CV, Gitte Tilia, Denmark
Curriculum vitae
Personal information • Family name(s): Tilia • First name(s) : Gitte • Nationality(ies): Danish • Sex
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Relevant qualifications summary:
Being the National Coordinator of The Danish Centre against Human Trafficking has provided me with first-hand insights into the many aspects of employing nation-wide efforts in the identification and protection of victims of trafficking. Knowledge of the positions and capacities of the many stakeholders involved is of paramount importance in coordinating the national efforts that ensure victims’ rights. Combining my knowledge from practice with experience as a researcher and with expertise within international migration and social vulnerability, permits me to offer perspectives on the various national efforts that will prove both valuable and complementary to the monitory work of GRETA.
Current professional activity • Start date: 1st August 2007 – NB! post to be terminated on 31st December, 2014 • Name and address of employer: The National Board of Social Services, Edisonsvej 18.1, 5000 Odense, Denmark
• Sector of activity: Government, Anti-Trafficking, Danish Centre against Human Trafficking (Govt. Agency to combat THB) • Occupation or position held: National Coordinator • Main activities and responsibilities: As the coordinator I am responsible for organising nation-wide and uniform social assistance to VoTs in close corporation with NGOs, coordinating efforts and developing procedures for cooperation with police, migration authorities, tax authorities etc. and for building partnerships with employer organisations, trade unions and other relevant partners to meet the new 1
CV, Gitte Tilia, Denmark challenges i.e. trafficking for forced labour. The coordinator is further responsible for development and adjustment of the referral system and for the regional and national referral groups. The coordinator initiates research to uncover new trends in THB, monitors the collection of statistical data and contributes to the general accumulation of knowledge within the field. The coordinator works closely with the ministry, adjusting national efforts and developing new initiatives to meet new trends. The coordinator encourages the centre’s participation in various networks, national as well as international, and is currently a member of the Informal EU Network of National Rapporteurs and Equivalent Mechanisms (NREM). My contract expires by the end of 2014.
Relevant previous professional activity(ies) • Dates: 2006-2007 • Name and address of employer: The Danish Centre for Research on social Vulnerability, Suhmsgade 3, Copenhagen, Denmark • Sector of activity: Vulnerable adults, prostitution • Occupation or position held: Coordinator of team prostitution • Main activities and responsibilities Initiating research, developing cooperation with municipalities and other stakeholders, and disseminating knowledge on the issue of prostitution to policymakers, professionals and civil society.
• Dates 2001- 2006 • Name and address of employer: The Danish Centre for Social Work and The Danish Centre for Research on Social Vunerability, Esbjerg and Copenhagen, Denmark • Sector of activity: Vulnerable adults: Homelessness and Domestic Violence • Occupation or position held: Consultant • Main activities and responsibilities Research on homelessness: Homeless and legal rights, and homeless ethnic minorities in institutions for homeless. Domestic violence: Gathering, analyzing and compiling statistical data on children in shelters for women victims of domestic violence.
• Dates: 1994-2000
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CV, Gitte Tilia, Denmark • Name and address of employer : University of Southern Jutland, Esbjerg, Denmark • Sector of activity: Research • Occupation or position held: Research associate (1994-1997), PhD-candidate (19972000) • Main activities and responsibilities Research on health and social issues and migration issues. 3-year PhD study at Danish Centre for Migration and Ethnic Studies, title: “A Comparative study of Integration of Bosnian Refugees in small and large Municipalities”
• Dates 1982-1984 • Name and address of employer: MSActionaid (Mellemfolkeligt Samvirke) and Ministry of Education Botswana, Posted: Kalahari district, Botswana • Sector of activity: Education • Occupation or position held: Non-formal education officer • Main activities and responsibilities
Initiating and managing small-scale projects for women and supervising literacy classes for adults
• Dates: 1978-1980 • Name and address of employer: MSActionaid (Mellemfolkeligt Samvirke) and Ministry of Education, Botswana. Lobatse, Botswana • Sector of activity: Education • Occupation or position held: Lecturer • Main activities and responsibilities Teaching students at Teacher Training College, supervising teaching practice of students in the district.
Relevant additional responsibilities • Dates: 2003-2006 • Name and address of organisation/body: FORSA, Forening for forskning i socialt arbejde Association for Social Work research
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CV, Gitte Tilia, Denmark • Sector of activity • Position held: On the board of directors • Main activities and responsibilities Enhance development of research in the field of social work.
Education/training • Dates: 1992 – 1994 • Title of qualification awarded: Master of Ethnography and Social Anthropology, Migration and ethnic studies. • Principal subjects/occupational skills covered: Thesis: Tamiler i Vestjylland. Integrationsproces, Arbejdsmarked og kommunale strategier. • Name and type of organisation: Aarhus University
•Dates: 1988 – 1992 •Title of qualification awarded: Bachelor of Ethnography and Social Anthropology, Anthropology •Principal subjects/occupational skills covered: Anthropology • Name and type of organisation: Aarhus University
•Dates: 1974-1978 •Title of qualification awarded: Bachelor of Education •Principal subjects/occupational skills covered: Teaching • Name and type of organisation: Herning Teacher Traning College
Publications
2007
LOKK Børnestatistik 2006. Center for Specialrådgivning og Social Service og LOKK 2007
2006
LOKK Børnestatistik 2005. VFC Socialt Udsatte og LOKK 2006
2005
LOKK Børnestatistik 2004. VFC socialt Udsatte og LOKK 2005
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CV, Gitte Tilia, Denmark 2005
Fra hjemløshed til fast bolig. Samarbejde og metoder i arbejdet med hjemløse. Socialforskningsinstituttet 05:17, København (medforfatter)
2005
Et liv i transit eller den permanente midlertidighed. Socialpolitisk Forening. Juni 2005.
2004
Boligløs eller hjemløs. Om etniske minoriteter på boformer for hjemløse i København. VFC Socialt Udsatte.
2002
”Dilemmaer. Om brugerindflydelse og retssikkerhed på § 94”. Formidlingscentret for socialt Arbejde. Esbjerg.
2001
”Evaluering af Projekt Isbryderne - et tilbud til sygedagpengemodtagere og etniske minoriteter ved Kreaktiv Centret i Kolding”. Kolding 2001.
2000
Tilfældet Fanø. Integration, ”Gemeinschaft” og lokal identitet. I Menneskelivets mangfoldighed. Arkæologisk og antropologisk forskning på Moesgård. Aarhus Universitet. 2000.
2000
”Evaluering af Projekt Reden. Et tilbud til svagtstillede mødre i Varde Kommune”. 2000 Varde Kommune.
2000
”Arbejdet, det kan vi godt klare”. Kvalifikationskursus for personer med dansk som andetsprog ved Social- og Sundhedsskolen i Fredericia. Social- og Sundhedsskolen, Vejle amt.
1999
Tilfældet Fanø. Om integration, Gemeinschaft og lokalidentitet. i Berit Berg og CarlUlrik Schierup (eds.) Integration – retorik, politik, praktik. Om bosniska flyktingar i Norden. Nord 1999:5. Nordisk Ministerråd.
1999
Det er svært i begyndelse. Opkvalificering af flygtninge/indvandrere. Evaluering af Sprogskolen i Koldings forsøgsprojekt. Sprogskolen i Kolding.
1998
Brugernes syn på Vejle kommunes integrationsindsats for de bosniske flygtninge. En ekstern evaluering. Sydjysk Universitetscenter. (67 s.)
1996
Tamiler i Vestjylland. Integrationsproces, arbejdsmarked og kommunale strategier. Sydjysk Universitetscenter (150 s.)
1996
Gør velfærdssystemet flygtninge til klienter? Et tamilsk eksempel. Konferencepapir. Præsenteret ved 10. Nordiske Migrationsforskerseminar, Bergen 30 august1.september 1996
1995
Helse og - hjemmeservice i Esbjerg Kommune. En brugerundersøgelse af den integrerede hjemmepleje. Notat 22/95. Sydjysk Universitetscenter. (96 s.)
1994
"De tager os ikke alvorligt". Somaliske flygtninges viden om og brug af sundhedsvæsenet. Notat 20/94. Sydjysk Universitetscenter. (52 s.)
Computer skills
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CV, Gitte Tilia, Denmark • Software packages: Microsoft Office, SPSS, Captia - Enterprise Content Management, ProjectFlow
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