Dr. Bernardita Cárdenas, Director
Dr. Bernardita Cárdenas has more than 21 years of experience in evaluation
consulting, technology, research and business development. She also has
experience across a wide number of policy areas, including research and
innovation, information society, RTD commercialisation, education, general
economic development, civil society, human rights and democracy.
She is member of the core team of the frontierCities Accelerator, a project financed by the FP7 programme in the frame of the FIWARE Programme of the EU. She is regularly invited to be part of the reviewing experts for the different programmes of DG CONNECT, as well as part of the evaluators of the LIFE programme. Bernardita was a member of the core team that undertook the mid-term
evaluation of the Trans-Eurasia Information Network (TEIN2), one of the
EU's most strategic initiatives in the Asian region and was involved in
undertaking a series of monitoring reviews for NGOs across Europe. She has
particular experience in working with RTD projects on their
commercialisation approach, and in organising focussed investment and
partnering match-making between venture capital investors and high-tech
companies as part of pan-European investment programmes. Recent experience
also includes development of a sales database for a mid-size European
professional services firm and working as an expert assessor for the EU
on evaluation NGO proposals in the context of civil society. Dr. Cárdenas
has undertaken baseline analysis and expenditure review as part of a
monitoring review of the FP6 Research and Innovation Work Programme of the
FP6 and FP7 programmes. Dr. Cárdenas played a key role in the team
undertaking the Energy2B project and equally in an ILO-IPEC project.