MEET THE TEAM
Committee 2021-23
Ugne Chmeliauskaite, Chair
ENGSO member I represent: Lithuanian Union of Sports Federations
Profession/studies: Expert on International Development Cooperation
Special areas of competence: Development cooperation; International relations; Youth empowerment; Social inclusion; Non-formal education; Training and facilitation; Project management
Favourite sport: Field Hockey
Favourite Global Goal (SDG), and why: 17, Partnership for the goals. Because only together we can make the difference!
Favourite motivation quote: "The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing" - Walt Disney
Filip Filipic, Vice-Chair
ENGSO member I represent: Olympic Committee of Serbia
Profession/studies: Senior Technical Project Manager
Special areas of competence: Non-formal Education; Employability; Volunteering; SDGs; Innovation; Project Management;
Favourite sport: Swimming
Favourite Global Goal (SDG), and why: "4. Quality Education", because it lays the foundation for achieving many other SDGs.
Favourite motivation quote: "Success tomorrow starts today"
Rashan McDonald, Committee member
ENGSO member I represent: Sport and Recreation alliance - United Kingdom
Profession/studies: Bsc in Sports, Health and exercises science (Human performance pathway with year in professional practice)
Special areas of competence: focus to inspires and develop ALL ages , takes ownership with problem solving, effective communication within internal/external audiences
Favourite sport: football
Favourite Global Goal (SDG), and why: reduced inequalities - as i strongly believe that in our generation , inequality is still a big issue, and is a key factor to developing a better world for us and provide a better world for the future.
Favourite motivation quote: "There are no limits to what you can accomplish, except the limits that you place on your own thinking."
Henrietta Weinberg , Committee member
ENGSO member I represent: German Sports Youth (dsj)
Profession/studies: Sports Psychology
Special areas of competence: Volunteering, Non-formal Education, Mental Health, Gender Equality
Favourite sport: judo
Favourite Global Goal (SDG), and why: quality education, because it forms the basis for joint advancement.
Favourite motivation quote: "If there is effort, there is always accomplishment." - Jigoro Kano
Ronalds Rets Rezais, Committee member
ENGSO member I represent: Latvian Sports Federations Council
Profession/studies: Project Specialist
Special areas of competence: Sport Diplomacy, Project Management, Research, Finances.
Favourite sport: Ice hockey
Favourite Global Goal (SDG), and why: peace, justice and strong institutions", because it is the "glue" that allows our society, economy, institutions and political system to function efficiently.
Favourite motivation quote: “You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take" - Wayne Gretzky.
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Anett Fodor, Committee member
ENGSO member I represent: Hungarian Competitive Sport Federation
Profession/studies: Sport Management Msc
Special areas of competence: event management, volunteer management, sport for development, gender equality
Favourite sport: water polo, swimming, kickboxing
Favourite Global Goal (SDG), and why: Quality Education, because this could be the solution for all the other challenges in the world.
Favourite motivation quote: "Travel is not reward for working, it's education for living. "
Iva Glibo, Committee member
ENGSO member I represent: Croatian Olympic Committee
Profession/studies: Research Associate and PhD Candidate at the Technical University of Munich
Special areas of competence: sustainable development, physical activity and mental health, monitoring and evaluation
Favourite sport: Baton twirling
Favourite Global Goal (SDG), and why: SDG 13 climate action: I think it is the most urgent one.
Favourite motivation quote: "Nigdar ni tak bilo da ni nekak bilo, pak ni vezda nebu da nam nekak nebu." Miroslav Krleža
Pál Vitalis Joensen Oly, Committee member
ENGSO member I represent: Faroese Confederation of Sports and Olympic Committee
Profession/studies: Account Executive at software company
Special areas of competence: personal data protection, business development and project management
Favourite sport: swimming
Favourite Global Goal (SDG), and why: gender equality, because I have two daughters that should get the same opportunities in sport, carreer and in life as myself
Favourite motivation quote: “He who has a Why to live for can bear almost any How.”- Nietzsche
Sofie Korbee, Committee member
ENGSO member I represent: The Netherlands Olympic Committee*National Sport Federation (NOC*NSF)
Profession/studies: Project leader Event Policy / MA Communication and Information Sciences and BSc Sport Sciences
Special areas of competence: Policy advice on and evaluation of impact of international sports events, grassroots sports participation monitoring, communication and sport for development.
Favourite sport: windsurfing and cycling
Favourite Global Goal (SDG), and why: gender equality, because everyone deserves equal chances!
Favourite motivation quote: “Always try to move a little bit further in life. Trust yourself, you can fly very high." – Lewis Hamilton
Staff
Matej Manevski, Policy and Projects Manager
Profession/studies: Organizational management
Special areas of competence: Non-formal education & youth work, intercultural learning & facilitating dialogue, civic engagement and youth participation, project & organisational management.
Favourite sport: tennis.
Favourite Global Goal (SDG), and why: SDG #3 Good health and well-being, because only when people are healthy they can focus and contribute to the other aspects of the society and the implementation of the other goals...
Favourite motivation quote: Panta Rhei—Everything Flows
Polona Fonda, Communication Officer
Profession/studies: Graphic and interactive communications
Special areas of competence: communications and digital marketing for sport for development and sport for all
Favourite sport: alpine skiing, ski touring, mountain bike, Olympic weightlifting
Favourite Global Goal (SDG), and why: 17 - Partnerships for the goals; we can only achieve SDGs if we work together towards a common goal.
Favourite motivation quote: when nothing is certain, everything is possible.
Secretariat
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Lithuanian Union of Sports Federations
Lithuanian ENGSO member organisation - Lithuanian Union of Sports Federations - was established in 1992. It is an umbrella organisation for 73 national sport federations in Lithuania, being one of the widest sport organisation in the country.
Lithuanian Union of Sports Federations works closely with the National Olympic Committee, Ministry of Education, Science and Sport of the Republic of Lithuania, Lithuanian Sports University. Member organisation actively participates in ERASMUS+ programme and promotes youth sports in the daily work.