Program Coordinator, 1999 – Present
- Develop and manage substantive, financial and administrative aspects
of new programs in Public Administration and Law
- Example of projects developed: Free Access to Information Act, Law
Clinics course at Universities, Judges and Media, Police and Media, Alternative
Sentencing, Developing Policy Making Culture at Central Government
Open Society Institute
, Forced Migration Projects, New York, USA
Intern, 1998 – 1999
- Monitored local newspapers about the situation of the Roma minorities
in the Czech and Slovak republics.
- Researched and contributed to FMP alerts about current events in Central
and Eastern Europe.
- Conducted background research to Forced Displacement in the former
Soviet Union.
City University Bratislava
, Foreign Relations, Bratislava, Slovakia (branch of The Open University,
UK)
Project Manager, 1992 – 1997
- Participated in international research projects among European Universities
and non-profit organizations.
- Managed administration of the ‘Prince of Wales Business Leaders Forum’,1993
– 94.
Expert Mission on Free Access to Information Law to Mexico, 24/02 –
07/03, 2003
- mission aiming at development of implementation strategies
on federal level and in the states of Sinaloa and Durango
International Policy Fellowship
2002/2003
- junior scholar at Woodrow Wilson
Research Center
, Washington D.C. (September – December, 2002)
- research topic: “Cultural Change into Professional Policy Making: The Case
of Slovakia” (recommendations are being implemented by the Government of
the Slovak Republic)
Trainer in a training course ‘How to be a Better Policy Advisor’, October
11-13, 2001
- developed a training set (with G. Gajduschek, Hungary and D. Sandor,
Romania)
- training conducted in English for academics from Central and Eastern
Europe
- organized by NISPAcee and UNDP
Analysis ‘Current situation of Policy Making in Slovakia’, June-August
2001
- conducted with T. Verheijen, UNDP and M. Beblavý, INEKO
- basis for a longterm project for OSF Slovakia
New York University, R. Wagner
Graduate School of Public Service
, New York, USA
Master of Science in Public Administration, 1998 – 1999
- winner of the 1999 Wagner School Negotiation Competition
Central European University
, Budapest, Hungary
M.A. with Distinction in International Relations and European Studies,
1997 – 1998
- published research paper as a working paper of the department
Comenius University
, Bratislava, Slovakia
Magister in English and German studies, translating and interpreting,
1992 – 1997
- exchange student at Karl-Franzens University Graz, Austria, 1996
‘Modelling the Processes in Public Policy Making’ in Demokracia a právny štát v kontexte rozvoja politickej vedy, Conference proceedings, Horná, Malíková (eds.),(Bratislava: Comenius University, 2001), pp. 125-133.
‘Politico-administrative relations: The Case of Slovakia’ coauthored L. Malikova in Politico-Administrative Relations, Tony Veheijen ed, (Bratislava: NISPAcee, 2001), pp. 268-294.
Nation Formation in Education: The Case of the Czech and Slovak Republics
, Working Paper IRES, (Budapest: Central European University, 1999).