Ľudmila Majláthová has been working for the European Commission since 2007. She currently works as a consultant at the Representation of the European Commission in Slovakia and is part of the team working at the EU Renewal Fund. During her time in Brussels, she worked for several Directorates-General (DG ENV, DG CLIMA and DG REGIO) in the areas of low-carbon technologies, energy efficiency and climate protection policies, and regional policy. It coordinated the implementation of Eurofunds for Slovakia and at the same time negotiated the setting of investment priorities in the areas of support for "research and innovation" and "transition to low-carbon energy" for the 2014-2020 programming period. She studied natural sciences, chemistry a…

Ján Ridzoň is the general director of the Program Slovakia 2021 – 2027 section at the Ministry of Investments, Regional Development and Informatization of the Slovak Republic. During his tenure in this position, the Slovakia 2021-2027 Program was approved, which represents an important investment tool of the EU and Slovakia with a total allocation of funds in the amount of EUR 15.5 billion. Before that, he worked for almost six years at the Permanent Representation of the Slovak Republic to the EU in Brussels, where he primarily dealt with EU budget matters, negotiating the multi-year EU financial framework for the years 2021-2027 and the crisis budget of the NextGenerationEU recovery plan. Before that, he worked for 10 years at the M…

She has been working in the social field for more than 13 years, currently in the position of director of the social services department of the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health. As part of her practice, she focused on supporting changes and reforms in the social field, especially in the field of community services and deinstitutionalization. Today, it participates in the reform of the financing of social services within the framework of Component 13 of the Recovery and Resilience Plan. For many years, she cooperated with non-governmental non-profit organizations, which she represented in several working groups, monitoring committees and developed activities in the field of community planning. Previously, she was engaged in historica…

Martin Hakel  (martin.hakel@region-bsk.sk) is a graduate of international relations in London and international relations and diplomacy in Prague with many years of experience in international cooperation. In 2004-2010 he worked as the director of the Slovak Center in London. Martin started working for the Bratislava self-governing region in 2010. From 2011 to 2020, he was the head of the Strategy and Territorial Development Department responsible for the development and implementation of regional strategies in order to achieve comprehensive and sustainable development of the region. Since May 2020, he has been the head of the Institute of Regional Policy of the Bratislava Region, which is responsible for the implementation of the region…