Mr. Hugh Biggar

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Ms. Snizhana Kolomiiets

Summary: Snizhana Kolomiiets is Regional Communication Specialist based in Moscow. She acts as the communications focal point for international media based in Moscow as well as for Russian-language media across the region. She works closely with the Communication Team at the Bratislava Regional Centre and with country offices in the region, assisting with launches of major global, regional and national publications, programmes and events. Snizhana is also the focal point for media development initiatives in CIS countries. Snizhana worked for eight years as the Head of Information Unit in UN office in Ukraine. Before joining UNDP, she coordinated a social education project for the Burson-Marsteller PR agency in Kiev. After completing studies at the Kiev State Pedagogical University in Russian philology, she worked as a producer and journalist for several TV production companies.



Ms. Izabela Nagyova

Summary: Izabela is Communications Officer of the Country Support Team at Bratislava Regional Centre. She is responsible for communications support to CST projects implemented in Slovakia and Hungary. She joined UNDP in 2006. Prior to this she worked as PR Manager for a real estate company operating in Central Europe. She has almost two decades of professional background in foreign and business news reporting, writing, editing and managing, including four years working for a non-governmental organisation, where she was a Director.