Suncana Kusturin

CORE EXPERTISE
- Social inclusion/exclusion (especial considering children/youth from alternative care and with problems in behaviour)
- Youth work (especially work with youth with fewer opportunities)
- NFE

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PROUD OF

In relation to training:
I manage to build a good group dynamic in which participants take over the responsibility for their leaning.
I’m good at leading reflections and debriefings and mange to sum up insights reached on all levels (emotional, mental, practical, theoretical…).
I love to be creative, use methods that fit that specific group.
I put a lot of embassies on experiential learning and connecting gained insights with future actions of participants.
I can in a calm and respectful way handle emotional and sensitive topics and situations.

In relation to work within NGO:
I managed a nongovernment organisation Play for 6 years and for 12 years I managed a program for social inclusion of youth from care Contact. I created participatory atmosphere in which people with different competencies and backgrounds worked together in order to reach the common goal.
I cooperate with many organisations from different sectors (NGO, education, social care…) and mange to combine and use my competences from different professional roles I have (social worker, youth worker, trainer and supervisor).
I cherish relationships that I develop with youth I work with and I take trust they put in me very seriously.

OUR DREAM ABOUT SOUTH EAST EUROPE REGION
It would be great if our work would contribute to these:
- Past stays in the past and is used only as a source of learning for the present and future.
Youth has a creative vision of own and society’s future and takes responsibility for shaping it.
Youth enjoys the benefits of diversity.
Society cares for youth and creates policies that presents youth with many good life paths they can choose from.

CORE VALUES WE PROMOTE
Equity and inclusion
Diversity
Human rights
Interconnectivity
Flexibility, continuity, accessibility
Empowerment
Participation
Respect for individuality and power of relationship with a youth person

OTHER INTERESTS
Supervision in psychosocial work (competence development and mental health protection of helpers)
Creative methods in youth work
Social inclusion of youth from alternative care
Program of prevention of problems in behaviour
Learning process
European voluntary service - EVS
Outdoor education
Personal: Photography and drawing