References – Your Trainer

COURSE PRESENTER MAG. ANDREA FENZ

APS – European Programmes for Technologies and Training, Regional Contact Point Southern Austria, Director (1995 – 2009)

Skills International GmbH, Austria and Skills International L.L.C., Kosovo (Director since 2008)

Your Trainer

With nearly 25 years of experience in European Union affairs, Mag. Andrea Fenz is looking forward to pass on the vast knowledge and experience gained to you.  She started already in 1995 in the Regional Office for Southern Austria for European programmes in research, education and innovation (APS). She has been responsible as director also for financial issues of EU-funded projects and has successfully completed 40 EU-funded projects and dozens of national projects in Austria, many of them as coordinator.

As a translator for German – English -Italian she started in 2013 to teach German as a Foreign Language to migrants and refugees and has done more than 30 language courses.

Key qualifications Project Management and European Union

• Ms. Fenz has started in October 1995 as Regional Contact Point 4th, 5th, 6th and 7th Framework Programme on behalf of Austrian Ministry of Science and Research, Austrian Ministry of Economy, Regional Government of Styria and Chamber of Commerce Carinthia in collaboration with FFG  (1995 – 2008)
• National Contact Point NCP Austria for the 6th EU Framework Programme, IST Programme (Information Society Technologies)
• EU Innovation Relay Centre Austria for international technology transfer: Partner for Southern Austria in collaboration with FFG (1995 – 2008)
• Regional Contact Point for EU Educational Programme LEONARDO DA VINCI (2000 – 2004) in collaboration with National Agency Austria
• Co-ordinator of EU mobility projects in ERASMUS and LEONARDO DA VINCI (2000 – 2008) and Erasmus+ (2014-2019)
• Coordinator of the Austrian task force EU Lobbying for the 7th Framework Programme
• Coordinator of Job Role Committee for the ECQA Certified EU Project Manager
• Proposal Evaluator for ÖAD – Austrian Agency for International Cooperation in Education and Research, Lifelong Learning Program, Vienna
• External evaluation expert and quality management for EU-funded projects
• Consulting expert for FP7 and Horizon 2020 with FFG/EIP, Vienna, Austria
• Collaboration Agency for European Integration and Economic Development (AEI) in Kosovo
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Key qualifications as a trainer

• Translator for German, English and Italian (University of Graz)
• Fachtrainer ISO/IEC 17024
• Certified Adult Educator (WBA)
• Certified Adult Education Trainer (WIFI)
• Zertifikatslehrgang Deutsch als Fremd-/Zweitsprache (BFI Tirol)
• ECQA Certified Trainer for
  EU Project Manager
  Researcher-Entrepreneur
  Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt
  Governance SPICE Assessor
  Consultant for SME Software Selection
• ECQA Certified Social Media Networker Basic Level
  ECQA Certified E-Learning Manager
  ECQA Certified Valorisation Expert

Awards

• FANTASY TO REALITY Erasmus+ Project, Skills International GmbH nominated for the Erasmus+ Award, 2015
• Leonardo da Vinci Quality Award Qualitätsauszeichnung for APS in 2005
• Europäisches Mobilitätssiegel Qualität für ausgezeichnetes Projektmanagement 2004
• Qualitätssiegel Mobilität 2004
• Best Innovation Relay Centre of the EU: The Innovation Relay Centre Austria received in 2004 the award ‚Best Innovation Relay Centre in Europe’.
• Leonardo da Vinci Auszeichnung ‚Qualität in der Mobilität‘. Firmentraining für JungakademikerInnen supported by LEONARDO DA VINCI, „ETAPPE“, 2002
• The Austrian IRC obtained the award for „Best Innovation to the Network“ in 2001.

Coordinator or partner of 40 European projects

Education