Marek Canecky is a seconded national expert at the General Secretariat of the Council of the EU, he deals with cyber policy issues. During the Slovak Presidency in the Coucil of the EU, he served as a digital and cyber attaché at the Permanent Representation of Slovakia to the EU. Prior to that, he held various managerial positions in the Slovak public service (Government Office, Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Environment) where he was responsible for programme and project level management and implementation of EU funded eGovernment initiatives. He has worked in the ITAPA team since 2010. Marek is a graduate of University of Matej Bel (2004, International Relations and Diplomacy) and Linköping University (2006, European Studies).