About Us

For more than 15 years CGE Erfurt e.V. has been bringing about change into local communities in Europe. 

Moving Education Forward.

CGE Erfurt e.V. is a non-profit, non-governmental organization based in Erfurt, founded in 2005 and run by migrant-background professionals. Within the framework of non-formal education, CGE empowers participants and communities as active agents in their learning journey. 

 

For CGE, Non-Formal Education is centred on the following principles:

  • voluntary participation
  • holistic approach
  • facilitating a non-competitive environment
  • learning through experience
  • active participation 
  • placing the group as a source of learning 
  • learner-centered & values-based education

Our Team

A diverse multidisciplinary team committed to projects that matter.

Dr. Ammalia Podlaszewska

Chairwoman / Senior Program Manager

Maryna Bykova

Vice-Chairwoman / ESC Programme Manager

Mushtariy Mamasodikova

Financial Assistant

Vladislav Artiukhov

Project Coordinator

Mariana Matoso

Project Coordinator

Ana Guadalupe Farah

Project Coordinator

Leonie Borutta

Project Coordinator

Sharon Susan Saj

Communication Officer

Olena Prokopenko​
Olena Prokopenko

Facilities Officer

Navinkumar Kalaichelvan

Community Outreach Officer

Interns & fellows

Early-career professionals and students contributing to our work.
Thu Thu Zaw
Communications Intern

European volunteers

Each year our team gets supported by the European Solidarity Corps volunteer program, who bring new European perspectives to our work and the Thuringian community.

Mathis Grosbois

2025/2026

Mirna Al-Chaib

2025/2026

Ishak Benhizia

2025/2026

Ana Wende

2025/2026

External consultants

Thorsten Glaser

Consultant

Stephan Gruber

Consultant

Let's Work towards a European future

We are open to possibilities of cooperation and learning together.

Our partner networks

CGE Erfurt e.V. is part of several European networks and collaborates closely with a number of institutions and organisations world-wide. 

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