Senior project manager and independent evaluator with more than 20 years of experience across the full EU funding cycle – programming, monitoring and evaluation (ex ante, interim, mid-term, impact). Agricultural country expert (Czech Republic, Slovakia) in CAP evaluation studies for DG AGRI; former Lead Evaluator of Phare pre-accession assistance for the European Commission (DG Enlargement).
Fields of expertise
- Programme and policy evaluation: CAP, rural development and AKIS; ESIF (ERDF, ESF, Cohesion Fund); EEA and Norway Grants; Phare
- Policy coherence and regulatory analysis, simplification and administrative burden, generational renewal in agriculture
- Intervention logic and theory of change; evaluation questions, judgement criteria and indicators
- Semi-structured interviews, focus groups, case and field studies, large-scale surveys (10,000+ respondents)
- Cost-benefit analysis, feasibility studies and absorption capacity assessment
- Green transition, climate resilience, carbon farming, digital and deep tech in agriculture, skills and VET
Selected evaluation experience
- 2026 – CAP coherence field study, Czech Republic (plant health in viticulture; soil in the field crops sector), European Evaluation Helpdesk for the CAP (DG AGRI), via Oréade-Brèche – country expert. Publication: Coherence of the CAP Strategic Plans and external requirements (2026).
- 2024–2026 – CAP studies for the EU CAP Network on simplification, administrative burden, generational renewal and regulation affecting farmers (CZ, SK), DG AGRI, via COGEA – country expert. Publications: Study on simplification and administrative burden for farmers and other beneficiaries under the CAP (2025); Assessment of generational renewal strategies across EU Member States (2025).
- 2017–2018 – Evaluation of EEA and Norway Grants 2009–2014 in research, innovation and education mobility, Ministry of Education (MŠMT), via Royal HaskoningDHV – Lead Evaluator
- 2011–2013 – National concept for continuing training of SME employees (survey of 10,000 SMEs, focus groups), Ministry of Education – Team Leader
- 2011–2012 – Mid-term evaluation of OP Enterprise and Innovation, Ministry of Industry and Trade – Senior Expert
- 2005–2011 – ESIF evaluations and programming (absorption capacity and mid-term evaluation of OP Technical Assistance, mid-term evaluation of JROP 2004–2006, indicators for IOP and ROP South-East), Ministry of Regional Development – Team Leader / Expert
- 2001–2003 – Interim, ad hoc and thematic evaluations of Phare in Slovakia, European Commission, DG Enlargement, via EMS Consortium – Lead Evaluator
Current role: Lead Project Manager, Agricultural Association of the Czech Republic (ZSČR), managing Horizon Europe, Erasmus+ and Interreg Danube projects (AGRITECH, ChemSkills, TRANSFER Danube).
Languages: Slovak (native), Czech (C2), English (C1), French (B1), Russian (B1).