Dr. Irina Zalisova, Director and co-founder of EPMA/BMI, has a university background (philosophy, social sciences), completed with post gradual courses on computing, social analyses, indicators and management courses at Business School of University in Leeds. She has deep experiences in social analyses (Czech National Statistical Office), Marketing Management (Swiss publishing house Ringier CR) and Senior Project Management (Dutch Walters Kluwer Publishing CR). She is dealing with EU projects since 2000 as the Director of civic BMI Association, Czech promoter of information society issues. From 2001 Irina Zalisova is in the Experts Team for evaluation of projects of 5th, 6th and 7th Framework Programme of the EC. From 2004 she is leading EPMA, a non-profit half–public organisation for regional support of European Projects & Management.