Judit Lakatos holds Ph D in economics and she is the Head of Labour Statistics Section for the Hungarian Central Statistical Office (HCSO) (1989-1995) and Head of Department of Living Standard and Human Resources Statistics (HCSO-since 1995). As a leading statistical expert of labour market and HRM, she participated in numerous international projects. Among others, it is worth to note the followings: ‘Employment Trends and Developments’ (Central and Eastern Europe, sponsored by the EU Commission, 1991-1995). Project leader of the ‘State Responses to Poverty and Unemployment in Hungary’, financed by PHARE-ACE Programme, 1996-1998 and ‘Public Policy and Social Conditions: Monitoring the Transition to the Market Economy in CEE’, sponsored by UNICEF (1996-1998). Language: English.