Team

Mandy Buschina takes care of the strategic direction of the foundation. With an eye for the bigger picture, she finds the right partners for our work.

As a former volunteer and project manager, Kerstin Eckart knows the foundation inside out. Since 2019, she is responsible for the administrative and legal basis of our work.

Luisa Seiler is responsible for the foundation's strategic and operational business and leads our diverse team. She brings youth networks, partners and decision-makers into one room.

Batoul Abu-Yahya has been active in many young networks. Alongside her studies, she supports the foundation's public relations work.

Concepta Agoya enables the team to manage the daily office routine in an organized and sustainable way.

Sofia supports the team in finances and administration and coordinates the funding process of the project office European Volunteering Capital Berlin 2021.

Andrea Buchan takes care of our team. She coordinates personnel processes and clarifies labor law issues.

Bernard Dröge oversees our internal infrastructure and working environments. Have you tried turning it off and on again?

Teo Ernst supports the office management as a student assistant.

Simon Häuser supports the executive directors in word and deed and is wholeheartedly committed to organising unforgettable team events.

Jürgen Hübner cares about technical infrastructure and IT.

Milena Jovanovic communicates our content to the outside world. She is committed to making young voices heard and to strengthening post-migrant perspectives.

Maximilian Kürten supports our external communication as a volunteer. Close to the target group, he helps us stay up-to-date.

As a trained journalist, Waltraud Luschny digs deep into the sometimes dusty files from the foundation's founding days. By creating a digital archive, she is making our 50-year history accessible.

Next to her studies in business informatics, Naura Mbigha Ocheigoh assists the Foundation with personnel data management and organisation.

Rita takes care of the bookkeeping and the daily income and expenses, keeping track of the numbers and many small steps in between.

Lasse looks after the foundation’s technical systems. Between paper jam and server closet, from Excel issues to Microsoft’s licensing model, Lasse supports our team in getting things done.

Fikri Anıl Altıntaş coordinates our travel grants and implements racism-critical educational offers for children and youth welfare as part of the competence network. He also communicates those offers on our Instagram channel "Beyond A Single Story".

Ruby supports the Young Ambassadors against Antisemitsm programme as a student assistant. As a former participant of the programme, she knows what matters.

In addition to the education and travel program, Nadine Golly is responsible for the “Competence Network Living Together in Immigrant Societies”. As an expert on anti-discrimination and education, she strengthens diversity-oriented offers.

Onur Mercan supports the work of our competence network as a student assistant. He is also a Peer-Educator with Understanding Europe and brings our topics into classrooms throughout Germany.

Annik Schepp coordinates the Young Ambassadors Against Antisemitism programme. She supports young people in advancing post-migrant remembrance culture.

Jasmin supports various projects in the context of education, travel & in the competence network "Living together in the immigration society" as a student assistant with a love of detail.

Pia Sombetzki coordinates the Postmigrant Europe Journey and is responsible for the Instagram channel "Postmigrant Europe". In her work, she connects international and young perspectives on migration societies in Europe.

Mouhamed Abed-Ali actively supports us as a volunteer in the area of prizes.

Jana Freiburg actively supports the team as a volunteer in organising and running events.

Tobias Frietzsche leads the project office in cooperation with betterplace lab. He aims to give the many volunteers in Berlin more visibility and inspire new people to get involved.

A long-time volunteer herself, Sophia Siemer is now part of the EVC team and entrusted with the conception and organisation of events.

Esther Spicker is responsible for the Foundation's three awards and is an expert on anti-Semitism and post-migrant remembrance culture. With her work, she wants to make visible the varied commitment of young people to a pluralistic society in Europe and give them recognition.

Zubair Ahmad is an expert in postcolonial discourses. He monitors the Young Islam Conference scientifically and brings the issues that affect the network to the public.

Seren Başoğul is an expert on empowerment. She coordinates the networking activities of the Young Islam Conference and supports our diverse JIK members in getting involved. She is also responsible for the Summer Academy and, together with Theresa Singer, for the Media Academy.

Hassan E. works in the team of the Young Islam Conference at the interface of networking and communication. His personal focus is on the empowerment of young BIPoC and on a critical perspective on racism in general.

As project assistant in the team of the Young Islam Conference, Veronika Gunne keeps track of figures and finances and supports the project lead with everything that comes up.

Tarek Mündelein is our planning expert and is responsible for the Federal Conference and the JIK Talks event series at the Young Islam Conference. Thus, creating space for exchange, encounter and change of perspectives.

Next to her masterstudies in ‘Gender, Intersectionality and Politics’ at the FU Berlin, Josefine Rindt supports the team of the Young Islam Conference in the areas of administration and outreach.

Theresa Singer coordinates the public relations of the Young Islam Conference and the social media channels of the Foundation. In her work, she brings issues and perspectives to the front that are often not heard enough.

Dr. Asmaa Soliman is an expert on issues of multi-religious society. She heads the Young Islam Conference and coordinates the " Competence Network Living Together in Migration Societies“ together with Nadine Golly.

Evin Demir is responsible for the Fellowship Programmes and the coordination of the "Good News!" courses. As a former trainer, she knows the importance of a diverse educational network and wants to empower young people from different backgrounds.

Friedrich Landenberger is responsible for Understanding Europe's public relations and supports the foundation’s press work. It is particularly important for him to bring diverse voices and perspectives of young Europeans to the fore.

Laura Meijer organizes the European Summer School and supervises qualification and evaluation processes of Understanding Europe. In addition, Laura is passionate about climate justice and coordinates the sustainability process of the Foundation towards a CO2-neutral future.

Frieda Metzkow supports the team of Understanding Europe with adminis¬trative and organizational tasks. Next to her work, she studies sociolin¬guistics and political science at the Free University of Berlin.

Thimo Nieselt leads the team of Understanding Europe. As an expert on inclusive, diversity-oriented Peer Education, he is also in charge of the didactic approaches and quality management of educational formats as well as our network’s publications.

Rebekka Pfennig supports our team in coordinating workshops and events like the European Summer School. As a former trainer, she has known the network since 2018 and is always inspired by the political spirit and commitment of young people.

Lena Strehmann is a born networker and supervises the Coordinators of Understanding Europe. She also enjoys communicating creatively on social media and coordinates the project’s Diversity-Oriented Organizational Development (DOOD) process.

Sarah strategises the network’s approach to communications and oversees the project “Ensemble: Franco-German Youth Exchange”. With her work she strives to convey the opinions of young Europeans as well as the EYP-spirit to external stakeholders.

Valeriya takes care of training activities for the network and oversees the development of the Members Platform. She regularly mixes learning objectives and participants needs into a well-designed learning experience.

Isabel is in charge of health-themed activities of the EYP, supports the network in diversity-oriented processes and pushes for inclusion and accessibility in the network.

Ilija connects young Europeans through the network’s flagship events and is in charge of EYP’s involvement with the Conference on the Future of Europe.

Laura supports the coordination of the EYP’s Alumni Network. Through events and the Mentorship Programme , she connects former members of the European Youth Parliament with currently active ones to strengthen the network.

Marlene supports the project “Youth Dialogues for Strong Civic Spaces”. She is passionate about the individual and societal impact of the EYP and facilitates the networks’ impact assessment process.

Yannick is a volunteer who supports the participants management of the EYP International Sessions and helps with logistics for event organising.

Kristine coordinates the “Youth Dialogue for Strong Civic Spaces” project, in which she works with EYP volunteers from National Committees in the Eastern Partnership countries. She’s passionate about long-term development, capacity-building and ecological sustainability.

Helena manages the Power Shifts project focusing on facilitating the discussions on energy and climate issues in the EYP network. In addition, she works in innovative processes in EYP aiming at transforming the network to be a catalyst for active citizenship.

Nikita is a creative content creator. He supports the European Youth Parliament’s media and communications work, manages and designs content for social media accounts and engages with EYP’s National Committees on communication topics.

João is an excellent multitasker and supports all logistics and processes related to the international governance of the EYP network.

Leading the team of the EYP’s International OfficeAnya turned her passion for youth engagement into profession. She coordinates the strategic and operative development of the network together with the youth-led international Board and represents the organisation towards external stakeholders and partners.