Ioana Borcan - Doctorat SNSPA

Curriculum vitae
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Ioana Borcan
Bucharest (Romania)
ioana.borcan@dri.snspa.ro
WORK EXPERIENCE
15/05/2015–Present
Education and Research Expert
PhD Studies Office, National University of Political Studies and Public Administration, Bucharest
(Romania)
▪ designing and writing internal methodologies;
▪ writing research projects (Horizon 2020, Jean Monnet), and other.
01/10/2013–Present
Adviser to the President
ECSA Romania / The Romanian Association of International Relations and European Studies,
Bucharest (Romania)
▪ reviewing papers for the Romanian Journal of International Relations and European Studies;
▪ contributing to the organization of the "Learning about Europe The methodology of European
studies" workshop and ARRISE meeting from Brussels which took place in the presence of Mr.
Tibor Navracsics, European Commissioner DG Education and Culture;
▪ writing projects financed by the European Union and other organizations or institutions, among
which was also the following Jean Monnet Support for Associations project, which has won
financing and is being implemented between the 1st of September, 2014, and the 31st of August,
2017: Contributing to the development of the EU immigration and mobility field of study from a
multi-disciplinary approach. Support for the Romanian Association of International Relations and
European Studies / CDEUS;
▪ supervising the implementation of the ARRISE- ECSA Romania Jean Monnet Support for
Associations project;
▪ organizing the Association's events (annual reunions; The International Conference “The
Implications Of EU Policies For The Social, Economic And Political Integration Of Immigrants"; and
other).
01/02/2013–31/01/2014
Project Manager
The Academic Club of European Studies, Bucharest (Romania)
Between the 1st of February 2013 and the 31st of January 2014, I was the manager of "The young
take the (co)decision!" project, which was funded by ANPCDEFP through the "Youth in Action"
program, Action 1.3. Projects for Participatory Democracy. "The young take the (co)decision!" was a
project for participatory democracy and its main scope was to facilitate a better understanding of the
way European institutions work and to increase youth participation in European public life. My
activities as project manager involved the following:
▪ organizing a simulation of decision-making in the European Union with 33 young participants from
Romania and Belgium, between the 2nd and the 6th of September, 2013;
▪ facilitating Workshops on the following topics - EU Institutions, European Citizenship and Citizens'
Initiative procedure;
▪ other activities specific to project management.
The project's blog: http://codecizietineri.wordpress.com/ The Academic Club of European Studies'
website: http://codecizietineri.wordpress.com/
01/11/2012–30/04/2013
Research Expert
The National University of Political Studies and Public Administration, Bucharest (Romania)
"Cooperation between universities to develop quality courses and master programs in the evaluation
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of public policies and programs field of study" project - financed through European structural funds.
My activities consisted of:
▪ creating the database for a library in the field of public policies and programs evaluation;
▪ assisting the implementation team in organizing a training for trainers on the development of
curricula, quality assurance and managing qualifications in higher education, the field of evaluation
of public policies and programs;
▪ identifying potential partners for organizing internships that address students specializing in
evaluation of public policies and programs, contacting them and negotiating.
For more information about the project, please go to: http://dri.snspa.ro/proiecte/eval-eppp/
(information available in Romanian)
01/12/2012–30/03/2013
Research expert
The National University of Political Studies and Public Administration, Bucharest (Romania)
"Competencies, Quality, Flexibility and Employability in the Educational Offer of MA Programs" financed through European structural funds
I was part of the research team that had to do a study on the necessary skills on the labor market to
graduates of Political Science, International Relations, Communication and Administrative Studies.
Therefore, my contribution consisted of:
▪ moderating focus groups;
▪ designing interview, focus group and survey grids;
▪ interviewing 19 potential employers and teachers.
For more information about the project, please go to: http://dri.snspa.ro/proiecte/cafoc/ (information
available in Romanian)
01/04/2012–30/05/2012
Research expert
The Association for Organization Development ADO SAH ROM, Bucharest (Romania)
Writing a report on youth unemployment in Romania, for the "How to Fight Youth Unemployment in
Europe" project, which was funded by the European Commission.(http://www.adosahrom.ro/youthunemployment)
03/2011–11/2011
Project Assistant
Romanian Tuberculosis Association, Bucharest (Romania)
▪ writing reports in the field;
▪ maintaining relation with Romanian and foreign partners;
▪ preparing the Association's attendance in the international events organized by the European Lung
Foundation;
▪ organizing events.
01/09/2010–30/10/2010
Intern
European Affairs Committee from the Romanian Parliament, Bucharest (Romania)
Writing reports on the factors that prevent Romania from accessing European funds.
01/06/2009–30/11/2009
Research Consultant
Cult Market Research, Bucharest (Romania)
Designing survey grids and other research instruments.
EDUCATION AND TRAINING
01/10/2013–09/2016
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Ph.D. in Political Science - Evaluation of Public Policies and
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Programs
The National University of Political Studies and Public Administration, Bucharest (Romania)
10/2014–09/2016
Máster en Evaluación de Programas y Politicas Publicas
EQF level 7
Centro Superior de Estudios de Gestión, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid (Spain)
▪ theories of evaluation;
▪ designing evaluations;
▪ evaluation methods and techniques;
▪ cost-benefit analysis;
▪ network analysis;
▪ data analysis with SPSS, etc.
03/08/2015–07/08/2015
Certificate of attendance: Mixed Methods Designs
ECPR Summer School in Methods and Techniques, Ljubljana (Slovenia)
13/02/2015–20/02/2015
Certificate of attendance: Introduction to Statistics for Political and
Social Scientists
ECPR Winter School in Methods and Techniques, Bamberg (Germany)
▪ Statistics
▪ Working with R
09/09/2013–13/09/2013
Formacion Continua en "Evaluación de Programas y Políticas en el
Marco de los Fondos Europeos"
Centro Superior de Estudios de Gestión, from the Complutense University, Madrid (Spain)
Evaluation of European public policies and programs.
01/10/2011–15/07/2013
Master's Degree in Evaluation of European Public Policies and
Programs
EQF level 7
The National University of Political Studies and Public Administration, Bucharest (Romania)
Courses:
▪ Theories of Public Policies and Program Evaluation
▪ Public Policy Analysis
▪ Public Communication
▪ Ethics in evaluation
▪ Project Evaluation. European Funds Management
▪ Audit and Financial Evaluation
▪ Public Management
▪ Methods of Economic Evaluation
▪ Methods and Techniques of Social Research
▪ The Policies of European Union
▪ The Evaluation Systems and Methods of the European Union
▪ Practices in Public Policies and Program Evaluation
▪ Social Statistics
01/10/2008–15/07/2011
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Bachelor's Degree in Political Science - International Relations
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The Faculty of Political Science from the The National University of Political Studies and Public
Administration, Bucharest (Romania)
International Relations and European Studies, Sociology and Anthropology
PERSONAL SKILLS
Mother tongue(s)
Romanian
Other language(s)
UNDERSTANDING
SPEAKING
WRITING
Listening
Reading
Spoken interaction
Spoken production
English
C1
C1
C1
C1
C1
Spanish
C1
C1
B1
B1
A2
Levels: A1 and A2: Basic user - B1 and B2: Independent user - C1 and C2: Proficient user
Common European Framework of Reference for Languages
Job-related skills
▪ analytical, persistent, results-oriented, adaptable, communicative and extremely willing to learn
person;
▪ capable of working in multi-cultural and multi-disciplinary teams;
▪ committed to continual professional and personal development.
Digital competence
▪ very good command of office suite: Word, Excel, Power Point and Publisher;
▪ good command of SPSS;
▪ basic command of R;
▪ good command of Wordpress and competencies in building websites.
Other skills
Related document(s): Global Certificate Competence 2016.pdf
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Courses
Global Competence Certificate - received on April the 13th, 2016
- an educational program that explores intercultural theories and models through active
experimentation in a new cultural environment and deep reflection with a facilitator.
It aimed at improving competencies in the following 4 domains:
▪ self-awareness;
▪ awareness about others;
▪ emotional intelligence;
▪ bridges to others.
It included a 1 week educational and cultural exchange in Japan between 14-22 December 2015
and the completion of an online study module.
Seminars
October 2015 - February 2016: Assistant teacher for the Seminar on "Evaluation of
Competencies" at the "Evaluation of European public policies and programs" Master program
National University of Political Studies and Public Administration, Bucharest Romania
Presentations
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01.10.2014: Presentation made at the 11th European Evaluation Society Biennial Conference, that
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took place in Dublin, Ireland, on the following subject: "Evaluating policies for the integration of EU
mobile citizens"
26.03.2015: Presentation made at the International Student Conference of the V4 and Romania that
took place in Bucharest Romania, on the following subject: "Difficulties faced in the process of
integrating Romanian mobile citizens"
02.04.2015: Presentation made at the International Conference "The implications of EU policies for
the social, economic and political integration of immigrants", Bucharest, Romania. Subject:
"Evaluating policies for the integration of EU mobile citizens versus immigrants within the EU"
Publications
▪ "Evaluating policies for the integration of EU mobile citizens" in , RoJIRES, 2015, Vol. 3, no.1 http://www.rise.org.ro/rojires-%E2%80%93-vol-3-nr-12015/?lang=en
▪ “The implications of the new framework of concepts and recommendations for monitoring and
evaluation of the European Cohesion Policy in the financial period 2014-2020" in Horga,Ioan and
Toca, Constantin Vasile, The Evaluation of European territorial cooperation, collective volume, Ed.
Universitatii din Oradea, 2013
▪ "How to Fight Youth Unemployment in Europe - an evaluation of Romanian Public Policies for
Encouraging the employability of youth", co-authored with Rodica Novac - article written in the
“How to Fight Youth Unemployment in Europe" project, financed by the European Commision
(http://www.adosahrom.ro/youth-unemployment).
▪ "The European External Action Service - Towards a single EU voice?" in Europolity Journal, 2011,
Vol.5, no.1 - http://europolity.eu/2011-vol-5-no-1/
Memberships
▪ Member of the Association for Evaluation Development in Romania since 2013;
▪ Member of the Romanian Association of International Relations and European Studies since 2010;
▪ Member of the Ethics Commission of the National University of Political Studies and Public
Administration.
Hobbies
▪ Reading
▪ Webdesign (http://www.rise.org.ro/)
▪ Jogging
ANNEXES
▪ diploma.jpg
▪ ECPR_summer school_2015.jpg
▪ Borcan-Ioana Georgiana_ECPR Bamberg.pdf
▪ Global Certificate Competence 2016.pdf
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diploma.jpg
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Borcan-Ioana Georgiana_ECPR Bamberg.pdf
CERTIFICATE OF ATTENDANCE
We hereby confirm that
Ioana Georgiana Borcan
attended the 4th ECPR Winter School in Methods and Techniques
held at the University of Bamberg
13 to 20 February 2015.
Course attended:
Introduction to Statistics for Political and Social
Scientists - Florian Weiler
Contact hours: 15
Professor Thomas Saalfeld
Local Academic Organizer.
Director of the Bamberg Graduate School
of Social Sciences (BAGSS)
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Professor Benoît Rihoux
ECPR Methods School Academic Convenor
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Global Certificate Competence 2016.pdf
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SELF-AWARENESS
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AWARENESS ABOUT OTHERS
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EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE
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BRIDGES TO OTHERS
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Communicate and interact effectively and appropriately in different cultural contexts.
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