SDG Awards
In 2017, I helped to launch the initiative by the Association of Social Responsibility to reward projects that contribute to Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in Czechia and abroad.
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Audit of CzechAid
CzechAid is a member of Practioners Network, bringing together foreign aid agencies from EU countries. Under my leadership, CzechAid was succesfully accredited by PwC for EU delegated cooperation.
Partnership with Israel
CzechAid and MASHAV (the Israel’s Agency for International Development Cooperation) signed a Memorandum of Understanding. The ceremony took place during the Intergovernmental Consultations in May 2016 in Jerusalem.
Development Day
More than 3,000 visitors attended the festival Czech Development Day, held in September 2015 in Prague. I launched the event in the presence of the Foreign Minister and the Head of European Commission Office in Prague.
Review of Portugal
In 2015, I was a member of an international team that visited São Tomé and Príncipe as part of the OECD review of Portuguese development cooperation. It doesn’t look so, but it was a serious job.
Czech Agency for International Development
September 2013 – August 2017 Director-General I was appointed as Head of CzechAid – Czech Agency for International Development. This involved leadership and strategic guidance over the bilateral development cooperation of the Czech Republic that totalled 25 million USD annually.
Foreign Aid Bill
I drafted the much needed and appreciated Act on Development Cooperation and Humanitarian Aid that was adopted by the Parliament of the Czech Republic in 2010.
Czech Representation to EU in Brussels
August 2009 – August 2013 Deputy Ambassador to the EU Political and Security Committee I was responsible for EU external relations, including the enlargement and the neighborhood policy, transatlantic cooperation and EU relations with emerging powers (China, Russia, Japan, India, Brazil).
EU Presidency 2009
I coordinated the Czech Presidency in the EU Council in the area of development cooperation. In January 2009, we organised an informal meeting of EU development ministers in Prague.
Czech Delegation to OECD in Paris
May 2002 – August 2006 Counsellor I served as national delegate to the OECD Budget Committee, Public Affairs and Communications Committee, Science and Technology Committee, and Development Assistance Commitee (DAC).