izr. prof. dr. Breda Mulec Visokošolski učitelj

Breda Mulec se je rodila 29. maja 1975 v Mariboru. Diplomirala je na Pravni fakulteti Univerze v Mariboru. Magistrirala je na Fakulteti za politične znanosti, pravo in javno administracijo Univerze v Atenah (2001) in na Pravni fakulteti Univerze v Mariboru (2002). V letih 2001 in 2002 je sodelovala z Inštitutom za etnične, regionalne in sociološke študije (ECERS) v Mariboru ter ISCOMET mednarodno organizacijo, kjer se je ukvarjala z manjšinsko problematiko v Sloveniji in širom po Evropi. Njena raziskovalna področja so bila etnična in verska vprašanja, človekove pravice, čezmejno sodelovanje, politični, jezikovni, kulturni in etničnimi vidiki evropske integracije ter dileme učinkovitega delovanja institucij EU. Leta 2002 se je za nekaj let zaposlila v Državnem zboru RS, kjer je bila sekretarka Komisije za odnose  s Slovenci v zamejstvu in po svetu. Sodelovala je tudi pri izvajanju mednarodne dejavnosti v Državnem zboru in pri prvem predsedovanju Slovenije EU na področju kulture.

Osrednji poudarek obeh magistrskih študijev je bil na varstvu manjšin in evropskih integracijah. Tako je npr. magistrski študij na Pravni fakulteti v Mariboru sklenila z magistrsko nalogo na temo Political, Ethnic, Cultural and Linguistic Aspects of the EU Integration.

Doktorirala je na Pravni fakulteti Univerze v Ljubljani iz ekonomske analize prava in evropskih integracij na temo Kohezijska politika EU in problemi njene implementacije s posebnim poudarkom za Republiko Slovenijo ter države Jugovzhodne Evrope. Od novembra 2007 se je kot vodja sektorja za pravne zadeve in vodenje javnih naročil na Ministrstvu za okolje in prostor tudi v praksi ukvarjala s področjem evropske kohezijske politike ter izvajanjem večjih investicijskih okoljskih projektov ter javnih služb varstva okolja. Od 2009-2011 je bila zaposlena v kabinetu ministra, pristojnega za Slovence v zamejstvu in po svetu akad. dr. Boštjana Žekša, kjer se je  ukvarjala s strateškimi projekti, s poudarkom na kroženju možganov, gospodarskim sodelovanjem in kulturno dediščino.  Od 18. februarja 2013 do novembra 2018 je vodila Sektor za investicije in ekonomsko upravljanje na Ministrstvu za okolje in prostor. Odgovorna je bila za pravna, finančna in ekonomska vprašanja ter kontrole na področjih izvajanja večjih okoljskih investicijskih projektov, sofinanciranih s sredstvi EU.

Od novembra 2018 do marca 2019 je vodila Službo za mednarodno sodelovanje na Ministrstvu za javno upravo. V času službovanja na MJU je za skoraj leto dni prevzela tudi vodenje službe za stike z javnostmi.

Od 16.3.2020 do 31.5.2022 je bila vodja kabineta ministra zaposlena na Ministrstvu za kulturo.

V času predsedovanja Slovenije Svetu EU  je bila uradna govorka ministrstva za kulturo.

Trenutno je zaposlena na Uradu za razvoj in kakovost izobraževanja na Ministrstvu za šolstvo.

Dr. Mulec sodeluje pri  pedagoškem delu  v okviru predmetov Pravo javnih služb, Okoljsko in urbano pravo, Uslužbensko pravo in Upravno poslovanje na Fakulteti državnih in evropskih študij Nove Univerze v Ljubljani ter pri predmetu Socialni dialog in reševanje konfliktov na Evropski pravni fakulteti.

Kot gostujoča predavateljica je predavala večkrat tudi v tujini (Španija, Latvija, Češka, Madžarska, Francija) in sicer v angleškem ter v španskem jeziku.

Dr. Mulec je avtorica številnih strokovnih člankov in dveh znanstvenih monografij. V prostem času piše tudi literaturo, med drugim tudi otroške pravljice.

Poznavanje tujih jezikov: angleški, španski, italijanski, francoski, srbski, hrvaški in  nemški jezik.

Njena bibliografija je dostopna na: http://www.sicris.si/public/jqm/search_basic.aspx?lang=slv&opdescr=search&opt=2&subopt=1&code1=cmn&code2=auto&search_term=breda mulec.

Breda Mulec, PH.D  was born on 29 May 1975 in Maribor. She graduated from the Faculty of Law at the University of Maribor. She received her Masters Degree from the Faculty of Political Science, Law and Public Administration at the University of Athens (2001) and the Faculty of Law at the University of Maribor (2002). Breda Mulec earned a PhD  in law from Ljubljana University. Her thesis is titled, »Economic Analysis of law with Emphasis on EU Cohesion policy and its Implementation Problems, with particular Emphasis on the Republic of Slovenia and the Countries of South Eastern Europe.« The main focus of the postgraduated studies was the protection of minorities and European integration.

In 2001 and 2002 she worked at the Institute for Ethnic, Regional and Sociological Studies (ECERS) in Maribor and ISCOMET organization, where she was involved in minority issues and projects regarding interregional cooperation in Slovenia and throughout Europe.
Her research areas were ethnic and religious issues, cross-border cooperation, political, linguistic, cultural and ethnic aspects of European integration and the dilemmas of the effective functioning of the EU institutions. Afterwards, she was working a few years for the National Assembly.

Since November 2007, as a Head of the department for Legal Affairs and the public procurement at the Ministry of Environment and Spatial Planning she was dealing in practice with the EU Cohesion Policy. From 2009-2013 she worked in the Minister Office responsible for Slovenians Abroad akad. dr. Boštjan Žekš, where she worked on strategic projects, with an emphasis on the brain talent circulation and economic cooperation. From 18 February 2013 – november 2018, she was employed at Ministry of Environment and Spatial planning as a Head of the Department of the environmental investments. She was dealing with legal, financial and economic issues and control over the major environmental investment projects co-financed by EU funds.

From November 2018 to March 2019, she headed the International Cooperation Service at the Ministry of Public Administration. During her service at the MPA, she was for almost a year also responsible for the public relations of the Ministry. She was the Head of the Minister’s Cabinet at the Ministry of Culture (15.3.2020-31.5.2022). During Slovenian Presidency of the EU Council (1.7.2021-31.12.2021) she was also spokesperson for the ministry. Curently, she is employed at the Ministry of Education.

Dr . Mulec also teaches at the Graduate School of Government and European Studies in Kranj and European law school in Ljubljana. She is author of several articles and the books on the topics of public administration. However, her bibliography can be found at http://www.sicris.si/public/jqm/search_basic.aspx?lang=slv&opdescr=search&opt=2&subopt=1&code1=cmn&code2=auto&search_term=breda mulec.

She also writes children’s literature, historical fiction novels and comedies. She  speaks fluently several languages, English, Spanish, Italian, French, German, Serbian, Croatian.