{"id":27,"date":"2025-11-11T12:21:14","date_gmt":"2025-11-11T12:21:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vladorafael.sk\/home\/"},"modified":"2025-11-26T20:26:54","modified_gmt":"2025-11-26T20:26:54","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.vladorafael.sk\/en\/","title":{"rendered":"Introduction"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Welcome to my website<\/h1>\n\n\n\n
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Education opens the door to new opportunities and I have the honor of accompanying people on this journey for more than two decades.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I am an educator, publicist, and lecturer focused on creating inclusive public policies, social innovations, and reducing inequalities in education. My ambition is to bring expert solutions that help schools and communities grow and move forward.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Mgr. Vlado Rafael, PhD.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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I studied social work at the Faculty of Education of Comenius University in Bratislava, where I later also completed my doctoral studies in pedagogy at the Institute of Humanities. I worked for seven years at the Open Society Foundation as a professional consultant in the field of education, and my professional path was significantly shaped by an internship in Dayton, Ohio (USA), where I focused on community organizing and inclusive education.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I bring new perspectives to inclusive education, connect experts from the field, and support social innovations that empower vulnerable groups and strengthen social cohesion.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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My long-term work includes roles as a social worker, educator, and advocate for the rights of children and vulnerable groups. I have published hundreds of texts\u2014ranging from expert analyses to journalistic articles\u2014that offer a critical view of the state of public policies and the possibilities for improving them. I have collaborated on national and international projects, worked as a consultant for the Council of Europe, and created several methodological guides, research studies, and analytical materials that help schools build more inclusive environments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201eI am convinced that education which is high-quality, inclusive, and supported by fair public policies can create new opportunities and contribute to a society where everyone can fully develop their potential\u201c<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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\nAlongside my research, writing, and lecturing work, I also engage in literary creation, I am the author of the poetry collections \nCudzie kr\u00eddla (Foreign Wings)<\/span>\nand \nPolno\u010dn\u00fd ostrov (Midnight Island)<\/a><\/em>.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2012, I founded the educational organization eduRoma<\/a>,which I continue to lead to this day. For my work in the field of human rights, I received the international Human Rights Defender Award in 2016, presented to me by the U.S. Embassy in Slovakia during the administration of President Barack Obama.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Discover my work in one place:<\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

On this page, you will find my contact information, outputs from my seminars and workshops, freely accessible professional publications, and media appearances everything you need to easily connect with me and access up-to-date information about my work.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Vitajte na mojom osobnom webe Vzdel\u00e1vanie otv\u00e1ra dvere k nov\u00fdm mo\u017enostiam \u2013 a ja m\u00e1m t\u00fa \u010des\u0165 sprev\u00e1dza\u0165 \u013eud\u00ed touto cestou u\u017e viac ako dve desa\u0165ro\u010dia. Som pedag\u00f3g, publicista a lektor, ktor\u00fd sa venuje tvorbe inkluz\u00edvnych verejn\u00fdch polit\u00edk, soci\u00e1lnym inov\u00e1ci\u00e1m a odstra\u0148ovaniu nerovnost\u00ed vo vzdel\u00e1van\u00ed. Mojou amb\u00edciou je prin\u00e1\u0161a\u0165 odborn\u00e9 rie\u0161enia, ktor\u00e9 pom\u00e1haj\u00fa \u0161kol\u00e1m aj […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"no-title","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-27","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vladorafael.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/27","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vladorafael.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vladorafael.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vladorafael.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vladorafael.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27"}],"version-history":[{"count":69,"href":"https:\/\/www.vladorafael.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/27\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":458,"href":"https:\/\/www.vladorafael.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/27\/revisions\/458"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vladorafael.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}