Curriculum vitae

Personal information

Surname(s) / First name(s)

NICOLAESCU VICTOR-IONEL

Address(es)

B-dul Unirii no.37, A4, Bucharest 3, Romania

Telephone(s)

Office: tel/fax 0040 21 316 4411; Mobile: 0040 747 779 030

E-mail(s)

victor.nicolaescu@ana.gov.ro

Nationality(-ies)

Romanian

Date of birth

25th of January, 1972

Gender

M

Work experience

Dates

May 2006 - Present

Occupation or position held

Director of International Relations and European Affaires Directorate

Main activities and responsibilities

• monitoring main policies and anti-drug legislation in the European countries;
• data exchange on the drug-use phenomenon (evaluation reports, studies, strategic analysis etc.);
• facilitation of collaboration activities based on bilateral and multilateral cooperation agreements on fighting against drugs;
• coordinating programmes/projects in the field of reducing drug demand and drug offer;
• technical assistance to third countries;
• keeping contacts with Governmental institutions, the public and NGO-s  activating in the field of fighting against drug trafficking and abuse;

• organization and participation in the international events related to the prevention and combating drug consumption and trafficking.

Name and address of employer

National Anti-Drug Agency
37 Unirii Bvd., Bl. A4, Sector 3, Bucharest

Type of business or sector

Coordinating the international relations in the field of reducing the drug demand and offer

Dates

December 2004 - April 2006

Occupation or position held

Head Coordinator of the Prevention, Evaluation and Counselling Anti-Drug Centres Service

Main activities and responsibilities

• participating in the elaboration of the Drug Assessment Reports for the implementation of  the National Anti-Drug Strategy 2003-2004 and of the National Anti-Drug Strategy 2005-2012;
• participating in the adjustment of Law 143/2000 on preventing and combating drugs consumption and trafficking;
• participating in the elaboration of the National Anti-Drug Strategy 2005-2012 and its ACTION Plan;
• elaborating and implementing the "The Great Romanian Anti-Drug Alliance" Programme
• coordinating, evaluating and monitoring the Prevention, Evaluation and Counselling Anti-Drug Centres

Name and address of employer

National Anti-Drug Agency
37 Unirii Bvd., Bl. A4, Sector 3, Bucharest

Type of business or sector

Coordinating the activities in the field of reducing the drug demand and offer

Dates

June 2002 - April 2003

Occupation or position held

Head of the Human Rights Department, Law Directorate

Main activities and responsibilities

• coordinating and monitoring the 200 committees on the protection of human rights within the Ministry of Interior and Administrative Reform;
• elaborating the national assessments on the implementation of the international human rights conventions, ratified by Romania;
• responding to the allegations of human rights violations made by the Ministry of Interior and Administrative Reform staff;
• country representative to the periodically assessments of international conventions ratified by Romania;
• implementing the Action Plans concerning the human rights regulations;
• participating in the inter-ministerial committees concerning juvenile delinquency, promoting the positive measures for the Roma minority, respecting the rights of the children victims of sexual abuse, trafficking and sexual exploitation, respecting women rights;
• supporting the activities of non-governmental organisations involved in promoting and protecting human rights.

Name and address of employer

Ministry of Interior and Administrative Reform
6-8 Mihai Vodă, Sector 5, Bucharest

Type of business or sector

Human Rights and Humanitarian Rights

Dates

August 2000 - June 2002

Occupation or position held

Specialist Officer

Main activities and responsibilities

• elaborating the sectorial strategies in the field of public order and safety;
• participating in the elaboration of the periodically reports elaborated by the Ministry of Interior and Administrative Reform;
• evaluating the implementation of the Unique Plan of the Ministry of Interior and Administrative Reform;
• elaborating the periodically reports for the Romanian Government;
• monitoring the dynamics of the Early Warning Crisis, UNDP;
• documenting and elaborating the public order and safety policies concerning EU pre-accession recommendations.

Name and address of employer

Ministry of Interior and Administrative Reform
6-8 Mihai Vodă, Sector 5, Bucharest

Type of business or sector

Analysis - Strategies

Dates

June 1998 - July 2000

Occupation or position held

Specialist Officer

Main activities and responsibilities

• carrying out polls/opinions concerning the professional satisfaction of the police staff;
• administrating the data basis of the main crime indicators;
• analyzing the main crime tendencies in Romania.

Name and address of employer

General Inspectorate of the Romanian Police
Institute for Research and Crime Prevention,
13-15 Ştefan cel Mare , Sector 2, Bucharest

Type of business or sector

Research Prognosis Service

Dates

August 1996- June 1998

Occupation or position held

Specialist Officer

Main activities and responsibilities

• carrying out criminological researches concerning different Romanian social problems (street children, public safety of citizens, Satanism phenomenon in Romania)'
• undertaking study cases on  the suicide phenomenon in Romania;
• statistical documentation and prognosis on crime trends in Romania.

Name and address of employer

Ministry of Interior and Administrative Reform
6-8 Mihai Vodă St., Sect. 5, Bucharest

Type of business or sector

Research Prognosis Service

Education and training

Dates

September 2008 - March, 2008

Title of qualification awarded

Post-graduate diploma

Principal subjects/Occupational skills covered

The curriculumwas designed according to the up-to-date requirements of the European higher education area, modularized courses (Organizational management,  Communication in public institutions,  HR management in public institutions, Public administration and European integration,  Economy and regional development, Comparative administration, E-Administration,  Regional and trans-frontier project management).

Name and type of organisation providing education and training

The Romanian Institute of Diplomacy

Dates

October 2006 -  February 2007

Title of qualification awarded

Post-graduate diploma

Principal subjects/Occupational skills covered

Security in EU and NATO

Name and type of organisation providing education and training

Ministry of Defence, Bucharest

Dates

November 1997 - December 2005

Title of qualification awarded

PhD Diploma

Principal subjects/Occupational skills covered

The Youth Family between tradition and modernity

Name and type of organisation providing education and training

Doctorate Program, University of Bucharest, project coordinator Elena ZAMFIR, Ph. D.

Dates

October 1997  - June 2002

Title of qualification awarded

University Diploma

Principal subjects/Occupational skills covered

Marketing in the global world
Foreign trade and resources

Name and type of organisation providing education and training

SPIRU HARET University, Faculty of Marketing and Foreign Trade, Bucharest

Dates

October 2001  - November 2002

Title of qualification awarded

MA Diploma

Principal subjects/Occupational skills covered

Administration of justice in community
Alternatives to imprisonment
Drug Courts
Family Violence

Name and type of organisation providing education and training

Master "COMMUNITY CRIMINAL JUSTICE", University of Tiffin (Ohio - USA) in association with the Bucharest University

Dates

October 1992  - June 1996

Title of qualification awarded

University Diploma

Principal subjects/Occupational skills covered

Psychology
Sociology

Name and type of organisation providing education and training

Faculty of Socio-Psychology, Bucharest

Personal skills and competences

Mother tongue(s)

Romanian

Other language(s)

Self-assessment

Understanding

Speaking

Writing

 European level (*)

Listening

Reading

Spoken interaction

Spoken production

English

C2

Proficient user

C2

Proficient user

B2

Intermediary level

B2

Intermediary level

B2

Intermediary level

French

C2

Proficient user

C2

Proficient user

B2

Intermediary level

B2

Intermediary level

B2

Intermediary level

Turkish

A2

basic knowledge

A2

basic knowledge

A2

basic knowledge

A2

basic knowledge

B2

intermediary level

(*) Common European Framework of Reference (CEF) level

Social skills and competences

• The fundamental and applied research in the field of socio-psychology and law enforcement, cooperating with governmental and non governmental institutions in the field;
• Elaboration of proposals concerning the optimization of certain statistical indicators;
• The initiation and support of certain actions to insure the respect of the human being fundamental rights and liberties;
• The promotion of partnership programs with international entities.

Organisational skills and competences

Initiation, planning and organization of anti-drug activities
Stimulation and facilitation of cooperation relations
Scientific evaluation and analysis

Computer skills and competences

MS Word, Excel, Power Point, Corel Draw , Internet

Driving licence(s)

Yes

Additional information

Participation to International Conferences/Seminars

• Alternatives to imprisonment for drug users - The Kane Drug Court Model, Chicago, Illinois (SUA), 28 May  - 6 June 2008.
• The 5th Consultative Group Meeting, Paris Pact Initiative,  UNDOC, 3-4 December 2007, Vienna
• Cross Boarding Cooperation Romania/Moldova in Drug Prevention, National Anti-Drug Agency and Swiss Red Cross, 13-14 September 2007, Iasi
• 11th European Conference on Therapeutic Communities, Ljubljana, 6-9 June 2007
• Second Ministerial Conference on drug trafficking routes from Afghanistan "Paris 2 - Moscow1", 26 - 28 June 2006, Moscow
• "YMCA YOUTH AGAINST HIV/AIDS", Litomysl, Czech Republic, 14-21 November 2005
• "International Symposium on Substance Abuse Treatment", Blankenberge, Belgium, 17-21 September 2005
• Training on Summer Campaign, De Sleutel Organisation, Gent, Belgium, 11-13 May 2005
• European Conference concerning exploited and missing children, Lisbon, Portugal, 2003
• European Conference concerning integrated strategies on fighting against illicit trafficking of cocaine, Falcone Program, Santiago de Compostela, Spain, 2003
• National Rapport, 2nd Periodic Rapport of Romania, Session of Committee on Rights of the Child UN, Geneva, Switzerland, raporteur assigned by the Ministry of Interior and Administration  , 2003
• Child Abuse and Adult Justice, Seminar - Daphne Program, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2002
• Consultative Meeting on Trafficking in Women and Child, United nations Fund Populations Activities, Bratislava, Slovakia, 2002
• Workshop on Community Policing, European Police College CEPOL, Lyon, France, 2002

Coordinator in organization of different international conferences/seminars in the field of alternatives to imprisonment for drug users who committed penal deeds:

• The anti-drug experts in the Black Sea Region, National Anti-Drug Agency and UNDOC Vienna, Bucharest, 9-11 June 2008
• Seminar "Approaches concerning drug related crime", EU TAIEX Office and National Anti-Drug Agency, 19-20 May 2008, Cluj-Napoca.
• Seminar "Therapeutic Justice - Implementation of the Drug Courts Model in Romania and United States", National Anti-Drug Agency, National Institute of Magistracy and Tiffin University (Ohio, Unites States), 30-31 October 2007
• QCT and other alternatives to imprisonment, Pompidou Group and National Anti-Drug Agency, Council of Europe, Bucharest, 11-12 October, 2007
• Seminar "Social reinsertion of drug users who committed penal deeds", EU TAIEX Office and National Anti-Drug Agency, 08-09 March 2007, Bucharest.

Publications

Articles (Author/Co-author):

• Sociology Review "Premarital attitudes and behaviours", 1/1999
• Community Safety Review "Principles of community policing", nr. 3/2001,
• Community Positive Practices Journal, "Community police in Romania", nr. 1-2/2002, "Protection of the children rights in Ministry of Interior", nr. 1-2/2004
• "Infodrog "Changes in approaching the Therapeutic Communities", nr. 1/2006, "European actions in preventing and combating drugs", nr. 1/2007, "Alternatives to imprisonment for drug users who committed penal deeds", nr. 1/2007, "Kane Drug Court - Model for rehabilitation of addicted perpetrators", nr. 1/2008, "Quasi-coerced treatment for drug users in different European countries", nr. 1/2008
• Ministry of Interior and Administrative Reform Info Bulletin "Paris Pact Initiative - UNODC platform in countering illicit trafficking and use of afghan origin opiates", nr. 2/2008

Volumes (Author/Co-author):

• International  Anti-Drug Legal and InstitutionalFramework, Ed. Civitas, Bucharest, 2008
• Juridical Guide for families and children protection, "Save the Children" Organisation, Bucharest, 2006
• Social Work and Juvenile Justice: methods for cooperation and social reinsertion, Ed. CRRAS, Chişinău, 2005
• Drugs Dictionary, Ed. Medicală, Bucharest, 2005 (I), 2007 (II)
• Drugs Prevention, Ed. Detectiv, Bucharest, 2005
• Directory of Civil Society Organisations (co-autor),, Ed. Maklu, Antwerpen, 2004
• Guide for intervention in child abuse cases, "Save the Children" Organisation, Bucharest, 2004
• Guide for intervention in trafficking in child cases, "Save the Children" Organisation, Bucharest, 2004
• Community Policing, Ed. Expert, Bucharest, 2002
• Introduction in probation, Alternatives to imprisonment, Ed. Naţional, Bucharest, 2001