Name and surname: Kateřina Churtajeva
Degree: Mgr.
Department: ředitelka Národního institutu pro kulturu (NIK)
Email: katerina.churtajeva@nipk.cz
Telephone: +420 739 633 556
Work experience
2025 - present Director of the NIK
2017-2025 Head of the Department of Culture, Heritage Care and Tourism of the Hradec Králové Region
2011 - 2017 Director of the Czech Centre Sofia
2015 - 2016 President of “EUNIC Cluster Bulgaria”
2002 - 2011 National Migration Coordinator (2008 - 2011) and Head of the North Caucasus Office, Russian Federation (2002 - 2006) at Charitas Czech Republic
2009 - 2011 Fundraiser, External Associate at the Prague Institute of Global Policy Glopolis
1999 - 2002 Head of the Cultural Department in the Czech Centers Administration
Education
2021 - present Doctoral studies - Role of culture in the development of the region, Institute of Ethnology and Central European and Balkan Studies, Faculty of Arts, Charles University
1998 - 2000 Master's degree - International Area Studies in Russian and East European Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University
1992 - 1998 Bachelor studies - History - Museology, Faculty of Arts, Silesian University
Courses and training completed
Institute for Public Administration Prague, 2018
- Professional Competence Examination - Public Administration, Administrative Procedure, Heritage Care
Spiralis, January - June 2010
- Financial Specialist with a focus on fundraising
MDF Training & Consultancy, Netherlands, December 2005
- Project Cycle Management: Monitoring and Evaluation of Project Portfolios
MDF Training & Consultancy, Netherlands, September 2004
- Project Management
Professional and professional activities
2021 - present Member of the KHK Research, Development and Innovation Council
2020 - present Member of the Council of the Museum of East Bohemia in Hradec Králové
2018 - present Member of the Working Group Culture, Tourism Integrated Territorial Investments of the Hradec-Pardubice Agglomeration 3
2018 - present Member of the Culture and Tourism Group of the Regional Permanent Conference of the Hradec Králové Region
2008 - 2011 Committee on the Rights of Foreigners of the Government Council for Human Rights