| Personal
Data |
| First
Name: |
Rastislav |
|
| Last
Name: |
Kolesár |
| Birth
Date: |
March 13, 1971 |
| Nationality: |
Slovak |
| Marital
Status: |
Single |
| Address: |
WSPA -
World Society for the Protection of Animals.
14th Floor, 89 Albert Embankment, London SE1 7TP. UK |
| Phone: |
(+44) 020
7587 5053 |
| Fax: |
(+44) 020 2 7793 0208 |
| E-mail: |
rastokolesar@wspa.org.uk |
| Web: |
http://iaald.org/cee/index.php?page=kolesar/rastislav.php |
Education |
| 1989 – 1995 |
University of Veterinary Medicine, Košice, Slovakia
•
General Veterinary Medicine (Qualification : Veterinary surgeon (
MVDr.))
|
| 1984 –1989 |
Gymnázium Opatovská, Košice, Slovakia
• Analytical
Chemistry and Biochemistry |
Trainings and courses |
| 2003 |
2 weeks training course
- Animal Welfare module of MSc study at University of Bristol, UK.
•
Animal welfare of farm animals at farms, during transport and before slaughter.
|
| 2002 |
2 days training course
on Animal welfare at University of Bristol, UK.
•
Animal welfare officer
|
| 2000 - 2001 |
10 months study visit
at Planned Pethood Plus Inc. Veterinary Hospital
|
| 1999
- 2000 |
First Governmental Attestation
• General Veterinary Medicine
|
| 1999 |
One week training course
organised by EU – TAIEX.. Course coorganised in Bournemouth, UK by
Dhuigh and Berry, Ltd.
•
Planning techniques
|
| 1998 |
One month study visit
at Planned Pethood Plus Veterinary Hospital, Denver, Colorado, USA
.
•
Surgical techniques
|
| 1995 |
One month study visit
at Victoria Blue Cross Animal Hospital in London and various shelters
in UK. Study visit organised and sponsored by WSPA.
|
Work experiences |
| 2005 - present |
World
Society for the Protection of Animals
Farm Animal Coordinator
|
| 2001 - 2004 |
Representative of Compassion in World Farming (CIWF) in Slovakia,
Consultant on veterinary medicine and animal welfare issues: specialisation
on transport, manipulation, humane slaughter of farm animals
Clients:
Institute of Post gradual Education of Veterinary surgeons, Košice, Slovakia
Sloboda zvierat (Slovakian animal welfare NGO, member society of WSPA),
Bratislava
Naturalis ( Union of Inspectors of Ecological Farming), Bratislava, Slovakia
|
| 2000 – 2001 |
PPP Veterinary Hospital, Denver, Colorado, USA
• Veterinary surgeon
|
| 1999 - 2000 |
State Veterinary and Food Administration of Slovak republic,
• Head Animal Welfare Officer: - (approximation and enforcement of EU animal welfare veterinary legislation,).
|
| 1997 - 1999 |
Animal welfare NGO, – member society of WSPA
• campaigner
|
| 1995 - 1997 |
Step army service in Slovakian animal welfare NGO member society of World Society for the Protection of Animals (WSPA)
• Campaigner
|
Other Activities |
| |
Representative of State Veterinary and Food Administration of Slovak republic in Council of Europe. Observer status in Council of Europe Committee for preparation of Conventions on Animal Welfare |
Conferences/Workshops Attended |
| 2005 |
From Darwin to Dawkins – the science and implications of animal sentience, London.
|
| 2002 |
2002 First Animal Sentience Conference, London
|
| 2001 |
2001 Veterinary seminar on Further Training and Education of Veterinarians
(Veterinary University Ft. Collins, CO)
|
| 2000 |
2000 TAIEX Conference on Welfare of Animals During Transport, Bratislava (Co organizer and Speaker)
|
| 1999 |
1999 Third World Congress on Alternatives Towards use of Laboratory Animals, Bologna
|
| 1998 |
1998 Third World Conference on Welfare of Companion Animals, Bratislava ( Co organizer) |
| 1995 |
1995 First World Conference on Welfare of Companion Animals, Budapest. |
| |
| Language skills |
Slovak,
Czech - native
English - fluent written
and spoken
Russian - elementary written and spoken
Spanish - basic
|
|
| Software |
Windows,
MS Office,
Elementary processing and converting of digital video films.
|
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Hobbies
|
Outdoor sports, History, World Music |
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