Dr. Robert Kovacs
Personal Details
Nationality: Hungarian
Birth: Bucurest, February 5, 1965
Marital status: married
Mob: +36 (20) 320-7236
Phone / Fax: +36 (1) 375-8048
E-mail: robert.kovacs@localmonitoring.eu
Main Activity
| 2007- |
Funder and executive of LRMI Local & Regional Monitoring Institute Development of comparartive methodology for Local Governments, international cooperation |
| 2000- |
Owner, OSO POLAR Kkt. (with small interruptions) Consultancy, research and treanings related to local governments finance, operating and developments |
| 1993 – 1999. |
Senior Fellow, Városkutatás Kft. (Metropolitan Research Institute Ltd.) Participating in technical assistance programs of US Agency for International Development housing and local gorvernment finance. Projects with World Bank, Hungarian central and local governments. |
| 1989 – 1992. |
KJunior Fellow, TÁRKI (Social Science Informatic Centre) Working on topics of social and regional inequality. Participating on the TF2/2 program. |
Professional Experience
| 2002-2006 |
Coordinator, expert, editor of publications of International projects financed by the EU in National Institute Criminology (InSec, AGIS) |
| Jul. 2005.-Dec. 2005. |
Coordinator of the reform of the National Cultural Fund (NKA) |
| Sept. 2004.-Mar. 2005. |
Coordinator of ILO STEP (strategy and tools against social exclusion) project for Central and East European countries |
| Febr-Sept. 2001. |
Research, Regional Research Center of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences |
Teaching Experience
| 2005- |
External teacher Public Finance at Hungarian-French Courses for Local and regional experts at the University of Politechnic |
| 2005- |
External teacher of Regional Finance at Fac. of Economics Univ. West Hungary |
| 2004- |
External teacher of Local Management at Fac. of Administration Univ. Corvinus |
| 2002- |
Consultent for students on local policy, Faculty of Administration of the University of Economy of Budapest (BKE ÁF) |
| 1999-2002 |
Teaching, Summer University, Open Society Institute, Modeling local finance |
| 1997-1999 |
Teaching, Courses for specialized engeneers at the University of Politechnic and Postgradual Institute for Economic Methodology (sociology, suburbanization) |
Education
| 2003 |
Ph.D degree on Regional Policy and Economy at the Faculty of Econnomy, of the University of Sciences of Pécs |
| 1992 |
Methodological course, CNRS (Centre National de Recherche Cientifique, Paris) |
| 1984 – 1990. |
M.Sc. in Sociology and French, University of Eötvös Loránd, Budapest |
Membership of organizations
Hungarian Society of Sociology
Hungarian Society of Urbanism
Hungarian Society of Regional Science
Languages
Hungarian - mother tongue
French and spanish - excellent level
English - good level
