Contacts :: Working Group on Non-Governmental Orga

Contacts : Working Group on Non-Governmental Organizations in Central and Eastern Europe

WG Programme Coordinators:

Michael Brintnall, Montgomery College, US, mabrintnall@gmail.com

Michael Brintnall is formerly the Executive Director of the American Political Science Association and of the National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration in Washington DC, and has held senior positions in academic administration and in the US federal government. He is a Fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration and currently serves on the Board of Trustees for Montgomery College, the Environmental Investigation Agency, and the American Society for Public Administration.

Gyorgy Hajnal, NISPAcee President / Professor, Head of Department, Corvinus University of Budapest / Senior Researcher, Institute for Political Science, Center for Social Research of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (IPS CSR HAS), Hungary, gyorgy.hajnal@uni-corvinus.hu

Gyorgy Hajnal is a Professor in the Department of Public Policy and Management, Corvinus University of Budapest and Senior Researcher at the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Institute for Polictical Science. Prior to his current positions he worked as a Senior Researcher/ Head of Department for 15 years at the Hungarian Institute of Public Administration and its successor organisation. Besides his full-time academic positions he has been and contiues to be extensively involved in international research cooperation projects in topics relating to comparative public management reforms. He has also served as a consultant to various international academic, governmental and business organisations. He has been serving as a NISPAcee President since May 2018.

Iga Kender-Jeziorska, Corvinus University of Budapest, Hungary, iga.jeziorska@sin.org.pl

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ender-Jeziorska is a PhD student in the Doctoral School of Political Science at Corvinus University of Budapest. Her main research areas include non-governmental organisations and their involvement in policy-making and public service delivery, especially in the area of drug policy. She has been actively involved in the third sector since 2011. She is a member of the Board of Advisors and a coordinator of the international network Youth Organisations for Drug Action. Since July 2018 she has been serving as a Chair of the Working Group on EU Drug Strategy and Action Plan in the Civil Society Forum on Drugs - an advisory body to the European Commission.

Previous WG coordinator Assistant:

Réka Zsuzsánna Máthé has earned her master’s degree in Management of Public Institutions and Non-Governmental Organisations offered through a programme of Babes-Bolyai University and Michigan State University. She is a PhD student of the National University of Public Service and her research focuses on policies related to civil society and social capital. Concurrently, she is furthering her studies in European public administration and policies at the College of Europe in Belgium. As a young researcher, she has gained experience by earning a national research grant; research that was overseen by the Hungarian Academy of Science, and is participating in an international research programme. Her past experience also includes working at various NGOs in Europe and the Silicon Valley, United States, as well as completing a leadership development programme with the US Federal Government.