Věra Řiháčková Pachta
Associate Research Fellow
vrihackova@europeum.org

Vera Rihackova is an Associated research fellow with EUROPEUM Institute for European Policy. Her major areas of expertise include EU foreign policy with focus on Eastern Partnership countries, EU democracy assistance and the EU instruments of external action, the development cooperation, security and counterterrorism policies.In May 2014 - December 2015 she served as a member of the Group of External Advisors on the EU policies, to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic. She holds the 2014 PASOS Think Tank Publication Award for her paper “Taking Stock of the EU Civil Society Funding in EaP Countries”. She works as Advocacy and Membership Manager at the Secretariat of the Steering Committee of the Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum in Brussels.