Speakers

The Reformed Cohesion Policy in a New Policy Landscape - Erich Unterwurzacher Ph.D., European Commission:

• Erich Unterwurzacher, Ph.D.

  

  Erich Unterwurzacher, Ph.D. - Doctorate in Sciences and Dipl.-Ing. in Electrical Engineering. Since 2012 Erich Unterwurzacher heads the Directorate within the Directorate-General for Regional and Urban Policy which guides the implementation of Structural Funds and the Cohesion Fund programmes and projects in Germany, Austria, the Netherlands, Poland, the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Prior, Erich Unterwurzacher managed financial assistance to candidate countries of the Balkans and Turkey, and led their accession negotiations. Between 1996 and 1999 Erich Unterwurzacher was at the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (IEA/OECD) in Paris and dealt with energy security matters, where he worked already from 1987 to 1991. From 1991 to 1994 he was with the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD).

Doing More with Less? Challenges for Cohesion Policy in 2021-27 - prof. John Bachtler:

• prof. John Bachtler

  

  Professor John Bachtler is a Professor of European Policy Studies at the University of Strathclyde, Director of EPRC Delft, and a Director of EPRC Glasgow. His research experience is principally in regional and industrial development in Europe, encompassing the economic development policies of the EU28 Member States and several other European countries, the structural and cohesion policies of the European Union, administrative capacity in Cohesion policy, EU integration and enlargement. He has led EPRC research on regional policy, rural development, territorial development, foreign investment, RTDI and policy evaluation. In this capacity, he has been an expert adviser to numerous government departments across Western, Central and Eastern Europe, and an adviser to European organisations (European Parliament, European Commission, Committee of the Regions, Assembly of European Regions). He has been an Expert Adviser to 12 EU Presidencies over the past 15 years on budget and regulatory reform, and the reform of the Cohesion policy. He co-directs the EoRPA programme of research and knowledge exchange on regional policy in Europe and the IQ-Net programme of research and knowledge-exchange on the management and implementation of Structural Funds across the EU. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Fellow of the Academy of Social Science, and Fellow of the Regional Studies Association.

Smarter Europe (PO1):

• Moderation: Andrzej Regulski

  

  Andrzej Regulski – economist and entrepreneur, he is the managing director at IMAPP Consulting as well as the chief operating officer at Golem Foundation. He has coordinated more than 50 analyses and evaluations related to the macroeconomic impact of cohesion policy, innovation and entrepreneurship support, and energy. He received the Evaluation Leader award in 2014.

• Anna Świebocka

  

  Deputy director of the Department of Support and Development Programs at the Ministry of Development Funds and Regional Policy. She graduated from law faculty at the Warsaw University. Since 1998, she has been associated with European and structural funds, first at the Office of the Committee for European Integration, then at the Ministry of Economy, Labor and Social Policy. In the years 2006-2018 she worked as the director of the Human Capital Development Department at the Polish Agency for Enterprise Development, taking an active part in the preparation of assumptions and implementation of the Human Capital Research (BKL) project.She experienced all the functions in the system of implementing cohesion policy - she worked in implementing and intermediary institutions, she was the beneficiary, and now works in the managing authority.Interested in the process of designing public policies and providing data for these policies, especially in terms of demand for competences and the impact of funds on economic indicators.

• Karolina Tilman

  

  Official of the European Commission, Directorate-General for Regional and Urban Policy, Team Leader in the unit responsible for the implementation of ERDF in Poland, involved also as expert in the activities of the unit responsible for the smart and sustainable growth policy in the EU.  Her current responsibilities include coordination of the implementation of programmes and measures for innovation and business support in Poland and preparation for the next financing perspective in the area of Smarter Europe in several EU Member States.   Previously in the European Commission she was dealing with different aspects of public support for business and research: state aid policy in the Directorate General for Competition (DG COMP) and control and fraud proofing in the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF). Graduate from the Warsaw School of Economics and from Institut d’Etudes politiques de Paris (Sciences Po).

• Adam A. Ambroziak, Ph.D.

  

  Adam A. Ambroziak, Ph.D., - professor at the SGH - Warsaw School of Economics; specializing in cohesion policy, in using EU funds, state aid policy, common commercial policy, the EU internal market policy, industrial policy; expert in decision-making process in the European Union and in the EU lobbing; Head of SGH Postgraduate Programme in Administration and Management, Head of SGH Postgraduate Programme in Public Aid; author of over 100 scientific publications and analyses on the EU economic policy, state aid policy, the EU internal market and on the evaluation of public interventions drafted for Polish administration and international organisations.

• Paulina Zadura

  

  Director of the Analysis and Strategy Department. Has 10 years of experience in the field of social and economic research in the field of innovation, innovation and entrepreneurship (business sector, startups, clusters, public administration. In PARP is responsible for designing new services and support schemes for companies and business environment institutions as well as for evaluation studies in the supported area. At PARP, he also organizes educational programs, including conferences, workshops and networking meetings for stakeholders being part of the national innovation ecosystem.  Master of sociology (University of Warsaw), she also completed post-graduate studies "Academy for the Evaluation of Socio-Economic Development Programs" (University of Warsaw). Currently studying "Digital transformation of business" at the Kamiński University in Warsaw.

• János Kele

  

  Programme evaluator working for the Monitoring and Evaluation Department (Ministry of Innovation and Technology), representing the coordinating body of EU funded developments in Hungary. At his current position, he is being responsible for managing evaluation projects mostly in connection with economic development, SME support and RDI grants. He is also working as a member of a team which is in charge of managing the allocation methodology modelling tool for the Cohesion Policy negotiations between 2021-2027. Previously worked for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade.

Greener, low-carbon Europe (PO2):

• Moderation: Marcin Roszkowski

  

  Entrepreneur and Jagiellonian Institute President. Warsaw School of Economics Alumni. Previously: Communication & Promotion Director at National Bank of Poland, Foreign Affairs Deputy Director at Chancellery of Polish President, Warsaw Rising Museum and Warsaw’s Mayors Spokesman.

• Krzysztof Kasprzyk

  

  Policy officer in Directorate-General for Regional and Urban Policy of the European Commission, in the unit responsible for financial instruments and relations with international financial institutions. His responsibilities include monitoring of progress of financial instruments in the EU, preparation for the next financing perspective, and support for managing authorities and beneficiaries in areas such as energy efficiency, venture capital, SME support or urban development funds. Before joining the Commission he was the head of Cohesion and Regional Policy Unit in the Permanent Representation of Poland to the EU, where he was negotiating 2014-2020 regulations for cohesion policy. Until 2010 he was the head of programming and coordination unit in the managing authority responsible for Operational Programme Infrastructure and Development.

• Małgorzata Kachniarz

  

  Evaluator, since 2013 Project Manager in FUNDEKO. A graduate from the Inter-Faculty Studies in Environmental Protection at the University of Warsaw, a holder of a grant from the Nowicki Foundation and Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt. She is the author and co-author of several dozen reports on evaluation studies and analyses regarding the use of EU funds and public policy in the areas of environment and energy. She also has many years of experience in implementing and coordinating projects co-financed from EU funds (PHARE, Research Framework Programmes, EQUAL, Leonardo da Vinci, Intelligent Energy Europe) in public and private entities as well as NGOs.

• Henrietta Enikő Csató

  

  Head of Unit for Sustainable  Cohesion Policy at the Monitoring and Evaluation Department (Ministry of Innovation and Technology), representing the coordinating body of EU funded developments in Hungary.  At her current position, beside being responsible for the monitoring of major projects, she is in charge with managing the evaluation projects and monitoring programmes that focus on the energy, climate change, environment and transport sector related developments and horizontal aspects as well, covering all operational programmes. Previously, as an energy strategy officer, she coordinated the delivery of more energy related action plans, the review of the National Energy Strategy in 2015, and took part in the energy related planning of this programming period. She was also a member of several energy relevant EU and international committees and working groups, such us SET Plan SG, H2020 EPC, and IEA-CERT.

Europe closer to citizen, focus point: support for small and medium-sized cities (PO5):

• Moderation: Maciej Kolczyński

  

  Maciej Kolczyński, evaluator, researcher, advisor and sometimes trainer. He gained his professional experience in different national and European institutions dealing with the EU Funds. He was involved in the preparation of rules for the use of Structural Funds in Poland in 2007-2013 and 2014-2020 period. Currently also involved in discussion on 2021-2027 framework. Involved in the preparation of regional policy system on national level. Speaker during international conferences and national seminars on regional policy, expert in international cooperation projects, also within the Polish Aid. He is also an author of articles in the field of territorial dimension of Cohesion Policy and different aspects of the use of EU Funds. Key expert of the Foundation IDEA of Development in areas of regional policy, territorial self-government, urban development, international cooperation and institutional capacity. Constantly trying to come back to regular jogging activities.

• Piotr Zygadło

  

  Piotr Zygadło, Director of the Department of Regional Operational Programs at the Ministry of Development Funds and Regional Policy, expert in the area of development policy and EU funds, doctor of economic sciences, lawyer, europeanist, political scientist. His department deals with the coordination of regional programs, territorial instruments and Strategy for Responsible Development projects concerning regional development.

• Ewa Korcelli-Olejniczak, Ph.D.

  

  Ewa Korcelli-Olejniczak holds an MA in Applied Linguistics (University of Warsaw) and a PhD in Human Geography (IGSO PAS). Since her Habilitation in 2013, she works as Associate Professor at the Institute of Geography and Spatial Organization, and conducts courses for students at the Pedagogical Department of the University of Warsaw. Due to her educational structure, in her research Ewa Korcelli-Olejniczak represents an interdisciplinary approach which encompasses a wide range of urban and regional studies. Her PhD constituted a comparative analysis of metropolitan functions of Berlin and Warsaw in the first decade after the political and socio-economic turn of 1989/1990. Her further interests included both empirical and theoretical studies of metropolitan regions, functional relations between urban and rural areas, and intra-urban issues related to urban social diversity and social participation. Her interests in regional studies focused on developing an integrated concept of the contemporary metropolitan region, while in her ‘urban’ research she continued comparative studies, where the emphasis was put on the participatory model in urban governance, strategic planning and social interaction in urban subareas. Ewa Korcelli-Olejniczak is author of over 80 publications, including five books. She participated in many international research projects (whereas in the period of 2013-2017 she was local coordinator of 7th EU FP Project DIVERCITIES. She gave guest lectures at European universities and participated as invited speaker at international conferences.While focusing on the practical dimension of science, Dr. Korcelli-Olejniczak participates in numerous initiatives related to urban development, as member of non-governmental organizations or working groups. For her engagement in the actualization process of the Warsaw Development Strategy Warszawa2030, she recently received an acknowledgement from the Mayor of the City.    

• Karol Janas, Ph.D.

  

  Karol Janas is a head and co-founder of Urban Policy Observatory at the Institute of Urban and Regional Development, Poland. He is very actively involved in building the system of monitoring and evaluation for the National Urban Policy in Poland in close cooperation with the Polish Ministry of Investment and Economic Development, National Statistical Office but first and foremost – with all Polish cities. He is also a researcher with a doctoral degree in Urban Geography from Jagiellonian University in Krakow. Manager of international research and development projects. He has coordinated work of experts from dozens of countries preparing the State of the European Cities in Transition Report for the UN-HABITAT. He strongly believes that all the activities carried out by the Urban Policy Observatory in cooperation with many different partners are crucial to create sound, integrated and evidence based urban policy in Poland.

• Martin Ferry Ph.D.

  

  Martin Ferry Ph.D. is a Senior Research Fellow at the European Policies Research Centre at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow and at the Technical University of Delft in the Netherlands. He has long-standing research interests in the comparative study of regional development in Europe at different spatial scales and in the design, implementation and evaluation of EU Cohesion Policy. He has a particular interest in the governance and implementation of national regional policy and Cohesion policy in Central and Eastern Europe, and is developing a new EPRC research programme on sustainable urban development in Europe.

More social Europe focus point: professional activation, education (in the context of labour market) (PO4):

• Moderation: Piotr Stronkowski

  

  Piotr Stronkowski has been an evaluator and consultant since 2008, dealing mainly with the issues of the labor market, education, social integration and cohesion policy. Since 2014, he has been working as an independent expert, constantly cooperating with the Idea Development Foundation. He also has many years of research and consulting experience acquired at Coffey International Development (Senior Manager Evaluation and Research) and PSDB (Research Director). He also led a number of advisory projects for public administration. Earlier he worked in public administration. In the years 2004–2008 he was the Deputy Director of the Management Department of the European Social Fund at the Ministry of Labor and Social Policy and the Ministry of Regional Development. He is a graduate of Social Policy at the University of Warsaw. He is the author of numerous publications. He is also a collaborator and expert of numerous institutions, such as: Collegium Civitas, UNDP, OECD, World Bank, KSAP, MRPiPS, MIiR, MEN, Batory Foundation, etc.

• Przemysław Herman

  

  Przemysław Herman is the Deputy Director of the Department of the European Social Fund at the Ministry of Development Funds and Regional Policy. He is a graduate of the Warsaw University at the faculty of Political Science. For 14 years he has been involved in programming and implementation of the European Social Fund in Poland. He was involved in creating of the framework of the ESF evaluation system in Poland, personally involved in the creation of the Strategy for responsible development. Currently he is responsible, among others for the preparation and implementation of the government's Accessibility Plus Programme, coordination of ESF evaluation in Poland, as well as the negotiation process for the financial perspective 2021-2027 within the European Social Fund.

• Magdalena Jelonek, Ph.D.

  

  PhD in sociology, adjunct professor at the Department of Sociology at the University of Economics in Cracow and at the Center for Evaluation and Analysis of Public Policies at the Jagiellonian University. Coordinator and expert in projects in the field of public policies related to the labour market and intellectual capital (with particular emphasis on the role of higher education). Author of numerous studies diagnosing the situation of the education sector (Diagnosis of the educational potential of the City of Cracow, Assessment of the impact of projects implemented thanks to European funds by universities from the Małopolska region to increase the competitiveness of the region and strengthening the research and scientific sector etc.).

  She participated in many research projects in the field of broadly understood education, among others in research on demand and supply of competences in Poland – The Study of Human Capital in Poland, in the country-wide pilot mid-term evaluation of Measure 1.2 and 1.3 of the Sectoral Operational Program for Human Resources Development 2004-2006, in studies diagnosing the situation in the field of lifelong learning in the Małopolskie voivodship. She is a coordinator of the cross-sectional studies in one of the largest projects currently monitoring changes in the structure of competences on the labour market in Poland – The Study of Human Capital in Poland.

• Irena Wolińska

  

  Irena Wolińska, for almost 20 years associated with the problems of European funds, with over 15 years of experience in evaluation research in this area, co-author of over 60 evaluation reports and expert opinions for central offices and government agencies as well as local government in Poland. She graduated from the Faculty of Journalism and Political Science at the University of Warsaw and Postgraduate Studies in European Law and Program Management financed from Structural Funds at UMCS. For many years, as part of her work at the National Labor Office and the Ministry of Labor and Social Policy (in 1993-1997 director of the labor market programs department at KUP, in 1997-2003 director of the labor market department at MPiPS) she dealt with the labor market and its institutional service . Since 2003, as an independent expert, he has specialized in activities co-financed by the European Social Fund, in particular the labor market, education and lifelong learning, as well as the institutional system and procedures for implementing European funds in Poland. President of the Association for the Development of the Labor Market S-TO-S.

• Prof. Mirosław Grewiński

  

  Social policy expert; Associate Professor and Rector of the Janusz Korczak Pedagogical University in Warsaw.President of the General Board of the Polish Social Policy Society and president of the General Board of the Universal Knowledge Society. Member of Central Examination Board for the Occupational Levels of Social Workers at the Ministry of Family, Labour and Social Policy. Main Council for Social Re-adaptation and Assistance to Convicts at the Ministry of Justice and the Team for Awards of the Minister of Science and Higher Education for Academic Staff.Author, co-author, editor of nearly 300 scientific publications. He has lectured at several Polish and foreign universities and conducted over 500 proprietary trainings.  His scientific interests are mainly: welfare state transformations, social services and innovations, social assistance and integration system, labour market and employment, multisector social policy and EU cohesion policy.

More connected Europe focus point: transport availability (PO3):

• Moderation: Przemysław Gorgol

  

  Przemysław graduated from law in Lublin (UMCS) and has participated in numerous trainings in project management and infrastructure investments. Over the past 20 years, Przemysław has participated in the preparation and evaluation of many projects for the public and private sectors. He has experience in implementing international projects (e.g. for the Government of Croatia and Georgia) in the field of preparation of investment plans and operational programs for EU funding. Currently he is the Director of IPOPEMA Financial Advisory. Until 2009, he worked as a manager at Ernst & Young, and until 2006 as a Deputy Director at the Ministry of Infrastructure, responsible for structural funds. In the years 2009-2015 he worked as an independent consultant. From 2016 to 2019 he managed the Center for EU Transport Projects. Przemysław is a lecturer at postgraduate studies organized by the Warsaw School of Economics.

• Jakub Siwiński

  

  Jakub Siwiński - a graduate of the Faculty of Law and Administration at the University of A. Mickiewicz in Poznań and the Faculty of Law of the University of Rennes (France). For over 10 years he has been involved in the implementation of transport infrastructure development programs. In the years 2014-2019 a national expert at the European Commission's Directorate-General for Mobility and Transport, where he dealt with systemic regulations regarding the development of the TEN-T network. From 2019, working at the Ministry of Funds and Regional Policy, where he participated in the implementation of the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF).

• Jana Pieriegud, Ph.D.

  

  Jana Pieriegud is a transport economist with a background in engineering, Head of the Department of Infrastructure and Mobility Studies at the SGH Warsaw School of Economics. She is an independent expert for a number of institutions and research and innovation agencies both in Poland and abroad, such as: NCBR, NCN, Austrian Research Promotion Agency (FFG), European Commission’s Innovation and Network Executive Agency (INEA), DG RTD, DG Regio. She an evaluator within the EU Operational Programmes for 2014-2020: Smart Growth OP, Mazovia OP, Interreg South Baltic 2014-2020. She authored and co-authored in excess of 150 research papers and book chapters. She is a co-editor of monographs in the areas of the future of network industries, digitalisation, e-mobility, urban mobility, and smart cities. She has participated in numerous research projects and led various market analyses as well as prepared expert analyses for entrepreneurs, the Polish government and the European Commission.

• Piotr Rosik, Ph.D.

  

  Piotr Rosik Ph.D., prof. IGIPZ PAN is a transport geographer. He works at the Institute of Geography and Spatial Organization PAS in Warsaw. He conducts scientific research in the field of socio-economic geography, transport geography and regional policy. His works are devoted to the evaluation of transport investments in terms of their impact on changes in the accessibility and mobility of residents. Piotr Rosik is the author or co-author of over 100 articles, about 40 monographs and project reports. He participated in several dozen research projects, both international (primarily within the ESPON network) and national - in particular for the Ministries (Ministry of Investment and Economic Development, Ministry of Infrastructure) and regions.

• Maciej Gładyga

  

  MSc. Eng. Maciej Gładyga – graduate of Warsaw University of Life Science (Spatial Management) and postgraduate studies of project management at Warsaw School of Economics. For ten years was working for the ministry responsible for transport, holding the position of Deputy Director of EU Funds Department and Deputy Director of Railway Transport Department. He was responsible for implementation and financing of investments, development strategy, railway passenger transport as well as international affairs, including chairmanship of Executive Boards of RFCs crossing Polish territory or negotiating of IV Railway Package. From 2016 he has been the Office Director of the Land Transport Chamber of Commerce, a Polish railway industry organisation. Vice President of European Rail Freight Association; Chair of “Coordination of Works (Annex VII)” RU Dialogue Subgroup; member of Rail Supply Industry Expert Group (DG GROW initiative).

The coming crisis of policy evaluation? - prof. Jarosław Górniak:

• Prof. Jarosław Górniak

  

  Sociologist and economist, professor of social sciences at the Jagiellonian University in Cracow, specializing in social research methods, statistical data analysis, sociology of economy and organization, policy evaluation and analysis with special focus on research and higher education policy and human capital. Dean of the Faculty of Philosophy and the head of the Department of Sociology of Economy, Education and Social Research Methods at the Institute of Sociology, Jagiellonian University; the founder of the Center for Evaluation and Analysis of Public Policies Analysis at the Jagiellonian University. In the years 2016-2018 he was the Chairman of the Council of the National Congress of Science.

Quo vadis evaluation? Models of development of evaluation systems. The future of evaluation within the scope of cohesion policy 2021+ :

• Moderation: Tomasz Kot

  

  Tomasz Kot - Deputy Director in the Department of Development Strategy at the Ministry of Funds and Regional Policy. Former head of the National Evaluation Unit. From 2006, an employee in the Department of Regional Analysis and Statistics of the Central Statistical Office, where he worked, among others regional statistics, spatial classifications and coordination of cooperation with Eurostat in this area. In 2009, he started working at the Ministry of Infrastructure and Development, dealing mainly with analyzes, monitoring, indicator issues, and then also evaluation at the National Evaluation Unit. In the course of his professional career, among others he co-created key strategic and program documents, i.e. the National Development Strategy until 2020, the Strategy for socio-economic development of Eastern Poland until 2020, the Partnership Agreement and others; he participated in the negotiations of the financial perspective 2014-20 and currently 2021-2027. He coordinated national and international analytical and evaluation projects. He graduated from 1st and 3rd degree studies at the University of Lodz and Warsaw. Author and co-author of many articles and guidebooks on monitoring, regional development, indicator issues, evaluation and political geography. For many years a member of OECD and EC working groups and international networks on evaluation and indicator topics.

• Daria Gismondi

  

  Daria Gismondi has been working for over twenty years in the European institutions where she has acquired a deep knowledge of several EU policy areas. She has over 10 years experience of Cohesion policy in different fields ranging from pure implementation issues to monitoring and evaluation. She currently works at the European  Commission’s Directorate for Regional and Urban Policy in the unit dealing with evaluation and the European semester

• Jana Drlíková

  

  Jana Drlíková has more than 7 years of experience in evaluation. Currently, she leads the National Coordination Authority’s Evaluation Unit. She focuses on qualitative methods, project management and public procurement issues. Previously, she worked at the Ministry of Health, where she gained a comprehensive insight into the implementation of ESI Funds in the Czech Republic. She received her Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science from Charles University and in International Relations and European Studies from Masaryk University; she graduated from the Central European University in Budapest.

• Balázs Pichler

  

  Balázs Pichler is the head of the Monitoring and Evaluation Department for ESIF at the Ministry of Innovation and Technology in Hungary. His Department is responsible for the central monitoring of ESIF programs and the evaluation activities related to ESIF programs in Hungary. He’s been working in this field for the last 10 years, previously at the National Development Agency as head of unit for central monitoring and later at the Prime Minister’s Office as deputy head and later head of department for monitoring and evaluation. Currently his department is managing the ongoing evaluations of the 2014-20 programs.

• Karol Olejniczak Ph.D.

  

  Karol Olejniczak, Ph.D., is an associate professor of public policy at SWPS University of the Social Sciences and Humanities and a co-founder of EGO s.c. - Polish evaluation company. His research focuses on the intersection of public policy design, evaluation, and application of behavioral insights. He is an internationally recognized expert in applying theories about the use of research evidence in policy decision-making. Professor Olejniczak has been a Kosciuszko Foundation Fellow (2012). He has been awarded the title of Evaluator of the Year from the Polish government for his extensive applied research (2014), and The University of Warsaw Award for Excellence in Teaching Social Science (2016). He is currently running a gov_lab project in Poland and consulting with U.S. Federal agencies to develop learning agendas. He holds a doctorate in management sciences.

Macroeconomics methods in Counterfactual Impact Evaluation:

• Moderation: Jacek Pokorski

  

  Jacek Pokorski, associated with the Polish Agency for Enterprise Development (PARP) since 2004, Chief Expert of the Evaluation Unit of PARP, Head of the Monitoring and Evaluation Section in the Analysis and Strategy Department since 2016. Vice-President of the Polish Evaluation Society (PTE) in 2010–2014, currently the Head of the Supervisory Authority of PTE. He specialises in research on enterprises and business environment and evaluation of economic development programmes (such as support for a competitive and innovative economy, enhancing staff qualifications, development of social and economic infrastructure). Co-editor and co-author of publications and speaker at conferences on evaluation issues. Long-term trainer (post-graduate studies, ‘Evaluation Forge’, ‘Evidence-based public policies’ school) and consultant in evaluation research (cooperating with Educational Research Institute, Polish Economic Institute, State Fund for the Rehabilitation of the Disabled, Ministry of Entrepreneurship and Technology).

• Dr Maciej Bukowski

  

  Maciej Bukowski, PhD in economics, President of WiseEuropa (Warsaw Institute for Economic and European Studies Foundation), Head of the Economics and Economic Policy Programme. Academic researcher of the University of Warsaw. President of IBS (Institute for Structural Research Scientific Foundation) in 2006–2013. Co-author of many Polish strategic documents (such as Plan Hausnera, Polska 2030 – wyzwania rozwojowe, Długookresowa Strategia Rozwoju Kraju do roku 2030 – Polska 2030 – trzecia fala nowoczesności). Project Manager and author of numerous commentaries and press articles on macroeconomics, energy policy, innovation, the retirement pension system and the labour market.

• Prof. Janusz Zaleski

  

  Janusz Zaleski, professor in IMGW Warsaw and Wrocław University of Technology, member of Polish Academy of Science Committee on Spatial Development, from 2001 expert in many projects financed by World Bank, CEB, European Commission, European Parliament and Committee of Regions; CEO in Wrocław Development Agency (1998-2015), governor (wojewoda) of Wrocław Province (1992-1998). Author of more than 100 scientific and technical publications in the areas of regional policy and water management. Co-author of HERMIN adaptation for Poland and Polish regions. Participated in many international projects, including “Development of an instrument to analyze the impact of cohesion policy”, "The economic return of cohesion expenditure for member states". Co-author of many strategic documents, among others: Expert Concept for Spatial Development of Poland until 2033, macro-economic ex-ante evaluation of NDP 2004-2006 and NSRF 2007-2013. Honored Sancti Silvestri Papae by pope John Paul II.

• Zbigniew Mogiła, Ph.D.

  

  Zbigniew Mogiła, Doctor of Economic Sciences, researcher at the Lisbon School of Economics and Management (ISEG), member of the Task force for the integrated development policy for Europe and Poland under the Committee for Spatial Economy and Regional Planning (Polish Academy of Sciences). As Director of the Research Team of the Wrocław Regional Development Agency (WARR), he developed the macroeconomic HERMIN models used in numerous studies on the impact of EU funds on the economy of Poland and its regions as well as other EU member states. Created the first HERMIN model integrating 16 Polish regional economies. Author/co-author of research papers and expert opinions on such topics as regional development and international economic relations. Involved in creating and evaluating strategic documents at different levels of local government administration.

• Prof. Andrea Caragliu

  

  Andrea Caragliu is Associate Professor of Regional and Urban Economics at Politecnico di Milano. He holds a PhD in Spatial Economics, VU University Amsterdam, and a PhD in Management, Economics and Industrial Engineering, Politecnico di Milano. The dissertation has been awarded the Merit Prize of the EU Committee of the Regions for the Best Doctoral Dissertation and Diploma d'Onore AISRe for the best doctoral dissertation in Regional Science “Giorgio Leonardi”. He holds a Master's degree and Bachelor's Degree both in Economics at Bocconi University in Milan. He acts as Executive Director of the Regional Science Association International. He also served as Auditor (2013–2016) of the Italian Regional Science Association (AISRe), and he is member of the European Regional Science Association (ERSA) and American Economic Association (AEA). He serves as Book Review Editor for Papers in Regional Science. He has published on various international refereed Journals.

• Andrea Conte, Ph.D.

  

  Andrea Conte is Team Leader of the Regional Economic Modelling (REMO) team at the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission. He holds a PhD and MSc in Economics from CORIPE and the Economics Department of the University of Turin, Italy. He was a visiting research fellow at the CNR (Italian National Research Council), ISTAT (Italian National Statistical Office), ILO (International Labour Organization) and Birkbeck College (London). He was Senior Research Fellow at the Max Planck Institute of Economics (Jena, Germany) from 2005 to 2007. He joined the European Commission in 2008 in the Directorate General for Economic & Financial Affairs (ECFIN), Brussels, Belgium before moving to the Joint Research Centre in the Directorate "Growth and Innovation" (Seville, Spain). He is a specialist in innovation, public finance and regional policy, and has authored or co-authored a number of articles and policy notes on these issues.

Behavioral analysis - review of good methodological practices:

• Moderation: Paweł Śliwowski

  

  Senior Analyst at the Polish Economic Institute and researcher at the University of Warsaw - Centre for European Regional and Local Studies. His main areas of interest are application of Behavioral Insights and expert knowledge to evidence-based policymaking. He took part in several scientific and policy oriented research projects (funded by Horizon 2020, National Science Centre, European Commission, ESPON), as well as evaluations of the implementation of the Cohesion Policy projects in Poland. He was a project coordinator of the Academy of Evaluation.

• Thomas Dirkmaat, Ph.D.

  

  Thomas Dirkmaat is the coordinator of the Behavioural Insights Team at The Netherlands Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy. He is also the chairman of the Behavioural Insights Network Netherlands (BIN NL). BIN NL is a collaboration between all ministries for the application of behavioural insights to policy, implementation, supervision and communication. Its main purpose is the exchange of knowledge and experience. Thomas started working for the Ministry of Economic Affairs in 2009 as a senior economist and has worked on a broad range of topics including industrial policy, multidimensional well-being and evidence based policy making. He earned his PhD in Experimental Economics and Game Theory from Utrecht University.

• Rachael Singleton

  

  Rachael Singleton is a Behavioural Scientist in Northern Ireland’s Innovation Lab.  Here, she incorporates User-Centred Design in applying the COM-B model of Behaviour Change, in tackling difficult to resolve policy and societal issues – ranging from obesity to debt, and anywhere in between - by bringing innovative and lateral thinking from a Behavioural Science perspective.  One recent project for Northern Ireland’s ‘Land and Property Services’ – the national housing rates collection service - saw debt of £1.15million being recouped over a 5-month period, through one behaviourally informed letter. Rachael is the Northern Ireland representative on the European Behavioural Insights Forum and engages with labs globally to improve their respective approaches to behaviour change.  She is the first Behavioural expert to sit on Ireland’s ‘safefood’ Knowledge Network Expert Group, where she supports food science experts in their role as advisors to the food industry.  By bringing an understanding of human behaviour, and what influences it, she designs practical, fit for purpose interventions taking a rigorous approach that identifies baseline data in order to allow for comparative post trial measurement. Rachael’s career within public service began with working directly to Northern Ireland’s First Minister in the role of Diary Secretary.  Following this she worked as policy advisor, gaining 12 years’ policy and legislation drafting experience.  She loves that her current position allows her a unique opportunity to influence change and to help shape a society that better meets its citizens’ needs. 

• James Drummond

  

  James Drummond, Policy Analyst, Regulatory Policy Division, Public Governance Directorate, OECD. James is a Policy Analyst in the Regulatory Policy Division, where he works on issues related to the regulatory policy, behavioural insights (BI) and Southeast Asia. He has worked on several publications on BI, including Tools and Ethics for Applied Behavioural Insights: the BASIC Toolkit(2019), Behavioural Insights and Public Policy: Lessons from Around the World(2017) and co-organised four international conferences on BI. On regulatory policy, James has work with several countries, including Ireland, Peru and Thailand, on improving their regulatory governance system and conducting review of independent regulatory authorities. James joined the OECD in 2015, working also on topics related to high-level risk governance, inclusive growth and policy advisory systems. James holds a Masters of Public Policy from the University of Toronto, Masters of Arts in Political Science from Carleton University, and a Bachelors of Social Science in Political Science from the University of Ottawa.

Methodology of synthetic indicators and their use to measure the impact of public intervention:

• Moderation: Piotr Arak

  

  Socio-economic analyst, Director of the Polish Economic Institute. He previously worked at Deloitte, Polityka Insight, United Nations Development Program (UNDP), Ministry of Administration and Digitization and the Chancellery of the Prime Minister. He studied at the University of Warsaw and graduated with the MA degree in social policy and statistical methods in business. He holds MBA degree from the Warsaw School of Economics and the University of Montreal. Currently works on PHD thesis on public policy at the University of Warsaw. Author and co-author of research reports in the field of digitization, health economics and economic policy.

• Jolanta Perek-Białas, Ph.D.

  

  Director of the Center for Evaluation and Public Policies Analysis of the Jagiellonian University in Cracow, as well works in the Institute of Sociology of the Jagiellonian University and Institute of Statistics and Demography - Warsaw School of Economics. Her research interest is focused on: gerontology, public policy analysis (including senior policy), social science methodology. Principal Investigator and participant in many international projects on activating older persons (including the labour market), ageism in the labour market, supporting caregivers of older persons. She has been/was an expert of the European Commission, United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, OECD, World Bank and others institutions. Since 2014 she was the member of the Expert Group on Active Ageing Index for EC and UNECE. She recommended and was involved in preparation the Regional Active Ageing Index for Poland - already three editions. She collaborates with national, regional and local institutions dealing with senior policy, labour market policies.

• Łukasz Widła-Domaradzki

  

  Statistician and analyst with over twenty years of experience. He worked as a data analyst on European Union Observation Missions (EU EOMs) in Liberia (2017), Sierra Leone (2018), Pakistan (2018) and Nigeria (2019). He also had training sessions with NGOs how to use statistics to detect electoral fraud in Afghanistan (2019).He participated in more than forty evaluation and scientific research projects, in which he played the role of an expert in statistical analysis. He is also the author or co-author of several books or articles, has also completed educational activities (classes for students at the Kozminski University, workshops on the use of quantitative methods in evaluations for post-graduate students of the University of Warsaw or training in the use of the SPSS package for the Ministry of Defense national). He is a co-creator of the new SPSM (Stratified Propensity Score Matching) counterfactual method, which was presented by – among others – at the previous international evaluation conference and the 61st International Statistical Congress in Marrakech (2017).

• Marek Cierpiał-Wolan, Ph.D.

  

  Director of the Statistical Office in Rzeszow.In 1999 he received a Ph.D. degree of economic sciences in the Warsaw School of Economics. Senior lecturer in the Department of Quantitative Methods and Economic Informatics at the Institute of Economics and Finance of the University of Rzeszow. Author of more than 80 national and international publications. Editor-in-Chief of the scientific journal The Polish Statistician (Warsaw), Scientific Secretary – Statistics in Transition new series (Warsaw), Statistical Editor – Regional Barometer (Zamosc). The President of the Polish Statistical Association – Branch in Rzeszow, Member of the Polish Economic Society. Manager and expert in international research projects. Organizer and active participant of many scientific conference.

• Anna Tarnawa

  

  Anna Tarnawa is Head of the Research and Strategy Unit in the Analysis and Strategy Department of the Polish Agency for Enterprise Development. Anna has more than 10 years of experience in designing and coordinating research projects on entrepreneurship, innovation and human resources, as well as analysing their results, promoting them and using them to shape evidence-based public policy. She also has experience in running consultation processes of legal regulations with SMEs and in international projects.Author of various reports on entrepreneurship in Poland, including The Report on SME Sector in Poland as well the Global Entrepreneurship Report – Poland.Anna Tarnawa is also a Member of the GEM Polish Team since 2011. Currently leader of the team, Anna has also served GEM as a representative of Association of the National Team at the GERA Board since 2018. Anna holds a MA in Economics from the Staffordhire University (UK) and MA in Banking and Finance from the Warsaw School of Economics (Poland). She completed her Project Management postgraduate studies at the Warsaw School of Economics and the Academy of Evaluation at the Centre for European Regional and Local Studies (EUROREG) at the University of Warsaw.

The use of well-known methods in new application for the EU Cohesion Policy evaluation:

• Moderation: Monika Bartosiewicz-Niziołek

  

  A graduate of Ph.D. studies at the School for Social Research of the Institute of Philosophy and Sociology of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Postgraduate Evaluation Studies and Train the Trainer at the NGO Trainers’ Association.She gained her first experience in conducting evaluations in the mid-1990s by participating in international projects (in cooperation with the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievements, Mershon Center, The Ohio State University). As the owner of Evaluation Research Lab, and then as an independent researcher, she evaluated approx. 100 projects/programs in cooperation with public administration, universities, institutions working on education and social policies, as well as NGOs. She also has experience in commissioning and supervising the evaluation process, along with providing consultancy in this area.She is the author of publications and reviews on evaluation. Vice-president, training coordinator and trainer of the Polish Evaluation Society (conducted several dozen courses and workshops on evaluation, approx. 1,200 h). Member of the Evaluation Steering Group of the Operational Programme Knowledge Education Development, mentor, certified reviewee/reviewer of the European Evaluation Society, Board member of the Network for Evaluation Societies in Europe.

• Agnieszka Skowrońska, Ph.D.

  

  Sociologist and doctor of humanities. She runs “Innovation Lab” dealing with research of needs, designing services and social innovations, as well as training in researching the needs of users and designing innovations. She has 15 years of professional experience in the field of social policy, research and evaluation. She cooperates with non-governmental organizations and public institutions in designing social services, including educational services. An external expert in projects in the field of adult education, civic and social activity as well as social innovations. Author of publications, incl. 'Research in social assistance', 'Social assistance in numbers' and 'Needs are the basis'. She lives in Gdańsk.

• Beata Ciężka

  

  Beata has worked as a freelance evaluator since 1995 and she has vast experience in research and evaluation projects for such clients as the European Commission, European Parliament, Polish public administration (incl. Ministry of Regional Development, Ministry of National Education, Ministry of Science and Higher Education, the Polish Enterprise Development Agency), non-governmental organizations (the Stefan Batory Foundation, Institute of Public Affairs, the Academy for the Development of Philanthropy in Poland, the Polish Children and Youth Foundation and many more). She has designed and delivered a number of evaluation training programmes, taught post-graduate students of evaluation at the Institute of Sociology of the University of Warsaw and the Warsaw School of Economics. Founding member and President of the Polish Evaluation Society in 2004-2010, currently she serves as an Executive Board member.

• Anna Kowalewska

  

  Graduate in sociology. She is an expert in the field of social and socio-economic research, including evaluation. Her professional background includes many years of work in opinion and market research institutions. In the years 1998–2009 employed at Pentor Research International. Since 2010 President of the Management Board of the ProPublicum Research Institute. She has completed over 200 projects, including projects of significant methodological complexity, combining various and innovative research techniques, pioneering on a national scale (e.g. on family businesses in Polish economy, bankruptcy of enterprises, Poles' cultural needs and aspirations, evaluation studies among enterprises using the Propensity Score Matching, expert research using Delphi method). She has been working on a number of projects in cooperation with academic institutions, including Foresight projects (The Polish Foresight Pilot Health and Living, National Foresight Programme Poland 2020, Technological Foresight NT FOR Podlaskie 2010). She is the winner of the Florian Znaniecki prize, awarded by the Polish Sociological Society. Lecturer at the Collegium Civitas postgraduate studies "Managing the future. Foresight and Strategic Planning". She is the author of scientific publications devoted to popularizing the results of social research.

• Agnieszka Szczurek

  

  Sociologist and pedagogue. Graduate of Warsaw University and NGO Trainers’ Association School. In 2004 co-founded Ośrodek Ewaluacji (Evaluation Centre), with which she conducted over 200 evaluation and social projects. Trainer and consultant for public institutions and NGOs. Specialises in local governance and education. Founding member of the Polish Evaluation Society and a member of the Polish Sociological Society and NGO Trainers’ Association. Local activist, chairs the community council.

• Seweryn Krupnik, Ph.D.

  

  Assistant Professor at the Department of Sociology of Economy, Education and Methods of Social Research, Institute of Sociology, Jagiellonian University. In 2015-2018, head of the Center for Evaluation and Analysis of Public Policies of the Jagiellonian University. Currently a collaborator of this unit. He is a member of the Audit Committee of the Polish Evaluation Society. Currently, among others, involved as an evaluator in the project Energy-SHIFTS. Social Innovation for EU Energy Policy.His scientific interests are related to public policies and programmes aimed at supporting enterprises and innovativeness, the use of the theory-based evaluation and the analysis of cause-and-effect relationships. Qualitative comparative analysis and its implementation in evaluation research is his new passion.

How „cope with intangible”? M&E of new strategic goals using available statistical classification:

• Moderation: Rafał Trzciński

  

  Rafał Trzciński – a graduate of the Institute of Sociology of the University of Warsaw. Key Expert at IDEA Institute Ltd. From 2017 to 2019 Director of the Centre for Statistical Research and Education of the Statistics Poland. In the years 2016-2017 Director of Research and Quantitative Analyses in the IDEA Foundation. Expert in the field of public policy analysis and evaluation with an experience gained during the work in the public sector organisations (Statistics Poland, Polish Agency for Enterprise Development, The Institute for Educational Research), non-governmental organizations (IDEA Foundation, ISEE) and with cooperation with international organisations (European Commission, World Bank) and private sector entities (EGO SC, KPMG, PROGNOS AG and others).

• Dominika Rogalińska

  

  Since 2007, Director of the Spatial and Environmental Surveys Department in Statistics Poland. Has many years of experience in the implementation of statistical surveys, methodological and conceptual work on the development of spatial statistics, implementation of public policy monitoring systems and management of projects co-financed from EU funds.A graduate of the Faculty of Economic Sciences at the University of Warsaw (MA), PhD student at the Collegium of Socio-Economics of the Warsaw School of Economics. Presidium member of the Committee for Spatial Economy and Regional Planning, Polish Academy of Sciences; member of the Committee on Geographical Sciences, Polish Academy of Sciences.

• Piotr Tamowicz, Ph.D.

  

  Piotr Tamowicz (Phd); from 1990 to 2008 linked to private think-tank (the Gdansk Institute for Market Economics); currently managing partner at Taylor Economics that is focused on evaluation of public support programs; consultant with extensive expertise on risk capital, corporate governance, academic entrepreneurship; in previous years member of various supervisory boards including Bank Komunalny SA w Gdyni, Powszechny Bank Kredytowy and Warsaw Stock Exchange; since 2010 member of Investment Board of Pomorskie Voiwodeshop JEREMIE Fund.

• Michał Bitner, Ph.D.

  

  Michał Bitner (born in 1972) graduated from the School of Law and Administration at the University of Warsaw. After graduating, he worked at the Municipal Development Agency, in which he managed the Municipal Bond Clearinghouse. He completed a judicial apprenticeship. After obtaining Ph.D., he also worked as an adjunct professor at the School of Law and Administration at the University of Warsaw, for several years he was the head of the postgraduate studies in management of the EU-sponsored projects. He was visiting scholar at the University of Indiana in Bloomington. In 2017 he obtained habilitation in legal sciences. His interests include regulation of public finance, methods of financing infrastructure, public debt management, and financial assembly of projects. He participated in the implementation of many research projects on public finance, including the issue of absorption of cohesion policy funds by Polish public sector entities.

• Maciej Piotrowski Ph.D.

  

  Maciej Piotrowski, PhD, has been the president of the management board of Innoreg research company for 4 years, in the past he was a researcher and general director of the Institute of Economy. In addition, he has been continuously cooperating with a consortium of Bluehill and QualityWatch companies for 8 years, as a technical coordinator of evaluation projects.An economist by education, he obtained a PhD degree at the Cracow University of Economics. He has over 15 years of experience in implementing projects in the field of regional development, innovativeness, entrepreneurship and internationalisation of economy. In total, he participated in over 80 studies of evaluation, diagnostic and analytical nature, carried out for the benefit of ministries, government agencies and local government units. Creating, evaluating and implementing regional innovation strategies is his particular area of interest. Maciej took part in the creation of innovation support policies in 10 regions of Poland. In the past, he participated as a coordinator or a team member in 22 international evaluation and development projects in the field of educational and entrepreneurship support policies, cooperating with partners (universities, business environment institutions, regional authorities) from almost all European Union countries.

Policy-LAB – the role of evaluation in designing of public services:

• Karol Olejniczak Ph.D.

  

  Karol Olejniczak, Ph.D., is an associate professor of public policy at SWPS University of the Social Sciences and Humanities and a co-founder of EGO s.c. - Polish evaluation company. His research focuses on the intersection of public policy design, evaluation, and application of behavioral insights. He is an internationally recognized expert in applying theories about the use of research evidence in policy decision-making. Professor Olejniczak has been a Kosciuszko Foundation Fellow (2012). He has been awarded the title of Evaluator of the Year from the Polish government for his extensive applied research (2014), and The University of Warsaw Award for Excellence in Teaching Social Science (2016). He is currently running a gov_lab project in Poland and consulting with U.S. Federal agencies to develop learning agendas. He holds a doctorate in management sciences.

• Jan Hněvkovský

  

  Jan Hněvkovský is an evaluator, lecturer, consultant and co-founder of the company Gov Lab Ltd. which specializes in social innovations, strategic management, organizational change and service design.Jan worked in a public sector. Namely, at the Evaluation Unit at the Ministry of Regional Development, Department of the Sustainable Development at the Office of the Government and the Department of Social Innovations at the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs.Currently, his focus is to bring innovations and the client-oriented approach into the Czech public sector through the Gov Lab´s portfolio of activities.

• Thijs van Exel

  

  Thijs van Exel focuses specialises in designing research and innovation approaches that focus on creating learning among formal and informal actors in health and care. For that cause Thijs conducts action research on the level of practitioners, in and with organisations and from within the system. He advises governments and other organisations, and is a frequently asked speaker on these matters.Thijs has extensive experience with designing, testing and working with experimental methods. Part of these programmes has consistently been to create feedback loops between the realms of practice, organisations and policy. One central aspect has been to forge new, productive relationships between actors in these realms, while figuring out how we might create ways of evaluating practice, organisational change and policy making processes that can enable actors to learn from and improve on their behaviours and outcomes. Currently, Thijs is the lead in several action research programmes that Kennisland has initiated in the care sector, where there is high demand for this type of 'dynamic evaluation’.

• Anna Whicher, Ph.D.

  

  My main professional interest is in developing, implementing and evaluating government policies using design methods. As Head of Design Policy at PDR (International Design and Research Centre) at Cardiff Metropolitan University, I am responsible for developing partnerships, drafting proposals, leading networks, conducting research, developing strategies and evaluating impact for government, enterprise agencies, sector councils and trade associations. A selection of recent projects include building capacity for service and policy design in the European Central Bank, engaging the public on policy reform for the Northern Ireland Department for Health, evaluating the Northern Ireland Innovation Lab, developing HMRC Policy Lab, rethinking public consultation for the Latvian Ministry of Culture and reviewing Design Vouchers for Scottish Enterprise. Since March 2013, I've been a board member of the Bureau of European Design Associations (BEDA) and I’m an accredited Master Trainer for the Service Design Network. I have completed my PhD benchmarking design for innovation policy in Europe.

• Paulina Zadura

  

  Director of the Analysis and Strategy Department. Has 10 years of experience in the field of social and economic research in the field of innovation, innovation and entrepreneurship (business sector, startups, clusters, public administration. In PARP is responsible for designing new services and support schemes for companies and business environment institutions as well as for evaluation studies in the supported area. At PARP, he also organizes educational programs, including conferences, workshops and networking meetings for stakeholders being part of the national innovation ecosystem.  Master of sociology (University of Warsaw), she also completed post-graduate studies "Academy for the Evaluation of Socio-Economic Development Programs" (University of Warsaw). Currently studying "Digital transformation of business" at the Kamiński University in Warsaw.