Balazs Borkovits

Experience

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  Strauss Metal Securities

  Sept 2003 - Feb 2005

  Commercial and marketing manager

  Full-scale marketing activity at metallurgic manufacturing company (products: safes, cash cabins, cabinets, weapon boxes, key boxes, etc.). Tasks:▪ coordinating salesmen and marketing assistant,▪ keeping contact with suppliers and cca. 800 retailers, ▪ elaborating marketing strategy,▪ organising exhibitions, updating webpage, managing all promotional activities.

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  South Transdanubian Regional Development Agency

  Feb 2005 - Nov 2016

  Coordinating the work of the Foreign Relations UnitApplying for calls of various EU funded programmes (Interreg Europe, Central Europe, Danube Transnational Programme, Hungary-Croatia Crossborder Programme, Erasmus+, Danube Start, Horizon 2020, different calls of the European Commission), preparing project proposals, managing projects as Lead Partner / PartnerThematic fields: - energy (planning energy investments of municipalities, smart grids, smart metering, building performance, RES investments), - urban development, - sme&innovation (innovation management, supporting start-ups, fostering quadruple helix, connecting scientific research with industry actors, clustering) - tourism (thematic tourism, impact assessment, ICT support) Show less

  • Head of Foreign Relations Unit

    Feb 2016 - Nov 2016

  • Senior projectmanager

    Feb 2005 - Feb 2016
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  South Transdanubian Regional Innovation Agency

  Jan 2015 - May 2015

  Project Manager

  Managing Interreg IVC, South East Europe, and HU-HR IPA CBC projects of the innovation agency as lead partner. Elaborating new innovation projects for Central 2020 programme.

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  University of Pécs, Hungary

  Aug 2015 - Dec 2015

  Project Manager

  Providing complete project management (procurements, managing budget, events, pr, reporting) for a project on the field of e-health research. Coordinating the project activities of the 6 involved faculties/institutions of the University. The project was financed by the Social Renewal Operational Programme of Hungary.

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  University of Pécs

  Nov 2016 - now

  Senior International Project Manager

  Developing and coordinating transnational projects and networking with local and national stakeholders to support the university's energy and climate-related research, promote decentralised energy management and the integration of renewable energy sources into the energy mix.

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  STRIA South Transdanubian Regional Innovation Agency

  Jun 2024 - now

  Projectmanager

  Managing transnational projects in the field of innovative energy technologies and environmental protection.