Kerstin Wittig

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Kerstin Wittig With FWC October 2005 - Today Title Head of Global Education Unit Key Project(s) Multinational Cyprus Access DE TeachMDGs Youth Ambassadors Degree(s) M.A. (Magister Artium) Filed(s) of study International Relations/Peace and Conflict Studies (major) Educational Science (minor) Islamic Science (minor) Social and Cultural Anthropology (minor) University(ies) Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen, Germany Specialization(s) Project Management SDD Facilitation Grant writing

Kerstin Wittig serves as Member of the Board and Secretary since 2007. She currently heads the Global Education Unit.

Biography

Short Bio

Kerstin has been with the FWC since 2005 when she joined as an intern. In 2004, as part of her MA degree in international relations/ peace and conflict studies, she conducted a three-month fieldtrip in Cyprus to research bi-communal peace initiatives. Until 2008, she was involved in developing new projects, participating in European meetings and trainings to establish new partnerships, and leading and supervising the preparation of project proposals. Between 2007 and 2008, she coordinated the UNDP-funded project "Building a multi-ethnic and multi-national Cyprus to promote European Values and Regional and International Peace". and the "Youth Ambassadors for the Millennium Development Goals" projects. Before joining FWC, Kerstin coordinated an EU-funded project and several informal initiatives promoting the integration of second and third generation migrant students in German schools.

Role in the Cyprus NGDs Platform

Kerstin represents the FWC in the Cyprus Development NGO Platform and she is also the elected secretary for the Platform.

Kerstin;s key projects

The Accessing Development Education project was an important milestone.