Europe & CIS

Marta Marczis

UNDP Bratislava Regional Centre
Country Support Team: Chief Technical Advisor, PIU Budapest

Summary: Chief Technical Advisor (2005-), UNDP - Hungarian Government, Cserehat Programme; Based on the lessons learned from the development schemes of other countries, the Cserehát programme incorporates a number of principles that together amount to a new way to alleviate poverty and social exclusion. The Cserehát Programme is thus intended to serve as a model for initiatives in other parts of Hungary and other countries. The aims of this area based programme to raise living standards to the levels enjoyed by other regions, and to improve the chances for excluded minority groups such as the Roma to join the economic and political mainstream. The Programme Implementation Unit is located in Budapest, Hungary. Address: 1054 Akadémia utca 3. Information: www.cserehat.hu

Languages: English, Hungarian

Grosslingova 35 811 09, Bratislava
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Expertise: Country Support Team (BRC), Hungary

Responsibilities/specialization: Experience: 15 years on sustainable rural development policy, programming, research and management on national, international and EU level UNDP experiences: "Avoiding the Dependency Trap" - five country report on Roma; national coordinator (2001-2002) LoSD (Localizing Sustainable Development)pilote progranmes in 9 countries (2003-2004), Programme Manager