Sevinj Samadzade is an independent researcher, a consultant and trainer. She gained her BA in International Relations from the Academy of Public Administration under the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan. As a Fred J.Hansen Fellow, she specialised in Peace and Conflict Studies at the University of San-Diego in USA. She has served as a consultant and a coordinator for several civil society organizations in Azerbaijan and Georgia in the framework of regional cross border programmes focusing on peace-building, conflict awareness and gender and civic activism since 2012. As an independent researcher she focuses on field-based policy briefs and papers on conflict transformation, peace building, and youth-peace-security. Sevinj is a national coordinator of Y-PEER Azerbaijan, a youth peer education network. In this capacity, she has implemented numerous projects and training programmes and reached thousands of young people in Baku and other regions of Azerbaijan.

PUBLICATIONS:

Envisioning Peace, An analysis of grassroots views on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict(field researcher); Source: International Alert Report, 2018 

In Between-Stories of Displacement in Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia(co-author); Source: Caucasus Edition: Journal of Conflict Transformation”, 2018

Report on adolescent consultations on participation of young people in decision making process (co-author); UNICEF Country Office in Azerbaijan, Baku 2017; within Azerbaijani youth advocates program ,organized by ministry of youth and sports, local executive committees, IEPF and UNICEF

Positions of Political Parties and Movements in Azerbaijan on the Resolution of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict; (co-author); Source: “Caucasus Edition: Journal of Conflict Transformation”, page 59, 2017

Use of non-force as a mechanism for security in South Caucasus, (author);  Source:“Building a new Peace, Security and Stability architecture in South Caucasus” project by Caucasian House, funded by UK government,Page 31, 2017

Reintegration and reconciliation through youth development in post-conflict Armenia and Azerbaijan, essay for envisioning peace (author); “Dreaming of Colorful Garden” project by Candid Foundation, funded by funded by the German Federal Foreign Office

RECENT PROJECTS INITIATED AND MANAGED BY SEVINJ WITHIN Y-PEER AZERBAIJAN:

FilmAct-Shoot for Change, organized by Y-PEER Azerbaijan funded by the Embassy of USA in Azerbaijan within “Community Building Initiatives Program”, 2018-2019; Location: Barda, Balaken, and Baku regions of Azerbaijan

Dialogue through Theatre, organized by Y-PEER Azerbaijan and Y-PEER Armenia within ‘Peacebuilding through Capacity Enhancement and Civic Engagement’ (PeaCE) programme funded by the European Union, 2017-2018; Location: Aghdam, Mingachevir, Baku regions of Azerbaijan; joint program in Tbilisi, Georgia

Gender Mirror, organized by Y-PEER Azerbaijan, funded by the Embassy of the Kingdom of Niderlands in Azerbaijan , 2017-2018; Location: Barda, Baku regions of Azerbaijan

Vitali Nikanovich is a UNESCO consultant collaborating with the UNESCO Institute for Information Technologies in Education in the field of health and development. He is the administrator of the International Platform for online courses EDU-HUB (www.e-edu.org) hosting over 3,000 specialists annually who work with adolescents and young people in Eastern Europe and Central Asia.

Vitali is actively involved in social work. He is the Vice-President of the Belarusian Association of UNESCO Clubs (BelAU) uniting more than 60 schools and student UNESCO clubs from Belarus. Within the framework of BelAU (www.belau.info), he is a project manager and trainer for the implementation of innovative practices in education and health. Vitali is also a mentor on the YouTube channel “All Teens Can” and a curator of an online Videoblogger School.

As a Member of the Board of the EENCE, the Eastern European Network for Citizenship Education (www.eence.eu), he develops effective methodologies for the training of teachers and trainers in non-formal education on issues of modern understanding of citizenship education, including European and Global Citizenship.

May Helmy holds a master degree in French language and literature, major civilisation and arts from Alexandria University in Egypt.  Throughout her studies, she examined conflict and peace issues, while discovering the different notions of conflicts and how they affect identities and affiliations through time.

While working with the Networks team of the Anna Lindh Foundation, she had the opportunity to interact with civil society of 42 countries in the North and South of the Mediterranean and gain a vast experience in the development and civil society fields.

She monitored and participated in different Euro-Mediterranean projects that aim to temper conflicts, fight extremism and islamophobia, and establish diversity and peace. She also often takes part in the activities of different NGOs aiming to empower youth and women.

She is currently responsible for university cooperation and Campus France Egypt at the “Institut français d’Egypte” in Alexandria, the French agency for the promotion of higher education and international mobility.

May is fluent in French, English, and Arabic.

Menouar Bénsalma is 22 years old and currently studies chemistry. He is a member of the scientific league Wilaya De Tizi Ouzou in Algeria and loves to be a facilitator for scientific and youth events. Mnouar has participated in various international events, including an international scientific exhibition in Poland, the Euro-Arab Forum and in the Youth Exchange “Stand up for your Med” in Tunis.