PERSONAL INFORMATION Elena Rizova Pere Toshev, 7 1430 Kavadarci (Macedonia) 0038972208792 miteva_lavoro@yahoo.com Skype elena.miteva Sex Female Date of birth 15 June 1983 Nationality Macedonian WORK EXPERIENCE June 2015 - current Erasmus+ KA1 adult education project Albergo Diffuso - Learning about new forms of sustainable tourism Project coordinator at NGO Balkania, project s applicant Albergo Diffuso - Learning about new forms of sustainable tourism is a project aiming to strengthen the competences, skills and the knowledge of the NGO Balkania's staff regarding the new sustainable forms of tourism in Italy, especially about the innovative concept Albergo Diffuso, because this concept is unique and developed in Italy and later adopted by only few other countries. Regarding the project, I have been involved in the project writing, making contacts and strong collaboration and communication with our Italian partner AMFI, selection of the participants for the study mobility in Italy (09-16 November in Celano, Italy-course Albergo Diffuso), participation in the study mobility and future dissemination of the project's results and knowledge gained during the mobility in Italy. May September 2015 KA1 project Make the Change come true Live your life sustainable No.3 Project coordinator at NGO Eko-Zhivot, Macedonian partner for the project Erasmus+ KA1 youth exchange project Make the Change come true-- Live your life sustainable No.3. Constant communication with the project applicant, the German NGO CULTURE GOES EUROPE-Soziokulturelle Initiative Erfurt e.v., during project s writing and implementation, selection and preparation of the young participants for the youth exchange in Erfurt, Germany in the period 02.09.-09.09.2015 19.2.14 European Union, 2002-2013 http://europass.cedefop.europa.eu Page 1 / 7
October 2014 June 2015 KA1 project Evergreen in the evergreen Contact person and group leader for the Macedonian partner Youth NGO Kreaktiv Erasmus+ KA1 youth exchange project Evergreen in the evergreen: When tradition inspires innovation. Since October 2014, I have been the contact person for the Macedonian partner, the youth NGO Kreaktiv, during project s writing and later implementation. Also I have been the female group leader of the young group of participants form Macedonia that participated in the youth exchange that took place in Plovdiv, Bulgaria from 09/06/2015 till 15/06/2015 organised by the applicant organisation Education 21st Century Foundation. February 2014 - Present November 2013 Present EU projects partnerships coordinator Writing of EU projects for the Erasmus+ programme, creation and coordination of partnerships for different EU programmes (Erasmus+, COSME, Horizon2020) Organisations: NGO Balkania, NGO Eko-Zhivot, Association of Business Women, youth NGO Kreaktiv -volunteer Transifex, Translation of Joomla language files into Macedonian, also translation of Joomla related components, modules and plugins. December 2012 Translation agency CEET Ltd, (Czech Republic) Translation of medical terminology and documents from English into Macedonian 01 February 2012 Present Project assistant Digital-Solutions, (Macedonia) Project assistant for some of the IT projects, preparation and translation of technical documentation and presentations for the services and products offered, foreign and local clients contact person. Project manager for the web projects Tortijada.mk, Myfashion.mk and iponti.eu. September 2011 December 2011 Software localizator Digital-Solutions as subcontractor of IQSys Hungary, (Macedonia) Localization of Siebel CRM from English into Macedonian during its implementation at T-Mobile Macedonia. I was the coordinator of Digital-Solution's translation team subcontracted via IQSys Hungary(partly T-System owned consulting company in Hungary). My work included translation of the software, supervision and control of the translation work of other team members, writing reports to Mr.Moestrup,T-System Program Manager(represented by 3C Consult) for a CRM program at MakTel & T-Mobile MK in Macedonia. 19.2.14 European Union, 2002-2013 http://europass.cedefop.europa.eu Page 2 / 7
May 2011 June 2011 Translation agency Eurostreet Italy, (Italy) Translation of questioners for Census of Population, Households and Dwellings in Italy from Italian into Macedonian December 2010 Translation agency Team Translation, (Italy) Translation of brochures for car cosmetics from Italian into Macedonian 09 November 2010 10 November 2010 Interpreter Intertek, (Turkey) Interpretation from English into Macedonian and vice versa during expert s visit to Kochani,Macedonia for writing Social Audit Report (Textile industry) October 2010 Translation agency Linguaserve, (Spain) Translation from English and Italian into Macedonian of Material Safety Data Sheet - Lubricants and industrial oils May 2010 September 2010 SLAVISTICA TRADUZIONI, (Italy) Technical - commercial translation from Italian into Macedonian 18 December 2009 12 February 2010 Project Assistant SC Ionel Chera Ph D Srl, (Romania) Project assistant and translator/interpreter for the EU funded project Drafting of ToR for TA to implementation of the Roma Strategy for the benefit of the EU Delegation in Skopje during which I worked for Mr. Ionel Chera, Senior Expert and subcontractor of AESA Consortium, Brussels- Belgium. December 2009 2008 August Translation of documents from Italian and English into Macedonian and vice versa for the translation agencies:team Translation Italy,Translated SRL Italy,LINK UP s.n.c. Italy,Star Italy,Link Up and Studio 23 Italy. Also in this period I have translated a telecommunication networks related materials (extracts from books) from English into Macedonian for private group of scholars. 19.2.14 European Union, 2002-2013 http://europass.cedefop.europa.eu Page 3 / 7
01 May 2008 31 August 2008 Call center agent Call center Euroanswer, Skopje (Macedonia) Call center agent for a B2B network, my work included making outbound calls to Italy based companies and interviewing them regarding their business and later presentation of our program for businesses. 01 April 2008 30 April 2008 Italian language correspondent Apimak, Skopje (Macedonia) Daily correspondence with their Italy based partner company, translation from Italian into Macedonian and vice versa of correspondence documentation and product brochures. 16 July 2007 17 July 2007 Interpreter Translation agency Ad Verbum, Skopje (Macedonia) Consecutive interpreting from Italian into Macedonian and vice versa during the Seminary for civil protection in Kochani, Macedonia April 2007 December 2007 Interpreter and translator Ecologic fire, Pietrabbondante (Italy) Written and consecutive interpreting from Italian into Macedonian and vice versa during their business meetings in Macedonia February 2007 March 2007 Translator Marketing agency Flashnet, Skopje (Macedonia) Translation for Macedonian into English of the website of the Fund for National and Regional Roads of Republic of Macedonia January 2006 May 2006 and interpreter Company Me-Ce, Skopje (Macedonia) Translation of documentation from Italian into Macedonian and vice versa, consecutive interpreting during their meetings with the Italian partners. February 2005 December 2005 Language teacher Private lessons for Italian and English language May 2004 August 2004 Language teacher NGO Vavilon porta, Skopje (Macedonia) Italian language teacher to small groups of students 19.2.14 European Union, 2002-2013 http://europass.cedefop.europa.eu Page 4 / 7
EDUCATION TRAINING AND 01 October 2002 29 June 2007 BA in Italian Language and Literature with American Studies - Translation stream SS Cyril and Methodius University-Faculty of Philology "Blaze Koneski", Skopje (Macedonia) 27 June 2005 22 July 2005 Certificate of Attendance of The Italian Language and Culture Course in Gargnano, Italy Universita' degli Studi di Milano, Gargnano (Italy) 01 August 2006 31 August 2006 Certificate of Attendance of the Italian Language Course in Perugia, Italy Universita' per Stranieri di perugia, Perugia (Italy) May 2009 Registered Court Translator and Interpreter Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Macedonia, Skopje (Macedonia) 05 February 2010 07 February 2010 Training on Strengthening the entrepreneurial skills on women in business TAM-BAS, Skopje (Macedonia) February 2011 April 2011 Certificate of Completing the development program Training Young Entrepreneurs for Success SEED Switzerland and Analytica Macedonia, Skopje (Macedonia) Development of entrepreneurial attitudes and skills for young people, including business plan writing. The program included online preparation, workshops in Skopje and after workshop online meeting. 04 October 2013 06 October 2013 Lecturer Associazione di volontariato "Poesia e Solidarieta", Trieste (Italy) World Youth Forum Right to Dialogue - Global / City in Trieste, Italy Lecturer on the topic Being a citizen in the global city 19.2.14 European Union, 2002-2013 http://europass.cedefop.europa.eu Page 5 / 7
PERSONAL SKILLS 18 October 2013 20 October 2013 Certificate of Training Attendance Foundation Open Society Macedonia, Skopje (Macedonia) Training MK@EU-The accession process to the European Union in Berovo- Macedonia (gained knowledge on the EU institutions and their work, EU financial instruments, EU Programmes, understanding the accession process etc ) 15 September 2014 Seminar Be young in Europe, EU Information Centre in Skopje Organized by the Italian organization Fyouture 14-15 November 2014 Punto.sud Italy with Balkan Bridges Macedonia, Skopje (Macedonia) Training Environment in the European Union: Funding Mechanisms and Policy Processes 06-13 December 2014 Mother tongue(s) Participation in a learning mobility project for youth workers Erasmus+ Building Youth Climate Leadership Hosted by Young Friends of the Earth Europe in Brussels-Belgium Macedonian Other language(s) UNDERSTANDING SPEAKING WRITING Listening Reading Spoken interaction Spoken production Italian C1 C1 C1 C1 C1 Italian language course in Perugia, Italy Italian language course in Gargnano, Italy English C1 C1 C1 C1 C1 Levels: A1/A2: Basic user - B1/B2: Independent user - C1/C2: Proficient user Common European Framework of Reference for Languages Communication skills Excellent communication skills gained as result of my work as call agent and sales assistant, projects presenter, excellent interpersonal skills, work and private experience with multicultural environment. Organisational / managerial skills Excellent organizational and managerial skills as result of working as project assistant on EU project and many small projects for private clients, managerial skills straightened while working on Digital Solutions projects for the web directories Tortijada.mk, Myfashion.mk and Iponti.eu. 19.2.14 European Union, 2002-2013 http://europass.cedefop.europa.eu Page 6 / 7
Job-related skills Translation experience in the following fields : IT, Software Localization, Bank Systems & Technology, Economy, Audit Reports, Legal (Contracts, Certificates) etc; good communication skills, tolerance, excellent spoken communication including communication via telephone; excellent team working abilities gained working with diverse teams on local and foreign projects, also while working as event planner for Myfashion.mk Computer skills Microsoft Office, Internet research, CAT Wordfast, CMS Joomla, Dreamweaver, Photoshop ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Memberships American Corner, Skopje-Macedonia Italian center Dante Alighieri, Skopje-Macedonia NGO Balkania tourism, culture and folklore Association of Business Women NGO Eko-Zivot 19.2.14 European Union, 2002-2013 http://europass.cedefop.europa.eu Page 7 / 7