Profile: Who is Wiktor?
Geographer by education, regional planner and process manager by profession, Wiktor Szydarowski lives and breathes territorial development galvanised by multi-level governance. He is a lecturer, researcher, advisor, policy developer, and programme and project manager.
Since 1997, he has been working with intergovernmental networks and multi-stakeholder development initiatives across Europe, putting his footprint on all stages of collaboration, from planning to performance evaluation.
During that time, he has been active in various thematic fields of territorial cooperation - including transport corridors, urban networking, integrated coastal zone management, tourism and innovation - in a complex tissue of spatial development zones.
Wiktor is an enlisted EU expert in multimodal transport, European territorial cooperation, macroregional and sea basin strategies, the ESPON programme, and relations between levels of government in the design and implementation of development policies.
In addition, he is the author and chief editor of development strategies and policy reports for intergovernmental networks including VASAB (a forum for multilateral cooperation between 10 Baltic Sea Region countries on spatial planning and development), Policy Area Transport under the EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region, and the Baltic Sea States Subregional Co-operation (a political network for regional authorities).
The new director is deeply engaged in the preparation and implementation of Interreg programmes in various strands and geographical areas.
He is also a keen conference and workshop moderator, who enjoys interacting with the audience.