Name

Position

Institution

Address

Tel

Fax

Email

Area of Specialty

Soros Network Experience

Other Experience in the Region

Other Relevant Experience

Languages

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David Avdul

Professor

Pace University, School of Education

78 North Broadway, White Plains, NY 10603 USA

(1 914) 422 4202

(1 914) 422 4061

Teacher education, program development

Albania

English, Albanian

EPSU

George Bethell

Consultant

17 Orchard Avenue Cambridge CB4 2AQ United Kingdom

(44 1223) 354 515

(44 1223) 683 00

george@bethell.demon.co.uk

Assessment of learner achievement, Examinations, program planning and evaluation, training for program managers and educators

Belarus, Macedonia, EPSU

Albania, Bulgaria, Romania, Slovenia

Western Europe, Africa, Caribbean, South-East Asia

English

EPSU

Bela Buda

Professor

Semmelweiss Medical School

Nagyvarad ter 4 Budapest, 1089 Hungary

(36 1) 210 2930

(36 1) 210 2955

Addictology, Mental Health

Soros Foundation Hungary, partner

English, French, German, Hungarian

Soros Foundation, Hungary

Lawrence (Larry) Campbell

Administrator for International Programs

Overbrook School for the Blind

6333 Malvern Avenue Philadelphia, PA 19151-2597 USA

(1 215) 878 8700

(1 215) 878 8886

76244.1523@compuserve.com

Special education, vocational training for blind and visually impaired

Operates a Soros-sponsored grant to introduce computer-based skills for the blind in Central and Eastern Europe. Serves on Board of AWARE and Maria Grzgorewska College for the Blind in Warsaw, Poland, Soros grantees

English

Noah Simmons, OSI NY

Johanna Crighton

Consultant

71 Bridge Street Cambridge CB2 1UR United Kingdom

-325292

44-1223-324130.

johanna@crighton.demon.co.uk

Educational policy development, Assessment, Program evaluation

Albania, Hungary

Albania, Romania, Russia, OECD Regional Survey of 11 countries

Western Europe, Middle East, Africa

Dutch, English, Italian, French, German

EPSU

Alexandru Crisan

Head, Curriculum Development Department

Institute of Educational Sciences

37 Stirbei Voda Str 70732 Bucharest Romania

(40 1) 613 6491, 615 8930, 614 2783, ext. 117-118

(40 1) 312 1447

ISE@ACC.USIS.ro

Curriculum development, mother tongue education, textbooks, learning materials, teacher in-service and pre-service training

Oct 96 Moldova:trainer in School Improvement, Febr 97 Romania: trainer - in-service training

Worldbank consultant in Albania, Moldova re training and technical assistance; textbook design and publishing in Bucharest

Trainee in training programs in curriculum development and publishing, textbook design, teacher training techniques. Trainer in Education and Transition in Eastern Countries,

Romanian, English, French, Portugese, Hungarian

EPSU

Eva Csobod

Teacher

Tiszta Levego "Clean Air" Foundation

Menyecske u. 3 Budapest, 1112 Hungary

(36 1) 310 2811 or (361) 251 2151

(36 1) 343 8157 or (36 1) 344 0339

Environmental education, Textbook writer in field of environment

Soros Foundation partner organization in Hungary

Environmental education in Europe, teacher training on environ. education, IUCN/EE and communication, distance learning

Soros Foundation, Hungary

George Dawson

Professor

Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Florida State University

Tallahassee, FL 32306-3032 USA

(1 904) 644 2792

(1 904) 644 7806

gdawson@garnet.acns.fsu.edu

Science education, training for science teachers, use of technology in science education

Bosnia

Romania

Africa...

English

EPSU

Girvydas Doublys

Training Officer

Lithuanian Center for Human Rights

Gedimino 22 Vilnius 2600 Lithuania

(3702) 62 88 58

(3702) 62 89 60

LCHR@post.omnitel.net

Civic Education, Human Rights Education, Education for Democracy

Lithuania, EPSU

Projects Managing on Civic education, Education for Democracy in Latvia, Estonia & Ukraine

Netherlands

English, Lithuanian, Russian

EPSU

Mark Evans

Curriculum and Instruction -Senior Tutor

University of Toronto

371 Bloor Street West Toronto M5S 2R7 Ontario, Canada

416 978 9063

416 978 6775

mark_evans@tednet.feut.utoronto.ca

School improvement, curriculum and resource development, instruct. methodologies and technologies

Instructor at Aga Khan University in Pakistan

Anne Fickling

Program Coordinator

Center for Civic Education

1785 Massachusetts Ave, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20036 USA

(1 202) 265 0529

(1 202) 265 0710

centereast@aol.com

Civic Education Education for Democracy

Human Rights and Civic Education Workshop, Budapest

Teacher training and program implement. in Bosnia

English

EPSU

Michael Fullan

Dean

University of Toronto Faculty of Education

371 Bloor Street, West Toronto, ON M5S2R7 Canada

416-978-3223

416-971-2293

Michael.Fullan@gateway.feut.utoronto.ca

Teacher education, process of change, school-university partnerships

School Effectiveness and School Improvement Seminar, Budapest

English

EPSU

Dakmara Georgescu

Researcher

Institute of Educational Sciences

37 Stirbei Voda Str 70732 Bucharest Romania

(40 1) 613 6491

(40 1) 312 1447

ise@acc.usis.ro

Human rights and civic education - materials development

Human Rights and Civic Education Workshop, Budapest

English, Romanian

EPSU

Gabor Halasz

Head of Research Centre

National Institute of Public Education

Dorottya u. 8, Postal address: 1364 Budapest Pf. 120 Budapest 1051 Hungary

(36 1) 118 5145

(36 1) 266 9185 or 118 6384

h8281hal@ella.hu

Education administration, education policy making, comparative education, education development

Hungary: Project leader "Development of educational management"' Member of Steering Committee: "Public Education Development Program in Hungary"

Member of OECD education review team in Poland (1995) and in the Czech Republic (1996). Participation in "Comparative Analysis of Education Policy in the Visegrad Countries"

Member of Steering Committee Network of Educational Science Amsterdam (1990-1996), Member of Project Steering Group "Secondary Education for Europe", Member of OECD CERI Governing Board.

English, French, Hungarian

Soros Foundation, Hungary

Cameron Harrison

Secretary General

Consortium of Institutions for Development and Research in Education in Europe (CIDREE)

Gardyne Road, Broughty Ferry Dundee DD5 INY United Kingdom

(44 1382) 455 053

(44 1382) 455 046

charrison@sccc.ac.uk

National Curriculum design, Managing change at the national level, Teacher education

Education for an Open Society Conference, Budapest; Albania: 6-week course on designing and implementing a national curriculum.

Romania, Albania, Slovakia

consultantcies for World Bank, Unicef, UNESCO, heavy involvement in South Africa’

English, French

EPSU

David Hopkins

Professor of Education

The University of Nottingham School of Education

44 115 951 4433

44 115 979 1506

David.Hopkins@nottingham.ac.uk

School Leadership Training

School Effectiveness and School Improvement Seminar, Budapest

English

EPSU

Tim Hunt

Textbook and Publishing Specialist

Tim Hunt Publishing

5 Grove Avenue London N10 2AS United Kingdom

(44 181) 444 6065

(44 181) 442 1610

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Textbooks and textbook publishing, incl. finance,marketing, commisioning, evaluation and distribution,book-related training for publishing, professionals, educationalists and sponsors

Moldova, Education for an Open Society Conference, Budapest, Romania, Baltic States,

Armenia, Albania, Bulgaria, Ukraine, Bosnia

Management of all areas of educational publishing worldwide

English, Italian (French and Spanish)

EPSU

Elena Ippoliti

Human Rights Officer

United Nations Center for Human Rights

8-14 ave. De La Paix 1211 Geneva Switzerland

(41 22) 917 1619

(41 22) 917 0213

eippoliti.hchr@unog.ch

Human Rights, international human rights law, international systems and protection of HRs

Human Rights and Civic Education Workshop, Budapest

Assistant lecturer at the university of Roma, worked w/ several HRs NGs

English, French, Italian

EPSU

David Johnson

Director, Cooperative Learning Center

University of Minnesota

159 Pilsbury Drive, SE Minneapolis, MN 55455-0298 USA

(1 612) 624 7031

(1 612) 626 1395

Cooperative Learning

Education for an Open Society Conference, Budapest

English

EPSU

Roger Johnson

Director, Cooperative Learning Center

University of Minnesota

159 Pilsbury Drive, SE Minneapolis, MN 55455-0298 USA

(1 612) 624 7031

(1 612) 626 1395

Cooperative Learning

Education for an Open Society Conference, Budapest

English

EPSU

Annabel Jones

Academic and Educational Publishing Consultant

Southrop House, Bampton Oxfordshire OX18 2JN United Kingdom

(44 1993) 851 488

(44 1993) 851 488

Academic and Educational Publishing

Russia, Kazakhstan, EPSU - Textbook Resource Package

ELT Editor and school publisher, retained consultant to the Publishers Association

English

EPSU