Held the position of General Director of the Innovation, Strategic Investment and Analysis Section (HUB) at the Ministry of Investment, Regional Development and Informatics. Among other things, he was responsible for the preparation and implementation of the Fair Transformation Fund, which serves to support the transformation of selected regions in Slovakia into carbon-neutral economies. Currently, he is holding the position of minister at the Ministry of Investment, Regional Development and Informatics He also worked as an expert within JASPERS (European Investment Bank) and focused on projects funded by the ESI Funds in the areas of innovation, research and development and the promotion of smart cities. In the past, Peter worked as …

Before being elected in 2020, Tomáš was director of Carnegie Europe and a senior fellow, where his research focused on security and defense, transatlantic relations, and Europe’s Eastern neighborhood. Previously , Valášek served as the permanent representative of the Slovak Republic to NATO for nearly four years (2013 -2017). Before that, he was president of the Central European Policy Institute in Bratislava (2012–2013), director of foreign policy and defense at the Centre for European Reform in London (2007–2012), and founder and director of the Brussels office of the World Security Institute (2002–2006). In 2006–2007, he served as acting political director and head of the security and defense policy division at the Slovak Ministry of …

Ing. Lívia Vašáková, PhD., works in the energy sector as the Director of the Corporate Development and Public Relations Division for the ZSE Group. She is the former Director General of the Recovery Plan Section at the Government Office of the Slovak Republic, where she developed Slovakia’s recovery plan and implemented an efficient system for its execution, securing over one-third of the allocated funds and positioning Slovakia among the EU’s top-performing countries. From May 15, 2023, she served as Deputy Prime Minister for the Recovery and Resilience Plan and EU Funds in Ľudovít Ódor’s caretaker government, where she streamlined EU fund utilization and proposed system improvements. Previously, she led the Economic Analysis Section at…

Martin Giertl, a lawyer specializing in human rights, NGOs, civil society and open government. After 2 years of service in foreign policy and 20 years of work as a senior lawyer for the Charter 77 Bratislava Foundation, he was appointed Plenipotentiary of the Government of the Slovak Republic for the Development of Civil Society. He was a founder of the Slovak National Center for Human Rights, a long-term member of the Board of the Third Sector. As a plenipotentiary, he helped set up unique demand challenges for non-governmental non-profit organizations from the operational program of the Ministry of the Interior of the Slovak Republic Effective Public Administration, the national implementation of the 2030 Agenda and the Vision and S…