Dr. Pavol DEMES Director for Central and Eastern Europe, The German Marshall Fund of the U.S., Bratislava
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1980 | graduation of Charles University in Prague |
Prior to the "Velvet Revolution" in November 1989 bio-medical researcher at Comenius University in Bratislava | |
1990-1991 | Director of the Department of International Cooperation at the Ministry of Education |
1991-1992 | Minister of International Relations in the government of the Slovak Republic |
1993-1997 | Foreign Policy Advisor to the President of the Slovak Republic |
Executive Director of the Slovak Academic Information Agency-Service Centre for the Third (NGO) Sector | |
since 2000 Director for Central and Eastern Europe at the German Marshall Fund of the United States, Bratislava |
Mitgliedschaften
Dr Demes has spoken on civil society and NGO issues in many international fora. He has served on the boards of national and international associations and foundations. In 1999, Dr Demes was awarded a six-month public policy research fellowship at the Woodrow Wilson Center in Washington DC |
Publikationen
2006 Author of numerous articles on international relations and civil society. Most recent books: Prospects for Democracy in Belarus. Editors J. Forbrig, D.R. Marples and P. Demes. | |
2007 Reclaiming Democracy. Civil Society and Electoral Change in Central and Eastern Europe. Editors J.Forbrig and P. Demes. |
Auszeichnungen
1999 EU-US Democracy and Civil Society Award | |
1999 USAID Democracy and Governance Award | |
2005 Royal Dutch decoration Knight of the Order of Orange Nassau | |
2005 Yugoslav Star of First Class (by the President of Serbia and Monte Negro). |