Mr. Miroslav BEBLAVY

(appointed in October 2002, portfolio: unemployment and labour market, social safety net,
public sector employment)

Education:

From 09/99 onwards     University of St Andrews, Great Britain
external PhD in Economics

From 09/98 to 08/99     University of St Andrews, Great Britain
Master of Letters (M. Litt.) in Economics, with distinction in coursework, Chevening Scholar

From 09/95 to 06/98     Faculty of National Economy, Economic University, Bratislava, Slovakia
Bachelor (Bc.) in Finance

From 08/97 to 1/98       Brandeis University, Boston, USA
International Visiting Scholar – non-degree stay

Key previous expert appointments             

European Commission - international consultant for study on absorption capacity of structural and cohesion funds (Czech Republic, Poland, Slovakia) July 2002 – October 2003

UNDP - International consultant for regional programme formulation in economic governance  May - October 2002

OECD - International consultant for PUMA on understanding the process of agencification in Central and Eastern Europe December – February 2002

NDI - international trainer on anticorruption Warsaw, Poland January 2002

OSI - lecturer on reform marketing and positioning of NGOs, Budapest, Hungary and Zagreb, Croatia June, October 2000, January, October, November  2001

World Bank National Consultant on Subnational Statistical Data Collection for Poverty Alleviation, Slovakia March - May 2002

Member of Board of Advisors to Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs, Slovakia December 1999 -

Open Society Foundation consultant on assessment of public policy capacities in Slovakia April 2001 – October 2001

Phare short-term local expert on public administration reform, particularly central government reform. Areas of work: leading the team preparing the plan for central government reform, implementing elements of the approved plan, particularly: accountability tools, public procurement, reform of the policy process, Slovakia January-June 2000, December 2000-June 2001

UNDP national consultant on issues of public administration reform. Areas of work: civil service reform, performance audits, accountability tools (annual reports, public hearings, contracts), Slovakia June-September 2000, February – March 2001

World Bank National Education Consultant, Slovakia June 2000 – June 2001

Relevant Employment Record:

From 11/01 until 10/02 -  Location: Bratislava, Slovakia
Company SGI – Slovak Governance Institute
Position: Executive Director
Description: Management of a think-tank focusing on public sector reform and governance

From 11/01 until 10/02 - Location: Bratislava, Slovakia
Company: Antimonopoly Office of the Slovak Republic
Position: Member of the Council
Description: 7-member appeal body for all decisions of the Antimonopoly Office – similar to member of the FTC in the U.S. or other competition authorities

From 09/00 - Location: Bratislava, Slovakia
Company: Department of Political Science, Comenius University, Bratislava
Position:   External lecturer
Description: Teaching a course “Economic and Social Reforms” to graduate students

From 01/01 to 12/01 - Location: Bratislava, Slovakia
Company: National Bank of Slovakia
Position: Policy advisor to Deputy Governor for Monetary Policy
Description: Advising the Deputy Governor on issues related to monetary policy

From 01/00 to 10/01 - Location: Bratislava, Slovakia
Company: Institute for Economic and Social Reforms (INEKO)
Position: Team Leader
Description: Responsible for leading a team reviewing the central Slovak government for possible reforms to increase its quality and decrease expenditure. Proposals approved by the Slovak Government in August 2000. Responsible for a team implementing those proposals

From 04/99 to 12/99 (04/99 – 08/99 part-time, 09/99 - 12/99 full-time)
Location: Bratislava, Slovakia
Company: SME Daily Newspaper
Position: Economic editor
Description: Responsible for writing economic editorials and analyses and advising editor-in-chief on economic matters

From 01/98 to 12/99 (most of the time on a part-time basis, project-based work)
Location: Bratislava, Slovakia
Company:Center for Social and Media Analysis, a think-tank NGO
Position: Analyst
Description: Responsible for analytical work and authoring/editorship of two books – one on economic policy in Slovakia in 1990s

From 01/97 to 08/97 (on a free-lance or part-time basis)
Location: Bratislava, Slovakia
Company: The Slovak Spectator, a weekly newspaper
Position: Economic correspondent
Description: Responsible for reporting on economic issues and writing analytical pieces for the Slovakia´s only English-language newspapers