REF Romania Management Notice

The Board and Executive Director of the Roma Education Fund wish to thank Dan Pavel Doghi for his service as National Director of REF Romania. Effective August 1, Dan will continue his work as Higher Education Program Manager at REF Headquarters in Budapest, overseeing implementation of REF’s tertiary education Scholarship Program. 
 

The Board and Executive Director of the Roma Education Fund wish to thank Dan Pavel Doghi for his service as National Director of REF Romania. Effective August 1, Dan will continue his work as Higher Education Program Manager at REF Headquarters in Budapest, overseeing implementation of REF’s tertiary education Scholarship Program. 
 
In autumn 2013, Dan took on the role of National Director of REF Romania on a part-time basis at the request of the REF Board and Executive Director. Dan helped oversee the growth of REF Romania and the successful implementation of EUR 4.5 million in programs supported by the European Union and EEA grants. He did this while maintaining a very challenging workload supervising the tertiary level scholarship program for the REF network. With most of the REF Romania projects winding down, the Board of REF decided that Dan should resume the Higher Education portfolio full time.
 
REF is actively pursuing additional project funding for its operations in Romania, and will recruit a permanent National Director in the near future. For now, Claudia Lixandru, Chief Finance and Operations Officer, will be the senior-most staff person responsible for operations at REF Romania.