Curriculum Vitae
Personal information
First name(s) / Surname(s) / Julia Vida
Mobile / +36 702144674
E-mail(s) /
Nationality / Hungarian
Date of birth / 20 March 1980
Work experience
Dates / May 2010 - August 2011
Occupation or position held / EU Coordination Desk Officer
Main activities and responsibilities /
  • participated in the work for the Hungarian Presidency of the European Union
  • was primarily responsible for the preparation and coordination of the content of the Informal Meeting of the Education Ministers of the European Union on active citizenship education, in March, 2011
  • assisted in the preparative, organizational, administrative and coordinating tasks related to other presidency events and priorities
  • worked as an organizer of a bilateral meeting between Norwegian and Hungarian senior policy officers
  • coordinated and carried out the education related tasks of the 2011 European Year of Voluntary Activities Promoting Active Citizenship and the EU Strategy for the Danube Region

Name and address of employer / Ministry of National Resources, State Secretariat for Education, International Department for Education
10-14 Szalay street, 1055,Budapest (Hungary)
Type of business or sector / Public administration;education
Dates / July 2008 - May 2010
Occupation or position held / Research assistant - Know and Pol (Knowledge and Policy) Project, funded by the European Commission
(PrioritySeven- Citizens and Governance) at the Sixth RTD Framework Program
Main activities and responsibilities /
  • conducted and analyzed interviews with policymakers and experts in education
  • carried out analysis of written documents involving books, articles of scientific journals and policy documents,
developed research plans and final reports
  • participated in the integration (synthesis) work of the national case studies written in Orientation 2
  • worked as an organizer and presented at the first training for end-users of the project in November 2008
  • participated in and presented at international meetings of the project in Berlin, September 2009 and Lisbon April and October 2009
  • carried out other project management, organizational and administrative tasks

Name and address of employer / EötvösLorándUniversity
1 Pázmány Péter sétány, 1117 Budapest (Hungary)
Type of business or sector / Social sciences, public policy
Dates / January 2008 - April 2008
Occupation or position held / Intern
Main activities and responsibilities /
  • assisted in the screening process of applications for the No Child Left Behind- Blue Ribbon Schools Program (award for excellence)
  • participated in a site visit aiming at collecting best practices in an awarded BlueRibbonSchool in Nogales, Arizona
  • took part in trainings, meetings and assisted the work of the Statewide Systems of Support team of the New EnglandComprehensiveCenter
  • located resources and participated in developing a research brief on Professional Learning Communities for a regional meeting of New England state and district leaders of education, in April 2008
  • assisted in the preparations and helped facilitating the Professional Learning Communities round table at the regional meeting of state and district leaders of NE in April 2008

Name and address of employer / RMC Research
1000 Market Street, 03801 Portsmouth, New Hampshire (United States)
Type of business or sector / Consulting, research, education policy
Dates / May 2007 - December 2007
Occupation or position held / Intern
Main activities and responsibilities /
  • gathered background information for site visits for Succeeding with English Language Learners, a series of case studies on urban school success with ELLs
  • participated in the New York City site visit for the Succeeding with English Language Learners study
  • located resources for and participated in developing a research brief on adolescent literacy
  • located resources for and participated in developing a research brief on high school transitions
  • assisted in preparations for and attended the CGCS Curriculum and Research Directors Meeting in July 2007, and the Annual Fall Conference in Oct-Nov 2007

Name and address of employer / Council of the Great City Schools
1301 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, 20004 WashingtonDC (United States)
Type of business or sector / Education policy and advocacy
Education and training
Dates / 1999 - 2006
Title of qualification awarded / MA in English Language and Literature with a Teaching Profile
Principal subjects / occupational skills covered / English language, literature, history, culture (UK and US), pedagogy, psychology
Name and type of organisation providing education and training / EötvösLorándUniversity of Sciences
4/A Múzeum Körút, 1088,Budapest (Hungary)
Dates / 1998 - 2006
Title of qualification awarded / MA in Spanish Language and Literature with a Teaching Profile
Principal subjects / occupational skills covered / Spanish language, literature, history, culture, pedagogy, psychology
Name and type of organisation providing education and training / EötvösLorándUniversity of Sciences
Dates / 2005
Title of qualification awarded / Cultural Management
Name and type of organisation providing education and training / EötvösLorándUniversity of Sciences
Dates / 2004
Title of qualification awarded / Hungarian as a Foreign Language
Name and type of organisation providing education and training / EötvösLorándUniversity of Sciences
Dates / 2003 (spring semester)
Title of qualification awarded / Erasmus Scholarship
Name and type of organisation providing education and training / University of Málaga, Faculty of Arts
Málaga (Spain)
Personal Skills and Competences
Mother Tongue / Hungarian
Other language(s)
Self-assessment / Understanding / Speaking / W r i t i n g
European level (*) / Listening / Reading / Spoken interaction / Spoken production
English / C2 / Proficient user / C2 / Proficient user / C2 / Proficient user / C2 / Proficient user / C2 / Proficient user
Spanish / C2 / Proficient user / C2 / Proficient user / C2 / Proficient user / C2 / Proficient user / C2 / Proficient user
(*) Common European Framework of Reference (CEF) level
Social skills and competences / Team spirit, great ability to adapt to multicultural environments, excellent communication skills
Organisational skills and competences / Experience in project management and event organization
Computer skills and competences / Excellent knowledge of Microsoft Office tools, experience with online tools and offline administrative systems
Artistic skills and competences / Excellent writing skills
Other skills and competences / Experience in volunteering through doing voluntary work for a non profit organization in the field of gender equality
Additional information / Publication
Article: Policies and Programs for Supporting Disadvantaged Students in the United States of America, Educatio Journal, Budapest, Hungary, 2009
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