Irina

Director, EPMA - Agentura pro everospke projekty&management Irina Zalisova PhDr. Irina Zalisova, Director and co-founder of EPMA/BMI, has a university background (philosophy, politics&social sciences), completed with courses on computing, social analyses and management. She was working as analyst in the Czech National Statistical Office, in business (Ringier CR, Walters Kluwer Publishing CR), and from 2000 dealing with EU IST projects and cooperating as an external expert to the European Commission (5th, 6th, 7th FP IST, Interreg).
Leading EPMA, a half–public organisation, co-founded by BMI and Vysocina Region, she is focusing on implementation of eGovernment and eParticipation across EU regions (e.g. eris@ members), new social interactions, PSI re-use and other related topics. Speaker and member of Scientific Committees of eGovernment conferences, program director and co-organizer of the annual Eastern European eGovernment Days in Prague.

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Local workshop for regional stakeholders was organised in June 2011 in Jihlava, main city of Vysocina Region.

5 months, 1 week ago Category: PreCo Workshops

•The feedback from the workshop:

In a centralized system of the NMS in transition, as in the Czech Republic, the application of a new approach as PCP for public procurement of innovation is difficult from administrative point of view. The indifferent position of a Ministry for Local Development, responsible for Public procurement procedures (no support, until PCP is accepted as a new legal nationally accepted procedure) provides no support. In this situation, when no nationally accepted PCP rules of application exist, the fear of  constrains with existing Public procurement procedures, fear of using unknown approaches, not supported by national PCP programme is present. Vysocina has suggested a strong political leadership for practical implementation of PCP approach, the example of which is provided by Vysocina Region (see Best practice –  eAmbulance Case).  The procurer (public administration) is mostly not able to manage the market, competition and the availability of appropriate suppliers in a non-transparent conditions for competitive environment, high level of corruption, fear of companies of losing know-how and IPRs. The need for a supportive competence centre at national or EU level is expressed as the recommendation.