REF Scholarship Program Staff, in Budapest Headquarters

 


Merziha IdriziMerziha Idrizi
REF Scholarships Programme
Alumni and Program Officer

E-mail: scholarship@romaeducationfund.org


Merziha Idrizi is a Roma from Macedonia. She has BS`c degree in Economics, Financial Management from the University of “Ss. Cyril and Methodius”- Faculty of Economics-Skopje, Macedonia and has joined REF/SP in September 2007. Merziha has previously worked as a Program Coordinator on the project “Alliance for Inclusion of Roma in Education” within the Foundation Open Society Institute Macedonia, as a part of the Roma Education Program. Merziha has experience in the work, on a voluntary base, with Roma and non Roma NGO`s from Macedonia, related to the Roma language and Roma culture. She was a member of the Center for Economic Analysis (CEA) – Macedonia until 2007. Merziha is currently working as an Alumni and Programming Officer in the Scholarship Programs team of REF.



Nino ChelidzeNino Chelidze
REF Scholarships Programme
Program Manager

E-mail: scholarship@romaeducationfund.org


Nino Chelidze, born in Tbilisi, Georgia - Holds MA Degrees in Linguistics and Education Management. Worked for the Ministry of Education of Georgia for the Department of Foreign Affairs, monitored Minority and IDP Programs for the Ministry of Education, served as liaison for international and GO education offices. Later represented ACTR/ACCELS in Georgia and managed Scholarship Programs such as: Media Development, Edmund E. Muskie Scholarship Program, Fulbright Scholar Program, etc. As a Manager of IREX oversaw Edmund E. Musky Scholarship as well as RSEP/CI (Regional Scholar Exchange Program and Contemporary Issues Program), helped develop Musky Scholarship Alumni Association for Caucasus (Georgia, Azerbaijan, Armenia in 1997). In 2000 joined US Peace Corps as an Education Project Manager and supervised Secondary School and University Teaching Programs. As of 2004 joined Roma Memorial University Scholarship Program in OSI Budapest and is currently managing REF Academic Scholarship Programs. (RMUSP, LHP, RHSP, Interregional - and International Scholarship Programs).


 


Stela Garaz
Senior Programme Officer
REF Scholarships Programme


Email: sgaraz@romaeducationfund.org


Stela Garaz is a Moldovan national. She holds a BA degree in Political Science from Moldova State University and an MA degree in Comparative Politics from Central European University. Currently she is a PhD candidate in Political Science at Central European University, working on a research project about the link between the concentration of political power and ethnic minorities’ mobilization in post-Soviet Georgia, Moldova, and Ukraine. Before joining REF, Stela worked for CEU Asia Research Initiatives in Budapest and for the European Centre for Minority Issues in Flensburg.      




Viktoria KoszegiViktoria Koszegi
REF/Scholarships Programme
Program Officer

E-mail: scholarship@romaeducationfund.org

Viktoria Koszegi holds a BA from the Teacher Training Faculty of Eötvös Loránd University and a postgraduate degree from the Personnel Administration Faculty of Budapest University of Economic Sciences and Public Administration. She comes from the governmental sector where she worked in administration of municipality level and had coordination tasks for the Community Development and Cultural Committee. She joined the REF/Scholarships Program in September 2008 as administrative assistant and country coordinator for RMUSP in Hungary and is currently working as program officer in the Scholarships Program team.