Monitoring & Evaluation Consultant

Expert on policy analysis across CEE — Slovakia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia — for the World Bank, OECD, European Commission and Open Society Foundations. First-hand experience of dialogue with the most varied stakeholders from government ministers, public sector officials, academics, civil society people, teachers, people facing social exclusion. Experienced facilitator of Theory of Change development and updates — clients include Superar International, Superar Slovakia, PUNKT o.z., Misia 1000 and Nadácia Milana Šimečku. Facilitates workshops in Slovak and English; trained in meeting facilitation and conflict resolution (UWC). Worked on some of the first counterfactual impact evaluations in Central and Eastern Europe, together with a team of scientific advisors from J-PAL (Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab), the World Bank and CEU. **Current and recent:** - **Roma Civil Monitor 2** (CEU Vienna, 2021–present) — lead author of monitoring guidelines for national Roma strategic frameworks across EU member states, with Marek Hojsík - **Misia 1000** (2024) — facilitated development of Theory of Change for a programme training early childhood assistants in Roma communities - **Pontis Impact Accelerator** (2023) — M&E workshop for leading Slovak NGOs - **PUNKT association** (2021–present) — facilitated development and updates of Theory of Change **Selected past projects:** - **Active Citizens Fund** (OSF / Ekopolis, 2019–2021) — evaluation of grant proposals and consulting on the evaluation framework - **fjužn festival** M&E (Nadácia Milana Šimečku, 2019–2020) — facilitated reconstruction of Theory of Change and a complex M&E framework for large annual festival focused on immigrants and foreigners in Slovakia - **Generácia 3.0** (Pontis Foundation, 2018–2020) — senior consultant, developing and implementing an M&E framework for a complex programme supporting change in the education system - **Teach for Slovakia** (SGI, 2017–2018) — senior expert in complex evaluation of Teach for Slovakia programme activities - **Feuerstein Instrumental Enrichment** (SGI for Človek v ohrození, 2015–2016) — counterfactual impact evaluation of a Feuerstein Instrumental Enrichment intervention for Roma children in Slovakia - **Roma Inclusion Study** (Pitija for EEA & Norway Grants, 2014–2016) — team leader on a study on programmes relevant for Roma inclusion supported by Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway through the EEA and Norway Grants - **EU Progress — Early Childhood** (SGI / Roma Education Fund, 2012–2014) — principal investigator (together with J-PAL and World Bank researchers) on one of the first counterfactual impact evaluations on early childhood education in Europe, with the Office of the Plenipotentiary of the Government of the Slovak Republic for Roma Communities - **National Roma Integration Strategy** external evaluation (SGI, 2014) — team leader - **A Good Start** Phase II (SGI for Roma Education Fund, 2013–2014) — designed a complex evaluation of Roma Education Fund intervention in Hungary, Macedonia, Romania and Slovakia; methodology included a counterfactual impact evaluation with household surveys for participants and control group, qualitative research, statistical analysis; coordinated team of six researchers across four countries and 16 localities - **Performance Auditing Training**, Slovak Supreme Audit Office (2015) ## Publications - Andrej Salner (lead author): [Roma Civil Monitor 2 — 2nd cycle. Monitoring Guidelines for National Roma Strategic Frameworks](https://cps.ceu.edu/roma-civil-monitor), CEU, Austria, 2024 - Andrej Salner (lead author): [Roma Civil Monitor 2 — 1st cycle. Monitoring Guidelines for National Roma Strategic Frameworks](https://cps.ceu.edu/roma-civil-monitor), CEU, Austria, 2022 - Andrej Salner (lead author): Roma Inclusion Study for the Financial Mechanism Office, Pitija, Slovenia, 2016 - Andrej Salner (co-author): Celodenný výchovný systém ako forma edukácie žiakov zo SZP — Final Evaluation of National Project, MPC, 2015 - Andrej Salner (lead author): [External Evaluation of National Roma Integration Strategy](https://www.governance.sk), SGI, 2015 - Andrej Salner (co-author): External Evaluation of Pilot Project "Učme sa učiť sa", SGI, 2015 - Andrej Salner (co-author): Implementation of Activation Works in Slovakia. Evaluation and Recommendations for Policy Change, [SGI](https://www.governance.sk), 2013 - Andrej Salner (lead author): Lessons from Slovakia's Comprehensive Approach — Assessing the feasibility of designing integrated territorial programs targeting marginalized Roma communities, [SGI](https://www.governance.sk), 2013 - Andrej Salner (co-author): Roadmap to Resolving the Problem of Excessive Representation of Roma Children in Special Education, [SGI](https://www.governance.sk), 2013 - Andrej Salner (lead author): Practical Guide to Data Collection Based on the Experience of the EU Roma Pilot A Good Start, [Roma Education Fund](https://www.romaeducationfund.org/publications/), Budapest, 2012 - Andrej Salner (lead author): Advancing Education of Roma in Slovakia. Country Assessment and the Roma Education Fund's Strategic Directions, [Roma Education Fund](https://www.romaeducationfund.org/publications/), Budapest, 2007