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SEFI is the largest network of higher engineering education institutions (HEIs) and educators in Europe. Created in 1973, SEFI is an international non-profit organisation aiming to support, promote and improve European higher engineering education, enhancing the status of both engineering education and engineering in society. SEFI is an international forum composed of higher engineering education institutions, academic staff and teachers, students, related associations and companies present in 48 countries. Through its membership (400 institutions, academics, partner associaiotns and coporate partners) and network, SEFI reaches approximately 160 000 academics and 1 000 000 students. SEFI represents more than four decades of passion, dedication and top level expertise in engineering education through actions undertaken according to its values: engagement and responsibility, respect of diversity and different cultures, institutional inclusiveness, multidisciplinary and openness, transparency, sustainability, creativity and professionalism. SEFI formulates ideas and positions on engineering education issues, influences engineering education in Europe, acts as a link between its members and European and worldwide bodies, contributes to the recruitment of good students whilst always promoting an international dimension in engineering curricula.
Originally an architect, Klara is the current Executive Director of SEFI – European Society for Engineering Education. She got her Master’s degree in Architecture and Urban Planning from the Czech Technical University in Prague. And already as a student became active internationally joining the International Students Club and becoming the President of this organization in 2008.
Klara started her career at NATO Headquarters in Brussels as an architect and project manager as a part of the New NATO HQ team responsible for the NATO partner nations’ transition from the old headquarters premises to the new.
After working at NATO Klara joined an architecture recruitment office as an architecture consultant and later the American Chamber of Commerce to the EU, which eventually brought her to SEFI, where she spent started as Membership and Communication manager. During the Covid-19 pandemic, Klara successfully completed a Master’s degree in Digital Graphic Design at the University of Lleida.
Klara speaks fluently 7 languages and in her leisure time develops her Brazilian music projects.
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