TeamDaniel Butnar
Founder & Group Leader
Daniel Butnar
Erasmus+ coordinator, grant writer and engineering student who has spent the past three years getting young people to Europe — and making sure they feel at home once they arrive.
GoActive · Leader
20+international Erasmus+ mobilities since 2023
80+page grant applications written to strict funder templates
3working languages — two native, one fluent
4organisations he volunteers or has volunteered with
01 The story
Why he leads GoActive.
Daniel has seen Erasmus+ from every side — as a participant, as a member of organising teams and as the coordinator responsible for everything from the first concept note to the final report.
Since 2023 he has taken part in more than twenty international mobilities, working in mixed-nationality teams from Berlin to Barcelona and from Prilep to Alcalá la Real. Along the way he learned what makes a project unforgettable: not the venue or the schedule, but whether every single participant feels they belong there.
As Vice President of the NGO AimWithUs he is the person international participants turn to before and during a mobility — for lost documents, rebooked flights and misunderstandings between people from eight different countries, usually across time zones and rarely at convenient hours.
GoActive Bucharest is where that experience turns outward: a group built so that young people don’t just attend projects, but shape them.
02 Experience
In the field.
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Since 05/2026
Vice President — AimWithUs
NGO · Bucharest, Romania
- Coordinates Erasmus+ KA1 projects end to end: partner organisations, logistics, participant support and reporting
- Main point of contact for international participants before and during mobilities
- Writes grant applications of 80+ pages, where a single missing item can invalidate the entire submission
- Mediates between participants from different cultural and linguistic backgrounds and de-escalates conflicts during live programmes
- Keeps project documentation audit-ready
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Since 06/2023
Participant & Organising Team — Erasmus+
Dar Development, Sănătate pentru Viață and others · across Europe
- 20+ international mobilities in mixed-nationality teams, working in English
- Organising team for Harmony Bridge 2.0 in Gran Canaria, July 2026
03 Selected projects
Across Europe.
BridgesNotWalls
Videography in Youthwork
AI in Youthwork
Intercultural and Democratic Dialogue
Poverty Training Course
04 Beyond projects
Showing up for people.
At Hospice Casa Speranței, Daniel sits with people in palliative care — listening without rushing to reassure, and staying present with what can’t be fixed.
It’s the same steadiness he brings to hard conversations on a youth exchange, and the reason GoActive puts listening before talking.
VolunteerHospice Casa SperanțeiSupporting people in palliative care
VolunteerRomanian Red CrossCommunity support and crisis response
2 yearsFundația Forumul Orașelor VerziEnvironmental and community projects
VolunteerAmural FestivalEvent logistics and visitor support
05 Education & skills
Engineer by training.
Since 10/2025 · exp. 2029Politehnica BucharestB.Eng. Electronics & Information Technology — taught entirely in German
10/2024 – 09/2025Gap yearInternational Erasmus+ mobilities and volunteering
10/2022 – 10/2024Transilvania University of BrașovComputer Science
09/2018 – 07/2022Colegiul Național Johannes HonterusAbitur, German-language section, science stream
Languages
Romanian — native
German — native
English — full professional
What he brings to the team
Erasmus+ KA1 coordination
Grant writing
Conflict resolution
Cross-cultural communication
Active listening
Remote teamwork across time zones
Software development (Java, TypeScript)