Director of Skills International GmbH
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Mag. Andrea Maria Fenz former Managing Director of APS – European Programmes for Research, Education and Training in Austria from 1995 – 2009 in collaboration with Austrian Ministries, regional government and Chamber of Commerce. Experience in European funding programmes since Austria joined the EU in 1995, EU network of Innovation Relay Centres office for Southern Austria.
Partner in more than 40 European projects in education, research, innovation and mobility. Expert participating in the evaluation of EU proposals and projects. She is a ISO/IEC 17014 certified trainer and an ECQA Certified trainer for various professions, including EU Project Manager. She is also a certified examiner and trainer for German language and integration courses co-financed by the Austrian Integration Funds ÖIF.
- EU funding and innovation expert with 30 years of experience
- Expert participating in the evaluation of Erasmus+ projects (European Commission)
- External expert evaluator of proposals in the EU Lifelong Learning Programme (OeAD, Agency for Education and Internationalisation, Austria)
- Listed as qualified Horizon 2020 expert with the Austrian Research Promotion Agency FFG (formerly listed as FP7 expert)
- National Contact Point NCP Austria FP6 Information Society Technologies (IST) Programme
- Translator for English, Italian and German (Graz University, Austria)
- Austrian Integration Fund ÖIF certified trainer for German language and integration courses
- ÖIF certified examiner for German and integration tests
- ISO/IEC 17024 Expert Trainer
- WBA Certified Adult Educator (wba, Austria)
- ECQA Certified EU Project Manager trainer, former leader of the Job Role Committee, proposal writing trainer
- Trainer for digital skills, Artificial Intelligence (AI) assisted tools for education
- Online Learning Platforms installation and content (Moodle), Homepage creation
- Trainer for Adult Education, ECQA Certified Trainer for professions: EU Project Manager, Researcher–Entrepreneur, Innovation Manager, Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt, SME Software Selection, Governance SPICE Assessor
- Regional Contact Point Southern Austria 4th, 5th, 6th and 7th EU Framework Programme for Research on behalf of Austrian Ministry of Science and Research, Ministry of Economy, Regional Government of Styria and Chamber of Commerce (1995 – 2008)
- Innovation Relay Centre Austria of the EU for international technology transfer in collaboration with Austrian Research Promotion Agency FFG (1995 – 2008)
- Regional Contact Point for Southern Austria for EU Educational Programme LEONARDO DA VINCI (2000 – 2004) in collaboration with National Agency Austria
- 7 Awards for quality in project management, mobility and innovation
- Partner in more 40 European projects in research, education, innovation, structural funds
- Many trainings performed EU-wide and online
