VIRGINIA MANDALAC

Date of birth: 28.05.1990

1, Pomicultorilor St. ap.6, Chisinau, Moldova
Mobile phone: 069529050; e-mail: virginia.ust@gmail.com

EDUCATION
2008 – 2011: Degree in economics, Specialty: Banks and Finance at the Academy of Economic
Studies from Moldova

1997 – 2008: Bacalaureat graduation Diploma, Theoretical Lyceum „M. Eminescu”, Chisinau,
Moldova
Scholarships/Course/Certificates
Road Safety Action Planning, Road Safety Advocacy within TRACECA Road Safety II project,
Chisinau, Moldova, 2014-2015

Road Safety Scholarship organized by FIA Foundation and EASST, London, UK, June 2014

“Inspection& Safety Ranking” training, iRAP, Athens, Greece, December 2013

“Occupational Road Safety Diploma Course”, Cranfield University& EASST, London, UK,
November 2013

EXPERIENCE

June 2018 – Present: Project coordinator within „RADAR” project – Risk Assessement on Danube
Area Roads, financed by the Danube Transnational Programme. Management of parallel ACM
campaigns and projects (Educational Road Safety Pack, Seatbelt Action, Keep your kids safe in cars,
etc.)
June 2016 – May 2017: Trainer at the “Road Safety Education for Parents” project in partnership
with the Swiss Agency for Development Cooperation (REPEMOL project), aimed to improve road
safety for children in 200 Moldovan localities and focused mostly on rural areas.

2012 – 2015: project coordinator within „SENSOR” project in Moldova. The South East
Neighbourhood Safe Routes (SENSOR) project builds on outstanding cooperation between
automobile clubs, universities and road authorities. Co-financed by the South East Europe (SEE)
Transnational Cooperation Programme and the European Union, the project brings together 14
countries – Greece, Slovakia, Hungary, Slovenia, Republic of Moldova, Serbia, Former Yugoslav
Republic of Macedonia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Albania, Montenegro, Bulgaria, Romania,
and Ukraine.

May 2011 – present: Censor, “ProtectMD” Foundation, Chisinau, Moldova

2011 – present: project manager within international road safety projects at the Automobile Club of
Moldova („Make Roads Safe”, iRAP)

2010 – 2011: office manager at Automobile Club of Moldova

 Participation at the organization of Road Safety Weeks; Road Safety Campaigns; Launch of
the Decade of Action for Road Safety 2011-2020; Involvement in social campaigns
organized by other partners
 Receipt and execution of documents
 Issuance of International Driving Permits

LANGUAGES
Romanian – native, English – well, Russian – well, French – basic, Spanish – with dictionary, Italian – with
dictionary