Jana Valkova works as a Project and Evaluation Manager at the Joint Secretariat of the Interreg CENTRAL EUROPE Programme where she focusses on the topics related to industrial innovation, support to social entrepreneurship and social innovation. Jana is coordinating impact evaluation of the Interreg CENTRAL EUROPE Programme and she has been involved in shaping an experimental call for proposals valorising project results across funds (H2020 and Interreg CENTRAL EUROPE). Jana is a doctor in social policy analysis and her main research interests revolve around social investment policies. She publishes regularly in international academic journals and contributes to international monographs.