7. EDUCATION
Institution, date to date, degree(s) or diploma(s)
LSE - London School of Economics and Political Science, London, 1997-1998, MSc, European
Studies
Central European University, Budapest, 1996-1997, MA, Political Science
Faculty of Medicine, Carol Davila University, Bucharest, 1989-1995, Medical
Doctor
7a EDUCATION (short term)
Institution / place, period, theme
European Health System Observatory, Dubrovnic, 1999, Comparative Health
Reform
International School of Management, IEDC, Slovenia, 1997, Management
Media and Communication for Democracy Center, 1995, Public Relations
CSCE Consult, Germany, 1992-1995, Conflict Management
IHS (Oxford University - UK, George Mason University - Virginia, US), 1996, 1994, Political Science
Friedrich Naumann Foundation (Sintra Academy), Portugal, 1993, Political Science
DAAD - Freiburg University, Germany, 1992, Foreign Languages - German
Goethe Institute, Bucharest, 1991-1995, Foreign Languages - German
French Institute, Bucharest, 1994-1995, Foreign Languages - French
LSE, 1997-1998, Foreign Languages - Spanish
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8. LANGUAGE
SKILLS: (mark 1 to 5 for competence)
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Language |
Reading |
Speaking |
Writing |
English |
5 |
5 |
5 |
French |
4 |
3 |
3 |
German |
3 |
2 |
2 |
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9. MEMBERSHIP
OF PROFFESIONAL BODIES: Romanian Society of Political Science; Romanian Academic
Society |
10. OTHER SKILLS:
driving licence; computer: Office, SPSS |
11. PRESENT
POSITION: Assistant Professor, Faculty of Political and Administrative Science
(FSPA), Bucharest University |
12.YEARS WITHIN
THE FIRM: 3 |
13. KEY QUALIFICATIONS:
Good knowledge of Romanian political and administrative system, e.g.:
- project on determinants of local administrative performance across CEE countries
(Tocqueville Research Centre);
- project on policy evaluation in Romanian central administration - i.e. Ministries
of Education, Health, Youth and Sports, and Labour (Romanian Academic Society
- German Marshall Fund);
- consultant to the Ministry of European Integration (see below);
- social policy co-ordinator for the Early Warning Report of UNDP;
Expertise in the implementation of the EU acquis on social issues (consultant
to the Romanian government on the negotiations on Chapter 13: Employment and
Social Policy, also covering partly Free Movement of Persons, and Consumer and
Health Protection);
Good knowledge of the health policy of European states and of the relevant
acquis (mainly acquired through LSE Health and the European Health System Observatory
of WHO);
Good knowledge of the Romanian health policy and system (e.g. projects on
health reform, pharmaceutical policy, implementation of health targets, PhD
Economics research on health social insurance);
Extensive experience with running Phare projects (e.g. coordinator for projects
on conflict management, training for young political activists and candidates
etc.);
Academic qualifications for public policy and institutitonal analysis; |
14. SPECIFIC
EASTERN COUNTRIES EXPERIENCE:
- large experience in comparative studies on CEE countries (especially Romania,
Hungary, Czech Republic and Poland)
Country Date: from (month/year) to (month/year)
Hungary 09/1996 - 07/1997 |
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15. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE RECORD
Date: from (month/year) to (month/year) October 2001 - present
Location: Bucharest, Romania
Company: European Institute
Position: Consultant to the Romanian Government on EU integration
Description: member of the team preparing a study on the implementation of the position paper
on Chapter 13 (Social and Employment Policy), connected with the chapters on
Free Movement of Persons, and Consumer and Health Protection.
Date: from (month/year) to (month/year) May 2001 - present
Location: Bucharest, Romania
Company: United Nations Development Program
Position: Public Policy Expert (Social Policy)
Description: Member of the SAR team of experts who write the weekly Early Warning Report
Date: from (month/year) to (month/year) September 1999 - present
Location: Bucharest
Company: Friedrich Naumann Foundation
Position: Trainer
Description:
- The training programme focused on project management and communication techniques
- Over an year, the programme included 500 trainees, most of them civil servants
in the local departments of ministries or local administration
- These people are part of a larger network, that I manage and for whom I edit
a newsletter
Date: from (month/year) to (month/year) September 1998 - present
Location: Bucharest
Company: University of Bucharest, Faculty of Political and Administrative Science
Position: Assistant professor
Description:
- Course on Analysis of Public Policy for 4th year undergraduates in public administration and political science
- Course on Globalisation (International Political Economy) for 3rd year undergraduates in public administration and political science
- Graduate course on European Policy Making for MA in Public Administration Students
Date: from (month/year) to (month/year) January - December 2000
Location: Bucharest, Romania
Company: Ministry of Justice
Position: Adviser to the Minister of Justice, Deputy-Prime Minister
Description: Assist on public relations matters
Date: from (month/year) to (month/year) July 1998 - September 1998
Location: New Jersey, USA
Company: Merck&Co Inc.
Position: Public Affairs
Description: Prepare a study on the effects on the stakeholders of reference pricing for
pharmaceutical products in Poland and Romania |
16. OTHER:
Projects
- Explaining the performance of local administration - CEE comparative study, Tocqueville Centre
- Health Targets - Merck Foundation
- Policy Evaluation Function in Romanian Central Administration
- Romanian health care reform: Markets in health and experiences from other
Central and Eastern European countries - OSI
- Foreign Direct Investment in Hungary and Romania. Comparative Study - RSS
- CEE Comparative Democratisation Process, Melbourne University
- Development of a Romanian Culturally Specific Model for Conflict Management,
PHARE - FDC
NGO Affiliation
- FDC - Foundation for Democratic Change
- SAR - Romanian Academic Society
- SRSP - Romanian Society of Political Science
Publications
- co-author of chapter 12, "Romania", in Dryzek, John S., Holmes, Leslie, Post-communist democratization, Political discourses across thirteen countries, Cambridge University Press, 2002
- Un model de evaluare a asigurarilor sociale de sanatate. Studiu comparativ
asupra Romaniei, Ungariei si Republicii Cehe, under print
- Pasind cu greutate - Reforma pensiilor in Romania, under print
- Health Targets and Policy Making in CEE. A case study on Romania
and Hungary, working paper, Merck Foundation, 2001
- Influence of Institutional Organization on Providing Medical Care.
A Comparative Analysis of Healthcare Systems in Romania, the Czech Republic,
and Hungary, conference paper, SRSP Conference, Timisoara, 2001
- Implementing Health Targets (in Romanian) - SRSP Conference,
Bucharest, September 2000
- Buying Health: An Institutional Perspective, CEU Lecture, Budapest,
2000
- Competition and Social Health Insurance. A research Agenda, in
Stephen Blackwell, Liliana Popescu and Olivia Rusu-Toderean, eds., (In)tolerance
and (Co)operation in Europe and the Euro-Atlantic Area, conference
papers, CEP, Bucharest, 2000 (based on the paper delivered in the CEP
- SAR International Conference, Bucharest, 2000)
- Euro-shape and Local Content: The bottom line of Romanian Higher
Education Reform, Chiritoiu, Bogdan, and Alexandra Horobet, CEP Discussion
Papers, No. 1, 1999 (based on the conference paper presented in the CEP
International Conference, Lviv, Ukraine, June 1999)
- Reforming Romanian Health: Too Little, Too Late, Romanian Journal
of Liberal Arts, no. 1, 1999
- Preturile de Referinta in Experienta Internationala. Implicatii pentru
Europa Centala si de Est. Un studiu de caz asupra Poloniei si Romaniei
(The International Experience with Reference Pricing. Implications for
Central Eastern Europe. A case study on Poland and Romania), Studies
in Public Policy, Centre for Institutional Reform, Romanian Academic Society
(SAR), Bucharest, 1998
- Cadrul legislativ si investitiile straine directe, (The Legislative
Framework and Foreign Direct Investment), Academy of the Parlamentarians,
Romanian Academic Society (SAR), 1997
- Next Stop: U.S.E.? The Common Foreign and Security Policy between
the Inter-Governmental Conference and the Eastwards Enlargement, Politica
Externa (Foreign Policy), no. 3-4, 1997, Bucharest
- Romanian Presidency: The Inheritance of Ion Iliescu, CEP Conference,
Budapest, April 1997
- Prioritatea NATO (Priority NATO), Politica Externa (Foreign
Policy), no. 2, 1997, Bucharest
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