Jolana Mungengová Welcomes You To the Quest For Finding Who She Truly Is!

Calmes-toi mon cœur, calmes-toi mon chéri
Ne vacilles point, face à la maladie

Calmes-toi mon cœur, être aimé, mon ami
Vaillant face à la mort, au malheur, à l´ennui

Ta présence me rassure, me protège, m´anoblit
Calmes-toi mon cœur, calmes-toi mon chéri

Des nuits entières, de douleurs ressenties
Palissent face à l´espoir, l´essor d´une nouvelle vie

Calmes-toi mon cœur, calmes-toi mon chéri
Résistes face à la haine, face à la jalousie

Ta présence me rassure, me protège, m´anoblit
Elle me fait espérer un amour, des chéris.

Flower Symbol: The Crocus Sieberi "Violet Queen."
This is a colchicum hybrid with the deepest purple flowers. Colchicums are autumn-flowering crocuses. They are known as "naked ladies" because in most species the flowers appear before the foliage develops. Habitat: open, sunny places. Soil: deep, well drained. Height: 15 cm. Width: 10 cm.

The name "Jolana" is the Czech variant of the Greek name "Iolanta", meaning violet flower. The name Jolana translates in English by "Yolanda", in French by "Yolande", and in ancient Germanic by "Jolenta." The Greek name Iolanthe (or Iolanta) was apparently coined by Gilbert and Sullivan for their play of the same name first produced in London on November 25, 1882. It is composed of the Greek elements iole "violet" and anthos "flower."
The Greek myth name "Iole", meaning "violet", refers to a woman loved by Herakles. The later was the son of Zeus by the mortal woman Alcmene. Noted for his exceptional physical strength and the twelve labors he completed after which he was made a god. The name Herakles means "Glory of Hera." This Greek myth name is composed of the name of the goddess Hera and the Greek element kleos "glory."

Impact on Loans to Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises

Membership in the European Union (EU) provides small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the Czech Republic access to grants for development projects from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF). But, applicant SMEs receive the ERDF funding only after complete implementation of the awarded project, or a substantial phase of it. Thus, SMEs must initially finance their projects with bank loans, unless they are able to cover their costs with their own resources. The hypothesis to be verified is that bank lending to SMEs when an ERDF grant is involved as collateral will boost the monetary value of loans awarded to the SME sector and outweigh lending to SMEs that do not have ERDF grants. The book identifies the beneficiaries of ERDF grants and the territorial spread of awarded projects in 2004-2005. Additionally, it presents a case study of loans given by the leading lender to SMEs in the Czech Republic. The theoretical framework of this analysis draws on financial risk management and asymmetric information theories. The book is aimed at professionals in the SME sector and banking, though it might be worth reading for anyone else who is seeking information about ERDF grants.

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Forename: Jolana Surname: MUNGENGOVÁ

Place and date of birth: Prague (Praha), 1/1/1974
Sex: Female Nationality: Czech
Permanent residence: Prague 9, Czech Republic

Knowledge of Languages

a) Mother tongue: Czech and French
b) Other languages: English, Spanish, and Romanian



Current Job

Political adviser, European Conservatives and Reformists Group
in the European Parliament, Brussels.

Focus on:

-International Trade (INTA Committee);
-Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON Committee);

Previous Jobs

2008-2009: Self-employment: Consultant on EU Public Policies
(Czech Professional Licence for Activities of Business,
Financial, Organisational, and Economic Advisers ID No. 68369794)

2004-2007: Administrator in the EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT, IND/DEM Group

Focus on: Committee on Regional Development (REGI)
Committee on Employment and Social Affairs (EMPL)
Committee on Culture and Education (CULT)
EUWatch magazine, Editorial Board Member

Graduate and Post-Graduate Studies

a) 2002-2003 (in-house) and December 2003-January 2007 (external studies):
Boston University, The Political Science Department
232, Bay State Road, Boston, MA 02215 U.S.A.

Degree obtained: PhD. in Political Science (grantee of the J. William Fulbright Commission)
Specialisation: Public Policy, Comparative Politics and Eastern Europe

Thesis entitled: "The Impact of European Union´s ERDF Grants on Loans to SMEs in the Czech Republic". *Published in June 2008 by VDM Verlag in the form of a book entitled:"ERDF Grants in the Czech Republic". On sale at www.amazon.com

b) 1999-2000: University of Lausanne, Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, Institute of Political and International Studies, IEPI, Faculté des SSP -BFSH 2, CH -1015 Lausanne, Switzerland

Degree obtained: Diplôme d´études approfondies en science politique (D.E.A.) des Universités de Genève et de Lausanne. Specialisation: European Public Policies.

D.E.A. Dissertation Title: "Genesis of the Public Administration's Reform in the Czech Republic: Czech Regions between Euro-compatibility and Regionalism".


c) 1993-1998: Charles University, Faculty of Philosophy
Institutes of Politology and Roman Studies
nám. Jana Palacha 2, Prague 1- 116 38 Czech Republic

Degree obtained: Master in Political Science and French linguistics


Experience with multicultural environments

•Congo-RDC (Kinshasa), 1981 -1990: place of family permanent residence;
•France (Lyon), Janvier-Mars 1998: 3-month-study visit at University Lumières of Lyon 2, Institute of Political Studies, in preparation of my Master dissertation in Political Science on Algeria at Charles University;
•Switzerland (Lausanne -Geneva), 2000-2001: Academic teaching at the University of Lausanne;
•USA (Boston, San Francisco, Washington, DC), 2002-2003: in-house PhD studies in Political Science at Boston University; Summer courses and internship for Sterling Merchant Finance Ltd.;
•Luxembourg/Belgium/France, 2004-2007: work at the European Parliament.