Cooperation with Experts

Project Board

Project Board consisted of representatives of state administration key institutions, as well as regional and local self-government whose agenda may be affected by ethnic sensitive data collection, and of representatives of academic and research institutions. The international level was represented by European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA). Five Project Board meetings took place during the project. Members expressed their statements on the first sample survey conception and its results, on the Guideline of Data Collection and on the project as a whole. 

Project Board meetings took place on the following dates: 12th June 2020, 23rd September 2021, 12th January 2023, 28th June 2023 and 22nd March 2024.

The members of the Project Board as of March 2024 were:

PhDr. Mgr. Andrea Baršová, Ph.D.
Office of the Government of the Czech Republic
PhDr. David Beňák, Ph.D., DiS.
Romodrom
Ing. Václav Jelen
Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic Department of Statistics, Analysis and eEducation Development
Mgr. Jaroslav Kling, M.A.
European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights Programme Officer, Research and Data Unit
Mgr. Jakub Konečný
The Public Defender of Rights Research Unit
doc. Ing. Jitka Langhamrová, CSc.
University of Economics Prague Department of Demography
Jiří Navrátil, MBA
Association of Regions of the Czech Republic Deputy President of the Moravian-Silesian Region
prof. PhDr. Tomáš, Sirovátka, CSc.
Research Institute for Labour and Social Affairs Honorary Member
Ing. Mgr. Venuše Škampová
Ministry of Health of the Czech Republic Department of Health Care

Expert Panel

Expert Panel also consisted of institution representatives mentioned above, with the emphasis on the practical experience of members in research field such as minorities, social exclusion, inequalities or discrimination. Nine meetings took place during the project. Expert Panel was a platform for expert discussion. In the first phase of the project Expert Panel was involved in the creation of sample survey research design (purpose of sensitive data collection, definition of the target population and its identification, selection of monitored indicators). Members also expressed their statements on the first sample survey conception and its results, on Guideline of Data Collection and on the project as a whole.

Expert Panel meetings took place on the following dates: 19th June 2020, 17th September 2020, 12th November 2020, 17th December 2020, 5th February 2021, 2nd July 2021, 12th January 2023, 28th June 2023 and 22nd March 2024.

The members of the Expert Panel as of March 2024 were:

Bc. Gwendolyn Albert
Government Council for Roma Minority Affairs Civil Member
Jan Černý
People in Need Program for Social Integration
Bc. Michal Ďorď
Without affiliation
Mgr. Karel Gargulák
PAQ Research Researcher
Mgr. Tomáš Hirt, Ph.D.
University of West Bohemia in Plzeň Department of Anthropology
Mgr. Jan Husák
Romodrom
Mgr. Stanislava Kottnauerová
Without affiliation
Mgr. Petr Lang
Ministry of the Regional Development Department for Social Inclusion
Ing. Jaromír Nebřenský
Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic Department of Statistics, Analysis and eEducation Development
Mgr. Thuy Dieu Nguyen
Office of the Government of the Czech Republic Department for Human Rights and Minority Protection
Mgr. Mariana Radošovská
Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs of the Czech Republic Department of Social Integration
Bc. Edita Stejskalová
Statutory City od Ostrava
Václav Strouhal, DiS.
Office of Liberec Region Coordinator for National Minority Affairs and Foreigners