Summary
Olivier Haustrate is a cultural educator and longtime cultural mediator with over 20 years of experience designing and running community-focused programs and events. He blends hands-on craft education with digital skills, having freelanced as a WordPress web developer for cultural organisations for more than a decade while running his Upcycling workshops since 2019. Olivier teaches children to transform everyday waste into seasonal crafts, simultaneously nurturing creativity, fine motor skills and environmental awareness around waste reduction. Formerly a cultural centre director and project manager, he combines administrative and project leadership with grassroots pedagogy. Based in the Berlin area, he showcases his work at oli-bastel-basar.de and brings a practical, sustainability-minded approach that bridges cultural programming and simple digital services.
11 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Humanity Diplom, Humanity, Humanity Diplom, Humanity at Secondary school: A.R.L. - Athénée Royale de Lessines
Graduate, Communication, Graduate, Communication at High School: H.E.L.H.O. - Haute Ecole Libre du Hainaut Occidental
French, English, German