Šarlota Pufflerová

executive director, project manager, consultant, psychologist
 
Šarlota Pufflerová (PhDr. – Comenius University in Bratislava, PhD – Slovak Academy of Sciences) is a graduate of psychology. In 1981, she started working in the field of basic research at the Slovak Academy of Sciences. Between 1992 and 2004, she completed various trainings and fellowships on the development of managerial skills, on the rights of minorities, on interactive and participatory methods in human rights education, on equality and the human rights of women in public policies, on human rights education in schools and prisons, and on the functioning of public institutions and the public administration (e. g. at the British Institute of Management, at the Institute for Environmental and Minority Rights at the University of Lapland, Finland, at Minority Rights Group International, UK, the Eisenhower Fellowship Multinational Program, or the International Visitors’ Program). Since 1995, she has been the executive director of Citizen, Democracy and Accountability (CDA), a civic association based in Slovakia. In CDA, she is responsible for management, fundraising, public relations, and communication with public authorities. She also leads several project teams, conceptually prepares and leads seminars, workshops and trainings for various target groups (e. g. public administration, courts, labor inspectorates, employers).