Ornella Mikuš

Personal information

Ornella Mikuš, Ph.D.
Assistant
Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology
Hall V, Floor II
tel: +385 01 239 3964
e-mail: omikus (add @agr.hr)

Teaching

Undergraduate study programme (BSc)

Undergraduate studies
Elementary Agricultural Economics (assistant)
Introduction to Macroeconomics (assistant)
Agricultural and Rural Policy 1
Agribusiness Legislation

Graduate study programme (MSc)

Graduate studies
Agricultural and Rural Policy 2
European Union – Common Agricultural Policy
Socioeconomic and Gender Analysis and Rural Development

Research interests

Agricultural Economics
Agricultural Policy
Agricultural Adjustment to the EU Association Requirements
Rural development
Rural area competitiveness

Current projects

Agro tourism – the Element of Sustainable Rural Development, Ministry of Science and Technology of the Republic of Croatia, Collaborator: Zdenko Tomičić, Institute for Agriculture and Tourism, Poreč

The development of the State Intervention Evaluating Models Ministry of Science and Technology of the Republic of Croatia, Collaborator: Ramona Franić

Academic qualifications

2010 - Ph.D.

University of Zagreb Faculty of Agriculture
Evaluation of Rural Competitiveness as a Basis for Rural Development Policy Creation

2004 - B.Sc.

University of Zagreb Faculty of Agriculture
Adjustment of agriculture during the entrance into EU - the example of Slovenia

Employment and work experience

2004 - now

Faculty of Agriculture, University of Zagreb

Training and research experience

December 2010. - IPARD program in Croatia, workshop, organized by Ministry of Agriculture, Fishery and Rural Development

September 2009. - Training on Forecast, Foresight and Impact Assessment in Agriculture: An Overview of Existing Tools and Practices in the EU: In project EU – FP7: Enlargement Network for Agripolicy Analysis (AgriPolicy), collaborator: EUROQUALITY, Pariz, France, collaborator at Faculty of Agriculture, Zagreb: Marija Cerjak

October 2008 - Seminar on LEADER approach 2007.-2013, Organized in cooperation with DG Agriculture and Rural development and the Croatian Ministry of Agriculture Fishery and Rural development, Hotel Atrium, Split, Croatia

October 2007 - Regional Cooperation for Development and European Integration: The Future of CEFTA-e, Round table and promotion of publication, European Home, Zagreb

November 2006 - Competitiveness, Multifunctionality, and Sustainability – New Chance for Agriculture and Rural Areas in Middle and East Europe, I. International Symposium on Agriculture and Rural Development, Hotel Toplica, Topusko, Croatia

October – November 2006 - Agricultural University of Krakow, Poland, Department of Economy, Department of Sociology and Rural Development (30 days)

September 2006 - 3rd Graduate Summer School: International cooperation and sustainable Development Policies – Rural Development Perspectives, Alma Mater Studiorum, University of Bologna, Italy

February 2006 - Workshop SAPARD – A Chance for Rural and Agricultural Development of the Zagreb County, Zagreb County, Croatia

March 2005 - SAPARD program for Croatia – Consulting in Organization of Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Management, Zagreb, Croatia

June 2006. - 98th EAAE SEMINAR:  Marketing Dynamics within the Global Trading System - New Perspectives, Chania, Crete, Greece.

Past projects

2003-2004

Effect of the production support model, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Ramona Franić, University of Zagreb Faculty of Agriculture (collaborator)

2002-2005

Croatian Agriculture Adjustment to the EU Association Requirements, Ministry of Science and Technology of the Republic of Croatia, Tito Žimbrek, University of Zagreb Faculty of Agriculture (collaborator)

Scientific publications

Kumrić, Ornella; Franić, Ramona (2009). Implementation and Acceptance Challenges of Rural Competitiveness Evaluation Methodology, Proceedings, 44th  Croatian and 4th International Symposium on Agriculture, February 15-19, 2009, Opatija, Marić, Sonja and Lončarić, Zdenko (editors), Osijek, Faculty of Agriculture, B.EN.A., EurAgEng, ISFAE, page 198-202.

Njavro, Mario; Hadelan, Lari; Kumrić, Ornella (2009). Analysis of milk production competitiveness – project results' review: "Croatia's EU Accession and Socio-Economic Implication for Farm Household"Proceedings, 44th  Croatian and 4th International Symposium on Agriculture, February 15-19, 2009, Opatija, Marić, Sonja and Lončarić, Zdenko (editors), Osijek, Faculty of Agriculture, B.EN.A., EurAgEng, ISFAE page 227-231

Kumrić, Ornella; Franić, Ramona (2008). How to Evaluate Rural Competitiveness? Proceedings, 43rd Croatian and 3rd International Symposium on Agriculture, February 18-21, 2008 Opatija, Pospišil, Milan (editor), Zagreb, University of Zagreb Faculty of Agriculture, B.EN.A., ISFAE, EIA, ISTRO, EurAgEng, page 215-219.

Kumrić, Ornella;  Franić, Ramona (2007). Rural Development Policies – Italian Example Italije, 42nd. Croatian and 2nd International Symposium on Agriculture, February 13-16, 2007 Opatija, Pospišil, Milan (editor), Zagreb, University of Zagreb Faculty of Agriculture i B. EN. A., page 61-62.

Franić, Ramona; Kumrić Ornella (2007). Challenges for the Agro-food Sector in the Process of the EU Accession: the Case of Croatia, 4. konferenca DAES «Slovensko kmetijstvo in podeželje v Evropi, ki se širi in spreminja», Moravske toplice 8.-9- studenoga 2007., Društvo agrarnih ekonomistov Slovenije, CD-rom (P2: Kmetijstvo držav zahodnega Balkana in evropske integracije)

Franić, Ramona; Kumrić, Ornella (2007). Statistical Limitations for Macroeconomic Analyses Statistička ograničenja za makroekonomske analize Book of Abstracts, 42nd. Croatian and 2nd International Symposium on Agriculture, February 13-16, 2007 Opatija, Pospišil, Milan (editor), Zagreb, University of Zagreb Faculty of Agriculture i B. EN. A.,

Kumrić, Ornella; Franić, Ramona (2006). SAPARD: (Un)fulfilled Expectations, Proceedings, 41st Croatian and 1st International Symposium on Agriculture, February 13-17 2006, Opatija, Jovanovac, Sonja; Kovačević Vlado (editors). Osijek; Faculty of Agriculture, page 61-62

Franić, Ramona; Kumrić, Ornella  (2006). Sugar sector in Croatia: competitive or not? Marketing Dynamics within the Global Trading System: New Perspectives, Chania: MAICH, Crete, Greece, 29 June – 2 July 2006.

Kumrić, Ornella; Franić Ramona (2005). Using Slovenian Experience in the Croatian Agricultural Policy Adjustment to EU requirements, Agriculturae Conspectus Scientificus, Vol. 70 (2005) No. 1

Croatian Scientific Bibliography (CROSBI)

http://bib.irb.hr/lista-radova?autor=265324