Yolanda Antin (Barça Foundation) participates in the Women in Football Panel
Yolanda Antin, Partnerships Coordinator at Barça Foundation is the next confirmed speaker at our 16th EFDN Conference in Breda on 9 & 10 November 2021.
Yolanda has been working at Barça Foundation since 2009. Currently, she is the Coordinator of Partnerships and Collaborations for the Foundation, including the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, UNICEF, UNHCR, Fondation Lilian Thuram, Fundación Edmilson, and Fundación Leo Messi among others.
She is a Board Member of European Football for Development Network.
She is also the coordinator for internships for students of various universities which have agreements with the Barça Foundation.
Prior to her work at the Barca Foundation, and with more than 25 years of experience in academy and reseach, social intervention and internactional cooperation, she has been group manager and personal assistant at the Research Centre for International Health of Barcelona (CRESIB) at Hospital Clinic de Barcelona. She also worked for four years at Medecins sans Frontières, Spain.
She obtained a BA in Philology, Religion, History and Social Policy of the Middle East from the University of Barcelona (Spain), and a MA in Philosophy, Religion and Social Policy from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (Israel). She obtained a postgraduate qualification in Publishing of Scientific Texts by Pompeu Fabra University of Barcelona (Spain), and has also been trained in Project Management and Human Resources leadership.
Her experience and her professional interests are centered in the fields of corporate social responsibility, management of public-private entities, foundations, non-profit institutions or educational institutions with significant international profiles, and also in organizations engaged in public and international health research.
She has more than 25 years of experience in the design, execution and evaluation of projects related to education, inclusion, conflict resolution and diversity management. She has worked in prestigious institutions such as the Clinic Foundation for International Medical Research and Doctors Without Borders Spain.
She collaborate as a visiting professor at the University of Bradford, Department Peace Studies and International Development, (UK) and the Teaching Faculty of the University of Barcelona.
Yolanda will participate in the Women in Football Panel on Tuesday 9th of November at 04:30pm, together with Rivkah op het Veld, Elixabete Sarasola and Jessica Loo.
