Özgür Karademir
ANKARA
Summary
REFERENCES;
1. Mr. Akif TÜRKEL
Programme Manager / Delegation of European Union to Ankara
Gsm: +90 532 615 62 62
2. Mrs. Tunde Eva KALLAI
Open Innovation & Living Lab expert / 20 years in EC project evaluation & Working on multiple domains / consultant in CCS
Gsm: +36 30 510 21 54
Overview
19
19
years of professional experience
7
7
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Counsellor to The President
Ministry of Interior
1 2022 - Current
- My main tasks are to manage and facilitate UN flash appeal process for humanitarian assistance from external sources for Earthquake Turkey 2023, coordinate and follow up donor contributions, organize and coordinate the sectoral meetings in the filed in coordination with OCHA representative and other government officials from MoFA, follow up the European Union and international projects, project calls and coordinate the application procedures of the departments, provide the necessary communication to facilitate the execution of the project proposals by the departments in case of acceptance, follow up and analyse the Union Civil Protection Mechanism (UCPM) project calls for AFAD departments, facilitate the execution of the project proposals by the departments of the relevant institutions and provincial directorates in case of acceptance, support, monitor, analyse and report on humanitarian aid activities and coordinate the relevant stakeholders in cluster, prepare and participate in large, multi-stakeholder projects, attend to multi-sectoral meetings to review and support policy development with clusters, assist and formulate the coordination of multinational humanitarian and emergency issues, ensure smooth coordination and management of grants from donors allocated for the disaster-affected regions (it is prepared a project and signed grant agreement with Kuwait Red Crescent Society (KRCS).The allocation is 4.175.000 USD in 2022
- The scope of the grant agreement is about the construction of Regional Fire Control Coordination Centre in Antalya after wildfire in the region in 2021
- A grant agreement with Qatar Fund for Development (QFFD) is under MoU preparation
- The allocation is 2.900.000 USD It is about a school building for girls in İzmir after earthquake in 2020)
- The overall coordination and management such as bilateral meetings, hosting delegations and on-site visits and technical negotiation as well as the budget management, assist to reconstructive post-disaster recovery issues by conducting relation with external donors, prepare official meeting agenda and protocols, briefs, presentations and case studies to report to the Head of the Authority
- I also coordinate the IPA CARE and Multi-Country Study Programmes by EU Commission as well as a group leader of IPA III Project ‘ Building a Disaster Türkiye’ .
Head of Psychosocial Support Working Group & Administration Working Group
Ministry of Interior Disaster and Management Authority
01.2018 - 01.2022
- My main responsibilities were to organise administrative and financial operations of the recovery department, plan and provide trainings about psychosocial support for social workers and other staff at local and national level, provide psychosocial orientation training to staff in case of disasters and emergencies, manage overall project on-site assistance for the implementation of the project in Burkina Faso under humanitarian aid (Project submitted by ‘Fondation Mains Unies Pour le Development Communautaire’ in the context of Plan de Réponse et Soutiens aux ménages Vulnérables face aux Effets Néfastes de la Campagne Agricole, dans le Commun Rurale de Arbollé
- 100.000 USD allocated for the implementation of this project for food distribution, enrolment of pupils to school, devices for the disabled people
- Project organized in coordination with participation of local people in Arbollé), ensure overall management and coordination of humanitarian aid on-site in Juba, South Sudan
- (After the natural disaster of flood, In coordination of Turkish Embassy in Juba, local authorities and WFP Juba Mission, provided 2500 box of food to 2.500 disaster-affected local people in Juba).
Chief of Cabinet to the Head
Ministry of Interior Disaster and Management Authority
12.2016 - 01.2018
- My tasks were to coordinate the board meetings (including planning, following up on actions, sending of agenda, briefing and papers) in consultation with the Head, allow meetings to occur in a timely and effective manner, ensure the coordinate sub-committee meetings in consultation with the heads of departments, assist in the coordination of information and management issues related to humanitarian aid and disaster risk management act as a central contact of all departments, provide minutes of board meetings ensuring all details are recorded, actions are assignee, manage a team of 7 staff in the cabinet secretariat providing development and performance management to ensure smooth running of this critical support function, advise chair on best practice in relation to board management, manage international protocols and welcome delegations, enhance appropriate links with national, local and international authorities, ensure approval by all relevant national and sub-national authorities of the strategic documents produced by the departments at the headquarter, organise and participate in work groups, meetings and seminars with other public bodies and NGOs on emergency and humanitarian matters on behalf of the President, organise and chair high level member of Disaster Management Committee, coordinate response and shelter departments to assist on-site the Syrian refugees in zero point at the Syrian border.
Counsellor to Undersecretary
Ministry of National Education
11.2015 - 12.2016
- My main tasks were to organise, participate in international meetings, seminars, workshops, provide guidance to staff, prepares and contribute to the preparation of written reports, documents, educational policy guidelines, ministerial briefings, case studies, ensure effective functioning of cluster working groups in national education, prepare large-scale projects for Syrian refugees in Turkey, performs other related issues as required, serve as Interpreter and translator in international events, meetings ( English, French).
Head Teacher / Coordinator
General Consulate of Turkey in Bordeaux
10.2011 - 10.2015
- My main tasks were to supervise the educators and their training activities in the region of Gironde in coordination with Turkish Mission, Lecturing at University of Michel Montaigne ( Turkish Language teaching to PHD Students), Founder and President of Association ‘Association Centre Cultural et Academic d’ Interaction Civile Internationale
- Project manager in the project untitled ‘OUI A LA DIVERSITE NON A LA DISCRIMINATION’.
Managing Coordinator of EU Educational Programmes
Samsun Provincial Directorate of National Education
07.2007 - 04.2009
- My main tasks were to provide PCM trainings to local school teachers and directors and supervising, ensure technical support to increase capacity building in project preparation and management, raise awareness about educational call for proposals, provide fund raising workshops and seminars to directors of educational environment.
Information Officer
Samsun Chamber of Commerce
08.2005 - 11.2006
- The existing EU Information Network developed as a decentralized information network in 1996 by the Delegation of the European Union to Türkiye in partnership with hosting partner organizations (e.g
- Chambers of commerce and industry)
- It included 20 information centres set up in Ankara, Antalya, Bursa, Denizli, Diyarbakır, Erzurum, Eskişehir, Gaziantep, İstanbul, İzmir, Kayseri, Mersin, Samsun, Sivas, Trabzon, Van, Edirne, Konya, Şanlıurfa and Kocaeli
- My responsibilities were In EIC Hub to answer queries about the European Union and EU-Turkish ties, ensure public to be able to access to various databases of the EU, Contribute to widen the network among EU information providers, establish and maintain close relations with target groups (SMEs in the region), serve as a reference point for the general public by advising on where and how to obtain further information from other more specialized sources, organise seminars on EU – Türkiye relations and on EU policies, attended by experts as speakers, distribute to the relevant sections of the public the booklets and other written materials prepared by the EU and translated into Turkish by the Delegation of the European Union to Türkiye and organise cultural activities financed by the European Commission.
Education
Master Degree - Institute of Social Sciences
05.2007 - 05.2010
Bachelor Degree - Department of Foreign languages (French Language)
05.1991 - 05.1995
Skills
Windows Office Programmes
Key Qualifications
- Expert with outstanding knowledge in the field of EU programmes, such as , IPA, UCPM, Erasmus+ and European Solidarity Corps
- 20 years’ experience in preparing proposals in various projects, leading projects financed by European Union
- Orienting and guiding the project team for the EU financed projects
- Experience in humanitarian aid operations at international level
- Engaging in local disaster risk reduction plans
- Experience in disaster recovery operations with national and international multi stakeholders
- Experience in setting up with the team annual project strategies, monitoring and following up
- Humanitarian affairs technical support and support to effective functioning
- Coordination and organisation of humanitarian field missions
- Experience of donors’ rules and policies, management of donor’s grants
- Experience in skill development trainings and workshops
- Managing and coordinating multicultural staff and working groups meetings, logistic and follow up operations
- Facilitating constructive dialogues with donors and countries main stakeholders to enhance future collaboration
- Engaging diplomatic dialogues with relevant national and international authorities and setting up future collaboration
- Drafting international bilateral cooperation agreements / protocols and following up
- Interpreting in international meetings
- Setting up multilateral cooperation network in Turkey and abroad
- Outstanding experience in coordination of national NGO management and coordinating multilateral stakeholders in Turkey and abroad
- Experience in advocacy, project cycle management, project backstopping, project monitoring and evaluation, institutional capacity building
Presentposition
Advisor to the Head of Ministry of Home Affairs Disaster and Emergency Management Authority
Generalinformation
- 01/2022, Present, Ankara, Türkiye, Ministry of Interior Disaster and Management Authority, Counsellor to The President Head of International Projects Working G., My main tasks are to manage and facilitate UN flash appeal process for humanitarian assistance from external sources for Earthquake Turkey 2023, coordinate and follow up donor contributions, organize and coordinate the sectoral meetings in the filed in coordination with OCHA representative and other government officials from MoFA, follow up the European Union and international projects, project calls and coordinate the application procedures of the departments, provide the necessary communication to facilitate the execution of the project proposals by the departments in case of acceptance, follow up and analyse the Union Civil Protection Mechanism (UCPM) project calls for AFAD departments, facilitate the execution of the project proposals by the departments of the relevant institutions and provincial directorates in case of acceptance, support, monitor, analyse and report on humanitarian aid activities and coordinate the relevant stakeholders in cluster, prepare and participate in large, multi-stakeholder projects, attend to multi-sectoral meetings to review and support policy development with clusters, assist and formulate the coordination of multinational humanitarian and emergency issues, ensure smooth coordination and management of grants from donors allocated for the disaster-affected regions (it is prepared a project and signed grant agreement with Kuwait Red Crescent Society (KRCS).The allocation is 4.175.000 USD in 2022. The scope of the grant agreement is about the construction of Regional Fire Control Coordination Centre in Antalya after wildfire in the region in 2021. A grant agreement with Qatar Fund for Development (QFFD) is under MoU preparation. The allocation is 2.900.000 USD It is about a school building for girls in İzmir after earthquake in 2020). The overall coordination and management such as bilateral meetings, hosting delegations and on-site visits and technical negotiation as well as the budget management, assist to reconstructive post-disaster recovery issues by conducting relation with external donors, prepare official meeting agenda and protocols, briefs, presentations and case studies to report to the Head of the Authority. I also coordinate the IPA CARE and Multi-Country Study Programmes by EU Commission as well as a group leader of IPA III Project ‘ Building a Disaster Türkiye’ .
- 01/2018, 01/2022, Ankara, Türkiye, Ministry of Interior Disaster and Management Authority, Head of Psychosocial Support Working Group & Administration Working Group, My main responsibilities were to organise administrative and financial operations of the recovery department, plan and provide trainings about psychosocial support for social workers and other staff at local and national level, provide psychosocial orientation training to staff in case of disasters and emergencies, manage overall project on-site assistance for the implementation of the project in Burkina Faso under humanitarian aid (Project submitted by ‘Fondation Mains Unies Pour le Development Communautaire’ in the context of Plan de Réponse et Soutiens aux ménages Vulnérables face aux Effets Néfastes de la Campagne Agricole, dans le Commun Rurale de Arbollé. 100.000 USD allocated for the implementation of this project for food distribution, enrolment of pupils to school, devices for the disabled people. Project organized in coordination with participation of local people in Arbollé), ensure overall management and coordination of humanitarian aid on-site in Juba, South Sudan. (After the natural disaster of flood, In coordination of Turkish Embassy in Juba, local authorities and WFP Juba Mission, provided 2500 box of food to 2.500 disaster-affected local people in Juba).
- 12/2016, 01/2018, Ankara, Türkiye, Ministry of Interior Disaster and Management Authority, Chief of Cabinet to the Head, My tasks were to coordinate the board meetings (including planning, following up on actions, sending of agenda, briefing and papers) in consultation with the Head, allow meetings to occur in a timely and effective manner, ensure the coordinate sub-committee meetings in consultation with the heads of departments, assist in the coordination of information and management issues related to humanitarian aid and disaster risk management act as a central contact of all departments, provide minutes of board meetings ensuring all details are recorded, actions are assignee, manage a team of 7 staff in the cabinet secretariat providing development and performance management to ensure smooth running of this critical support function, advise chair on best practice in relation to board management, manage international protocols and welcome delegations, enhance appropriate links with national, local and international authorities, ensure approval by all relevant national and sub-national authorities of the strategic documents produced by the departments at the headquarter, organise and participate in work groups, meetings and seminars with other public bodies and NGOs on emergency and humanitarian matters on behalf of the President, organise and chair high level member of Disaster Management Committee, coordinate response and shelter departments to assist on-site the Syrian refugees in zero point at the Syrian border.
- 11/2015, 12/2016, Ankara, Türkiye, Ministry of National Education, Counsellor to Undersecretary, My main tasks were to organise, participate in international meetings, seminars, workshops, provide guidance to staff, prepares and contribute to the preparation of written reports, documents, educational policy guidelines, ministerial briefings, case studies, ensure effective functioning of cluster working groups in national education, prepare large-scale projects for Syrian refugees in Turkey, performs other related issues as required, serve as Interpreter and translator in international events, meetings (English, French).
- 10/2011, 10/2015, Bordeaux, France, General Consulate of Turkey in Bordeaux, Head Teacher / Coordinator, My main tasks were to supervise the educators and their training activities in the region of Gironde in coordination with Turkish Mission, Lecturing at University of Michel Montaigne (Turkish Language teaching to PHD Students), Founder and President of Association ‘Association Centre Cultural et Academic d’ Interaction Civile Internationale. Project manager in the project untitled ‘OUI A LA DIVERSITE NON A LA DISCRIMINATION’.
- 3/2005, 9/2011, Samsun, Türkiye, Samsun Provincial Directorate of National Education, Managing Coordinator of EU Educational Programmes, My main tasks were to provide PCM trainings to local school teachers and directors and supervising, ensure technical support to increase capacity building in project preparation and management, raise awareness about educational call for proposals, provide fund raising workshops and seminars to directors of educational environment, Project implemented: Public Education Center and Evening School of Arts, Grundvig Adult Education Project (OPENING DOORS) / Samsun-Ferrol – Spain, Samsun CCI, Integra Plus Business Network Building of Mediterranean Countries, Samsun CCI- Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, (Representatives of Project stakeholder countries from 15 Mediterranean country), Projects implemented: Yakakent Municipality, Development of Bilateral Relations of Sister Cities Project / Yakakent Governorship and Municipality- Municipality of Kushimoto, Japan, MoNE, Comenius Regio Partnership (Safe School) / Lithuania-Samsun, Youth Education Culture Promotion and Economy Association, Capacity Development Training Education for EU Grant Projects / Brussels – Belgium, Regional Development Projects (NUTS II / TR83), Samsun, Türkiye, Samsun CCI, Internationalization of Samsun, Denmark, European Economic and Social Work Association, Micro-Grant Program on Civil Society Dialogue, “BİR ELİN NESİ VAR, SİVİL TOPLUMUN SESİ VAR” / Samsun-Croatia, Under IPA 2007-2013 terms, the Program of Increasing Regional Competitiveness in which allocation by EU was 52.33 M for TR82, TR83 and TRA1 regions I was the main contributor and facilitator in implementing in 10 less-developed regions. I Contributed all over coordination of regional development projects for SMEs in the NUTS II TR83 region (cities: Samsun, Amasya, Çorum, Tokat). Workshop and training event for SMEs about the project preparation and implementation processes in the region, ensured technical assistance and evaluation of the approved projects of SMEs in regional projects coordination hub. I organized trainings and workshops, provided advises on business development to the entrepreneurs. I was one of the key experts in Woman Entrepreneurship Support Project which was implemented in 25 cities in Turkey hosted by The Chambers of Tradesmen and Artisans. Technical assistance contract was signed with ECORYS. In this project, 320 women candidate to be entrepreneur was provided entrepreneurship trainings and the activities of capacity building. The candidates were also supplied advocacy after training. At the end of trainings 130 women established business in Samsun.
- 8/2005, 11/2006, Samsun, Türkiye, Samsun Chamber of Commerce, Information Officer, The existing EU Information Network developed as a decentralized information network in 1996 by the Delegation of the European Union to Türkiye in partnership with hosting partner organizations (e.g. chambers of commerce and industry). It included 20 information centres set up in Ankara, Antalya, Bursa, Denizli, Diyarbakır, Erzurum, Eskişehir, Gaziantep, İstanbul, İzmir, Kayseri, Mersin, Samsun, Sivas, Trabzon, Van, Edirne, Konya, Şanlıurfa and Kocaeli. My responsibilities were In EIC Hub to answer queries about the European Union and EU-Turkish ties, ensure public to be able to access to various databases of the EU, Contribute to widen the network among EU information providers, establish and maintain close relations with target groups (SMEs in the region), serve as a reference point for the general public by advising on where and how to obtain further information from other more specialized sources, organise seminars on EU – Türkiye relations and on EU policies, attended by experts as speakers, distribute to the relevant sections of the public the booklets and other written materials prepared by the EU and translated into Turkish by the Delegation of the European Union to Türkiye and organise cultural activities financed by the European Commission.
Firstnames
Özgür
Tel
+90 543 591 24 87
Personal Information
- Place of Birth: KONYA TURKIYE
- Date of Birth: 10/04/1071
- Nationality: Turkish
Languages
Turkish
English
French
Italian
Timeline
Head of Psychosocial Support Working Group & Administration Working Group - Ministry of Interior Disaster and Management Authority
01.2018 - 01.2022
Chief of Cabinet to the Head - Ministry of Interior Disaster and Management Authority
12.2016 - 01.2018
Counsellor to Undersecretary - Ministry of National Education
11.2015 - 12.2016
Head Teacher / Coordinator - General Consulate of Turkey in Bordeaux
10.2011 - 10.2015
Managing Coordinator of EU Educational Programmes - Samsun Provincial Directorate of National Education
07.2007 - 04.2009
University of 19 May - Master Degree, Institute of Social Sciences
05.2007 - 05.2010
Information Officer - Samsun Chamber of Commerce
08.2005 - 11.2006
University of 19 May - Bachelor Degree, Department of Foreign languages (French Language)
05.1991 - 05.1995
Counsellor to The President - Ministry of Interior
1 2022 - Current