preparation of the Slovene presidency in 2008 regarding the Lisbon Strategy. He has participated in several governmental working groups, and currently he is also an alternate member in the Economic Policy Committee(EU). He is also deeply involved in the country review and structural indicators working group of the Economic Policy Committee. Neven Mimica Neven Mimica(born in 1953) is a Member of Parliament in Croatia. He is also the Chairman of the European Integration Committee of the Croatian Parliament. He was the Minister of European Integration(2001-2003) and the Deputy Minister of Economy(1997-2001), as well as the Chief Negotiator for Croatia's accession to the World Trade Organization and the Chief Negotiator for the Stabilisation and Association Agreement with the European Union. He graduated in economics(M.A., 1976) from the Faculty of Economics in Zagreb, and holds a postgraduate degree in Foreign Trade Macroeconomics(1987) from the same faculty. His current professional focus is directed towards fostering parliamentary contribution and monitoring of the Croatian accession negotiations with the European Union, enlargement processes in the European Union, economic, legislative and social reforms in the transitional countries and political aspects of regional and European policy reforms. Martin Potůček Martin Potůček is a Professor of Public and Social Policy at the Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University in Prague, and Head of the Center for Social and Economic Strategies also at the Charles University in Prague. He is also a permanent guest professor at the University of Constance in Germany. In the past, Professor Potůček studied the teleonomic qualities of differentiated social actors, processes of cultivation and utilisation of human potential, and factors influencing health and health policy. At present he is concentrating on research into processes of forming and implementing public policy in the Czech Republic and particularly the regulatory functions of the market, government and civic sector in the European context, on global dimensions of public and social policy, and on the problems of public administration reform. Martin Potůček coordinates the comprehensive forecasting projects at the national level. He has published ten monographs(seven as the head of the author's teams 186