδευτικούς - Δραστηριότητες για την Τάξη. [Introduction to Global Education. Toolkit for Educators – Activities for the Classroom] – Future Worlds Center, 2009. ISBN: 978-9963-677-62-7	2009
Friedensbildende Ansätze auf gesellschaftlicher Ebene – Bikommunale Aktivitäten in Zypern, Zeitschrift für Zivile Konfliktbearbeitung, Österreichische Friedensdienste	2007
M.A. Thesis: ‘People United in a Country Divided – Bi-communal Activities in Cyprus’	2005

Skills and Competence

Personal Skills and Competence
Mother tongue: German
Other language: English (proficient), Greek (basic), French (basic)
Social skills and competence Good ability to adapt to multicultural environments, gained through my work experience abroad Good communication skills gained through customer oriented work experience
Organisational skills and competences Good experience in project management Leadership gained through work experience as team leader Reliability, accuracy, able to work under pressure, flexibility gained through work experience in a multinational company
Computer skills and competences Good command of Microsoft Office™ tools, CMS (joomla), InDesign Good command of Online Conference Management(using zoom, MS Teams and additional virtual tools for parallel and interactive sessions)
Other skills and competences Over 17 years of experience in Global Education and Global Learning, participation in National Global Education Committee chaired by Ministry of Education and Culture; management of EuropeAid-funded Global Education projects; developing training materials and educational resources (educational guides, toolkits, handbooks) for use in formal and non-formal education; design and lead training of teachers, educators and youth; research and development of analytical reports within the field of Global Education. Over 17 years of experience in facilitation and delivery of trainings, workshops and seminars using formal and non-formal learning techniques (main focus areas: global education, global citizenship; critical and creative thinking, sustainable development/ SDGs, intercultural communication and competencies; youth leadership). Over 17 years of experience in Management, Coordination and Monitoring of international projects, including developing and monitoring Logical Frameworks and Result-Oriented Monitoring. Over 17 years of experience in working with international networks (CONCORD, GENE). Over 20 years of experience in Intercultural Dialogue; Conflict Resolution and Peace Building skills.