Vladimír Bartovic is the director of EUROPEUM Institute for European Policy. In 2014, he has been appointed external advisor – a member of the Group of External Advisors on the EU policies to the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic and a member of the Programme Council of the Czech – Polish Forum. He studied the international trade and international politics at the University of Economics, Prague, Faculty of International Relations. He also studied at University of Granada, Faculty of Political Science and Sociology. He mainly focuses on topics considering the European integration.