Monica Antoci - Curiculum Vitae

CURRICULUM VITAE

Personal information

1. Family name: ANTOCI
2. First names:    IOANA MONICA
3. Date of birth:   6.07.1945
4. Nationality:      Romanian
5. Civil status:      Married, two children – Constantin Manuel (36) and Dan Alexandru (35)
person with severe physical disability

6. Education

Institution
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Degree(s) or Diploma(s) obtained:

Technical Institute of Bucharest – Faculty of Energetics, Hydroenergetics section, Bucharest
1963 – 1968

Engineer

7. Main training programmes

26-28.09.2002	Working and training visit at the sheltered workshops in Forli, Italy
23 – 28.09.2000	Working visit of NGO representatives from Central and Easter European Countries within the autumn sessions for NGOs with consultative status at the Council of Europe, Strasbourg/France
16 – 24.04.1993	„Preparatory stage for associations from Central an Easter Europe and Africa” France.
10 – 11.09.1992	Working visit at the sheltered workshops PIREMONT, Hungary
20 – 27.04.1991	Training Courses organized by UNAPEI, Lyon/France.

Language skills: (1 - excellent; 5 - basic)

Language	Reading	Speaking	Writing
French	1	2	3

Membership of professional bodies:

On the national level

JULY 2006
– Member of the College for Counseling of Associations and Foundations besides the Prime Ministers Office.
JUNE 2006
– President of the National Disability Council from Romania (CNDR)
Mai 2004

Member of the Board of Directors of the National Disability Council from Romania

1999 - 2000

Member of the National Consultative Council of the Prime-Minister for Relations with NGOs

May 1999 – present

Member of the Consultative Council of the National Authority for Persons with Disabilities for Social Dialogue for Problems of Persons with Disabilities

On the international level

september 1997 – present

Member of the Executive Board of the International Federation of Persons with Physical Disabilities - FIMITIC – Responsible with Social Policy in Central and Eastern European Countries.

On the local level

May 2004 – present

Member of the Local Integrity Group - ARAD (Project of PRO Democraţia)

Jun 2003 - present

Member of the Integrated Group for Action–ARAD (Governmental Reform and Sustainability Partnerships GRASP-USAID - Project)

Jun 2003 – April 2004

Member of the Local Coordinating Committee for Local Agenda 21 Arad

Other skills
Experience at national level in the domain of lobbying and advocacy campaign for disability legislation having an important contribution to the working out of the first disability legislation in Romania (1991-1992) and succeeding to introduce in the Romanian Constitution an article for the special protection of disabled persons (Art. 46, that became in 2003 Art.50 of the revised Constitution).
Initiator and coordinator of 10 national programs and projects developed within a network consisting both of AHNR’s member associations and other non-governmental organizations active in the disability domain.
Very good communication skills for public speaking acquired during public speeches, presentations and debates on the occasion of different conferences as well as during the numerous interviews given to local and national radio/TV stations within the information campaigns on disability issues of the Romanian society.

Present positions:

On National level

June 2006 – elected as President of the National Disability Council from Romania
May 2005 – Present – Member of the Board of Directors of CNDR (National Disability Council from Romania)
march 1998 – Present - Vice-president of the National Network for Information and Cooperation on the Integration in the Community of Children with Special Needs in Romania (A-RENINCO-R).
13 february 1990 – Present - President and founder of the national Association of Persons with Neuromotor Disability – AHNR.

On International level

september 1997 – present - Member of the Board of FIMITIC (International Federation of Persons with Physical Disabilities); Expert within the Special Group for “Social Protection” of FIMITIC.

On Local level

1996 – Present - President and Founder of “Alexandru” Foundation
1992 - Present - President and Founder of the Association of Persons with Neuromotor Disability from Romania –AHNR – Arad County Branch

Key qualifications

May 2005 – Present - Resource Parent & trainer for volunteers from the Respite Center „Casa Alexandru” of Alexandru Foundation.
February 2005 – Present - Trainer for Resource Parents within the Resource Center for the Announcement of Disability.
January 2005 – Present - Member of the Medical Expertize Commission for Persons with Disabilities from Arad County

professional experience

Date from – Date to	Location	Company	Position	Description
September 4, December 14, 2005	Arad Romania	National Disability Council from Romania	Member of Board of Directors	Monitoring, working out amendments with the members of the B.D. of CNDR to the different forms of the draft Law regarding the protection and promotion of the rights of persons with disabilities published on the official site of ANPH and sending them to ANPH to be introduced in the text of the draft.
August 29 - September 4, 2005	Olimp Romania	National Authority for Persons with Disability –ANPH- governmental body	Member of Working Group For the elaboration of the draft disability legislation	Working out the draft of Law regarding the protection and promotion of the rights of persons with disabilities as representative of AHNR and the National Disability Council from Romania (CNDR)
2003 - 2006	Arad Romania	Association of Persons with Neuromotor Disability from Romania - AHNR	Project coordinator	National Project “Equal opportunities for persons with disabilities from Romania”– the first advocacy campaign and lobby developed on the national level by AHNR for the abrogation of Law 519/2002 and the adoption by the Romanian Parliament of legislative proposal „Equalization of opportunities folr persons with disabilities from Romania”. The project is founded by the Open Society Foundation Romania -FSD
2005	Arad Romania	Alexandru Foundation	Project coordinator Resourse parent	„Friends shoulder” aimed to train a group of volunteers by resourse persons willing to be involved in the activities for persons with severe and moderate neuromotor disabilities which are beneficiaries of the Respite Center „Alexandru House”
2005	Arad Romania	Association of Persons with Neuromotor Disability from Romania – AHNR- Arad Branch	Project coordinator	„Take My Spot, Bear My Lot!” – Campaign of raising awareness and fight against discrimination of persons with disabilities, initiated and coordinated at the national level by the Open Society Foundation Romania –FSD and developed in partneship within the following organisation: Association of Persons with Neuromotor Disability from Romania - AHNR – Arad Branch; „Phoenix Speranţa” Association – Mediaş, Foundation „Rehabilitation Center of Children with Physical Disabilities” - Cluj-Napoca, Foundation „Motivation” România – Bucharest, „Pentru Voi”Foundation - Timişoara and Society for Physically Disabled from Bacau
2004 - 2005	Arad Romania	Association of Persons with Neuromotor Disability from Romania – AHNR – Arad Branch	Project coordinator Resourse parent	Resource Centre For Announcement Of Disability – Pilot Project designed to support those parents from maternity hospitals, emergency sections of hospitals form Arad County and those from home who hardly have been announced that their child has a disability
2003 – 2004	Bucharest Romania	European Disability Forum - EDF	Member of GI-CNDR	Collaborator of the INITIATIVE GROUP for the establishment of a NATIONAL DISABILITY COUNCIL IN ROMANIA – GIC-CNDR, coordinated by the European Disability Forum, in the process of elaboration of two important documents with high importance in the disability domain “Manifesto of Disability in Romania” and the “Country Report on Disability in Romania”.

Date from – Date to	Location	Company	Position	Description
2002 - 2005	Arad Romania	Association of Persons with Neuromotor Disability from Romania – AHNR	Program coordinator	National Program „Announcement of disability” 2002 - 2005 – a pilot program for Romania which represents the starting point in the promotion on protection of the rights of the child with disability, in preventing the abandon and institutionalization of these children. The project was developed within the network of its following member associations: AHNR-Arad Branch, AHN-Arges, APAHM-Cluj, AHN-Hunedoara, AHF-Mehedinti and SH-Zalau. - 2002 - 2003 - AHNR developed the first national campaign for information, communication and education in order to change the attitude and behavior of all persons who are involved in making an „announcement of a disability”. On the other hand the program helped to raise awareness of medical experts and specialists in rehabilitation on the need of “being human” in announcing the family that the new born has an impairment or a disability or that one could occur later on in its life. - 2003 - 2005 - AHNR elaborates the First Guide for the Announcement of Disability from Romania “Announcement of disability at hand for everybody”. This guide is addressed to the parents and the family of the child with disability, to adults with disability, experts and to the whole community where the disabled person has to be integrated. The content of the Guide is available in Romanian language on the web page created by AHNR www.ahnr.cabanova.ro
2003	Arad Romania	Association of Persons with Neuromotor Disability from Romania – AHNR – Arad Branch	Project coordinator Concellor for disability legislation	Center for Documentation, Information and Counseling of Persons with Disabilities and their Families
2001 - 2003	Arad Romania	Association of Persons with Neuromotor Disability from Romania – AHNR	Program coordinator	The first National Advocacy Campaign for Accessibility “Towns for all” for raising awareness on the importance and right of persons with disabilities to have access to education, training, employment, public buildings, outdoor environment, culture and to information. a) 2001 – 2002 - “Towns for all – towns for children” – national public campaign for making schools accessible for children with disabilities too; b) 2002 – 2003 –“Towns for all” - national public campaign for making public buildings, housing, outdoor environment and transportation accessible. AHNR dedicated this campaign to the European Year of Persons with Disabilities – 2003; c) 2003 – 2005 – monitoring the way this public campaign has determined both on national and local levels to make public buildings, housing, outdoor environment and transportation accessible for persons with disabilities. Project developed with financial support of UNICEF and British Embassy in Bucharest.

2001 - 2002	Arad Romania	Association of Persons with Neuromotor Disability from Romania – AHNR – Arad Branch	Project coordinator	Complementary Training Patterns for Active Parents & Personal Assistants”
2000 – 2001	Bucharest Romania	Ministry of Education and Research	Member of the Working Group	Elaboration of the National Curriculum for deeply and severely disabled children.
2000 - 2001	Arad Romania	International Federation of Persons with Physical Disability - FIMITIC	Member of the Group of Experts	Elaboration and evaluation of answers of an international questionnaire on the social situation and rights of persons with disabilities in Countries in Transition within the Preparatory Group of Experts of the FIMITIC Congress “Towards Employability – Equal Opportunities Employability for Persons with Disabilities”
January December 2000	Arad Romania	Association of Persons with Neuromotor Disability from Romania – AHNR	Program coordinator	„ELECTIONS 2000”- 2000 – Pilot Project in Romania aimed to create a network to: 1) educate and call the electorate –persons with disabilities- to participate in the presidential and parliamentary elections and 2) to raise awareness of candidates to the presidency and parliament on their responsibilities and need of a coherent governmental policy in order to remove the barriers which stop persons with disabilities to participate in the life of the society. The project was developed within the network of its following member associations: AHNR-Arad Branch, AHN-Arges, APAHM-Cluj, AHN-Hunedoara, APHNPCB – Ialomita, AHF-Mehedinti and SH-Zalau with the finncial support from German Marshal Fund USA.
1999 – 2001	Arad Romania	Association of Persons with Neuromotor Disability from Romania – AHNR	Local project coordinator	The DEEP (DISABLED WOMEN’S EMPOWERMENT & ENERGY PROJECT) - project developed within the SOCRATES Programs of the European Community in partnership with Forum - Women and Disability in Sweden, NADF - National Association of the Disabled in Finland. The aims of these two years project were: 1) training of disabled women to start peer groups of disabled women; 2) producing national and European resource materials for peer groups; 3) building national and international networks. Financial support given by Socrates Programm Of European Commission
1999	Arad Romania	Association of Persons with Neuromotor Disability from Romania – AHNR	Project coordinator	The „CASA” project aimed to set up of the first Counselling Centers for Women with Neuromotor Disability within AHNR’s member associations from Arad, Arges, Cluj, and Salaj with the finncial support from from the Nederlands Embassy in Bucharest.
1999	Iasi Romania	PMU Mission Institute Sweden	Member of the Evaluation Group	Working out the Evaluating Report for the project “Penilla Infant Rehabilitation Center” holding interviews, speaking with the specialists in rehabilitation.
1996 - 2002	Arad Romania	Association of Persons with Neuromotor Disability from Romania – AHNR – Arad Branch	Project coordinator	Integration into the Community of Children and Youth with Neuromotor Disability from Arad County”

Date from - Date to

Location

Company

Position

Description

1992 - present	Arad Romania	Association of Persons with Neuromotor Disability from Romania – AHNR	Program coordinator	National Program "Integration into the community of children and youth with severe neuromotor disabilities” through education and training, medical rehabilitation, complementary and occupational therapy, music and play therapy, art therapy and creative activities, free time and sport activities, counselling services for the parents. as well. Financed direct by IRIS Foundation Great Britain.
1992 – 1995	Arad Romania	Association of Persons with Neuromotor Disability from Romania – AHNR	Program coordinator	National Training Program for Parents with Disabled Children - Pilot Program developed in 8 stages and with the participation of 256 parents and specialists across the country.
1992 - 1994	Arad Romania	Association of Persons with Neuromotor Disability from Romania – AHNR	Program coordinator	- National Program of Management for Leaders of Member Associations developed in 3 stages. More than 45 representatives of AHNR’s member associations participated in these courses. - National Program for Promoting Training of Program Coordinators for the Integration of Children with Moderate and Severe Neuromotor Disabilities into the Community. Co-coordinators of this program are parents and persons with disabilities of AHNR’s member associations
1990 - 1992	Arad Romania	Association of Persons with Neuromotor Disability from Romania – AHNR	Program coordinator	National Program for lobby and advocacy for: 1) inclusion into the Romanian Constitution of an article on persons with disabilities. This article was Art.46 and became Art.50 of the revised Constitution of Romania in 2003. 2) elaboration in emergency procedure of a disability legislation which became – Law 53/1992 for the special protection of persons with disabilities and Law 57/1992 on employment of persons with disabilities.

15. Other important information

Monica Antoci was present in over 60 national and international conferences, seminars and symposiums
In her capacity of President of AHNR she has presented over 40 papers on the specific themes of the national and international meetings most of them being published in magazines, news letters and brochures in the disability domain.

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