DIALOGUE FACILITATION COURSES FOR STUDENTS (online)
Soliya Connect Global (Autumn 2025)
- Dialogue course on intercultural communication: Global and Social Challenges
Soliya Global Dialogue Circles (Spring 2025)
- Polarisation and Social Media: Can we free ourselves from algorithms?
Soliya Connect Global (Autumn 2024)
- Dialogue course on intercultural communication: Global and Social Challenges
Soliya Global Dialogue Circles (June 2024)
- Life Goals: What is a Meaningful Life?
Soliya Connect Global (Spring semester 2024)
- Dialogue course on intercultural communication: Global and Social Challenges
Soliya Global Dialogue Circles (February 2024)
- World Citizenship and Social Media: How express solidarity today without adding fuel to conflict?
Soliya Connect Global (Autumn 2023)
- Dialogue course on intercultural communication: Global and Social Challenges
Soliya Connect Collaborate (April 2023)
- Course to design an awareness campaign with an international group
Soliya Global Dialogue Circles (March 2023)
- Metaverse and Virtual Life – what does it imply?
Soliya Connect Global (Autumn 2022)
- Dialogue course on intercultural communication
Soliya Global Dialogue Circles (March 2022)
- Social Media: A blessing or a curse?
SharingPerspectivesFoundation (10 Oct 2021 – 9 Dec 2021)
- Climate Movements : international cross-cultural course on 21st century skills
Soliya Connect Global (autumn term 2021)
- Online Dialogue Programme on engaging with difference around current social challenges and world events
Soliya Connect Express (April 2021)
- Online Dialogue Programme on Cross-Cultural Communication in the Digital Age
Erasmus+ Virtual Exchange (12 October 2020 – 11 December 2020)
- Cofacilitation of an interactive online course: Cultural Encounters: The Big Climate Movement
VOLUNTEERING AT THE BOARD OF TWO INTERNATIONAL NON PROFIT ORGANISATIONS
Chapel for Europe, President of the Administration Board (2016 – now)
Jesuit European Social Centre (until March 2020)
DETENTION AND ADVOCACY WORK, PROJECT MANAGEMENT
(September 2013– January 2019)
Jesuit Refugee Service Belgium
- Detention and Advocacy work: weekly visits to immigrant detention facilities in Belgium, monitoring human rights in detention, defending the rights of individuals encountered during the visits, coalition building with other NGOs active in the sector. Regular meetings with the Belgian detention authorities. Joint campaigns with partner NGOs.
- Project management and implementation: coordination and implementation of the Belgian side of the EU project ‘I Get You’ on community building with refugees. Analysis of best practice initiatives. Interviews with refugees, volunteers and organisers. Drafting of promotional material and reports.
- Awareness raising: lectures for student groups visiting the JRS office, organisation of dialogue events on migration.
DETENTION VISITOR AND RESEARCH ASSOCIATE
(January 2012 – August 2013)
Jesuit Refugee Service Belgium
- Detention Visits in several Belgian detention centres
- Research for the DIASP project, an EU wide project coordinated by JRS Europe on the implementation of the Dublin Directive.
EU POLICY ADVISER
(September 2007 – August 2010)
2 European Industry Associations (European Issuers, German Steel Federation)
- Adviser to the Head of Office preparing lobbying work at the European Institutions
EU INFORMATION MANAGER
(March 2001 – August 2007)
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Brussels
- Monitoring EU legislative procedures
- Assisting the lawyers in client related research
- Maintaining internal know-how databases
- Training the lawyers on EU information sources
CONSULTANT, EU AFFAIRS
(November 1998 – February 2001)
Deloitte & Touche, Belgium, Diegem
Assigned to a European Commission contract supporting a network of independent speakers on EU topics.
- Answering research request from the speakers for the preparation of their talks
- Preparing training conferences on EU topics
- Drafting Reports on EU topics
- Drafting Newsletters
