Yael Ohana is a specialist of youth policy and intercultural non-formal political education, working at the intersection of policy, educational practice and research. She is the founder of Frankly Speaking, a Berlin-based consultancy providing project support services for non-governmental and international organisations working in the fields of youth, training and life-long learning, civil society development, volunteering and international development. Having previously worked as an educational advisor at the Council of Europe’s European Youth Centre in Strasbourg and Budapest, she gained experience in European cooperation in the field of youth and the civic sectors in many countries across Europe, especially those of Central, Eastern and South-Eastern Europe. Ms Ohana holds degrees in Political Science, European Studies, Human Resources Development and Modern Languages from Central European University in Budapest, the College of Europe at Bruges and Trinity College in Dublin respectively.