TEAM MEMBERS
Meet our colleagues!
Claudia Silvășan
Project Manager
She is a master’s student at the Faculty of European Studies (Babeș-Bolyai University) in the European Affairs and Program Management programme. Claudia has volunteering experience in event and social media management for academic projects. At the Rațiu Centre, she coordinates Rațiu Forum History Prize.
Dana Stoica
Communication and Events Manager
Dana has been working with the Rațiu foundations since 2013. She has a BA degree in Journalism (Babeş-Bolyai University), and a professional background in Public Relations and Corporate Social Responsibility, both in the business and non-profit environment.
ADVISORY BOARD
Meet our board members!
Mihai Cazacu
Mihai Cazacu is a graduate of a Military High School, holding a degree in Law issued by the Police Academy in Bucharest. He worked for the Ministry of Administration and Interior for almost 12 years, investigating a large number of cases of trafficking in human beings (THB) related to many European countries.
Vlad Zigarov
Vlad Zigarov is a European Affairs Associate at LSE IDEAS and senior adviser on foreign policy at the European Union in Brussels. He holds an MSc in International History from LSE and an MA from the School of Slavonic and East European Studies at UCL.
Cora Moţoc
Currently the Executive Director of Justice and Care Romania, Cora Moţoc was a Senior Political Officer at the British Embassy in Bucharest and an adviser to the Romanian Government (PM’s Office) with the Unit for Sustainable Development and a Coordinator of Projects with the Rule of Law Program of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation.
Radu Albu Comănescu
Radu is a lecturer at the Faculty of European Studies of the Babeş-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca and a doctor in History. He has a BA in European Studies, followed by a double MA in Comparative European Studies and a DEA “Intelligence de l’Europe” at the Paris-Est, Marne-la-Vallée University, with a focus on geopolitics, culture and identities. Radu teaches “EU Governance and Theories of European Integration” as well as “European and International Negotiations”. His fields of research extend to the history of Europe ; history of political and religious thinking; cultural, economic and public diplomacy; state-building, institutions and networks of power. Active in NGOs and think-tanks dedicated to public policies, Radu organised various conferences in partnership with Forbes and Bloomberg. At times, he is a columnist for “Ziua de Cluj”, a leading regional newspaper.
Shajjad Rizvi
Shajjad Rizvi first came to Romania in 1990 just after the revolution. Resettling in Cluj Napoca. Shajjad has successfully led for-profit and non-profit organisations, he co-founded the Little People’s children’s charity, which provides daily services to children, teenagers and young adults being treated for cancer in all major treatment centres in Romania. Shajjad is also the executive chairman for the Duke of Edinburgh Award program in Romania and also a founding member of Youth Cancer Europe, Europe’s leading youth cancer organisation. Shajjad is also a director of the British Romanian Chamber of Commerce and the Honorary British consul agent for Cluj Napoca. Shajjad is a British national from London of Asian heritage.
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