Profile
Prior to joining the CCRI in 2008, Katarina was deputy director and programme manager for a nationwide NGO - VOKA, the Rural Organisation for Community Activities in Slovakia, and has ten years’ experience working with local communities and local government in Slovakia. Katarina has been involved in a variety of CCRI projects, mainly focusing on broader EU rural concepts and policies, as well as community development projects. Her particular interest is integrated rural development, especially the LEADER (a European Union community initiative for assisting rural development) approach and its implementation.
Katarina is also a part time PhD student at the CCRI. Her thesis research entitled 'Investigation of decision making processes within integrated rural development programmes' is investigating participatory approaches in the decision making process during the preparation, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the integrated rural development strategies (LEADER type). She is supervised by Dr. Janet Dwyer and Professor Malcolm Moseley.
