Team

Understanding Europe's project team

The project team is part of the Schwarzkopf Foundation Young Europe in Berlin and manages the project from there. Together with Peers and external experts, we coordinate, develop, and communicate our educational approaches, formats and materials.

  • Lena Strehmann

    Programme Lead
    Lena Strehmann leads the team of Understanding Europe. She is a trained diversity manager and works as a strategic thinker and participation expert on the future of the educational network.

  • Daniela Cappuccio

    Project Manager
    Daniela Cappuccio is mainly responsible for the Coordinators and their meetings. Her portfolio also includes the Transnational Training for Trainers, project evaluation, and reporting to external funders. Daniela has been a volunteer of the network since 2016 and, also due to her background as a lawyer, is very committed to the issues of justice and social activism, especially with regards to young people.

  • Yasmine Djidel

    ESC Volunteer
    Yasmine Djidel supports our team with the organization and support of the transnational network. She recently graduated in International and European law from the University of Angers, France. Yasmine is deeply dedicated to engaging youth in politics, particularly those from BIPOC backgrounds and is passionate about decolonial and postcolonial studies. Additionally, she strongly advocates for social justice and champions diversity and equality of opportunity as fundamental principles.

  • Moritz Littbarski

    Student Assistant
    Moritz Littbarski supports Understanding Europe as a student assistant, in particular with the implementation of the European Summer School and public relations work. He is currently studying gender, intersectionality and politics in Berlin and is particularly interested in social diversity and anti-discrimination as well as queer and feminist theory.