Michal Kaliňák is a political scientist specialising in local government. In the past he worked as a spokesman, secretary of the Council of Experts and later as the central director of the office of the Association of Towns and Municipalities of Slovakia. He has been with ZMOS since 2010. He worked in local government as a municipal deputy, first in Medzilaborce and later in Prešov. In the meantime, he held the position of spokesperson for the city of Prešov and also head of the public communication department in the Bratislava - Petržalka Municipal District. He was assistant to the President of the National Council of the Slovak Republic, advisor and spokesman to the Deputy Prime Minister of the Slovak Republic for Knowledge Society, Eu…

Since early 2018, Rudolf Urbánek has been managing the Czech and Slovak branch of Microsoft. For 16 years he worked for the T-Mobile Czech Republic and Slovak Telekom, where he has been Executive Director of the Corporate Customer segment for the Czech and Slovak markets in recent years. He was responsible for the entire business strategy of both countries and participated in a number of significant changes related to the development of the telecommunications market as well as the transformation of the company. He was responsible for the business integration of T-Mobile, GTS and T-Systems and successfully managed the transition of T-Mobile Czech Republic to a fully integrated ICT and telco operator in the corporate segment. In the past h…

He is a professional guarantor at the Office of the Plenipotentiary of the Government of the Slovak Republic for the Development of Civil Society, for the topic of EU funds. It focuses its activities on opening the processes of managing EU funds to stakeholders and on creating a space for dialogue between the state and the professional public with an emphasis on civil society. Topics that dominate his work include participation and cooperation in the preparation of EU funds and in managing their implementation, the creation of clear, stable and as simple as possible rules for beneficiaries and quality, effective and comprehensible communication about EU funds. He connects and networks dozens of experts from civil society organizations an…

He has more than 16 years of experience in EU cohesion policy and regional development. Since 2004, he has held key positions in a number of departments in the areas of analytical, strategic and conceptual work related to EU cohesion policy. He ensured the preparation of the main legislative and strategic documents for the support and coordination of regional development entities in the Slovak Republic. He also ensured the process of preparing the Partnership Agreement, as the main strategic document of the Slovak Republic for the use of EU cohesion policy funds for the period 2014 - 2020. He is currently the director of the Cohesion Policy Department at the Ministry of Investment, Regional Development and Informatization of the Slovak R…