Alexandre Fonseca

About:

My name is Alexandre Fonseca and I am passionate about education, youth participation, well-being, and sports.

I am a Non-formal education trainer and longevity and well-being coach and always happy to share the knowledge that I have gathered.

I believe that ageing does not mean living with pain or giving up on your body.

I also believe that education can make us freer, wiser, independent thinkers.

My favourite word is "brio" ;)

Alexandre Fonseca has 3 references for past work as a trainer.

Alexandre Fonseca

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Current occupation

Freelance Trainer and Coach

Work experience

- Evaluator at the Belgium French National Agency for Erasmus + and ESC (2024 - present)

- SALTO Participation & Information (2021 - 2024)

- Pool of Trainers of the Portuguese National Agency for Erasmus + and ESC (2021 - present)

- Pool of Trainers of the Portuguese National Youth Council (2019 - 2022)

- DYPALL Network (2019 - 2020)

- INSA Rouen Normadie (2011)

- French Ministry of Education (2011 - 2012)

Educational pathway

I have started my path in Non-Formal Education before I even knew what it was.

I started as a student leader organising and taking part in Model United Nations and Model European Union events and organizing with my peers to improve the quality of our graduation programme from 2009 onwards.

In 2012 I took part in a Weekend of Training in "Education Populaire" in France, near Paris, and it changed my whole perspective on Education and its possibilities. In that same year, I took part in the activity of the Youth Assembly of the Council of Europe "Youth and Democracy: The Young Generation Sacrificed?".

Fast forward to 2016, when I finally learned about the Erasmus programme and the possibilities it offered by taking part in a Youth Exchange in the lovely village of Holloko. I did not imagine a career as a trainer or educator was even possible! Ever since, I have been discovering, learning, and improving my craft.


Non-Formal Education:

Training of Trainers on Learning Experience Design (2021)
Training of Trainers - National Youth Council of Portugal (2020)
Virtual Exchange Facilitator Advanced Training - Soliya (2020)
Learning Environments in Training - Spanish National Agency (2019)
Certificate of Pedagogical Competencies - Portuguese Institute of Employment and Professional Training (2019)

Formal Education:

PhD in Sociology (incomplete) - University of Coimbra (2013 -)
Master in History of Political Thought with a Scholarship of Excellence - École Normale Superieure de Lyon (2012 - 2013)
Graduation in Language and International Relations - University of Porto (2008 - 2011)

Fields of training expertise

  • (intermediate) Animation
  • (beginner) Bullying & Harassment
  • (beginner) Campaigning & Awareness Raising
  • (beginner) Change Management
  • (expert) Citizenship Education
  • (advanced) Coaching & Mentoring
  • (intermediate) Communication Skills
  • (intermediate) Conflict Management & Mediation
  • (intermediate) Creativity & Art
  • (beginner) Crisis Management
  • (advanced) Diversity & Anti-Racism
  • (advanced) Drama & Theatre
  • (advanced) Education through Sports
  • (beginner) Environment & Ecology
  • (advanced) Entrepreneurship (Social)
  • (beginner) Equal Opportunities
  • (advanced) Evaluation & Assessment
  • (advanced) Event Management
  • (beginner) Financial Management
  • (beginner) Fundraising
  • (intermediate) Gender Awareness & Mainstreaming
  • (advanced) Global Education
  • (advanced) Group Dynamics & Motivation
  • (intermediate) Health & Prevention
  • (advanced) Human Rights
  • (advanced) Intercultural Learning
  • (expert) International Youth Work
  • (beginner) Labour Rights & Employment
  • (advanced) Leadership Development
  • (intermediate) Lobbying & Advocacy
  • (intermediate) New Information Technologies
  • (intermediate) Open Space Technology
  • (intermediate) Organizational Management
  • (expert) Outdoor & Experiential Training
  • (intermediate) Peace Education
  • (advanced) People Management & Cooperation
  • (expert) Personal Development & Empowerment
  • (expert) Project Management
  • (intermediate) Public Relations & Marketing
  • (advanced) Public Speaking
  • (advanced) Recognition of NFLearning
  • (advanced) Social Inclusion & Exclusion
  • (intermediate) Social Media
  • (advanced) Storytelling & Humour
  • (advanced) Time Management
  • (advanced) Training of Trainers
  • (advanced) Valorisation of Projects (DEOR)
  • (advanced) Volunteer Programmes
  • (advanced) Youth Exchanges
  • (intermediate) Youth Information Work
  • (expert) Youth Participation & Initiatives
  • (advanced) Youth Policy
  • (beginner) Youth Violence & Criminality
  • (advanced) Youth Worker Training

Knowledge about institutions and programmes

  • (expert) Erasmus+ (KA1) Youth Exchanges
  • (expert) Erasmus+ (KA1) Training & Networking
  • (advanced) Erasmus+ (KA2) Transnational Youth Initiatives
  • (advanced) Erasmus+ (KA2) Strategic Partnerships
  • (advanced) Erasmus+ (KA2) Capacity Building (other countries in the World)
  • (expert) Erasmus+ (KA3) Youth Policy Meetings
  • (advanced) European Solidarity Corps Volunteering
  • (advanced) Erasmus+ (lifelong learning, non-youth)
  • (advanced) European Youth Centres (CoE)
  • (advanced) European Youth Foundation (CoE)
  • (intermediate) Solidarity Fund for Youth Mobility (CoE)
  • (advanced) European Institutions
  • (intermediate) Youth Partnership CoE-COM
  • (advanced) International Youth Structures
  • (intermediate) Private Foundations
  • (intermediate) United Nations

Working with specific target groups

  • (intermediate) Children
  • (intermediate) Families
  • (intermediate) Gay, Lesbian, Bi & Transgender work
  • (expert) Intercultural Teams
  • (advanced) Marginalized & Excluded Youth
  • (intermediate) Men's Issues & Groups
  • (advanced) Minorities
  • (intermediate) Religious Youth Groups
  • (intermediate) Women's Issues & Groups

Experience with specific geographical regions

  • (beginner) Eastern Europe and Caucasus
  • (intermediate) Euro-Mediterranean Co-operation
  • (advanced) European Cooperation
  • (advanced) Global Cooperation
  • (intermediate) Latin America
  • (beginner) North-North Cooperation
  • (beginner) North-South Co-operation
  • (beginner) South East Europe

Language Skills

  • (fluent) English
  • (fluent) French
  • (intermediate) German
  • (fluent) Portuguese
  • (intermediate) Romanian
  • (intermediate) Serbian

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This profile was last modified on 2025-01-06

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