ENGSO Youth Committee
ENGSO Youth team is composed of the Chair, Vice-Chair, seven Committee Members, staff and 25 Young Delegates.
The 2021-2023 ENGSO Youth Committee
Ugne Chmeliauskaite, Chair
ENGSO member I represent: Lithuanian Union of Sports Federations
Profession/studies: Expert on International Development Cooperation
Special areas of competence: Development cooperation; International relations; Youth empowerment; Social inclusion; Non-formal education; Training and facilitation; Project management
Favourite sport: Field Hockey
Favourite Global Goal (SDG), and why: 17, Partnership for the goals. Because only together we can make the difference!
Favourite motivation quote: “The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing” – Walt Disney
Filip Filipic, Vice-Chair
ENGSO member I represent: Olympic Committee of Serbia
Profession/studies: Senior Technical Project Manager
Special areas of competence: Non-formal Education; Employability; Volunteering; SDGs; Innovation; Project Management
Favourite sport: Swimming
Favourite Global Goal (SDG), and why: “4. Quality Education”, because it lays the foundation for achieving many other SDGs.
Favourite motivation quote: “Success tomorrow starts today”
Henrietta Weinberg , Committee member
ENGSO member I represent: German Sports Youth (dsj)
Profession/studies: Sports Psychology
Special areas of competence: Volunteering, Non-formal Education, Mental Health, Gender Equality
Favourite sport: judo
Favourite Global Goal (SDG), and why: quality education, because it forms the basis for joint advancement.
Favourite motivation quote: “If there is effort, there is always accomplishment.” – Jigoro Kano
Anett Fodor, Committee member
ENGSO member I represent: Hungarian Competitive Sport Federation
Profession/studies: Sport Management Msc
Special areas of competence: event management, volunteer management, sport for development, gender equality
Favourite sport: water polo, swimming, kickboxing
Favourite Global Goal (SDG), and why: Quality Education, because this could be the solution for all the other challenges in the world.
Favourite motivation quote: “Travel is not reward for working, it’s education for living. “
Iva Glibo, Committee member
ENGSO member I represent: Croatian Olympic Committee
Profession/studies: Research Associate and PhD Candidate at the Technical University of Munich
Special areas of competence: sustainable development, physical activity and mental health, monitoring and evaluation
Favourite sport: Baton twirling
Favourite Global Goal (SDG), and why: SDG 13 climate action: I think it is the most urgent one.
Favourite motivation quote: “Nigdar ni tak bilo da ni nekak bilo, pak ni vezda nebu da nam nekak nebu.” Miroslav Krleža
Pál Vitalis Joensen Oly, Committee member
ENGSO member I represent: Faroese Confederation of Sports and Olympic Committee
Profession/studies: Account Executive at software company
Special areas of competence: personal data protection, business development and project management
Favourite sport: swimming
Favourite Global Goal (SDG), and why: gender equality, because I have two daughters that should get the same opportunities in sport, carreer and in life as myself
Favourite motivation quote: “He who has a Why to live for can bear almost any How.”- Nietzsche
Sofie Korbee, Committee member
ENGSO member I represent: The Netherlands Olympic Committee*National Sport Federation (NOC*NSF)
Profession/studies: Project leader Event Policy / MA Communication and Information Sciences and BSc Sport Sciences
Special areas of competence: Policy advice on and evaluation of impact of international sports events, grassroots sports participation monitoring, communication and sport for development.
Favourite sport: windsurfing and cycling
Favourite Global Goal (SDG), and why: gender equality, because everyone deserves equal chances!
Favourite motivation quote: “Always try to move a little bit further in life. Trust yourself, you can fly very high.” – Lewis Hamilton
Luka Antonia Börger, Committee member
ENGSO member I represent: French National Olympic Committee (CNOSF)
Profession/studies: Project officer international relations and youth work
Special areas of competence: German-french relations, international youth projects, non-formal education Favourite sport: swimming and badminton
Favourite sport: swimming and badminton
Favourite Global Goal (SDG), and why: Quality Education, because equal education for all sets the foundation.
Favourite motivation quote: “Seul on va plus vite, ensemble on va plus loin” (African saying)