Donna-Maria Maalouf

Project leader for the EU Presidency Project (EUPP) at CONCORD Sweden
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Greater Stockholm Metropolitan Area, SE

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Credentials

  • Länsstyrelsen Stockholms och Sametingets grundutbildning i minoritetslagstiftningen
    Länsstyrelsen Stockholm
    Jun, 2022
    - Nov, 2024
  • Fred, ickevåld och ledarskap (Peace, Non-Violence and Leadership)
    Kristna Fredsrörelsen
  • The YMCA Youth Leadership Program
    World YMCA

Experience

    • Sweden
    • Non-profit Organizations
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Project leader for the EU Presidency Project (EUPP)
      • Aug 2022 - Present

      • Project management and capacity building efforts to strengthen the civil society for the upcoming Swedish EU Council Presidency • The project which is funded by the European Union is part of a larger pan-European NGO collaboration with COORDINATION SUD (France), FoRS (Czech Republic), CONCORD Sweden (Sweden), and CONCORD Europe (pan-European). • My role is to lead educational activities which aims to increase public support for a European Union which puts the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, development cooperation, human rights, and civil society space at the center of its work. Show less

    • Sweden
    • Civic and Social Organizations
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Writer for Motdrag Magazine
      • Jun 2020 - Jul 2022

      • Through my work, I hope to bring awareness to drug and alcohol-related societal issues that I believe need to be addressed and discussed in order for our children and young people to have a more sustainable future • Motdrag is a drug policy publication published by the UNF Youth Sobriety Association, which advocates for a democratic and drug-free world • Through my work, I hope to bring awareness to drug and alcohol-related societal issues that I believe need to be addressed and discussed in order for our children and young people to have a more sustainable future • Motdrag is a drug policy publication published by the UNF Youth Sobriety Association, which advocates for a democratic and drug-free world

    • Political Organizations
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • European Liason Officer
      • Sep 2019 - Jun 2020

      • Experience of policy advocacy efforts towards a drug-free world with the focus on influencing political decision making on the EU-level • As the alcohol industry is trying to expand its market shares, they have been notoriously known for conducting nonethical aggressive alcohol marketing toward Africa's growing middle class, which does not benefit communities who are trying to be lifted out of socio-economic distress. • To prevent this, I participated in conducting reports and creating campaigns together with partner organizations in order to interfere with the Alcohols Giants' agendas Show less

  • Boston Beach Culture Center
    • Jamaica, Portland, Boston Bay
    • Project Manager and Coordinator
      • Jan 2019 - Mar 2019

      • Capacity building of the village's local cultural center • Facilitating a sustainable meeting place for the local youth • Engaging youths in community building efforts and providing educational activities such as bambo- furniture building, farming, dancing, leadership training, environmental discussions • Intra-generational meeting space that facilitates elderly to provide the youths with cultural knowledge and skills • Capacity building of the village's local cultural center • Facilitating a sustainable meeting place for the local youth • Engaging youths in community building efforts and providing educational activities such as bambo- furniture building, farming, dancing, leadership training, environmental discussions • Intra-generational meeting space that facilitates elderly to provide the youths with cultural knowledge and skills

    • Sweden
    • Civic and Social Organizations
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Program Officer and Coordinator for YMCA Gothenburgs unit for newly arrived youths
      • Feb 2018 - Feb 2019

      As a Program Officer and Coordinator for several projects that focused on the inclusion of newcomer. This included responsibility for planning and implementing the entire project cycle which includes: writing grant proposals, conducting a risk analysis, recruiting and training staff, documenting, assessing, and reporting back to grant donors. As a Program Officer and Coordinator for several projects that focused on the inclusion of newcomer. This included responsibility for planning and implementing the entire project cycle which includes: writing grant proposals, conducting a risk analysis, recruiting and training staff, documenting, assessing, and reporting back to grant donors.

    • Sweden
    • Civic and Social Organizations
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Youth coach and tutor
      • Oct 2017 - Dec 2018

      • How do you get a high school student to spend two extra hours with results-focused homework help after a long school day? – you make sure to be the best, most inspiring and committed coach they have ever met! • In sweden, between 14,000-17,000 ninth-graders graduate from primary school without upper secondary school admission each year. Through my work for Stiftelsen Läxhjälpen, I got to be involved and change the statistics • The job also included responsibility for the contact between parents, students, my colleagues from the foundation, and the school staff at the school Show less

    • Sweden
    • Hospitals and Health Care
    • 200 - 300 Employee
    • Youth conselour and psychosocial support for unaccompanied newcomer youths
      • Jun 2017 - Aug 2018

      • My task was to assist unaccompanied young people with guidance, psychosocial support, and language training • Tough days could consist of asylum rejections, emergency visits to the psychiatric ward, managing conflicts between the youths, sad news from the youths people's war-torn homelands, preventing self-harming behaviors • Happy days could be spent celebrating asylum permits to stay in Sweden, observing their personal growth, shopping at the orient food store which was their favorite activity, joint dinners, and lots of laughter Show less

    • Sweden
    • Professional Training and Coaching
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Language instructor in Lebanese Arabic
      • Feb 2017 - May 2017

      • As a language instructor, I taught Lebanese Arabic to employees at Elof Hansson's trade firm. • As a language instructor, I taught Lebanese Arabic to employees at Elof Hansson's trade firm.

    • Sweden
    • Government Administration
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Early Childhood Educator
      • Jul 2015 - Aug 2016

      • By working with children aged 1-6 years, I strengthened my pedagogical ability to support, guide and teach important life skills • My goal in my job was for children and their guardians to feel safe in knowing that they are being cared for by competent and professional adults who are concerned about the child's interests and needs • By working with children aged 1-6 years, I strengthened my pedagogical ability to support, guide and teach important life skills • My goal in my job was for children and their guardians to feel safe in knowing that they are being cared for by competent and professional adults who are concerned about the child's interests and needs

    • IT Services and IT Consulting
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Communicator
      • Jun 2014 - Aug 2016

      • In this role I got to enhance my administrative and communicative skills • Because a large part of the work involved handling calls and messages from the funeral homes' emergency services, my ability to communicate with people going through a mourning process was strengthened. • In this role I got to enhance my administrative and communicative skills • Because a large part of the work involved handling calls and messages from the funeral homes' emergency services, my ability to communicate with people going through a mourning process was strengthened.

    • Sweden
    • Civic and Social Organizations
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Camp Leader
      • Jul 2016 - Jul 2016

      • I was involved in the planning and execution of a culture and inclusion initiative aimed at introducing newly arrived youths to the stgötaskärgrden's various nature sites. • Activity-based learning through theater, kayaking, action climbing, ziplines, and blueberry picking • I was involved in the planning and execution of a culture and inclusion initiative aimed at introducing newly arrived youths to the stgötaskärgrden's various nature sites. • Activity-based learning through theater, kayaking, action climbing, ziplines, and blueberry picking

    • Sweden
    • Non-profit Organizations
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Youth Leader for YMCA in Sweden, Norrköping
      • Jun 2013 - Aug 2014

      • Organizing and carrying out activities for children and adolescents in the YMCA's open activities in Folkparken. • Outdoor activities included painting, dancing, relay games and team-building exercises for children and young people • The job provided me with my first youth leadership training as well as experience assisting young people with their personal development. • Organizing and carrying out activities for children and adolescents in the YMCA's open activities in Folkparken. • Outdoor activities included painting, dancing, relay games and team-building exercises for children and young people • The job provided me with my first youth leadership training as well as experience assisting young people with their personal development.

    • United States
    • Restaurants
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • McDonald’s Cashier
      • Nov 2012 - Sep 2013

      • As a 16-year-old, I made my first step into the workforce and into the world of McDonald's. • I learned how to work in a team and under time constraints. • Everyone who worked here is familiar with the CSO Customer Satisfaction Opportunity Index or CSO-hour, as this work shift meant that an undercover guest could appear at the restaurant. During these sessions, it was critical that the customer received flawless service for 3 minutes, meeting all criteria! In summary, these types of experiences taught me stress management, which has been very useful in all of the jobs I've had since. Show less

Education

  • The University of Gothenburg
    BA in Global Studies, Middle Eastern Studies, International Relations and Peace and Conflict Studies
    2016 - 2019
  • Malmö University
    Master's degree in Leadership For Sustainability
    2020 - 2021
  • Dublin City University
    International relations, International relations, peace and security studies
    2017 - 2018

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