Oto Pisoň

•Providing consultancy services for potential investors (State aid, site location, analyses, etc.) •Organizing visits, meetings and sight inspections for investors •Presenting and promoting the Slovak business environment abroad (international fairs, investment forums, trade mission, etc.) in order to attract foreign investors •Conducting case-specific, tailor-made analyses •Close communication with decision makers and CEOs of companies as well as key governmental bodies and relevant officers

The main activities of our NGO are still connected to our pilot project, a publication called "In the footsteps of the architect L.E.Hudec". Our trilingual, 144 page book came out in 3000 copies and is currently being sold in SK, HU and AT. We have had five public book presentations and have donated it to numerous institutions around the globe. The project is aimed to remind uf of the great heritage left behind by L.E.Hudec, the architect, who built the first Asian skyscraper.

I recieved the internship as a successful candidate of the LEAF Professionals Abroad Program and had an agenda related to COREPER and the Presidency of the Council of the EU. My main topics included financial issues, climate change and energy-security, and the General Affairs Council. I was additionally involved in the preparation of concrete speaking points for the President, Prime Minister and Sate Secretary of the Slovak Republic.

I was in the CE team involved in active communication with demand planners, including reporting and forecasting ; optimization of inbound transportation by organizing co-loads and round-trips, persuading planners, carriers, and loading locations for achieving the most cost-effective and on-time solutions ; price negotiations and troubleshooting by solving numerous non-contracted routes and special requests on a daily basis. Including managing peak-season workload.

I was involved in the economic evaluation of China in 2011; media monitoring of the 14th EU-China Summit; translations; environmental agenda regarding Chinese water issues; writing of diplomatic correspondence

Handling the internal administration system and other administrative duties including archiving and translations

• Awarded with CEU Scholarship and Visegrad Scholarship • Fields of study: International Relations, European Studies, Economics, Environmental Sustainability

Fields of study: Economic Diplomacy, International Economic Relations, International Economic Law, European Studies

Fields of study: Mathematics, Finance, International Trade, General Economic Theories