The foundation was established in June 2015 under the name of the Foundation for Empowering Gender Equality and later on changed to the name of the International Integrity Foundation (IIF), with an expanded scope. IIF aims to support and empower people by developing various initiatives and activities related to multi-sectoral issues that address social, economic, legal and cultural spheres that impact all aspects of people’s lives and their communities.
We encourage private businesses, public authorities and individuals to practice social responsibility through philanthropic activities by getting involved in or donating to our initiatives and activities.
OUR CORE TEAM
Katina Mladenova, Chairperson
Katina holds a Master of Arts in Law with a specialisation in International Law and a Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in International Relations with specialisation in EU Affairs and Cultural Integration. She has over ten years of experience in building both local and EU funded applications, building project partnerships and identifying relevant funding schemes.
The focus of her work expands to initiatives related to EU Affairs and Policy Development in legislative matters. She is professional in coordinating and formulating Malta’s position on EU legislative and non-legislative proposals relating to justice and ensuring that this is in line with Government policy. Her knowledge expands to areas related to access to finance, providing information on programmes, negotiating contracts with the European Commission, implementing projects, assessing actions concerning EU and local funds and providing recommendations and tools to respective public and private authorities.
She has been working in various multidisciplinary environments on the borders between young people, trainers, policy – makers and researchers. Katina has been involved in initiatives related to the promotion of gender equality, empowerment of women and young girls, women entrepreneurship, social inclusion based on knowledge and innovative aspects, and cultural integration.
For more details, see Katina’s LinkedIn profile
Leyla Javadova, Treasurer
Leyla Javadova holds a Master of Arts in Public Relations from a Latvian University. She had an experience within a Multilingual Erasmus Exchange Program in Brussels mostly related to European institutions – their communication policy, European Lobbying, internal and external communication of European interests groups. During her studies Leyla joined different NGOs as a volunteer, mostly based on migration related issues.
She has fulfilled Marketing Training (MQF level 4) to gain skills and broaden knowledge about today’s marketing trend. Since 2018 she runs the European Orphans Integration Association (EOI) which aims to assist vulnerable children in order for them to reach their potential in different fields.
During her work experience at the People for Change Foundation in Malta, Leyla worked on various in initiatives related to human rights. She was involved in the creation of a Human Rights Library based on the collection of research about case law related to migrants in Malta, academic research, books, movies, stories from the migrant themselves and international documents from varous agencies such as the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (EUAFR) and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).
As part of her work at the People for Change Foundation, Leyla also worked on the preparation of a Whitepaper Consultation on Human Rights and Equality focused on outlining issues related to non-discrimination provisions found in the Maltese legislation. She was also involved in the drafting of a set of recommendations on legislative aspects related to migrants and presented to Public authorities in Malta. Apart from this, Leyla worked on the coordination and the preparaion of a conference held in Malta and aimed at presenting individual migrant stories and their traumatic journey experiences which took them to the Maltese islands.
For more details, see Leyla’s LinkedIn profile