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Damian Profeta

Damian Profeta is a journalist, organizational consultant and social media strategist from Argentina. He is former TakingITGlobal's Spanish Community Engagement Coordinator (2005-2009). As a... read more Damian Profeta is a journalist, organizational consultant and social media strategist from Argentina. He is former TakingITGlobal's Spanish Community Engagement Coordinator (2005-2009). As a result of his social involvement Damian Profeta was awarded with the "Top Outstanding Young Persons of Argentina Award 2005" -TOYP Argentina -. Since 1995, Damián has had key roles in the most important instances and processes of youth participation both at local and global level; leading national chapters of world-wide campaigns, offering his expertise in inclusion and incidence strategies of young people in decision making; executing projects on youth empowerment, promoting new young leaders and partnering with organizations such as UNESCO, Inter-American Development Bank Youth Program, International Youth Parliament, TakingITGlobal, Global Youth Action Network, and others. At the age of 19, Damian founded the Vientos del Sur Association and from 2002 to 2005 he was its Executive Director. He holds an International Diploma in Political Theory and Public Administration, and also studied television production. In 2001 he was selected to attend at the Training Seminar for Youth on Leadership, Democracy and Social Development organized by Inter-American Development Bank. He worked as advisor and senior consultant in many governmental areas and social programs. He has been an active member of the Mesa de Concertación Juvenil Argentina (comparable to a national youth council) and co-founded the Mesa de Concertación Juvenil of Buenos Aires. Also he founded the YouthNetwork Argentina (La Red Joven), an informal e-community that promotes collaboration among youth, that join together more than 400 young people and organizations of Argentina and others Latin American Countries. Damian participated in many international conferences as delegate and/or key speaker such as: *International Youth Parliament 2000. *Youth Employment Summit 2002. *COP10 UN Convention on Climate Change 2004. *Latin America and Caribbean Regional Conference on Information Society WSIS-LAC 2005. *World Summit on the Information Society WSIS 2005. *75th Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences 2006. *5th Science Centre World Congress 2008.