Personal Information
First name, Surname: Petra Chaloupková, Ph.D.
Nationality: Czech Republic
Employment
2008 – to date Deputy Director for International Relations
Project management (LLP/Erasmus, Erasmus Mundus, etc.), communication and public relation
Czech University of Life Sciences Prague (CULS), Institute of Tropics and Subtropics, Czech Republic
www.its.czu.cz
2006 – to date Academic/Research staff
Pedagogical and research activities, project preparation and leading
CULS, Institute of Tropics and Subtropics, Czech Republic
Department: Economic Development in Tropics and Subtropics
2004 – 2010 AGRINATURA Secretary General
Administrative, operational, financial, communication and project management tasks, day-by-day office management of international organization
www.agrinatura.eu
Education
2003 – 2006 Doctorate Study Programme (Ph.D.)
Czech University of Life Sciences Prague
Institute of Tropics and Subtropics
Department: Engineering, Economics and Rural Development in TS
Specialization: Economics and Management
2001 – 2003 Master Study Programme (MSc.)
Czech University of Life Sciences Prague
Institute of Tropics and Subtropics
Specialization: Economics and Management
2002 Socrates Erasmus Programme (student exchange programme, Master study programme)
Universidad Politécnica de Valencia
Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingenieros Agronómos
Valencia, Spain
Specialization: Marketing and Rural Development
1998 – 2001 Bachelor Study Programme (Bc.)
Czech University of Life Sciences Prague
Institute of Tropics and Subtropics
Specialization: Tropical and Subtropical Agriculture
Trainings
September 2008
International Programme for Development Evaluation Training (Certificate)
Organized by: World Bank and International Development Evaluation Association
June 2006
Project Cycle Management Training (Certificate)
Organized by: Institute of International Relations, Development Centre (Czech Development Agency)
Languages
Czech Mother Tongue
English Fluent (First Certificate in English (FCE), University of Cambridge)
Portuguese Advanced
Spanish Advanced
Projects
2010 – 2014
Erasmus Mundus EURASIA 2 (Erasmus Mundus Action 2 Nr. 182724-EM-1-2010-1-CZ-ERAMUNDUS-EMA21-L12)
Position: Project coordinator
Coordination: Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Czech Republic
Donor: EACEA
www.eurasia2.cz
2008 – 2012
Erasmus Mundus EURASIA, External Cooperation Window (Nr. 2008-1976)
Position: Contact person of CULS
Coordination: Universität für Bodenkultur Wien, Austria
Donor: EACEA
www.boku.ac.at/zib/eurasia
2009 – 2010
Project: Review according to the System priorities of CGIAR Projects funded by the EC in 2008 to be carried out in the second half 2009
Position: Expert for the scientific management
Coordination: AGRINATURA
Donor: International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
2008 – 2010
Development project: Support of fresh water fish farming in mountain areas (Northern Vietnam)
Position: Project manager
Coordination: Institute of Tropics and Subtropics, CULS
Donor: Ministry of Agriculture of the Czech Republic
www.vietnam.czu.cz
2008 – 11/2009
Development project: Capacity building in the area of fish and poultry production (Bié province, Angola)
Position: Project manager
Coordination: Institute of Tropics and Subtropics, CULS
Donor: Ministry of Agriculture of the Czech Republic
www.angola.czu.cz
2006 – 11/2009
Development project: Consultancy in fish and poultry production (Bié province, Angola)
Position: Project manager
Coordination: Institute of Tropics and Subtropics, CULS
Donor: Ministry of Agriculture of the Czech Republic
2006 – 2007
Development project: Support to curricula development at the State Agrarian University of Moldova and harmonization its education system with EU standards
Position: Short-term expert
Coordination: Institute of Tropics and Subtropics, CULS
Donor: Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic
2006 – 2007
Development project: Monitoring of the EC Support to Strategic Agricultural Research through the CGIAR Centres for Food Insecure Countries in Sub-Saharan Africa, Asia, Latin America and West Asia/North Africa Regions, No. 2006/128-368
Position: Expert for the scientific management
Coordination: NATURA
Donor: European Commission
2005 – 2006
Project: Monitoring of the EC Support to Strategic Agricultural Research through the CGIAR Centres for Food Insecure Countries in Sub-Saharan Africa, Asia, Latin America and West Asia/North Africa Regions, No.2005/105-976
Position: Expert for the scientific management
Coordination: NATURA
Donor: European Commission
2003 – 2004
Development project: Establishment of the Centre of Agricultural Education in Bié province (Angola)
Position: Long-term expert
Realization: Institute of Tropics and Subtropics, CULS
Donor: Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic
