Stakeholder Group: Civil Society
Region: Eastern Europe
Biography
Matej specializes in public access to internet in public libraries and e-governance. He manages the Bibliomist project, which helps communities in Ukraine by modernizing access to information in public libraries.
As part of the project, over one-thousand libraries are being equipped with technology so that citizens have better access to information, and over three thousand librarians are being trained to provide better services. Bibliomist is a part of the Global Librariesinitiative funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
Matej holds a BA from Charles University in Prague, an MA from Central European University in Budapest, and an MA from George Washington University in Washington, DC. He focused on International Relations and Eastern Europe.