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<strong>EIN</strong> <strong>SUMMER</strong> <strong>UNIVERSITY</strong><br />
A Centre Right Answer to the Economic and<br />
Social Crisis : a Project for Europe<br />
22 - 24 September 2011<br />
<strong>BUCHAREST</strong><br />
VADEMECUM of the Speakers<br />
EPP Group<br />
Group of the <strong>European</strong> People’s Party (Christian Democrats)<br />
in the <strong>European</strong> Parliament<br />
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Roberta Alma ANASTASE<br />
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Va d e m e c u m o f t h e s p e a k e r s<br />
Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies<br />
On December 19th, 2008, Roberta Anastase was elected Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies.<br />
She is the first woman to hold the office in the history of Romania. Prior to being elected,<br />
Ms. Anastase was a Member of Parliament, representing her home county of Prahova in the<br />
Chamber of Deputies. From 2005 to 2008, she was an observer, and then a Member of the<br />
<strong>European</strong> Parliament, affiliated with the <strong>European</strong> People’s Party – <strong>European</strong> Democrats Group.<br />
In November of 2008, under a new voting system, she was reelected as the first representative of<br />
the 11th electoral district of Prahova (Ploiesti-Vest) to the Chamber of Deputies.<br />
Ms. Anastase was born in Ploieşti on March 27th, 1976. A sociologist by training, she pursued<br />
post-graduate studies in Political Science and <strong>European</strong> Studies.<br />
Throughout her time as an MP and an MEP, Ms. Anastase has supported justice reform, women’s rights and equal<br />
opportunities. She was also <strong>European</strong> Parliament Rapporteur for the Black Sea Synergy and maintains a keen interest in<br />
foreign and regional affairs.<br />
Bogdan Lucian AURESCU<br />
A career diplomat, Bogdan Aurescu was appointed Secretary of State for Strategic Affairs in the Ministry<br />
of Foreign Affairs on 4 February 2009. Since August 2010, he is Secretary of State for <strong>European</strong> Affairs;<br />
he also coordinates the Security Policies Directorate.<br />
He joined the Ministry in 1996, starting his activity within the Legal and Treaties Directorate, as desk officer.<br />
Between 1998 and 2003 he was successively counsellor within the Minister’s Cabinet, deputy director of the<br />
Legal and Treaties Directorate, director of the Minister’s Cabinet, director of the Legal and Treaties/International<br />
Law and Treaties Directorate, director general of the General Department for Legal Affairs.<br />
Between 2003 and 2004 he was Under-Secretary of State within the Ministry – Government Agent for<br />
the <strong>European</strong> Court of Human Rights, and between 2004 and 2005 Secretary of State for <strong>European</strong> Affairs.<br />
Since September 2004, Bogdan Aurescu was the Romanian Agent before the International Court of<br />
Justice, coordinating – all along the procedures – the activity of the team which represented Romania in<br />
the case against Ukraine before the International Court of Justice on Maritime Delimitation in the Black Sea, finalized on 3 February<br />
2009. Currently, he has the diplomatic rank of minister-counsellor.<br />
He is a member of the Permanent Court of Arbitration (The Hague), substitute member of the <strong>European</strong> Commission for Democracy<br />
through Law (Venice Commission) of the Council of Europe, alternate representative of Romania to the Danube Commission and<br />
arbitrator designated by Romania according to article 2 of Annex VII to the UN Convention of the Law of the Sea. He is also president<br />
of the International Law Section of the Association of International Law and International Relations of the Romanian Branch of the<br />
International Law Association (London), editor-in-chief of the Romanian Journal of International Law and member of the Editorial<br />
Board of the „Judicial Courier”.<br />
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Dr Teodor BACONSCHI<br />
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Romania<br />
Dr Teodor Baconschi was appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs on 23 December 2009. He is<br />
first vice-president of the Liberal Democratic Party (PDL) and the president of the Christian<br />
Democratic Foundation.<br />
He served as Romania’s ambassador to Paris (2007-2009), Lisbon (2002-2004), and the Holy<br />
See (1997-2001).<br />
Between 2006-2007, he was an adviser to the President of Romania.<br />
Prior to his diplomatic career, Dr Baconschi had worked as an editor for various publishing<br />
houses, and at the Romanian State Television.<br />
He holds a PhD from the University of Paris-Sorbonne (1994). In 1996 he was a postdoctoral<br />
fellow of the New Europe College, Bucharest.<br />
Teodor Baconschi published eleven single-authored books of studies and essays in French and Romanian. He is fluent in<br />
English, French, and Italian.<br />
He is a Commander of the Légion d’Honneur, Officer of the National “Faithful Service” (Romania), Grand Officer of the “Star<br />
of Italian Solidarity”, Grand Officer of the National Merit Order (Portugal), and holds the Grand Cross of the Equestrial Pius<br />
IX Order (The Holy See).<br />
Teodor Baconschi was born in Bucharest on 14 February 1963. He is married to Marina, a journalist, and has two children,<br />
Irina and Ștefan.<br />
Toshihiro BANNAI<br />
Director, International Affairs Office<br />
Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency (NISA)<br />
Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI)<br />
Work Experience<br />
1998.6 Nuclear Power Administration Expert for Ohi and Takahama Sites, Agency for Natural<br />
Resources and Energy (ANRE)<br />
1999.9 Deputy Director, Nuclear Power Administration Division, ANRE<br />
2001.1 Deputy Director, Nuclear Power Inspection Division, NISA<br />
2002.7 Deputy Director, Policy Planning and Coordination Division, NISA<br />
2003.4 Deputy Director, Regulatory Guides and Review Division, Nuclear Safety Commission (NSC)<br />
2005.6 Waste Safety Specialist, Department of Nuclear Safety and Security, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)<br />
2008.6 Deputy Director, Environmental Protection Guidance Office, Industrial Science and Technology Policy and<br />
Environment Bureau, METI<br />
2010.7 Present Position<br />
Education<br />
Master of Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, the University of Tokyo<br />
Master of Science, Department of Nuclear Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)<br />
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Sulfina BARBU<br />
Jacques BARROT<br />
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Va d e m e c u m o f t h e s p e a k e r s<br />
Minister of Labour, Family and Social Protection<br />
Mrs. Sulfina Barbu is a engineer geologist.<br />
She is specialized in administration and environmental protection in the country and abroad.<br />
She worked as Deputy Director of the Environmental Protection Department in City Hall.<br />
During 2005 - 2007 was Minister of Environment and Water, while Romania was running the EU accession<br />
process and under her mandate our country eliminated successfully the red flags of Chapter 9 Environment.<br />
She is currently Chairwoman of the Committee for Public Administration, Territorial Planning and Ecological<br />
Balance, in the Chamber of Deputies.<br />
Member of the Democratic Liberal Party since 1997, Mrs. Barbu is a part of the National Bureau of PDL, president<br />
of PDL women’s organization and also Vice President of the Women Organization of <strong>European</strong> People’s Party.<br />
Jacques BARROT was born in 1937 at Yssingeaux (France). After obtaining his degree from the Institut<br />
d’Etudes Politiques de Paris, he became Member for Haute-Loire from 1967 to 2004, representing the 1st<br />
district of Le Puy-Yssingeaux. In 1974 Jacques Barrot was nominated State Secretary for Housing until<br />
1978, and in 1976 he became Member of the Auvergne Regional Council until 1986. Jacques Barrot is<br />
Chairman of the Haute-Loire Departmental Council from 1976 to 2004. From 1978 to 1979, Barrot was<br />
Minister for Trade and Craft Industries, and from 1979 to 1981 Minister for Health and Social Security. His<br />
political carreer led Barrot to become General Secretary of the Centre des Démocrates Sociaux from 1983<br />
to 1991. Jacques Barrot became Chairman of the National Assembly Committee on Cultural, Family and<br />
Social Affairs from 1986 to 1988. At the local elections of 1989 Jacques Barrot became Mayor of Yssingeaux until 2001. From 1991 to<br />
1993, he was Chairman of the Centre Union Group in the National Assembly. From 1993 to 1995, Barrot was Chairman of the Finance<br />
Committee and First Vice-Chairman of the UDF Group in the National Assembly. In 1995, Barrot was Minister for Labour, the Social<br />
Dialogue and Participation and then Minister for Labour and Social Affairs until 1997. From 2002 to 2004, Barrot was Chairman of the<br />
UMP (Union pour un Mouvement Populaire) Group in the National Assembly. At the <strong>European</strong> level, Jacques Barrot became Member of<br />
the <strong>European</strong> Commission for Regional Policy in 2004 than Vice-president of the <strong>European</strong> Commission in charge of Transport until 2008.<br />
Jacques Barrot has been Vice-president of the <strong>European</strong> Commission in charge of Justice Freedom and Security since May 2008.<br />
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Traian BĂSESCU<br />
Education:<br />
• 1976 - graduated the Institute of Civil Marine “Mircea cel Batran”, Faculty of<br />
Navigation, Commercial Section<br />
• 1995 - graduated the Advanced Management Courses in Maritime Transport Industry, Norwegian<br />
Shipping Academy<br />
Professional Activity:<br />
• 1976-1981 - Marine Officer grades III, II and I, on large tonnage ships at NAVROM Constanta<br />
• 1981-1987 - Merchant Navy Captain, Commander of ships: ARGES, CRISANA and<br />
BIRUINTA- Flagship of the Romanian Commercial Fleet<br />
• 1987-1989 – Head of Navrom Agency in Antwerp, Belgium<br />
• 1989-1990 - General Director of the State Inspectorate for the Civil Navigation, Ministry of<br />
Transportation<br />
• 1990-1991 - Under State Secretary, Head of the Naval Transportation department in the Ministry of Transportation<br />
• 1991-1992 - Minister of Transportation<br />
• 1992-1996 - Member of the Chamber of Deputies, Romanian Parliament<br />
• 1996-2000 - Minister of transports in the V. Ciorbea, R. Vasile and M. Isarescu governments<br />
• 2000 - December 2004 - General Mayor of Bucharest<br />
• 2004 - Present- President of Romania<br />
Political activity:<br />
• 1991-1992 - Minister of Transport in Roman and Stolojan Governments<br />
• 1992-1996 - Member of the Chamber of Deputies (PD - Democratic Party), Vice-President of the Chamber of Deputies<br />
Commission for Industry and Services<br />
• 1996 – After resigning from Parliament and renouncing his parliamentary immunity – Director - Coordinator of the<br />
electoral campaign of Petre Roman, presidential candidate<br />
• 1996-2000 - Member of the Chamber of Deputies, representing the Vaslui county; Minister of Transportation in Victor<br />
Ciorbea, Radu Vasile and Mugur Isarescu Governments<br />
• 2000-2001 - President of Bucharest Organization of the Democratic Party<br />
• May 2001 - 18 December 2004 - President of the Democratic Party (PD)<br />
• 2003 - 18 December 2004 - Co-President of D.A. (Justice and Truth) Alliance<br />
Prof. B. B. BHATTACHARYA<br />
Professor B.B.Bhattacharya is currently the Vice-Chancellor of Jawaharlal Nehru University.<br />
Prior to that he was Director (2001-2005) and Professor (1981 onwards) at the Institute of<br />
Economic Growth, Delhi.<br />
He passed M.A. in Economics from the University of Allahabad in 1966 with first position in the<br />
order of Merit and obtained Ph.D. in Economics from Delhi School of Economics, University of<br />
Delhi in 1971. He was UNESCO Fellow at Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw in 1974 and<br />
Ford Foundation post doctoral fellow at the University of California, Berkeley in 1980-81.<br />
He specializes in macro economics, monetary economics, public finance, planning and<br />
development and international finance. He is India’s leading expert on economic modelling<br />
and forecasting and his forecasting on the Indian economy are frequently quoted by print and<br />
electronic media as well as used by Government of India, Planning Commission, Reserve Bank of India and World Bank. He has<br />
published so far 10 books and more than 100 technical papers in various national and international journals.<br />
Professor Bhattacharya has held many important positions in learned societies and institutions. He is currently President of the<br />
Indian Economic Association (2007-2008) and also President of the Indian Association for Research on National Income and<br />
Wealth (2002 – 2010; two terms). Earlier he was the President of the Indian Econometric Society (2003 – 2004). He is the Chief<br />
Editor of the Journal of Income and Wealth and member of the Editorial Boards of many other technical journals in Economics.<br />
He is currently adjunct professor in the Centre for International Trade and Development in JNU. Dr. Bhattacharya has served as<br />
Chairman / Member of many important Government committees and commissions. At present he is Chairman of the International<br />
Comparison Project of the Government of India and also National Sample Survey 62nd Round of the Central Statistical Organisation,<br />
Govt. of India. He is the Member of the Supervisory Board of Foundation for Innovation Politique in Paris. He is a recipient of Amity<br />
Life Time Academic Achievement Award in 2007 and also awarded Ambassador of Peace by Universal Peace Foundation.<br />
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Paul BLUST<strong>EIN</strong><br />
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Va d e m e c u m o f t h e s p e a k e r s<br />
Paul Blustein is an economic journalist and author. A resident of Kamakura, Japan, where he moved in<br />
2010, he is a Non-Resident Fellow in the Global Economy and Development Program at the Brookings<br />
Institution, and Senior Visiting Fellow at the Centre for International Governance Innovation.<br />
After graduating from the University of Wisconsin, Blustein attended Oxford University as a Rhodes<br />
Scholar, receiving an MA in Philosophy, Politics and Economics. He spent much of his career as a<br />
reporter for the Washington Post, including five years as a correspondent in Tokyo, and before that he<br />
worked at the Wall Street Journal and Forbes Magazine. Among the prizes he has won for his work is<br />
the Gerald Loeb Award, which recognizes distinguished business and economic journalism.<br />
In his books Blustein has specialized in writing behind-the-scenes narratives about international<br />
economic institutions such as the IMF and the WTO. His first book, The Chastening, chronicled the<br />
financial crises that struck countries such as Thailand, Indonesia, South Korea, Russia and Brazil in the late 1990’s; his second, And the<br />
Money Kept Rolling In (and Out), was about the Argentine crisis of 2000-2002; and his most recent book, Misadventures of the Most<br />
Favored Nations, is an account of how the lofty hopes for global trade talks have ended in disappointment. He is currently working on a<br />
book about the international aspects of the global financial crisis.<br />
Anca BOAGIU<br />
September 2010 - Minister of Transport and Infrastructure<br />
December 2008-September 2010 Vice-president of the Romanian Senate<br />
Deputy Chairperson of the Commission for <strong>European</strong> Affairs<br />
Chairperson of the Romanian Parliamentary Friendship Group with Germany<br />
Member of the Senate’s Education Commission<br />
August 2005 - April 2007 Minister of <strong>European</strong> Integration<br />
December 2004 –November 2008 Member of the Chamber of Deputies, Bucharest constituency;<br />
Deputy Chairperson of the Commission for <strong>European</strong> Integration (until May 2006)<br />
Secretary of the Commission for Industries and Services (until October 2005)<br />
Member of the Romanian Parliamentary Friendship Group with Germany;<br />
Member of the Parliamentary Friendship Group with Italy;<br />
Member of the Romania – <strong>European</strong> Union Joint Parliamentary Committee;<br />
Member of the <strong>European</strong> Parliamentary <strong>Network</strong>;<br />
Member of the Commission for <strong>European</strong> Integration;<br />
December 2000 - November 2004 Member of the Chamber of Deputies, Bucharest Constituency;<br />
Deputy Chairperson of the Commission for <strong>European</strong> Integration<br />
Secretary of the Commission for <strong>European</strong> Integration<br />
Coordinator of the Equal Opportunities Subcommittee<br />
Member of the Commission for Industry and Services;<br />
Member of the Parliamentary Friendship Group with Tunisia;<br />
Representative of the Democratic Party in the <strong>European</strong> Parliament Working Group on the Stability Pact;<br />
Member of the Romania - <strong>European</strong> Union Joint Parliamentary Committee;<br />
Member of the <strong>European</strong> Parliamentary <strong>Network</strong><br />
Member of the Bureau of the <strong>European</strong> Parliamentary Gender <strong>Network</strong><br />
Jun-December 2000 Minister of Transport<br />
May 1999 – June 2000<br />
Director – Administrator of externally financed projects - Project Management Unit for Economic Reform.<br />
Director - Enterprise Restructuring and Employment Conversion Program (RICOP)<br />
Administrator of Externally Funded Projects – Ministry of Transport<br />
May 1997 – May 1999<br />
Purchasing Expert for PHARE Program - Ministry of Transport<br />
Expert (Contracts Department) - National Administration of Roads, Department of Externally Financed Programs.<br />
July 1995-January 1996 Construction Site Supervisor<br />
December 1994-June 1995 Assistant to the Director General<br />
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Emil BOC<br />
PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND<br />
Current office: Prime Minister of Romania (as of December 2008)<br />
Reader PhD (as of 2000)<br />
Faculty of Political Sciences and Public Administration, “Babeş-Bolyai” University, Cluj-Napoca;<br />
Faculty of Law, “Babeş-Bolyai” University, Cluj-Napoca;<br />
Lawyer – Cluj Bar, 1996-2001<br />
Former offices:<br />
1991 - 1993, Teacher, “Gheorghe Lazăr” Pedagogical High – School Cluj-Napoca;<br />
1993 - 1994, Junior Teaching Assistant, Department of Contemporary History and political sciences;<br />
1994 - 1997, Teaching Assistant - Faculty of Political and Administrative Sciences;<br />
Taught Lectures:<br />
Constitutional law and political institutions (Faculty of Law, “Babeş-Bolyai” University)<br />
Romanian Political System (Faculty of Political Sciences, “Babeş-Bolyai” University)<br />
Public Freedoms in Romania (Faculty of Political Sciences, “Babeş-Bolyai” University)<br />
EDUCATION<br />
2000, PhD in political sciences and political philosophy, Babeş-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca;<br />
1991, Faculty of History and Philosophy<br />
1995, Faculty of Law<br />
PhD student in constitutional law and political institutions;<br />
Member of the American Association of Political Sciences since 1994, and of the Romanian Society of Political Sciences since1999;<br />
POLITICAL CAREER<br />
As of December 22nd, 2008, Prime Minister of Romania;<br />
As of December 2007, President of the Democratic Liberal Party;<br />
December 2004 - December 2007, President of Democratic Party (PD);<br />
2003 - 2004, Executive President of the Democratic Party;<br />
2004 - 2009, Mayor of Cluj-Napoca Municipality;<br />
2003, Vice Chair of the Committee in charge of the revision of Romania’s Constitution;<br />
2003 - 2004, Leader of PD Parliamentary Group, Chamber of Deputies;<br />
2001 - 2004, Vice Chair of the Legal Committee, Chamber of Deputies;<br />
2000 - 2004, Member of the Chamber of Deputies;<br />
2000 - 2004, President of BPJ Cluj (County Standing Bureau);<br />
TRAINING STAGES AND SCHOLARSHIPS ABROAD<br />
- January - July 1992, scholarship in socio- psychological sciences at the University of Nottingham, UK;<br />
- February 1994 - June 1994, visiting scholar of political sciences and public administration, University of Pittsburgh, USA;<br />
- January - April 1996, Visiting scholar of political sciences and public administration, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, USA;<br />
- February - March 1997, Tempus scholarship at the Universite Libre de Bruxelles<br />
- February - March 1998 - visiting scholar at Michigan State University, East Lancing, within “Michigan Political Leadership “/<br />
“Transylvania Political Leadership” Programs;<br />
- April - May 1999, Tempus scholarship at the Universite Libre de Bruxelles.<br />
FOREIGN LANGUAGES<br />
English and French<br />
Participant in various scientific programmes, author of various works published in Romania and abroad, participant in<br />
numerous national and especially international conferences.<br />
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Hans Peter BURGHOF<br />
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Va d e m e c u m o f t h e s p e a k e r s<br />
1984 – 1988 : Apprenticeship and professional experience at the Sparkasse Neuwied<br />
1988 – 1993 : Studies of Economics at the University of Bonn<br />
1993 – 2002 : Research associate/assistant at the Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich,<br />
dissertation and habilitation<br />
2002 – 2003 : Interim Professor at the University of Mainz<br />
Since 2003 : University professor, chair of the Banking and Finance Department at the University of<br />
Hohenheim, chief executive of the Stiftung Kreditwirtschaft<br />
Since 2008 : Prorector for Internationalization und Economic Contacts at the University of<br />
Hohenheim<br />
Member of the Stock Exchange Council for the stock exchange - Stuttgart<br />
Academic director of the Hohenheim Management School – a cooperation project between HEC Paris<br />
and the University of Hohenheim, an „International Executive MBA Program“<br />
Furthermore, Prof. Dr. Burghof has been releasing national as well as international publications.<br />
Simon BUSUTTIL<br />
Born on 21 March 1969, Attard<br />
Member:<br />
• Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs<br />
• Committee on Petitions<br />
• Delegation for relations with Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro and<br />
Kosovo<br />
Substitute:<br />
• Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection<br />
• Delegation for relations with Switzerland, Iceland and Norway and to the <strong>European</strong><br />
Economic Area (EEA) Joint Parliamentary Committee<br />
• Delegation to the Euro-Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly<br />
Curriculum vitae:<br />
• Doctor of Laws, University of Malta (1993). MA in <strong>European</strong> Studies, University of Sussex, UK (1994). Magister Juris<br />
in International Law, University of Malta (1995). Partner, Ganado Sammut Advocates (1997- ). Founding Director<br />
of Europa Research and Consultancy Services Ltd (1995- ). Visiting lecturer at the Department of <strong>European</strong> and<br />
Comparative Law (Faculty of Law) and the <strong>European</strong> Documentation and Research Centre at the University of Malta<br />
(1997-2004). Adviser on EU Affairs to the Minister of Foreign Affairs; the Minister of Education; the Minister for<br />
the Environment (1996-2004). Head, Malta-EU Information Centre (responsible for the Maltese Government’s EU<br />
communications strategy ahead of the EU referendum) (1999-2003). Member of Malta’s Core Negotiating Group for<br />
EU accession negotiations (1999-2003).<br />
• PN executive committee member (2004).<br />
• Appointed Member of the National Order of Merit of Malta by the President of the Republic for service rendered to<br />
the country (2003). Winner of The Outstanding Young Person Award of the Junior Chamber (Malta) (2004).<br />
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Jerzy BUZEK<br />
HD Jerzy Buzek was born on 3 July 1940 in Śmiłowice, a town in south-eastern Silesia which is now in<br />
the Czech Republic.<br />
President of the <strong>European</strong> Parliament<br />
Jerzy Buzek’s personality and skills, combined with his professional approach to politics honed in the Polish<br />
Government and in opposition, led to his election to the office of President of the <strong>European</strong> Parliament on 14<br />
July 2009. He obtained 555 of the 644 votes cast: the biggest majority of any EP President since the first direct<br />
elections in 1979. He is the first President to hail from one of the EU’s new Member States.<br />
During his mandate, he has presided over the transition from the Nice to the Lisbon Treaty, playing a keyrole<br />
in the finalisation of the ratification process. He has also been very active on the energy front, launching<br />
together with Jacques Delors the initiative of a <strong>European</strong> Energy Community aimed at strengthening legal<br />
certainty and energy cooperation within and outside the EU.<br />
Best Polish MEP<br />
In 2004 Jerzy Buzek was elected to the <strong>European</strong> Parliament with the largest majority in Poland.<br />
His commitment and skills have been recognised on many occasions. He was named ‘MEP of the Year 2006’ in the research and<br />
technology category - a title awarded by The Parliament Magazine published in Brussels. He was also awarded the Polish engineers’<br />
Biały Węgiel award in 2006.<br />
He was ‘Best Polish MEP’ in 2008, according to the rankings compiled by Wprost magazine and the Rzeczpospolita newspaper.<br />
In the last <strong>European</strong> Parliament elections he won almost 400 000 votes in Silesia, thus recording the best election result in Poland for<br />
the second time in succession.<br />
Polish Prime Minister<br />
From 1997 to 2001, Jerzy Buzek has been Prime Minister of Poland, introducing sweeping reforms in pensions, healthcare, local<br />
and regional administration, education and the mining sectors. During his government Poland acceded to NATO and made key-steps<br />
towards EU membership.<br />
In 1998, alongside the Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, he took part in the March of the Living from Auschwitz to<br />
the gates of Birkenau. He was the first Polish Prime Minister to do so, thus providing a boost to the development of this extremely<br />
important initiative.<br />
Scientist<br />
In 1963 Jerzy Buzek graduated from the Mechanics-and-Energy Division of the Silesian University of Technology, specialising in<br />
chemical engineering.<br />
During the following decade he began research in the field of environmental protection. He was a highly regarded lecturer at the<br />
Silesian University of Technology in Gliwice, and later at the Opole University of Technology.<br />
Solidarność activist<br />
In September 1980 Jerzy Buzek became a member of Solidarność and was appointed Chair of the Works Committee. In summer<br />
1981 he became a delegate to the First National Congress of Delegates of Solidarność. He became an increasingly important member<br />
of the movement. He chaired the fourth, fifth and sixth National Congresses. Having avoided internment on 13 December 1981, he<br />
continued his political activities in the underground movement. He published ‘S’, an illegal underground pamphlet, the first issue of<br />
which appeared in January 1982.<br />
Community activist and educationalist<br />
At the end of the 1990s he established the annual Pro Publico Bono prize for the best civic initiatives in Poland. Between 2002<br />
and 2004 he was vice-rector of the science faculty at Polonia University in Częstochowa. He also founded the Polonia School of<br />
Diplomacy and the Family Foundation.<br />
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Dacian CIOLOŞ<br />
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Va d e m e c u m o f t h e s p e a k e r s<br />
Member of the <strong>European</strong> Commission responsible for Agriculture and Rural Development<br />
Political career<br />
July 2009 - January 2010: Head of the Presidential Commission on Agricultural Development<br />
Public Policy of Romania<br />
2007: Undersecretary of State for <strong>European</strong> Affairs with the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development<br />
Professional career<br />
2005 – 2007: Adviser to Romania’s Agriculture Minister and Spokesman of Romania in the<br />
Special Committee on Agriculture of the EU Council<br />
2002 – 2003: Task Manager SAPARD, Delegation of the <strong>European</strong> Commission to Romania<br />
1999 – 2001: Coordinator of bilateral cooperation projects for the local agricultural development in Romania<br />
1998 -1999: Manager of the Rural Local Development Project in the County of Arges, Romania<br />
March -July 1997: Stagiaire, DG Agriculture and Rural Development of the <strong>European</strong> Commission<br />
1995: Consultant for Socio-Economic Analysis for Agricultural and Rural Development Project in the County of Arges, Romania<br />
Since 2000: Member of the “Groupe de Bruges”: Independent think tank on <strong>European</strong> Agriculture and Rural Development<br />
Other activities<br />
Since 2000: Member of the “Groupe de Bruges”: Independent think tank on <strong>European</strong> Agriculture and Rural Development<br />
Since 1995: Founding Member of the Professional Association “Agroecologia”<br />
1995: Students Union Representative in the Senate of the University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine of Cluj-Napoca<br />
2008: Publication “A Competitive <strong>European</strong> Agriculture Designed for the Citizens – Romanian Perspective”<br />
2004: Publication “Les déterminants de l’institutionnalisation des organisations professionnelles agricoles en Roumanie”<br />
Education<br />
October 2005: Certificate in Agricultural Trade Course, World Bank Institute and the University of Rome 3<br />
1997: DEA - Diplôme d’Etudes Approfondies - in Agricultural Development Economics, École nationale supérieure agronomique<br />
and University of Montpellier 1 1996: Certificat d’Etudes Supérieures Spécialisées in Environmental Agronomy, École nationale<br />
supérieure agronomique de Rennes<br />
Laurent COHEN-TANUGI<br />
Laurent Cohen-Tanugi is a Paris-based international corporate lawyer, policy adviser and public<br />
intellectual. A member of the Paris and New York Bars, he specializes in cross-border mergers<br />
and acquisitions and international arbitration. He is among the registered arbitrators of the French<br />
National Committee of the ICC International Court of Arbitration.<br />
In 2008, he was appointed by the French government to lead a task force on the future of the <strong>European</strong><br />
Union’s Lisbon Strategy, ahead of the French presidency of the EU, which resulted in a report<br />
published in English under the title “Beyond Lisbon: A <strong>European</strong> Strategy for Globalisation”(Peter<br />
Lang - www.euroworld2015.eu).<br />
Prior to setting up his own practice, he was a partner of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom<br />
LLP (2005-2007), Senior Vice President and General Counsel of Sanofi-Synthélabo, a <strong>European</strong><br />
pharmaceutical group (2004), and a partner of Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton (1991-2003).<br />
A graduate of the Ecole Normale Supérieure, Sciences Po, and the Harvard Law School, Laurent Cohen-Tanugi is the author of<br />
numerous policy-oriented books, dealing with the rule of law, <strong>European</strong> affairs, transatlantic relations and globalization, including<br />
An Alliance at Risk (Johns Hopkins, 2003), The Shape of The World to Come (Columbia, 2008), also published in China, and<br />
more recently Quand l’Europe s’éveillera (Grasset, 2011). He is a regular columnist in French newspapers Les Echos and Le<br />
Monde, a member of the French Academy of Technologies, and sits on the boards of several international think-tanks, including<br />
Jacques Delors’ Notre Europe. He recently advised the Polish government on the preparation of Poland’s EU presidency.<br />
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Fabio COLASANTI<br />
Senior Advisor of the <strong>European</strong> Policy Centre and President of the International Institute of<br />
Communications (London, UK), Fabio Colasanti, born in 1946, was previously a Director General<br />
in the <strong>European</strong> Commission for over ten years.<br />
He headed first the department called “Enterprise” from January 2000 to June 2002 and, from<br />
July 2002 to March 2010, was in charge of the department for “Information Society and Media”.<br />
This department is responsible for developing and overseeing <strong>European</strong> regulatory policies for<br />
electronic communications and for the audiovisual sector, as well as promoting a faster take up of<br />
Information and Communication Technologies throughout the <strong>European</strong> Union.<br />
Prior to this appointment, he was a Director in the <strong>European</strong> Commission’s “Budget” department, with<br />
responsibility for the “Resources” Directorate. From 1988 to the end of 1995, Mr Colasanti served successively as Head of the “Economic<br />
Forecasts” and “Macro-economic policy analysis” units of the Commission’s department for Economic and Financial Affairs.<br />
From 1985 to the end of 1987, Mr. Colasanti was a member of the Commission’s Spokesman’s Group with responsibility for<br />
economic and monetary affairs, regional policy, credit and investment, small and medium-sized enterprises (the portfolios of<br />
Commissioners Alois Pfeiffer and Abel Matutes).<br />
From October 1977 to 1984, Mr Colasanti worked as an economist in the Commission’s department for Economic and<br />
Financial Affairs (budgetary policies, monitoring of the Italian economy, short-term forecasts, <strong>European</strong> Monetary System<br />
and the Ecu).<br />
Mr Colasanti holds diplomas in economics from the University of Rome and the College of Europe in Bruges. An Italian<br />
national, he works regularly in English and French, is fluent in German and Spanish and speaks some Greek.<br />
Prof. Francisco CONTRERAS<br />
Professor of Philosophy of Law at the University of Sevilla (Spain).<br />
Author of the following books: Derechos sociales: Teoría e ideología (1994); Defensa del Estado<br />
social (1996); A propósito de Kant: Estudios conmemorativos en el bicentenario de su muerte (2003;<br />
co-edited with Fernando Llano); La filosofía de la Historia de Johann G. Herder (2004); Savigny y<br />
el historicismo jurídico (2005); Tribunal de la razón: El pensamiento jurídico de Kant (2005); Kant<br />
y la guerra: Una revisión de “La paz perpetua” desde las preguntas actuales (2007); Cristianismo y<br />
nueva izquierda (2011; co-written with Diego Poole).<br />
Winner of the Award “Premio Legaz Lacambra de Pensamiento Jurídico” (1999).<br />
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Juan Jose DABOUB<br />
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Va d e m e c u m o f t h e s p e a k e r s<br />
Juan José DABOUB, Ph.D., joined the World Bank in June 2006. He is the Managing<br />
Director who is responsible for the Bank’s operations in 74 countries (in Latin America and the<br />
Caribbean, East Asia and the Pacifi c, and the Middle East and North Africa). In addition, Juan<br />
oversees other administrative vice-presidencies and functions, including the Information<br />
Systems Group (ISG) and the Department of Institutional Integrity (INT). Prior to joining the Bank<br />
Group, Juan served concurrently as El Salvador’s Minister of Finance and Chief of Staff to the President.<br />
In this capacity, he helped to navigate his native country through several regional economic challenges –<br />
securing and sustaining El Salvador’s investment grade rating, dollarizing the economy, and completing<br />
a Free Trade Agreement with the United States. During this period, he also oversaw the reconstruction of El Salvador after the two<br />
earthquakes in 2001. Juan distinguished himself in both the public and private sectors, as well as in academia.<br />
He led family-owned businesses for nearly a decade before joining the Board of CEL, El named President of ANTEL, the<br />
state-owned telecommunications company, which he re-structured and privatized through a competitive process. He served in<br />
three different governments over twelve years, and then returned to the private sector.<br />
In 2004, he joined former President Flores of El Salvador in forming the America Libre Institute, where he worked in several<br />
projects implementing proven public policies that had been successfully deployed throughout Latin America. Juan holds a BS,<br />
MS and PhD in Industrial Engineering from North Carolina State University. He was born into a closely-knit Arabic Family,<br />
raised in El Salvador, and educated in the United States. He is married with four children.<br />
Joseph DAUL<br />
Joseph DAUL was born on 13 April 1947 in Strasbourg (France). Having studied agriculture at the<br />
Ecole d’Agriculture, he graduated from the Institut des Hautes Etudes de la Défense Nationale in Paris<br />
in 1981. Joseph Daul became active in the agricultural professional organisations, through the Centre<br />
National des Jeunes Agriculteurs, a highly-developed network at local, regional, national and <strong>European</strong><br />
level. Thus, in 1976 he was appointed national Vice-Chairman of the CNJA with responsibility for<br />
<strong>European</strong> affairs. Between 1989 and 2002 he was Mayor of Pfettisheim. In 1999, after having been<br />
elected in the <strong>European</strong> Parliament, he naturally joined the EPP Group since it represented his most<br />
deeply held <strong>European</strong> convictions which had always guided his political work. He became a very<br />
active member of the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development, being appointed its chairman in January 2002. In 2002,<br />
Joseph Daul was appointed chairman of the Conference of Committee Chairmen. In January 2007, he was elected Chairman of<br />
the EPP-ED Group. He remains member of the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development and substitute member of the<br />
Committee on International Trade and of the Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly. He is also chairman of<br />
the <strong>European</strong> Parliamentary Association, which has its seat in Strasbourg and allows Members of the <strong>European</strong> Parliament to<br />
establish contacts in academic, economic and cultural circles.<br />
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Pierre DEFRAIGNE<br />
Pierre Defraigne is Executive Director of the Madariaga - College of Europe Foundation since<br />
April 2008. An economist and <strong>European</strong> civil servant from 1970 to 2005, he retired as Deputy<br />
Director-General in DG Trade in March 2005 after having been Head of Cabinet for Pascal Lamy,<br />
<strong>European</strong> Commissioner for Trade (1999-2002). Previously, he was Director for North-South<br />
Relations, and Head of Cabinet for Etienne Davignon, Vice-President of the <strong>European</strong> Commission<br />
(1977-1983). He has set up the Brussels branch of the French Institute for International Relations<br />
(Eur-Ifri), which he managed from 2005 to 2008.<br />
Pierre Defraigne is a lecturer in economics at the College of Europe (Bruges) and at the Institute<br />
for <strong>European</strong> Studies (UCL and FUSL). He is also a visiting professor at Zhejiang University (China). His interests focus on<br />
international economic policies, political economy and relations with developing countries.<br />
Pilar del CASTILLO VERA<br />
Pilar del CASTILLO VERA, Group of the <strong>European</strong> People’s Party (Christian Democrats)<br />
Member of the Bureau<br />
Member of the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy<br />
Substitute on the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs<br />
Curriculum vitae<br />
Law degree (Universidad de Complutense 1974). Fulbright scholarship (Ohio State University<br />
1981-1982), Masters Degree in political science (Ohio State University 1982). PhD in law (Universidad<br />
Complutense de Madrid 1983). Associate Professor of constitutional law (Universidad<br />
Española de Educación a Distancia, UNED, 1986). Professor of political science (1994).<br />
Editor and Director of the New Magazine of Politics, Culture and Art (Nueva Revista de Política,<br />
Cultura y Arte) 1995-1996.<br />
President of the Sociological Research Centre (Centro de Investigaciones Sociológicas) (1996-2000).<br />
Minister of Education, Culture and Sport, 2000-2004.<br />
Member of Parliament for the constituency of Granada (March- July 2004).<br />
Vice-coordinator of the EPP-ED group in the ITRE committee.<br />
Member of the Board of Governors of the <strong>European</strong> Internet Foundation.<br />
Author of publications on such topics as comparative electoral behaviour, political parties and political and public behaviour.<br />
Among the publications: La financiación de partidos y candidatos en las democracias occidentales, Madrid, Centro de Investigaciones<br />
Sociológicas, 1985. Comportamiento político y electoral (Ed), Madrid, Centro de Investigaciones sociológicas,<br />
1994. Cultura y política (Ed), Valencia, Tirant lo Blanch, 1997. La Financiación de la Política en Iberoamérica (Ed), San José<br />
de Costa Rica, Instituto Interamericano de Derechos Humanos, Centro de Asesoría y Promoción Electoral, 1998.<br />
Award for PhD given by the Sociological Research Centre (1984).<br />
Member of various national and international political science and sociology associations.<br />
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Jacques DELPLA<br />
Jacques DELPLA was born on 7 May 1966.<br />
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Va d e m e c u m o f t h e s p e a k e r s<br />
Education:<br />
• Master of Business Degree in Philosophy at the University of Paris I Panthéon - Sorbonne (1987-1989)<br />
• Former student at the Scuola Normale Superiore, Ulm (1987-1992)<br />
• A graduate of ENSAE - National School of Statistics Economic Administration (1992).<br />
Present postions:<br />
• Member of CAE (since 2004)<br />
• Senior Advisor Fixed Income, BNP-Paribas (since 2005)<br />
Previous positions:<br />
• Economic advisor to the Russian government in Moscow (1992-1994)<br />
• Lecturer at HEC (1992-2001)<br />
• Technical Adviser, Cabinets of Finance Ministers (Messrs Madelin and Gaymard, then Arthuis and Galland) later Affairs<br />
Adviser for competition (1995-1997)<br />
• Lecturer at the IEP Paris (2004)<br />
• Economist Europe, Barclays Capital (1998-2005)<br />
Ene DINGA<br />
1980: Bachelor of the Academy for Economic Studies, Bucharest, The Faculty of Economic Cybernetics;<br />
1980 - 1983: Electroaparataj, Bucharest, (Wages Department), economist;<br />
1983 - 1984: Electroexportimport, Bucharest, (Exportation Operative Service), economist;<br />
1984 - 1986: National Institute for Economic Research, researcher;<br />
1986 - 1989: Planning State Committee, (Synthesis Service of Macroeconomic Correlations), economist;<br />
1989 - 1998: Polytechnic University, Bucharest (Economics Department); assistant, then university lecturer;<br />
1997 - Ph.D in Economics, with the topic ‘The inertial phenomenon in the economic process’, The Academy<br />
for Economic Studies, Bucharest, The Faculty of General Economics, the Political Economics Department;<br />
2000: Public Finance Course of the IMF Institute, (Washington DC, USA), student;<br />
1998 - 2001: Ministry of Finance, Director general of the Directorate General for Internal Audit;<br />
2001 - 2003: ‘Romania de Maine’ Foundation, ‘Spiru Haret’ University, university lecturer;<br />
2003 - 2007: ‘Dimitrie Cantemir’ Christian University; University Lecturer and Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Finance, Banks<br />
and Accountability; Associate Professor to the Romanian Banking Institute (Public Finances, LLM in Microeconomics,<br />
Econometrics); Associate Professor to ‘Lucian Blaga’ University, Sibiu, Faculty of Economic Sciences, the Company’s<br />
Financial Management; Scientific Deputy Director of the ‘Victor Slavescu’ Financial and Monetary Research Center within<br />
the Romanian Academy;<br />
2004-2005: Minister of <strong>European</strong> Integration in the Romanian Government;<br />
2007: accredited by the Ministry of Education as University Professor;<br />
2007 - present: Romanian Banking Institute, Department of Development, Projects and Partnerships, deputy Director general;<br />
2008 - present: senior researcher (CS1) at the ‘Victor Slavescu’ Financial and Monetary Research Center within the Romanian Academy;<br />
2010: accredited by the Ministry of Education as coordinator for doctoral programmes;<br />
2011 - present: director of the ’Academic Post-doctoral School in Economics’ of the Romanian Academy;<br />
2011 - present: director of the Seminar ’Sustainability axiology and the recapturing of the human being condition’, within<br />
the Romanian Academy.<br />
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Federico EICHBERG<br />
Federico Eichberg after obtaining his master’s degree in Political Sciences at la Sapienza University in<br />
Rome. He specialized in Advanced Studies in political, economical and social sciences at Notre Dame<br />
University (USA), and he obtained his PhD in history and policy of contemporary time at university of<br />
Bologna. Federico Eichberg worked at the presidency of Ministry’s Council and today he is in the Cabinet<br />
of economic development ministry. Eichberg is also member of the group for strategies for Italian interests<br />
for medium and long term at international levels of Ministry of Foreign Affairs. At the political level<br />
Federico Eichberg is responsible for international affairs at the “FareFuturo” foundation. He is author of<br />
several publications about integration and international relations.<br />
Markus FERBER<br />
Vice-Chair of Delegation to the EU-Mexico Joint Parliamentary Committee.<br />
Member of Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs and Delegation to the Euro-Latin American<br />
Parliamentary Assembly.<br />
Degree in electrical engineering (1990). Development engineer (1990-1992). Engineer in a marketing<br />
department (1992-1994)<br />
CSU district chair, Augsburg district (since 1999). CSU regional chair, Swabia (since 2005).<br />
Town councillor in Bobingen (1990-1999). Member of Augsburg district council (since 1996). Chair of<br />
the CSU <strong>European</strong> Affairs Group (since 1999). Land chair, Europa-Union Bavaria (since 2000).<br />
Member of the <strong>European</strong> Parliament (since 1994).<br />
Federal Cross of Merit. Bavarian Medal of Honour for Bavarians in Europe.<br />
Vladimir FILAT<br />
Education:<br />
1990-1994 - University of Alexandru Ioan Cuza in Iaşi - Law Department, University Diploma in Law.<br />
1989-1990 - Cooperative College of the Republic of Moldova.<br />
1986 - Graduated from the Secondary School of the village of Lăpuşna, raion Hînceşti.<br />
Career:<br />
2009 - 2011 Prime Minister.<br />
2005-2009 - Member of the Parliament of the Republic of Moldova.<br />
2000-2005 - Entrepreneur.<br />
1999 - Minister of State of the Government of the Republic of Moldova.<br />
1998-1999 - Director of Department of Privatization and Administration of the State Property of<br />
the Republic of Moldova.<br />
1994- 1998 - Entrepreneur.<br />
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Claude FISCHER<br />
Mark C. FISCHER<br />
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Va d e m e c u m o f t h e s p e a k e r s<br />
Graduated from the Political Science School of La Sorbonne University, Ms. Claude Fischer, who<br />
started her professional life as a teacher, militated for twenty years in Lorraine.<br />
Elected in the city of Pont-à-Mousson, she headed the Meurthe-et-Moselle federation of the French<br />
Communist Party from 1987 to 1991.<br />
Member of the patronizing committee of Confrontations Europe since its creation in 1992, she became<br />
in 2009 the Chairwoman of the association.<br />
Manager of ASCPE, a consultancy society that organizes training seminars on <strong>European</strong> issues, she is<br />
in charge of the organization of the “<strong>European</strong> forum on Nuclear Waste Management”. She is Director<br />
of publication and editor in chief for “La Lettre des Entretiens européens”.<br />
She organizes <strong>European</strong> initiatives throughout Europe. In 2006-2007, she organized the Tour of Europe. In 2008, she became involved<br />
in successful international conference ‘The <strong>European</strong> interest in globalization’ that led to the creation of the <strong>European</strong> Economic.<br />
Claude Fischer was awarded Knight of the Order of Merit September 19, 2006 by Jean Gandois.<br />
Mr. Mark C. Fischer began his career as a communications expert in the JG 71 “Richthofen” Fighter<br />
Squadron of the German Air Force before undertaking his studies in law and international relations at the<br />
universities of Bonn and Hamburg in Germany. Upon completion of his degree focusing on <strong>European</strong><br />
Security and Defence Policy, Mr. Fischer worked as a policy analyst and subsequently as Deputy Director<br />
for the <strong>European</strong> Office of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation in Brussels. Since November 2005 Mr.<br />
Fischer works at the German Marshall Fund of the United States, most recently as a Program Director<br />
with responsibility for the annual Brussels Forum and other initiatives that require the coordination of<br />
input from the different GMF offices and policy programs in Europe and the United States.<br />
Roland FREUDENST<strong>EIN</strong>,<br />
Roland Freudenstein (born 1960) studied political science, Japan studies, economics and international<br />
relations in Bonn (M.A. 1988) and Los Angeles. From 1989-93 he was a fellow at the Research Institute<br />
of the German Council on Foreign Affairs, Bonn. From 1993-95 member of the planning staff for Foreign<br />
and Security Policy of the <strong>European</strong> Commission, Brussels. 1995-2001 Director of the Warsaw Office of<br />
the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, working on civil society building and political networking. 2002-2004<br />
Head of unit, Foreign and <strong>European</strong> Affairs, Konrad Adenauer Foundation, Berlin. Numerous publications<br />
on international security, Central Europe and German foreign policy.<br />
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Sorin FRUNZĂVERDE<br />
Sorin Frunzăverde (born 26 April 1960) is First vice-chairman of the Democratic-Liberal Party and<br />
elected president of the Caraş-Severin County Council.<br />
He is a former Member of the <strong>European</strong> Parliament, where he was the Head of the Romanian delegation to<br />
the EPP, vice-chairman of the Subcommittee on Security and Defence, member of the Committee on Foreign<br />
Affairs. Within the <strong>European</strong> Parliament, he was involved in the EU-Western Balkans dialogue, acting as a<br />
member in the Delegation for relations with the countries of south-east Europe and the Delegation to the EU-<br />
Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Joint Parliamentary Committee.<br />
Sorin Frunzăverde has twice served as Minister of National Defense (2000 and 2006). He was also Minister<br />
of Environment (December 1997-February 1998) and Minister of Tourism (April-December 1998). In 2000,<br />
he was elected Member of the Parliament for the Caraş-Severin region and worked on foreign affairs and<br />
defence related issues.<br />
After having graduated from the Metallurgy Department of the Polytechnic Institute in Bucharest, he pursued economic and military studies,<br />
receiving a PhD title in both disciplines and a „magna cum laude” distinction from the Romanian Defence University. He has published a series<br />
of articles and books on security and <strong>European</strong> integration topics.<br />
Sorin Frunzăverde is a Romanian political figure, among the leaders of the Democratic-Liberal Party, founder of Caraş-Severin party branch<br />
from the very beginning of the Democratic Party’s creation in 1990. His work in the international relations department of the party became<br />
acknowledged when, in 2005, the party became a full member of the EPP family.<br />
Ranier FSADNI<br />
Ranier Fsadni is Advisor to the Prime Minister of Malta on Mediterranean and Maritime Affairs. He teaches<br />
social and cultural anthropology at the University of Malta with special reference to the Mediterranean and the<br />
Arab world. He is a member of the Editorial Working Group of the Journal of Mediterranean Studies and a<br />
reviewer for the Mediterranean Journal of Human Rights. As Chairman of the Academy for the Development<br />
of a Democratic Environment (AZAD), he has been involved in <strong>EIN</strong> activities since 2004. He serves as an<br />
expert member of the Maritime Task Force of the <strong>European</strong> Commission and has also recently contributed to<br />
a draft report on maritime governance for DG Mare.<br />
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Daniel FUNERIU<br />
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Va d e m e c u m o f t h e s p e a k e r s<br />
Current position: Minister of Education, Research, Sports and Youth of Romania<br />
Education and training:<br />
1995-1999: Ph.-D candidate, Université Louis Pasteur, Strasbourg.<br />
Thesis Title: «Multiple-Subroutine Self-Assembly: a Concept for the Generation of Discrete,<br />
Nanoscale Architectures». Supervisor: Prof. J.-M. Lehn, Nobel Prize Winner 1987. Jury: Prof. A. von<br />
Zelewsky (Fribourg), Prof J.-M. Lehn (Strasbourg), Prof. J. Siegel (San-Diego), Prof. M. W. Hosseini<br />
(Strasbourg). Honnors: Très honorable avec félicitations écrites du jury (Highest Rank).<br />
1994-1995: Universite Louis Pasteur, Strasbourg : Diplôme d’Etudes Approfondies (DEA) in<br />
Organic and Supramolecular Chemistry. Supervisor: Prof. J.-M. Lehn. Rank: First. Research subject:<br />
Supramolecular Catalysis and Dynamic Combinatorial Libraries.<br />
1991-1994: <strong>European</strong> Higher Institute of Chemistry (EHICS), Strasbourg, France.<br />
Degree: Engineer in Chemistry, main subject: Organic Chemistry.<br />
1989-1991: Classes Preparatoires aux Grandes Ecoles, Lycee Kleber, Strasbourg.<br />
1989 Baccalaureat C, Mention Assez-Bien, Lycee International des Pontonniers, Strasbourg.<br />
Post graduate positions:<br />
10/2002-03/2006: Researcher at Research Center for Cell Engineering, National<br />
Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Amagasaki, Japan<br />
08/1999-10/2002: Research Associate at the Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, USA<br />
1998-1999 : ATER, College de France<br />
10/1994-08/1998: Doctoral Researcher, Université Louis Pasteur, Strasbourg, France.<br />
07/1994-10/1994: Research Internship with Merck&Co, Rahway, New Jersey, USA<br />
Academic honors<br />
Romanian Chemistry Olympiads: Several first prizes.<br />
International Chemistry Olympiads: Selected in the Romanian team, 1988.<br />
French Chemistry Olympiads: Second Prize, 1989.<br />
MRE Fellowship: awarded to the first 3 candidates classified after the DEA examinations for any one Faculty.<br />
Teaching Assistantship, Strasbourg: awarded to the best suited candidate among those<br />
that have obtained the MRE fellowship.<br />
Marie Curie Excellence Grant, 2005 (aprox. 2 million Euros).<br />
Human Frontier Science Program incoming grant (for Dr. C. Pop, Burnham Institute, USA).<br />
Marie Curie International Reintegration Grant 2006 (80 000 Euros).<br />
Patents<br />
On-Chip Enzyme Activity Measurement and Applications Thereof (Application Submitted)<br />
On-Chip Covalent Capture of Interacting Proteins (in preparation)<br />
On-Chip Measurements of Enzyme Ubiquitination and Applications Thereof (Application Submitted)<br />
Various<br />
2005-2006: Director’s Board of Ad Astra (top Romanian ONG on science policy, www.ad-astra.ro).<br />
Founder and President (1994-1998) of the Romanian Students Association in Strasbourg.<br />
Meber of the High Level Expert Group for the drafting of research strategy of Romania 2007-2013.<br />
Member in the leading team of the Association France Japon de la region du Kansai (www.afjkansai.org).<br />
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Kilian GROSS<br />
Kilian Gross is a German lawyer by training with a strong specialisation in <strong>European</strong> and in-ternational law.<br />
He started his professional career in Deutsche Telekom AG where he worked on <strong>European</strong> matters mainly<br />
competition law issues.<br />
In 1999 he joined the <strong>European</strong> Commission as a member of its legal service responsible for tax issues. He<br />
specialised on indirect taxation comprising VAT and excise duties. The Energy Taxation Directive fell within<br />
his competences. Kilian Gross advised Directorate General for Taxation and Customs Union on legal issues<br />
and he represented the <strong>European</strong> Commission in numerous tax cases before the <strong>European</strong> Courts.<br />
From October 2005 until March 2010 Kilian Gross joined the state aid team of the Legal Ser-vice. He was<br />
dealing with fiscal aid, environmental aid, aid for SMEs and aid with regard to investments in infrastructure. He<br />
was strongly involved in all state aid aspects of the Climate Change Package of 2008 namely the Environmental<br />
State Aid Guidelines and the Renewable Energy Directive. Kilian Gross was agent on behalf of the Commission in an important num-ber of state<br />
aid cases before the <strong>European</strong> jurisdictions. Kilian Gross has published and has repeatedly intervened in conferences on state aid issues.<br />
Since March 2010 Kilian Gross is Deputy Head of Unit of Unit A/1 within DG ENER which is in particular responsible for strategy, planning, market<br />
observation and legal questions. Kil-ian Gross is notably responsible for legal matters and the market observation team within Unit A/1. Beside<br />
infringement procedures against Member States his legal work comprises legal advice and legal revision of future legal acts of DG ENER.<br />
Leonid GUSEV<br />
In 1989, graduated from the Moscow State Institute of International Relations and in 1992 from the<br />
postgraduate office of the cafedra of the history of international relations of MGIMO. In 1993 he defended<br />
the dissertation “Regulation of the conflict in the South of Africa” and became a doctor of history.<br />
Since the December of 1992 till 2004, worked in the Center of International Studies of MGIMO.<br />
Currently, he works in the Analytical Center of the Institute of International Studies of MGIMO<br />
University, as a Senior Research Fellow.<br />
His works are devoted to different economic and political problems of Central Asia and Iran. Other works deal<br />
with situation in Ukraine. Also, he is an author of “Observer” magazine and more than 500 works and articles.<br />
In 1997 and 1999 lectures on the theme of “Russia and the CIS countries, conflicts in the CIS<br />
countries”, King’s College (London)<br />
In 1998 and 2001 the research on the theme of “Russia and the countries of <strong>European</strong> Union”, in Florence University Italy,<br />
In 2002 the conference on Afghanistan in Tehran, with report “Uzbekistan as the middle-Asia center and the problem of Afghanistan”.<br />
MGIMO - University, lectures on the theme “Fuel-energy complex of Russia in the International economic relations”.<br />
Dr Dietmar HALPER<br />
Dr Dietmar HALPER, Director of Political Academy,was born on 30th January 1969 in Oberwart<br />
(Austria). After school he studied Law at the University in Vienna, where in 1996 he received the<br />
Doctor Degree. In the same year he became the Political Director of the Parliamentary Group of<br />
the Austrian People’s Party (ÖVP) in Regional Parliament of Burgenland. From 2001 until January<br />
2008 Halper was working as Party Manager for the ÖVP in Burgenland. Since February 2008 he<br />
is Director of the Political Academy of the Austrian People’s Party.<br />
Halper is married and father of two daughters.<br />
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Malcolm HARBOUR<br />
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Malcolm Harbour was educated at Bedford School (1960–64), Trinity College, Cambridge (1964–<br />
67) where he gained a BA in Mechanical Services, and at the University of Aston (1967–70) where<br />
he gained a Diploma in Management Studies. He began his career in the motor industry, working<br />
as an apprentice at the Longbridge plant in Birmingham (1967–69). From then until 1980 he held<br />
various posts in design, development and product planning in the Rover Triumph Division.<br />
In 1980, Harbour became a director of Austin Rover with responsibilities for planning, sales and<br />
marketing. He co-founded Harbour Wade Brown, a motor industry consultancy, in 1989 and the<br />
International Car Distribution Programme Ltd in 1993, of which he remains a director. He was<br />
also briefly project director of the Three Day Car Programme (1998–99).<br />
Harbour became an active member of the Conservative Party in 1972. He first stood for the <strong>European</strong><br />
Parliament in 1989 in the constituency of Birmingham East but failed to win election. He missed out again in 1994, before finally, in 1999,<br />
being placed high on the Conservative list for the new multi-memberWest Midlands region constituency, ensuring his election in the 1999<br />
<strong>European</strong> Parliament election. Initially a member of the <strong>European</strong> People’s Party–<strong>European</strong> Democrats Group (EPP–ED) he gained an<br />
influential position on the Committee on Internal Market and Consumer Protection, serving as the EPP–ED spokesman and co-ordinator.<br />
Harbour was also delegated several other responsibilities in the <strong>European</strong> Parliament. He was Vice-Chairman of the Parliamentary Science Policy<br />
Panel (STOA), and a member of the Industry, Research and Energy Committee and the Inter-Parliamentary Delegation to Japan. He is a co-chairman<br />
in Parliamentary Forums for the Automobile and Society, the Ceramics Industries, and the <strong>European</strong> Internet Foundation. He is also Chairman of the<br />
Conservative Technology Forum. From 2004 to 2006, he played a determining role in steering the Services Directive through the Parliament. He has<br />
also been active on the single market strategy, communications framework legislation, type-approval of motor vehicles, and the digital economy.<br />
On 13 January 2005, Harbour was appointed by the <strong>European</strong> Commission to ‘Cars 21’, a High Level Group convened to<br />
discuss the competitiveness in the <strong>European</strong> automobile industry.<br />
After the 2009 <strong>European</strong> Parliament election, Harbour transferred to the new <strong>European</strong> Conservatives and Reformists Group<br />
(ECR). He was nominated by the ECR and then subsequently elected as the chairman of the Committee on Internal Market and<br />
Consumer Protection, making him one of the most influential and powerful ECR MEPs.<br />
Steven Hill is a political writer and director of the Political Reform Program at the New America<br />
Foundation, which seeks to develop the best opportunities for reform, educate opinion leaders and<br />
the public about electoral alternatives, and encourage the formation of a broad-based coalition.<br />
His next book, Europe’s Promise: Why the <strong>European</strong> Way Is the Best Hope for an Insecure Age<br />
(www.EuropesPromise.org), was published in January 2010. His previous books include 10 Steps<br />
to Repair American Democracy (2006), Fixing Elections: The Failure of America’s Winner Take All<br />
Politics (2003) and Whose Vote Counts (with Rob Richie, 2001). Mr. Hill’s articles and commentaries<br />
have appeared in the New York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Wall Street Journal,<br />
International Herald Tribune, Guardian, Financial Times, New York Daily News, The Nation, Salon.<br />
com, American Prospect, Social Europe, Le Monde Diplomatique, Hürriyet Daily News (Turkey),<br />
Taiwan News, Roll Call, Sierra, San Francisco Chronicle, Sacramento Bee, Chicago Tribune, Houston Chronicle, and other<br />
leading publications. Mr Hill has appeared on national and local radio and television programs, and has lectured widely in the<br />
United States and Europe. He has been a leading force for political reform in the United States for many years.<br />
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Ivan HODAC<br />
Ivan Hodac is ACEA Secretary-General since 2001. Building on a large experience in EU affairs, he<br />
maintains close relationships with the <strong>European</strong> Commission, the <strong>European</strong> Parliament and the EU<br />
representatives of the Member States. As representative in Brussels of the 15 <strong>European</strong> automobile<br />
manufacturers, Hodac is also counterpart for other industry associations, NGOs and consumer<br />
organisations in Brussels. Hodac (1946) was born in Prague where he studied mechanical<br />
engineering. He completed his education at the University of Copenhagen (economics and<br />
political science) and the College of Europe in Bruges (<strong>European</strong> studies).<br />
Before joining ACEA, he was senior vice president and head of Time Warner Europe office. His<br />
responsibilities included the co-ordinating of public and corporate affairs activities of all Time Warner operating divisions in Europe<br />
and representing Time Warner corporate interests vis-à-vis the institutions of the <strong>European</strong> Union, international organisations and<br />
governments of EU Member States and other <strong>European</strong> countries. Previously, Hodac was Secretary-General of trade organisation<br />
IFMA/IMACE, senior economist at Didier & Associates and assistant at the College of Europe, Bruges.<br />
Dirk HUDIG<br />
Dirk Hudig was former Secretary General of the Union of Industrial & Employers’ Confederations of<br />
Europe from 1998 to 2001.<br />
He held several other posts including Chairman of the BIAC Environment Committee in the OECD, Secretary<br />
and Treasurer of the Society of Chemical Industry Europe Committee, and one of the founding members of the<br />
Transatlantic Policy <strong>Network</strong> (TPN) and its Programme Committee, as well the chemicals coordinator for the Trans-<br />
Atlantic Business Dialogue, TABD. He is also a former President of the British Chamber of Commerce in Belgium.<br />
In 1970 he joined ICI, the UK Chemicals company, and worked in various businesses within the group in Rotterdam,<br />
London & Brussels before becoming national Head and Group Manager of EU Government Relations for ICI<br />
from 1987-1998. Currently he is Chairman of the <strong>European</strong> Risk Forum on EU regulation and impact assessment<br />
with a particular interest in risk, regulatory reform, cost benefit analysis and the quality of regulation.<br />
In 2001 he joined FIPRA, the public affairs consultancy network, as first Chairman of the FIPRA<br />
group’s representation in Brussels.<br />
Kelemen HUNOR<br />
The current president of the Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania (UDMR), he has been a<br />
member of the Romanian Chamber of Deputies since 2000, and was nominated as his party’s<br />
candidate for the 2009 presidential election. Since December 2009 he is Romania’s Minister of<br />
Culture in the Emil Boc government.<br />
Kelemen entered politics in 1997, when he was appointed as Secretary of State from the UDMR<br />
in the Romanian government’s Ministry of Culture.<br />
Hunor Kelemen was one of the founders of the Hungarian language cultural magazines Jelenlét<br />
and later became deputy editor in chief. In 1995 he published his first poetry volume in Hungarian<br />
language, Mínuszévek, for which he was awarded the Debut Prize of the Writers’ Union of Romania in 1996<br />
In 2000, Hunor Kelemen was awarded the Order of the Star of Romania, Commander Rank, and in 2008 Hungary’s Middle<br />
Cross of the Order of Merit.<br />
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Ignacio F. Ibáñez Ferrándiz works since 2006 as Manager of the Legislative Assistance and<br />
Counter-Terrorism Financing Program of the Inter-American Committee against Terrorism of the<br />
Organization of the American States (OAS) in Washington, DC, USA. Under his responsibilities<br />
is also the managing of Strategic-level Crisis Management Exercises. He has received OAS<br />
Outstanding Performance Awards in 2009 and 2010.<br />
Prior to this position, Mr. Ibáñez worked for the Terrorism Prevention Branch of the United Nations<br />
Office against Drugs and Crime (UNODC/TPB) in Vienna, Austria.<br />
Mr. Ibáñez has traveled extensively throughout Latin-America and the Caribbean implementing projects, providing technical<br />
and policy-level assistance and expertise on counter-terrorism issues to OAS Member States. He has participated as invited<br />
expert in high-level visits to OAS Member States from the United Nations Security Council Counter-Terrorism Executive<br />
Directorate (UN/CTED), as well as in evaluations conducted by the Financial Action Task Force for South America (FATF-<br />
GAFISUD). Additionally, he has participated as speaker in multiple international fora such as the Asia Pacific Economic<br />
(APEC) meetings, and the Committee of Experts on Terrorism of the Council of Europe (CoE/CODEXTER).<br />
Mr. Ibáñez has a Bachelor’s Degree in Law and a Master’s Degree in International Relations (Cum Laude, Valedictorian), specializing in<br />
Terrorism and International Law. He has studied at the Universidad Complutense and the Universidad San Pablo-CEU (Madrid, Spain),<br />
Sorbonne University (Paris, France) and Cambridge University (Cambridge, United Kingdom). He has been invited to participate as guest<br />
lecturer at the University of Maryland (Virginia, USA) and at the “XXXV Hemispheric Course on International Law” (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil,<br />
2008). Mr. Ibáñez has published a variety of works and articles about law, terrorism, and political science, including a thesis on bioterrorism.<br />
Prof. Piero IGNAZI<br />
Laurea in Political Science at the University of Bologna (1974). Final grade: 110 out of 110 magna cum laude.<br />
Graduate student at the Department of Political and Social Science of the <strong>European</strong> University Institute, Florence<br />
(1976-78)<br />
Graduate student at the Department of Political Science of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge,<br />
MA (1978-79)<br />
Lecturer of Political Science (1984-98) at the Faculty of Political Science, University of Bologna, Bologna<br />
Associate Professor of Political Science at the Faculty of Economics, University of Calabria (1998-2000)<br />
Visiting Professor at the Universitè Tunis II (1995)<br />
Visiting Professor at the Christ Church College, Oxford (1996)<br />
Visiting Professor at the Institut für Politikwissenschaft of the Trier Universität (1996)<br />
Visiting Professor at the ASERI (Alta Scuola di Economia e Relazioni Internazionali), Milano (1996- )<br />
Visiting Professor at the Université Panthéon-Assas, Paris II, Paris<br />
Visiting Professor at the Institut d’Etudes Politiques (IEP) de Lille (1999)<br />
Visiting Professor at the Univeristé de Montréal (2002, 2003)<br />
Visiting Professor at the Denver University<br />
Swiss National Science Foundation - participation in evaluation committee<br />
Member of the Scientific Committee of the “Rivista Italiana di Scienza Politica”<br />
Member of the Scientific Committee of the “International Political Science Review”<br />
Management of projects of national or international research<br />
Challanges to <strong>European</strong> party systems (1996-98)<br />
Organizational Change of the Italian Parties (2003-05)<br />
Participation in research projects of national or international<br />
<strong>European</strong> political Parties’ Middle-Level Elites (1978-84)<br />
The development of the extreme right in Italy and France<br />
<strong>European</strong> transnational federations and the parties of the UE candidate countries (2001-03)<br />
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Valentin M. IONESCU<br />
Political career<br />
Mr. Ionescu is a Romanian lawyer, former presidential adviser to the President of Romania Emil Constantinescu (1997) and<br />
subsequently Minister of Privatization (December 1997 - April 1998).<br />
From January 1997 until his nomination as presidential adviser (September 1997), he was the President of the National Privatization<br />
Agency (NPA). In this capacity and later on as Minister of Privatization, Valentin M.Ionescu initiated several public policies, such as the<br />
Leasing Act, Franchising Act, Commodity Exchange Act, Venture Capital Act, as a means to supporting the private sector’s development<br />
in Romania. He initiated the review of the entire privatization legal framework in the manufacturing industry and services, which is<br />
claimed to have given impetus to the denationalization of the economy between 1997 and 1999.<br />
After the setting up of the Cabinet headed by Prime Minister Radu Vasile, Mr. Valentin M.Ionescu withdrew from the centre<br />
of the political power.<br />
In 1999, Valentin M.Ionescu left the NPP-CD (National Peasants Party - Christian and Democrat) and become active in the<br />
URF (Union of the Rightist Forces). After the conclusion of the alliance between URF and NPP-CD, Valentin M.Ionescu joined<br />
NLP (National Liberal Party). He was a member of this later Party leadership (September 2002 - February 2005).<br />
Since 2007, Valentin M.Ionescu is a member of the PD-L (Democrat-Liberal Party).<br />
In June 2011, Mr. Valentin M.Ionescu launched the Group for Ordo-liberalism and Social Market Economy, with the support of<br />
the Konrad Adenauer Foundation and the Institute for the Popular Studies (the Liberal Democratic Party’s Foundation).<br />
The Group for Ordo-liberalism and Social Market Economy advocates for minimal state, the public service reform, as well as<br />
for the economic and social order implementation from a liberal approach.<br />
Professional career<br />
After his departure from political life, Mr. Valentin M. Ionescu had the opportunity to play a special part in the team that worked out the<br />
National Strategy for Sustainable Development (1998), and the Romania’s Medium Term Economic Strategy and the core chapters of its<br />
Action Plan two years later (2000). He also became expert in several projects financed by USAID, PHARE, and OECD with regard to the<br />
private sector development in Romania, or Local Agenda 21. Since 2005, Mr. Valentin M. Ionescu is running his own consulting firm.<br />
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Sorin IONITA<br />
Policy analyst, development expert, think tank leader, representative of Romania in the <strong>European</strong><br />
Economic and Social Committee (EESC)<br />
2007: PhD in Political Science&Public Policy, National School of Government (SNSPA), Bucharest<br />
2000-2001: Fulbright fellow at the Georgetown University, Washington DC – the Public Policy<br />
Institute<br />
1997: MA in Political Science, Central <strong>European</strong> University (CEU), Budapest, Hungary<br />
2010-2015 : Member of the <strong>European</strong> Economic and Social Council (EESC), in the Transport-<br />
Energy (TEN) and Eco-Agro-Development (NAT) sections<br />
2009- : Board member of the Romanian Cultural Institute (ICR)<br />
2006- : Member of the Regional Studies Association<br />
2005- : Member of Team Europe<br />
2005-: Member of the Directory Board of the Romanian Social Development Fund 2005-2006: International Policy Fellow of OSI, Budapest<br />
2004- : Member of the national board of the Young Professional Scheme<br />
2001-2002: Fellow of the joint program Fiscal Decentralization Initiative (FDI) of the World Bank - LGI Budapest<br />
Hillary semester, 2000: research fellow at the Nuffield College, Oxford University<br />
Member of the Global Development <strong>Network</strong> (GDN) of the World Bank, the CEE chapter<br />
1999-2000: fellow of the New Europe College, Bucharest<br />
May-June 1999: Freedom House intern in United States<br />
2011 - : SENIOR ANALYST with Expert Forum (EFOR), think tank dedicated to the promotion of good governance<br />
1997-2011: RESEARCH DIRECTOR of the Romanian Academic Society (SAR), a Bucharest-based think tank, leading<br />
Romanian organization working in the fields of democratization and public policy analysis.<br />
since 2008: Visiting lecturer, Babeş-Bolyai University, Cluj, Department of Political Science and Public Administration; courses<br />
in Public Management and Local and Regional Development<br />
since 2004: Member of the Directory Board of the Romanian Social Development Fund (FRDS, joint domestic-World Bank<br />
development agency for poor communities in Romania)<br />
Consultant with the World Bank, Council of Europe, UNDP in various institutional reform initiatives in Romania, Moldova<br />
and Western Balkans.<br />
2005- : Freelance columnist for the Romanian daily newspaper, Evenimentul Zilei<br />
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Carlos José ITURGAIZ ANGULO<br />
Allan JANICK<br />
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Vice-Chair of Committee on Petitions and Delegation for relations with the countries of Central<br />
America.<br />
Member of Delegation to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly.<br />
Qualified music teacher<br />
Secretary-General of the PP in the Basque Country (1993-1996). Chairman of the PP in the<br />
Basque Country (1996-2004).<br />
Member of the Vizcaya Provincial Provincial (1991-1993). Member of Bilbao City Council<br />
(1991-1995).<br />
Member of the Basque Regional Parliament (1994-2004).<br />
Allan Janik, philosopher and historian of ideas, is a scientific advisor at the Fondation pour<br />
l’innovation politique. He was research fellow of the Brenner Archives and professor of<br />
philosophy at the University of Innsbruck until his retirement in 2006. He is currently honorary<br />
professor of philosophy at the University of Vienna. His books include Wittgenstein’s Vienna<br />
(with S. Toulmin), The Concept of Knowledge in Practical Philosophy (in Swedish), Style,<br />
Politics and the Future of Philosophy and several others.<br />
Staffan JERNECK<br />
Staffan Jerneck, economist, is Director and Director of Corporate Relations of CEPS, which is a leading<br />
Brussels-based politically independent and influential <strong>European</strong> think tank having excellent networks and<br />
contacts with the EU Commission, the Council of Ministers, the <strong>European</strong> Parliament, business executives,<br />
diplomats, politicians and other strategic decision makers. CEPS has a strong influence in the EU as it<br />
anticipates important trends and issues. Jerneck is in charge of the corporate sector with 120 international<br />
companies as corporate members - the major financial contributor to CEPS – and the programmes. He is<br />
substantially involved in policy shaping. 1986 to 1997 Secretary General and Director General of the Swedish<br />
International Chamber of Commerce (ICC). During his period, the Swedish ICC became the biggest in the<br />
world in terms of members. ICC is the world business organisation representing international business in 140<br />
countries. Staffan Jerneck was assistant to the CEO of the Federation of Swedish Industries - the major lobbying organisation for industry.<br />
He was secretary of the Boards of the Federation and the General Export Association of Sweden. Staffan Jerneck has during his professional<br />
career always worked in organisations based on corporate membership which has given him a longstanding experience in relation with<br />
business members. He has established a wide international network of corporate executives, diplomats, representatives of the EU institutions<br />
and other policy makers and is an excellent net-worker. Bachelor of Arts, University of Lund, Sweden, 1968. Master of Arts in Economics,<br />
University of California at Los Angeles, UCLA, USA, 1970.<br />
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Othmar KARAS<br />
Born on 24 December 1957, Ybbs<br />
Member:<br />
• Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs<br />
• Special Committee on the Financial, Economic and Social Crisis<br />
• Delegation for relations with Canada<br />
Substitute:<br />
• Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection<br />
• Special committee on the policy challenges and budgetary resources for a sustainable <strong>European</strong><br />
Union after 2013<br />
• Delegation for relations with Japan<br />
• Delegation to the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly<br />
Curriculum vitae:<br />
• Mag. phil. (1996). Master of <strong>European</strong> and International Business Law (MBL), University of St. Gallen (1997). Manager<br />
in the banking and insurance sector (1981-1995). Assistant Secretary-General of Bundesländer Versicherung<br />
• Federal president of the Union of Students (1976-1979). Political adviser to the ÖVP (1979-1980). First Vice-Chairman of the<br />
Austrian Federal Youth Association (1980-1990). Federal Chairman of the Young ÖVP (1981-1990). Member of the national<br />
executive of the ÖVP (1981-1991). Secretary-General of the ÖVP (1995-1999). President of the Austrian Aid Organisation<br />
(since 1998). First Vice-President of Hilfswerk Austria (since 1998). Vice-President of the Young <strong>European</strong> Christian-<br />
Democrats (EUJCD) (1981-1990). Member of the EPP Bureau and Council (since 1995). Member of the steering committee<br />
of the <strong>European</strong> Democratic Union (EDU) (since 1995). Member of the board of the Austrian Association of Graduates.<br />
Member of the Land and federal executives of the Austrian Workers’ and Employees’ Association (ÖAAB).<br />
• Member of the Nationalrat (1983-1990).<br />
• Member of the <strong>European</strong> Parliament (since 1999).<br />
• Vice-President of the Political Academy. Vice-President of the Friedrich Funder Institute.<br />
Ioannis KASOULIDES<br />
Ioannis Kasoulides was born on the 10th of August 1948 in Nicosia, Cyprus. He studied<br />
medicine at the University of Lyon in France and specialised in geriatrics in London.<br />
Ioannis Kasoulides served the centre-right wing party Democratic Rally from various posts<br />
including the post of the President of the Youth Organization of the Party.<br />
In 1991 he was elected as an MP in the House of Representatives of Cyprus. In March 1993 he<br />
was appointed as the Government’s Spokesman where he served until April 1997, when he was<br />
appointed Foreign Minister until the end of term of Clerides administration in 2003. As Minister<br />
of Foreign Affairs, Ioannis Kasoulides leaded the diplomatic attempt that marked the beginning,<br />
the process and the completion of the process of integration of Cyprus in the EU.<br />
In June 2004 Ioannis Kasoulides was elected for the first time as a Member of the <strong>European</strong> Parliament.<br />
A full Member in the Committee on Foreign Affairs and substitute in the Transport and Tourism<br />
Committee, Ioannis Kasoulides served in various other positions including the Presidency of the ad hoc Delegation for the Human<br />
Rights in Western Sahara.<br />
In June 2009 Ioannis Kasoulides was re-elected as a Member of the <strong>European</strong> Parliament. Shortly afterwards he was elected by<br />
his EPP colleagues as Vice Chairman of the Group in the <strong>European</strong> Parliament, responsible for external affairs.<br />
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Bichara KHADER<br />
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Bichara Khader majored in political, economic, and social science, graduating from the Catholic<br />
University of Louvain in 1969. He earned his Masters degree in international relations from<br />
the Johns Hopkins University Bologna Centre the following year. In 1978, he was awarded his<br />
PhD in political, economic, and social science from the Catholic University of Louvain, where<br />
he went on to become Director of Studies and Research on the Contemporary Arab World and<br />
professor in the faculty of political, economic, and social science.<br />
Khader has been a member of the Group of High Experts on the PESC (<strong>European</strong> Commission<br />
1998-2000), and a member of the Groupe des Sages for cultural Euro-Mediterranean dialogue<br />
(<strong>European</strong> presidency 2003-2004).<br />
He has written extensively on the Mediterranean, Middle East, and the Euro-Mediterranean relationship.<br />
Dimitri KONSTANTAKOPOULOS<br />
Born in Athens, Greece<br />
Studies:<br />
• Diploma of Physics, University of Athens<br />
• DEA on Information Processing, University of Rennes<br />
Main Posts:<br />
• Advisor at the Office of Prime Minister of Greece on East/West Relations and arms control,<br />
1985/88<br />
• Chief correspondent in Moscow for Athens News Agency, 1988/98<br />
• Senior analyst and commentator for “Kosmos tou Ependiti”, Athens News Agency, “Epikaira”<br />
on Greek Foreign Policy, international politics, geopolitics<br />
Author of three books:<br />
• Soviet Secret Services and Greece, 1925-1949 (the Dimitrov archive), Nea Sinora, Athens 1993, in Greek<br />
• The kidnapping of Cyprus (the Annan Plan and US policy in Eastern Mediterranean), Livanis, Athens 2004, in Greek<br />
• Cyprus in a trap (Left in Cyprus and Greece and the National Question), Livanis, Athens, 2008, in Greek<br />
He has published extensively in various Greek, Russian and French reviews<br />
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Attila KORODI<br />
Attila Korodi is member of the Chamber of Deputies of the Romanian Parliament since 2008,<br />
representing the Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania (RMDSZ) and president of the<br />
Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee since January 2009.<br />
Previously Attila Korodi held several positions in the Romanian Government: Minister of Environment<br />
and Sustainable Development (April 2007 – December 2008), secretary of state at the<br />
Ministry of Environment and Water Management (January 2005 – April 2007). Formerly he was<br />
county councilor and president of the Juridical Commission, Public Order and Human Rights<br />
Defense at Harghita County Council (2004-2005) and representative in Romania of the National<br />
Company for Privatization and Administration of the Hungarian Participation.<br />
He studied economic engineering in German language at the Polytechnics University of Bucharest,<br />
got an MA in strategic management at the National School for Political and Administrative Studies and is currently attending<br />
the International Economic Relations PhD programme at the Academy of Economics of Bucharest.<br />
Karel LANNOO<br />
Karel Lannoo (1961) has been chief executive of the Centre for <strong>European</strong> Policy Studies (CEPS)<br />
since 2000 and senior research fellow since 1997. CEPS is one of the leading independent<br />
<strong>European</strong> think tanks, with a strong reputation in economic and foreign policy research. It has<br />
total revenues of about €6 million (2007) and employs about 45 persons.<br />
Before joining CEPS, Karel Lannoo was employed in the cultural sector, worked for the Italian<br />
conglomerate Ferruzzi and for a professional federation. He was also active as a free-lance<br />
journalist for specialised publications.<br />
He has published some books and numerous articles in specialised magazines and journals<br />
on EU, financial regulation and corporate governance matters. He spoke at several <strong>European</strong><br />
Parliament and <strong>European</strong> Commission hearings and participated in studies for national and<br />
international bodies (EU institutions, OECD, ADB, World Bank). He is a regular speaker at<br />
international conferences.<br />
On MiFID, he is finalising a book with Jean-Pierre Casey and Alessandra Chirico entitled ‘The MiFID revolution’, which will<br />
appear later this year with Cambridge University Press.<br />
Karel Lannoo holds a baccalaureate in philosophy and an MA in history from the University of Leuven, Belgium (1985) and<br />
obtained a postgraduate in <strong>European</strong> studies (CEE) from the University of Nancy, France (1986).<br />
Karel Lannoo is an independent director of BME (Bolsas Y Mercados Espanoles), the company which runs the Madrid stock<br />
exchange.<br />
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Va d e m e c u m o f t h e s p e a k e r s<br />
November 2010 – present - Secretary of State, Ministry of Public Finance<br />
2009, January – 2010, November - State Counselor, Romanian Government<br />
2005- present - Ph D Lecturer Specialized at the Public Administration Department, Faculty of Political,<br />
Administrative and Communication Sciences, “Babeş - Bolyai” University, Cluj-Napoca;<br />
2003, October- 2005, February - Ph D Lecturer, “Babeş - Bolyai” University, Cluj-Napoca<br />
2001, February- 2003, October - Assistant lecturer Ph D Candidate, “Babeş - Bolyai” University<br />
1999, October- 2001, February - Assistant at the “Babeş - Bolyai” University, at the Public<br />
Administration Department, Faculty of Political, Administrative and Communication Sciences, Cluj-<br />
Napoca<br />
Education<br />
1999-2003 - Pd D in economy, “Babeş - Bolyai” University Cluj-Napoca, Faculty of Economical Studies<br />
Degree 2005 - Economical studies, West University, Timişoara<br />
Degree 1999 - Degree in administrative sciences, “Babeş - Bolyai” University<br />
September 2005- March 2006- “Senior Fulbright Scholarship”, Florida International University, Miami, Florida, SUA<br />
Associated professor at the Florida International University, Miami, Florida<br />
September 2001 – December 2001 - Researcher “Developments of Master Degrees in Public Administration in Cluj-Napoca”,<br />
Rockefeller College of Public Affairs & Policy, University at Albany State University of New York<br />
February – April 2000 – Research Scholarship, Paris University XII, Development of Public Administration in Romania -<br />
Tempus Mobility Grant<br />
January - February 1999 – Researcher “Development of Public Administration Curricula”, National Academy of Public<br />
Administration (NAPA) and IREX Washington DC – Development of Social Sciences Curricula;<br />
From 2002 – Director and Researcher at the grant program “Affiliation Program with the <strong>Network</strong> of Institutions and Schools<br />
of Public Administration (NISPAcee) – National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration (NASPAA) for<br />
development of Master Studies for Local Finance Management in “Babeş Bolyai” University of Cluj- Napoca”.<br />
Member of the Committee for determining the opportunity, eligibility and approval of projects set up according to the Government<br />
Ordinance no. 7/2006 on the establishment of the Program for infrastructure development in rural area (during 2009-2010)<br />
President of the Council for public expenditure rationalization (during 2009-2010)<br />
President of the Inter-ministerial commission for the allocation of goods provided in Art. 9 paragraph 1 letter a) of G.O. no. 14/2007<br />
for regulating the procedures and conditions for the sale of goods becoming state property, according to the law (in 2010 )<br />
President of the Inter-ministerial Council – Council for the enforcement of the state aid policy (in 2010)<br />
President of Inter-ministerial committee for the electric car (in 2010)<br />
Member of the Romanian Delegation for negotiation the state contracts for selling the AAU surplus according to Kyoto Protocol<br />
Valuator expert – Romanian Agency for Ensuring the Quality of University Education (activity suspended starting with January 2009)<br />
Representative of Cluj - Napoca Local Council in the Council of Administration of S.C. LOMB S.A. and CFM University S.A. (during 2008- 2009)<br />
Project Manager for “Post-university Program in Public Administration Management” - project financed from <strong>European</strong> funds<br />
in the Operational Program Development of Administrative Capacity<br />
Co-Director of the Romanian-American Master of Public Services Management (cooperation program with the following<br />
universities: SUNY Albany, Michigan State University, and Florida International University), mainly aimed on Development<br />
of Community and Financial Management of Local Communities.<br />
Member since 2005 of the Association for Budgeting and Financial Management (ABFM), Washington DC SUA;<br />
Member since 1999 of the Editorial College of (Transylvanian Review of Administrative Sciences), published by “Babeş-<br />
Bolyai” University, Cluj-Napoca;<br />
Member since 2006 of Fulbright Alumni Association, Bucharest, Romania;<br />
Member since 2000 of <strong>Network</strong> of Institutes and Schools of Public Administration in Central and Eastern Europe (NISPA<br />
Cee), Bratislava, Slovak Republic.<br />
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Iurie LEANCĂ<br />
Iurie Leancă graduated from Moscow State Institute of International Relations and from 1986<br />
until 1993, Leancă worked at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Between May and October 1989,<br />
he served as second secretary at the Soviet embassy in Bucharest, Romania, first secretary in the<br />
political department of the foreign ministry of the Soviet Moldavia (1989-1990), and counselor of<br />
Moldova’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs specializing in <strong>European</strong> affairs (1990-1993).<br />
Between 1993 and 1997, he was the Minister-Counselor at the Embassy of the Republic of Moldova<br />
in Washington, D.C.. Then, he was a deputy Foreign Affairs Minister (1998-1999) and the<br />
first deputy Foreign Affairs Minister (1999-2002), in the Alliance for Democracy and Reforms<br />
cabinets and in Vasile Tarlev Cabinet (1). Also, he was the acting Foreign Minister of Moldova.<br />
He worked as the Ascom Group deputy CEO (2001-2005, 2007-2009). Also he was a Senior<br />
Adviser to the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities (2005-2007).<br />
He has been a member of the Liberal Democratic Party of Moldova (PLDM) since January 2009. He was elected as MP in<br />
April 2009 election and July 2009 election.<br />
Amb. Iurie Leancă was the vice-president of The Foreign Policy Association of Moldova (2005-2009).<br />
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Va d e m e c u m o f t h e s p e a k e r s<br />
Yves Leterme was born on the 6 of October, 1960 in the city of Wervik in the province of West<br />
Flanders. He is a Belgian politician, a leader of the Christian Democratic and Flemish party<br />
(CD&V), and the 48th Prime Minister of Belgium. He studied law at the Catholic University of<br />
Leuven where he received a LL.B. degree in 1981. He then studied at Ghent University where he<br />
subsequently obtained a B.Sc. degree in Political Science (1983), a LL.M. degree (1984), and a<br />
MPA degree in 1985.<br />
Yves Leterme was the Prime Minister of Belgium from March 2008 to December 2008. He has formerly<br />
been Minister of Foreign Affairs, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Budget, Institutional Reforms,<br />
Transport and the North Sea in the Belgian federal government. He is also a former Minister-President<br />
of Flanders and Flemish Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries. On 19 December 2008 he offered his<br />
resignation to King Albert II, who accepted his resignation. Leterme remained Prime Minister until 30 December, when Herman Van<br />
Rompuy was appointed as his successor. On 24 November 2009, it was announced that Leterme would once again become Prime<br />
Minister, succeeding Van Rompuy, who had been selected to become the President of the <strong>European</strong> Council. On 22 April 2010 he once<br />
again offered his resignation to King Albert II.<br />
Before entering national politics, Leterme served as an auditor at the country’s Court of Audit. He then became adjunct<br />
and then national secretary of the CVP until he resigned to become a civil servant with the <strong>European</strong> Union. In 1997 he<br />
went on indefinite leave from that position when he was appointed Member of the Belgian Parliament. He has been a<br />
member of the city council of Ypres since 1995. He served as alderman of Ypres from 1995 to 2001. He was appointed to<br />
the House of Representatives in 1997, elected in 1999 and 2003. After the defeat of the CD&V in the general elections of<br />
2003, he succeeded Stefaan De Clerck as party chairman. In 2004 Yves Leterme became Minister-President of the Flemish<br />
government. In the elections held on 10 June 2007, Leterme won. On 21 December 2007, he became Vice-Prime Minister<br />
of Belgium and Minister of Budget, Transport, Institutional Reform and the North Sea. On 23 March, Leterme received<br />
confidence of the chamber as Prime Minister.<br />
Marc MAC GANN<br />
Mark MacGann is Senior Vice President, Head of <strong>European</strong> Government Affairs and Public<br />
Advocacy at NYSE Euronext. Prior to that, he was CEO Brussels and Head of Public Affairs,<br />
Europe at Weber Shandwick and a member of the Global management team. He was formerly<br />
Director General of DIGITALEUROPE, the trade association representing the Information and<br />
Communications Technology and Consumer Electronics industries in Europe.<br />
Mark joined DIGITALEUROPE from Brunswick Group, where he was Senior Associate Partner<br />
responsible for the TMT (telecom, media and technology) practice in Europe. During his time<br />
at this leading global communications advisory firm, he advised corporations on cross-border<br />
technology and media mergers and acquisitions in Europe and the USA.<br />
Mark holds Masters and Bachelors degrees in political science and economics from the Institut d’Etudes Politiques, France<br />
and Kingston University, England. He is Chairman of the Management Committee of the Federation of <strong>European</strong> Stock<br />
Exchanges (FESE), a member of the Management Board of the <strong>European</strong> Information and <strong>Network</strong> Agency (ENISA), and<br />
of the French Government’s Advisory Group on the future of the telecoms sector in France and Europe.<br />
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Monica Luisa MACOVEI<br />
Member of the <strong>European</strong> Parliament (EPP Romania), former Minister of Justice<br />
Monica Macovei is a member of the <strong>European</strong> Parliament in the <strong>European</strong> People’s Party Group, elected<br />
in Romania in 2009. She served as Romania’s Minister of Justice from 2005 to 2007, and received<br />
international recognition and awards for her anti-corruption initiatives and justice reforms that allowed<br />
Romania to enter the <strong>European</strong> Union. In the <strong>European</strong> Parliament, she is the head of the Delegation<br />
to the EU-Moldova Parliamentary Cooperation Committee and member in the Civil Liberties, Justice<br />
and Home Affairs (LIBE) and Budgetary Control (CONT) Committees, the Delegation to the Euronest<br />
Parliamentary Assembly, and substitute in the Committee on Foreign Affairs (AFET). She was a legal<br />
expert for the Council of Europe and other international organizations, has successfully represented<br />
applicants before the <strong>European</strong> Court of Human Rights, and has published on human rights and judicial matters. Macovei is a member of<br />
the Central <strong>European</strong> University Board of Trustees and a founding member of Transparency International, Romanian Chapter, and other<br />
NGOs. Macovei joined the leadership of the Liberal Democrat Party, Romania, in May 2011 as vice-president.<br />
Michael C. MAIBACH<br />
Michael Maibach was elected to the Dekalb County Board in his native state of Illinois. During<br />
the summers of 1970 and 1971 he was a Governor’s Fellow in the Illinois Department of Local<br />
Government Affairs. After completing BS & MA degrees in Political Science at Northern<br />
Illinois University, he served as an Illinois State Senate Legislative Fellow.<br />
In 1976 Maibach joined the Caterpillar Tractor Co., then as a Government Affairs Manager in Illinois,<br />
California & Washington DC. He opened Caterpillar’s California Government Affairs Office. During<br />
this period he earned a BS in American and Latin American History at California State University.<br />
In 1983 Maibach moved to the Intel Corporation to establish their Government Affairs<br />
Department and serve as assistant to Intel Co-Founder, Dr. Robert Noyce. Maibach was named<br />
an Intel Vice President in 1996. He opened the Intel Government Affairs Offices in Washington, Brussels and Beijing.<br />
While at Intel he was actively involved in President Reagan’s Commission on Industrial Competitiveness, as well as President<br />
George Bush’s National Advisory Committee on Semiconductor. Mr. Maibach came to be a leading spokesman for America’s<br />
ICT industry on trade and technology policy.<br />
While at Intel Maibach earned a BA in International Business at American University and an MA in Political Philosophy at Georgetown<br />
University. He has served on the Boards of the Peoria Jaycees, the National Association of Manufacturers, the American Electronics<br />
Association, the Information Technology Industry Council, the RFID Technology Council, the Churchill Club, the World Affairs Council<br />
Boards of Peoria Illinois, San Jose California and Washington DC and on the national Board of the World Affairs Councils of America.<br />
He serves on the Boards of the EABC, BritishAmericaBusiness, the Witherspoon Institute, the Tocqueville Forum, the Advisory<br />
Boards of the Institute for World Politics as well as the Center for the Study of the Presidency and Congress. He is a member<br />
of the US State Department Advisory Council on International Economics.<br />
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Marian-Jean MARINESCU<br />
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Va d e m e c u m o f t h e s p e a k e r s<br />
Born on 11 August 1952, Râmnicu Vâlcea<br />
Member<br />
• Committee on Transport and Tourism<br />
• Special committee on the policy challenges and budgetary resources for a sustainable<br />
<strong>European</strong> Union after 2013<br />
• Delegation for relations with Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro and Kosovo<br />
Substitute<br />
• Committee on Budgetary Control<br />
• Committee on Industry, Research and Energy<br />
• Delegation for relations with the countries of Southeast Asia and the Association of Southeast<br />
Asian Nations (ASEAN)<br />
• Delegation to the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly<br />
Curriculum vitae<br />
• Faculty of Aircraft Design, Polytechnic University of Bucharest (1971-1976); Financial management, evaluation<br />
and privatisation, Cooper & Lybrand (1993); General management, IROMA, Bucharest (1993); Expert evaluation,<br />
economic and financial evaluation, CECAR, Craiova (1996); Training course in local administration and administrative<br />
management, Higher School of Administration, Ministry of the Interior, Italy (1997).<br />
• Engineer, Avioane SA, Craiova (1976-1984); Engineer and head of Craiova section, INCREST Bucharest (1984-1988); Head<br />
of Craiova section, INCREST Bucharest (1988-1991); Managing director, CPCA, Craiova (1991-1996 and 2001-2004).<br />
• Member of the Democratic Party (PD) (1992-1994); Vice-President, Local Executive, Craiova (1994-1997); Secretary-General,<br />
County Executive, Dolj county (1997-2001); Vice-President, County Executive, Dolj county (2001-2004); Regional Secretary for<br />
Oltenia, National Executive (2001-2005); Executive President, County Executive, Dolj county (2005-present); First Vice-President,<br />
County Executive, Dolj county (2007-present); Chair, National Commission on Ethics, Statutes and Disputes (2005-2011).<br />
• Member of Craiova City Council (1992-1996); Prefect of Dolj County (1996-2000);<br />
• Member of Dolj County Council (2004).<br />
• Member of the Romanian Parliament (2004-2007).<br />
• Vice-President, PPE-DE Group in the <strong>European</strong> Parliament (2007-present).<br />
• Officer of the Order of the Star of Romania.<br />
Béla MARKÓ<br />
Béla Markó is a Romanian politician and writer of Hungarian ethnicity. The former leader of<br />
the Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania (UDMR), he is also the Deputy Premier in the<br />
Emil Boc government (which came to power on December 23, 2009). He had also been Minister<br />
of State in the Tăriceanu cabinet between 2004 and 2007, in charge of culture, education and<br />
research and <strong>European</strong> integration.<br />
Markó has been a senator since 1990, and was the leader of the UDMR from 1993 to 2011. He<br />
competed in the 2004 Romanian presidential election.<br />
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Wilfried MARTENS<br />
Wilfried MARTENS was born in Sleidinge, 19th April 1936<br />
Education<br />
Doctor of Law - K.U. Leuven - 1960<br />
Licentiate in Notary Science - K.U. Leuven - 1960<br />
Baccalaureus in Thomistic Philosophy - K.U. Leuven - 1960<br />
International Seminar - Harvard University - 1968<br />
Professional activities<br />
Lawyer at the Court of Appeal, Ghent since 1960<br />
Adviser to Office of Prime Minister P. Harmel (1965)<br />
Adviser to Office of Prime Minister P. Vanden Boeynants (1966)<br />
Chargé de mission to Office of Minister L. Tindemans (Community Affairs) (1968)<br />
Chairman of the Police Restructuring Commission in Bosnia Herzegovina, OHR (2004-2005)<br />
Government functions<br />
Prime Minister from 1979 until 1992 (with an interruption of 8 months in 1981)<br />
Political activities<br />
President of the CVP Jongeren (CVP Youth Organisation) (1967-1971)<br />
President of the CVP (1972-1979)<br />
CVP Deputy (District Ghent Eeklo) (1974 until Nov. ‘91)<br />
CVP Senator (Brussels Halle Vilvoorde) (1991 - 1994)<br />
Co founder of the <strong>European</strong> People’s Party (EPP) (1976)<br />
President of the ”Program Commission” (Working Committee on Policy) of the EPP (1976_1977)<br />
President of the <strong>European</strong> Union of Christian Democrats - EUCD (1993-1996)<br />
President of the EPP Group in the <strong>European</strong> Parliament (1994-1999)<br />
President of the Christian Democrat and People’s Parties International- IDC(2000-2001)<br />
President of the EPP since 10th May 1990<br />
Varia<br />
Chairman of the Kaaitheater (8 September 1993 - May 2003)<br />
Charles V Price (Spain), handed over on 25 June 1998<br />
Grand Croix de l’Ordre de Léopold II (2000); numerous decorations from <strong>European</strong>, African and Central American countries<br />
Graham MATHER<br />
Graham MATHER is President of the <strong>European</strong> Policy Forum, an independent international<br />
research institute established in 1992, and its <strong>European</strong> Financial Forum and <strong>European</strong><br />
Media Forum divisions. The Forum brings together policymakers, decision takers and market<br />
participants at high level across these sectors.<br />
Graham Mather is a lawyer and was educated at New College, Oxford where he was Burnet Law<br />
Scholar. He was the first head of the Policy Unit at the Institute of Directors, one of Britain’s<br />
leading business organisations and at the same time was involved in the development of Mrs<br />
Thatcher’s policies on trade union reform and privatisation at the Centre for Policy Studies.<br />
He became General Director of the Institute of Economic Affairs in 1987 and from 1989 to<br />
1994 served as a member of the Monopolies and Mergers Commission.<br />
He became a Member of the <strong>European</strong> Parliament in 1994, and served on the Parliament’s Social Affairs Committee and on<br />
its Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee.<br />
On leaving the Parliament in 1999 he was appointed a member of the Competition Appeal Tribunal, which hears appeals against decisions<br />
of the Competition Commission and the sector regulators. He served as a member of the Ofcom Consumer Panel from 2004-2008.<br />
He has been a Visiting Fellow of Nuffield College, Oxford; served on the Advisory Council of the Constitution Unit and<br />
Queen Mary & Westfield College Public Policy Unit and contributes to The Times and other journals.<br />
He is a consultant to Tudor Investment Corporation, Elliott Associates, a Director of Greenham Common Trust and an adviser<br />
to other companies, charities and public organisations.<br />
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Mario MAURO<br />
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Va d e m e c u m o f t h e s p e a k e r s<br />
Member of Committee on Foreign Affairs, Special committee on the policy challenges and<br />
budgetary resources for a sustainable <strong>European</strong> Union after 2013 and Delegation for relations with<br />
the United States<br />
Substitute of Special Committee on the Financial, Economic and Social Crisis and Delegation for<br />
relations with South Africa<br />
Degree in philosophy (1985). Lecturer.<br />
Member of the <strong>European</strong> Parliament (since 1999); Vice-President of the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary<br />
Assembly, Vice-Chair of the Committee on Culture and Education (1999-2004); Vice-President of<br />
the <strong>European</strong> Parliament (2004-2009). Chief whip of the Popolo della Libertà (PDL) party in the<br />
<strong>European</strong> Parliament (since 2009).<br />
Personal representative of the OSCE Chair-in-Office on Combating Racism, Xenophobia and Discrimination, with particular<br />
reference to discrimination against Christians (2009).<br />
Professor under contract to the <strong>European</strong> University of Rome, ‘Fundamental human rights in natural law and in international<br />
conventions’ and ‘History of the <strong>European</strong> institutions’ (since 2008).<br />
Jaime MAYOR OREJA<br />
Jaime MAYOR OREJA was born in 1951. Elected from San Sebastián. Agronomist Engineer.<br />
Member of the National Executive Committee of the PP (1999). Former President and spokesman<br />
of the Grupo Popular in the Basque Regional Parliament. Appointed Vice-Secretary-General of the<br />
PP (1996) and Honorary President of the PP in the Basque Country. Minister for Tourism in the<br />
Pre-autonomous Government of the Basque Country (1980); Member for Guipúzcoa. Government<br />
Delegate in the Basque Country (1982). President and spokesman of the Coalición Popular in the<br />
Basque Regional Parliament (1984-1986). Elected autonomous Member of Parliament within the<br />
UCD (1980). President of the Grupo Parlamentario Popular in the Basque Regional Parliament (2001-<br />
2004). Member of the Cortes for Vizcaya (1989). PP national member of parliament for Álava in the I,<br />
IV, VI, VII and VIII parliamentary terms. Minister of the Interior from 1996-2001. MEP since 2004.<br />
Head of the Spanish Delegation to the EPP Group. Committees: Civil Liberties, Justice and Home<br />
Affairs (Member) Foreign Affairs (Substitute); Delegation to the Euro-Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly (Substitute).<br />
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Ognyan MINCHEV<br />
Occupation<br />
• April 1998: Elected to Chair the Department of Political Science of the Sofia University St.<br />
Kliment Ohridski;<br />
• April 1997: Director of the Institute for Regional and International Studies (IRIS), independent<br />
public policy and research institution, associated on contract basis with the Ministry of Foreign<br />
Affairs of Bulgaria and the St. Kliment Ohridski University of Sofia;<br />
• February 1997 - 98: Rector - President of the Varna Free University;<br />
• September 1995: Associate Professor of International Relations, Department of Political<br />
Science, St. Kliment Ohridski University of Sofia (from September 1993);<br />
• October 1987: Senior Assistant Professor of Political Science - University of Sofia;<br />
• February 1982: Assistant Professor of Political Sociology - University of Sofia;<br />
Grants and Fellowships<br />
• October 1999: Six weeks fellowship at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington D.C. – the Program<br />
for Eastern Europe;<br />
• February 1994: Two weeks grant by Friedrich Naumann Fund for liberal politics (Germany) for a seminar on building<br />
political strategies, in Sintra - Portugal;<br />
• September 1991: Ten months (full academic year) Fulbright fellowship in International Relations at the University of<br />
California - Los Angeles;<br />
• January 1986: Five months (one semester) fellowship in the Department of Philosophy at the Lomonossov State University<br />
of Moscow - USSR;<br />
Positions of Public Service<br />
• June 1998: Chairman of the Board - Bulgarian National Chapter of Transparency International (TI);<br />
• January 1997: Member of the Open Society Fund Board of Trustees - Sofia, Bulgaria;<br />
• December 1996: Member of the Open Society East - East Program Expert Board - Sofia, Bulgaria<br />
• December 1994: Member of the Public Committee for Elections Monitoring in Bulgaria;<br />
• November 1994: Member of an International Monitoring Group for the 1994 Election in the US, organized by the American<br />
Council of Young Political Leaders;<br />
• October 1993: Member of the Euro-Atlantic Foundation Board in Sofia - Bulgaria;<br />
• September 1992: Member of the Executive Council of the International Helsinki Citizens’ Assembly - an International Civic<br />
Movement and Human Rights Watch;<br />
• March 1991: Chair of the Bulgarian Committee of the Helsinki Citizens’ Assembly;<br />
Membership in Professional Organizations<br />
• September 2004: Member of the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London – Great Britain<br />
• January 1994: Founding member and Vice-Chair of the Bulgarian Association of International Relations;<br />
• April 1992: Member of the North American International Studies Association (ISA);<br />
• October 1990: Founding member of the Bulgarian Political Science Association;<br />
• June 1990: Founding member of the Academic Association of British Studies in Bulgaria;<br />
• March 1985: Member of the Bulgarian Sociological Association;<br />
Education and Degrees<br />
• January 1990: Doctor of Sociological Science (Habilitated Doctor of Science), including Ph.D., from the University of Sofia<br />
and the State Council of Degrees;<br />
• July 1982: MA - Sociology, University of Sofia - Bulgaria (June 1981 - BA);<br />
• June 1977: English Language High School - Varna, Bulgaria;<br />
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Victor MIZIN<br />
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Va d e m e c u m o f t h e s p e a k e r s<br />
Dr. Victor Mizin, currently the Deputy Director of the Institute for International Studies, and Professor<br />
of the <strong>European</strong> Education Institute at the Moscow State Institute of International Affairs (University)<br />
(MGIMO), as well as the Senior Research Fellow with the Center of International Security at the<br />
Russian Academy of Sciences’ Institute of World Economy and International Relations, was recently<br />
also a Visiting Fellow at Stimson Center in Washington D.C. and the Diplomat-in-Residence and<br />
Senior Research Fellow at the Center for Nonproliferation Studies, Monterey Institute of International<br />
Studies, California.<br />
He has made his career as an arms control, nonproliferation and global security expert in the Russian<br />
Foreign Ministry having headed consecutively the Offices of ABM Treaty and Outer Space; Export<br />
Control and Nonproliferation and U.N. peacekeeping operations and sanctions. He participated as an<br />
adviser in large amount of bilateral and multilateral arms control negotiations, including START I and<br />
START II, INF, SCC on ABM Treaty, Conference on Disarmament and U.N. Disarmament Commission, served at the Russian<br />
mission to U.N. as a political affairs counselor, and was an UNSCOM inspector and associate.<br />
In the beginning of the 90s, Dr. Mizin was the founding person and a long–time Head of the Office of Export Control of<br />
the Russian Foreign Ministry which presided over and directed the Russian government’s efforts (especially, regarding the<br />
international cooperation and expertise sharing aspects) in installing a world-class national system of export controls as an<br />
efficient tool of the nonproliferation norms’ enforcement.<br />
Dr. Mizin graduated cum laude from Moscow State Institute of International Relations in 1978 and got a PhD degree in political<br />
science from the Moscow-based Institute of USA and Canada Studies of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR in 1991.<br />
He participated in large number of international arms control and nonproliferation conferences and published extensively on<br />
security and military issues in Russia and in the West.<br />
Dr. Mizin is the vice-president of the independent Moscow-based Institute of Strategic Assessments and the member of the<br />
board of the Russian Scientists’ Committee on Global Security.<br />
Liviu MURESAN<br />
Liviu MURESAN is the founder and the Executive President of the EURISC Foundation -<br />
<strong>European</strong> Institute for Risk, Security and Communication Management (1995)<br />
He graduated courses of the Defence College NATO GFO (Rome), of the Institut des Hautes<br />
Etudes de Defense Nationale (Paris), of the Center for Civil-Military Relations (Monterey).<br />
He held several positions in the governmental structures: Senior Adviser to the Prime Minister,<br />
Senior Adviser to the Romanian Government, Senior Adviser to two Interior Ministers, High<br />
Representative of the Romanian Government of the Anti-Corruption Initiative of the Pact of<br />
Stability (SPAI) and of the Combating Organized Crime Initiative (SPOC).<br />
He was Director of the Romanian Agency for setting up the regional SECI Center for Combating<br />
Transborder Organized Crime, and as the Deputy Director of the National Defence College he was<br />
the first civilian appointed in command position in the Romanian Army (1993-1994).<br />
He was a member of the Romania Parliament, leader of the Majority (1990-1991) and the Deputy Chief of the Romanian<br />
Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe.<br />
He is Executive President of the Euro-Atlantic Council Romania – Casa NATO, EURODEFENCE Romania, Association des<br />
Anciens Auditeurs de l’IHEDN (Paris) and the Romanian Association for the Critical Infrastructure Protection-ARPIC.<br />
He is an Associate Professor with the Academy of Economic Studies, Bucharest - where he got his Ph.D. in Economics (1978)<br />
,also published numerous articles and publications on the issues of international security, instability management, international<br />
public relations and he was a note speaker and the chair of sessions in international conferences held in over 30 countries.<br />
Since 2007 he is member of <strong>European</strong> Security Research and Innovation Forum (ESRIF), contributing to the development of<br />
a “Joint Security Research Agenda” (<strong>European</strong> Commission).<br />
He received the National Order “Star of Romania” – Class Officer (20<br />
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Fernando NAVARRETE<br />
Fernando Navarrete Rojas (Madrid, 1976) has a degree in Economy by the Universidad<br />
Complutense de Madrid (UCM). He is also a Senior Economist at the Bank of Spain on<br />
extended leave of absence. He has finished postgraduate studies in Economy and Finance at the<br />
Centro de Estudios Monetarios y Financieros (CEMFI), in Security and Defence at the UCM-<br />
Centro Superior de Estudios de la Defensa Nacional (CESEDEN) and a Public Management<br />
Leadership Programme at the IESE.<br />
In addition to the professional activity developed until September 2007 at the Directorate General Banking<br />
Regulation of the Bank of Spain, Fernando Navarrete has been a publisher and member of the Editorial<br />
Board of the journal Estrategia Global and is the author of several scientific articles. Among his most<br />
recent academic activities is the publication of the book “Transparencia Pública” [Public Transparency],<br />
LID editorial, 2007 and was awarded the III Research Prize by the Instituto de Auditores Públicos of Spain<br />
in 2008. He is currently the Director of the Department of Economy and Public Policies at the FAES foundation.<br />
Jan OLBRYCHT<br />
Dr Jan Olbrycht has been a Doctor of Sociology, lecturer, expert, politician and social activist.<br />
Between 1990 and 1998 Mayor of Cieszyn, founder member of the Euroregion Śląsk Cieszyński-Tesinske Slezko.<br />
Vice-Chairman of the Association of Polish Cities responsible for contacts with <strong>European</strong> local and regional<br />
government organisations. Vice-Chairman of the Council of <strong>European</strong> Municipalities and Regions. Chairman of<br />
the Polish delegation to the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe.<br />
Between 1998 and 2002 Marshal of Silesian Voivodship. Founder member of the Marshals’ Convent.<br />
Member of the Management Board of the Assembly of <strong>European</strong> Regions. Member of the National Council<br />
for Regional Policy. Member of the World Council of the United Cities and Local Governments.<br />
Since 2002 lecturer at the University of Bielsko-Biala and University of Economics in Katowice.<br />
Participant at numerous international conferences about the role of regions in the EU. Regional<br />
policy expert of the Institute of Public Affairs in Warsaw.<br />
Since 2004 Member of the <strong>European</strong> Parliament on behalf of Civic Platform (EPP-ED). Vice-Chairman of the Committee on<br />
Regional Development; <strong>European</strong> Parliament’s rapporteur on the <strong>European</strong> Grouping of Territorial Cooperation (EGTC), REGI<br />
Committee rapporteur on urban transport. Founder member and Vice-Chairman of the EP Intergroup URBANHousing.<br />
Member of the Editorial Board of the Parliament Magazine. Winner of the <strong>European</strong> Prize of Caesar Maximilian for the<br />
impact on local and regional policy development in Europe. Winner of the Golden Ribbon of Association of Polish Cities<br />
- a merit award for outstanding service for territorial self-government. MEP of the year - winner of the 2007 Parliament<br />
Magazine’s MEP. Awards in the field of regional policy. Winner of the Silesian Quality Prize.<br />
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Leonard ORBAN<br />
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Va d e m e c u m o f t h e s p e a k e r s<br />
Date and place of birth: 28 June 1961 at Brasov, Romania<br />
Marital status: Married; one child<br />
Studies<br />
1987 – 1992 Bachelor degree in economics, Faculty of Management, Academy of Economic<br />
Studies, Bucharest<br />
1981 – 1986 Bachelor degree in engineering, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, University<br />
of Brasov<br />
Main activities<br />
March 2010 - Presidential adviser responsible with EU affairs<br />
January 2007 –February 2010 - Member of the <strong>European</strong> Commission responsible with Multilingualism<br />
December 2004 – December 2006:<br />
Secretary of State - Ministry of <strong>European</strong> Integration coordinating Romania’s preparation for accession to the <strong>European</strong> Union;<br />
Since June 2006, head of Romania’s delegation for negotiating the accession to the <strong>European</strong> Economic Area;<br />
Since April 2005, coordinating Romania’s positions as active observer at the <strong>European</strong> Council;<br />
December 2004 - April 2005 - Chief Negotiator with the <strong>European</strong> Union;<br />
Main responsibilities: Coordinating Romania’s preparation for accession to the <strong>European</strong> Union; Coordinating, the drafting of Romania’s<br />
Accession Treaty to the <strong>European</strong> Union.<br />
May 2001 - December 2004 - Deputy Chief Negotiator with the <strong>European</strong> Union,<br />
Coordinating at technical level Romania’s accession negotiations for all chapters of acquis;<br />
1993 – 2001 - Parliamentary counsellor on <strong>European</strong> and international affairs - Romanian Parliament, Chamber of Deputies;<br />
Main responsibilities: Responsible of the relations with the <strong>European</strong> Parliament;<br />
Ensuring the technical expertise on EU affairs for the <strong>European</strong> Integration Committee of the Romanian Parliament;<br />
Starting with 1995, since the entering into force of the Association Agreement with the <strong>European</strong> Union, technical secretary at the Joint<br />
Parliamentary Committee <strong>European</strong> Union - Romania and for the Delegations of the Romanian Parliament at the <strong>European</strong> Parliament<br />
and COSAC;<br />
Responsible of the relations with the Parliamentary Assembly of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation;<br />
1986 - 1993 engineer - Institute of Research for Machine Manufacturing Technology Bucharest, Enterprise for Special Industrial Constructions<br />
Bucharest, Tractor Manufacturing Company Miercurea Ciuc<br />
Other<br />
EUNIC Honorary Ambassador for Multilingualism<br />
Honorary President of the <strong>European</strong> Institute in Romania<br />
Former member of several governmental committees related to Romania’s EU accession (<strong>European</strong> Integration Executive Committee;<br />
State Aid Committee, Committee for the Management of the EU Funds, Romanian Steel Sector Restructuring);<br />
Former member of the Romanian Social and Economic Council;<br />
Numerous articles and analyses published in Romanian and foreign newspapers and magazines on <strong>European</strong> affairs and multilingualism<br />
since 2001;<br />
Guest speaker and key speaker at numerous international conferences, seminars and debates on <strong>European</strong> affairs and multilingualism;<br />
Language skills: Romanian (mother tongue), English, French (working languages).<br />
Awards: Knight of “Steaua României” National Order (Star of Romania) awarded in 2002 for the contribution to Romania’s Euro-Atlantic<br />
integration;<br />
Signer as Chief Negotiator with the <strong>European</strong> Union of the Accession Treaty of Romania to the <strong>European</strong> Union, 25 th of April 2005,<br />
Luxembourg.<br />
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Csaba ŐRY<br />
Csaba Őry born on 12 May 1952 in Budapest. He is a Hungarian politician and Member of the<br />
<strong>European</strong> Parliament with the Hungarian Civic Party, part of the <strong>European</strong> People’s Party.<br />
Since 2004 he sits on the <strong>European</strong> Parliament’s Committee on Employment and Social Affairs. Since 2009<br />
he is member of the Delegation to the EU-Kazakhstan, EU-Kyrgyzstan and EU-Uzbekistan Parliamentary<br />
Cooperation Committees, and for relations with Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Mongolia.<br />
Since 2004, he is substitute in the Committee on Development and since 2009 he is substitute in<br />
the Delegation for relations with the countries of Southeast Asia and the Association of Southeast<br />
Asian Nations (ASEAN)<br />
From May 2004 to July 2004 Csaba Őry was member of the Committee on Women’s Rights and<br />
Equal Opportunities. From 2004 to 2009 he was member of the Delegation to the EU-Former<br />
Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Joint Parliamentary Committee and member of the Delegation for relations with the countries<br />
of Southeast Asia and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).<br />
In 2009, he was substitute in the Delegation for relations with the Korean Peninsula.<br />
Doris PACK<br />
Chair of Committee on Culture and Education.<br />
Member of Conference of Committee and Delegation for relations with Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina,<br />
Serbia, Montenegro and Kosovo.<br />
Graduated from teaching college (1965). Taught in primary schools (1965-1974). Employed by the<br />
Saarland Ministry of Education (1983-1985).<br />
Member of the CDU. Member, Konrad Adenauer Foundation; President, Women in the EPP. Executive<br />
Member, <strong>European</strong> People’s Party (EPP).<br />
Member of Bübingen council (1967-1974). Member of Saarbrücken city council (1974-1976). Member of<br />
the Bundestag (1974-1983 and 1985-1989).<br />
MEP (since July 1989).<br />
Member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe and of the WEU Assembly (1981-1983 and 1985-1989).<br />
Chair, Franco-German Foundation for Cultural Cooperation. President, <strong>European</strong> Children’s Book Fair Association; President, Saar Adult<br />
Education Association. Vice-President of the <strong>European</strong> Movement on the Saar. Vice-chair, board of Otzenhausen <strong>European</strong> Academy.<br />
Vice-chair, German Association of the <strong>European</strong> Foundation for Cultural Cooperation in Europe. Member, ZDF Television Council.<br />
Federal Cross of Merit with Ribbon (Germany) (1985). Order of the Republic of Croatia (1997). Federal Order of Merit, First Class (Germany)<br />
(1998). French International Order of Merit (1998). Order of the Republic of Albania (2002). Etoile civique en or (France) (2004). MEP Award<br />
from the periodical ‘The Parliament Magazine’ for her work as an MEP in the field of youth and education (2005). Award of the <strong>European</strong><br />
Circus Association (2006). Croatian Cultural Club, Silver Dove of Vučedol, symbolising peace and freedom on behalf of the people of Croatia<br />
(2006). Grand Gold Decoration for Services to the Republic of Austria (2006). Honorary doctorate from Zadar University (Croatia) (2007).<br />
Tolerance Award of the Parliament of Vojvodina (Serbia) (2008). Award of the Town of Pogradec (Albania) (2009).<br />
Dr Adrian PAPAHAGI<br />
2010-present - Adviser of the Romanian Minister of Foreign Affairs<br />
Vice-President of the Christian-Democratic Foundation<br />
Deputy director of the Institute for Popular Studies<br />
2007-present - Lecturer at the Babeș-Bolyai University, Cluj<br />
2006-2008 - Postdoctoral fellowships (Oxford, London, Bucharest)<br />
1999-2005 - Teaching assistant and junior lecturer at the Sorbonne (Paris IV) and at the Institut<br />
Catholique de Paris<br />
1997-2006 - BA, MA, PhD in Classical and Medieval Philology at the Sorbonne (Paris IV)<br />
1994-1997 - BA in English-German at the Babeș-Bolyai University, Cluj<br />
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Maria Andreea PAUL<br />
Ph.D. in International Economy (2001 - 2008)<br />
Master degree in Economics and <strong>European</strong> Affairs (2001-2002)<br />
Degree in International Business and Economics: (1998 - 2001)<br />
Grants and national and international academic research studies<br />
Jean PENDERS<br />
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Va d e m e c u m o f t h e s p e a k e r s<br />
Government of Romania - State Adviser<br />
<strong>European</strong> Parliament - Advisor of Mr Theodor Stolojan, MEP<br />
Academy of Economic Studies - Faculty of International Business and Economics - Lect. Univ.<br />
PhD. - master classes of <strong>European</strong> Governance, university courses (first year and second year) of<br />
International Economics and Globalization of Economy<br />
Romanian Academy: Institute of National Economy - researcher<br />
Presidential Administration, Romania - Expert / Advisor - Department of Economic and Social Policies<br />
Romanian Economic Society (SOREC), Group of Applied Economics (GEA), Romanian Academic Society (SAR) - researcher<br />
International Projects: National contact point and member of the research team FP6 - INTAS, SCRIPTS, CEEX national program;<br />
International and national research grants: NATO Research Grant (Science and Technology Department) (2004), Research Grant<br />
offered by the Hungarian Academy - Institute for World Economics (2005); National Research Grant offered by the Romanian<br />
Academy (GAR, 2003); National Research Grant CNCSIS TD (2001-2003); National research grant offered by ONBSS: “Nicolae<br />
Titulescu” (2007);<br />
Research Studies: Stanford University – USA; London School of Economics - London and University of Essex – Colchester;<br />
University of Trieste, Italy; IKU – Budapest; Maison des Sciences de l’Homme – Paris; SPRU Research Center and University<br />
of Sussex - Brighton, UK; Interacademic exchanges between the Romanian Academy and the British Academy; Institute of World<br />
Economy – Budapest.<br />
Relevant international conferences: Stanford University (Palo Alto, CA, 2005); XVII Economic Forum (Krynica, Poland); Workshop<br />
INTAS - South Caucasus 2007 (Tbilisi, Georgia); Economic Policy Institute (Sofia, Bulgaria); Bulgarian Industrial Capital Association<br />
(BICA); Club “Economika 2000” and Foundation Razvitie XXI - <strong>European</strong> Financial Services Conference; 38th UNCITRAL<br />
Working Group, United Nations (New York); 2nd and 3rd CYPRUS Mid-Career Seminar (Budapest).<br />
Consultancy: Berenschot, Phare, adviser to Lithuanian Parliament before accession<br />
At present:<br />
Lecturer Leiden University – <strong>European</strong> Union Studies<br />
Lecturer Netherlands Defence Academy<br />
In both places teaching on constitutional affairs, CFSP, CSDP, enlargement<br />
Before:<br />
Lecturer Netherlands Institute International Relations “Clingendael”<br />
Lecturer Robert Schuman Institute Budapest<br />
Other functions:<br />
Board Member Eduardo Frei Foundation for support to political parties in Central and Eastern Europe, frequent visits to CEES<br />
Speaker at conferences of Atlantic Council of Croatia<br />
Chairman Voluntary Service Overseas (VSO) Netherlands<br />
Member working groups EPP (<strong>European</strong> People’s Party)<br />
Member Foreign Affairs Committee CDA Netherlands<br />
Observer elections in Palestine, Bosnia-Herzegowina, Russia<br />
Publications: Articles in Newspapers, Journals, Netherlands “Staatscourant””, Internationale Spectator (Clingendael Institute)<br />
1979-1994 Member <strong>European</strong> Parliament, <strong>European</strong> People’s Party<br />
Committees: Foreign Affairs and Security, Institutional Affairs, Development Cooperation,<br />
Delegation with United States, Chairman Dutch CDA-group in EPP<br />
Observer elections in: Surinam, Russia, South Africa<br />
1976-1979 Staff Scientific Council for Government Policy, advisory body Prime Minister for long term affairs<br />
1972-1976 Political aide and spokesperson in Netherlands Parliament<br />
1968-1972 Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Arms Control and Security<br />
1966-1968 Military Service, Dutch Air Force, First Lieutenant Reserve<br />
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Walid PHARES<br />
Walid Phares was born in Lebanon, where he studied at the Lebanese and St Joseph Universities. After<br />
earning degrees in law, political science and sociology, he practiced law in Beirut. He then earned a<br />
Masters degree in International Law from the Université de Lyon in France and a Ph.D. in international<br />
relations and strategic studies from the University of Miami. He emigrated to the United States in 1990.<br />
As of 2008, Phares teaches Global Strategies at the National Defense University in Washington, D.C.<br />
He is a Senior Fellow and the Director of the Future Terrorism Project at the Foundation for Defense of<br />
Democracies in Washington, D.C., and a Visiting Fellow at the <strong>European</strong> Foundation for Democracy<br />
in Brussels. In 2008 he also became the Coordinator of the Trans-Atlantic Parliamentary Group on Counter Jihadi-Terrorism.<br />
Phares taught at the Department of Political Science at Florida Atlantic University between 1993 and 2005. He has been a senior<br />
lecturer at the Lifelong Learning Society since 1994. His courses include Middle East Politics, Political History, Ethnic and<br />
Religious Conflict and International Terrorism. He has given lectures throughout North America and Europe.<br />
Dan Iulius PLAVETI<br />
President, Romanian Energy Regulatory Authority – ANRE<br />
Mr. Dan Iulius Plaveti was appointed President of the Romanian Energy Regulatory Authority in July 2010.<br />
Previously, he held the position of vice-president of ANRE, from March 2009. Starting with 2010, he is member<br />
in the Board of Regulators of the Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators – ACER, being part of<br />
the process to facilitate consultation, coordination and cooperation between the regulatory bodies in Member<br />
States. He is one of the main supporters of the development of a national competitive gas market and a promoter<br />
of the use of renewable sources in energy generation. He supports regional cooperation in order to meet the<br />
requirements of the <strong>European</strong> regulations and promotes the Romanian experience in the field of competitive<br />
electricity markets.<br />
He has a university degree in engineering and started his professional career in 1992.<br />
Cristian Dan PREDA<br />
Member of Committee on Foreign Affairs and Delegation for relations with the Maghreb countries<br />
and the Arab Maghreb Union.<br />
Substitute of Committee on Development, Committee on Petitions, Subcommittee on Human Rights,<br />
Delegation to the Cariforum — EU Parliamentary Committee, Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly<br />
of the Union for the Mediterranean and Delegation to the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly.<br />
Degree in the history of philosophy, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Bucharest (1986-1991);<br />
Master’s in the history of philosophy, University of Paris I (Panthéon-Sorbonne) (1990-1991);<br />
Doctorate in political science, École des hautes études en sciences sociales, Paris (1998).<br />
Professor, Faculty of Political Sciences, University of Bucharest (1992-present); Dean, Faculty of<br />
Political Sciences, University of Bucharest (2004, re-elected 2008); Doctoral supervisor, Faculty of<br />
Political Sciences, University of Bucharest (2005).<br />
Counsellor to the Presidential Administration (1999-2000); Head of project involving branches of the Bureau for Central and Eastern<br />
Europe and the Agence Universitaire de la Francophonie (2001-2002); State Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (2005-2007);<br />
Presidential counsellor (2007-2009); Personal representative for ‘la Francophonie’ of the Romanian President (2005-present).<br />
Member, Group for Social Dialogue (1995-present); Member, Institute of Political Studies, University of Bucharest (1995present);<br />
Contributor to the journals ‘Dilema’, ‘22’ and ‘Sfera Politicii’.<br />
Editor of the series ‘Societatea politică’, Editura Nemira (1998-2002), ‘Polis’, Humanitas (2002-2004) and ‘Biblioteca de<br />
politica’, Nemira (2004-present); Editor of the journal ‘Studia politica’ (January 2001-present); Translator with Humanitas,<br />
Babel, Anastasia and Nemira.<br />
Author of numerous books on: history of Romanian political thought, history of liberalism and electoral systems in Romanian<br />
political history.<br />
Commander of the National Order of Romania (‘Faithful Service’) (December 2002); Officer of the Ordre Léopold (July 2008);<br />
Knight of the Order of the Legion of Honour (January 2009); Knight of the Order ‘Steaua României’ (‘Star of Romania’, 2009);<br />
High Officer of the Order of the Crown (2009).<br />
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Godelieve QUISTHOUDT-ROWOHL<br />
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Va d e m e c u m o f t h e s p e a k e r s<br />
Godelieve Quisthoudt-Rowohl is a member of the <strong>European</strong> People’s Party group in the <strong>European</strong><br />
Parliament. Her constituency is the Lower Saxony. After obtaining a MS in chemistry,<br />
she served as a Fellow from 1972 to 1973 at the Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry<br />
at the University of Leuven (Belgium) and received her PhD in physical chemistry. From<br />
1974 to 1979, she researched for the Medical University of Hannover before working as Research<br />
Fellow (Akademische Rätin) at the University of Hildesheim from 1979 to 1989. Today<br />
she teaches pro bono at the University’s Institute of Social Sciences and has been an honorary<br />
professor at the Department of Education and Social Sciences since 2009. Quisthoudt-Rowohl<br />
is a member of the German Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party and serves on its regional<br />
board in Lower Saxony as well as on the national party board. She was first elected to the <strong>European</strong> Parliament in<br />
1989 and has since been continually reelected. She focuses on international trade and international affairs and is an expert<br />
on education. Currently she serves on the <strong>European</strong> Parliament’s Committee on International Trade. She was born in Etterbeek<br />
(Brussels region, Belgium), is married with four adult children, and lives in Hildesheim.<br />
José Ignacio SALAFRANCA SÁNCHEZ-NEYRA<br />
Chair of Delegation to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly.<br />
Member of Committee on Foreign Affairs, Group of the <strong>European</strong> People’s Party (Christian<br />
Democrats), Conference of Delegation Chairs, Delegation to the EU-Mexico Joint Parliamentary<br />
Committee.<br />
Education<br />
Degree and further courses in law at the Complutense University of Madrid.<br />
Honorary doctorate from the University of the Americas, Chile.<br />
Diplomas in <strong>European</strong> integration from the Diplomatic School of Madrid and the National<br />
Institute of Public Administration.<br />
Political career<br />
2000: Chairman of the observation mission for the presidential elections in Colombia (2002) and Chairman of the <strong>European</strong><br />
Parliament’s observation mission for the presidential elections in Peru<br />
2001: <strong>European</strong> Parliament representative at the Second Summit of Heads of State and Government of the EU, Latin America<br />
and the Caribbean (Madrid, 2002) and at the Third Summit of Heads of State and Government of the EU, Latin America and<br />
the Caribbean (Guadalajara, Mexico, 2004), and head of the parliamentary delegation to the 12th, 13th and 14th San Jose<br />
Ministerial Conferences with the Rio Group (2000, 2001) and the Euro-Mediterranean partnership<br />
<strong>European</strong> Parliament’s rapporteur on the bi-regional strategic association between the EU and Latin America and the<br />
association, political dialogue and cooperation agreements between the <strong>European</strong> Community and Mexico, Chile and the<br />
Andean Community<br />
Patron of the Fundación Activa, patron of the Hispano-Cuban Foundation, Vice-President of the Juan de la Cosa Foundation<br />
In 2006, Salafranca was the chief of a committee of 70 electoral observers from the <strong>European</strong> Union for the Mexican general election.<br />
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Tigran SARGSYAN<br />
1978-1980, Institute of National Economy in Yerevan, Planning and Economy Department<br />
1980-1983, Financial-Economic Institute after N. A. Voznesensky in Leningrad (Russia), honors diploma<br />
1983-1987, Post-graduate course at Financial-Economic Institute after N. A. Voznesensky, thesis<br />
defended on the theme of “Regional social-economic development planning on Armenia’s example,”<br />
degree of Master of Economic Sciences<br />
1994, “Law-making activity,” International Institute of Law, Washington, USA<br />
1996-1997, “Effective Banking Management,” Institute of Economic Development, World Bank, Washington, USA<br />
2005, title of honorary doctor of Yerevan State Economics University<br />
1987-1990, R&D Institute of Economy and Planning, senior research worker, head of the international<br />
economic ties unit<br />
1988-1993, Republican Council of Young Specialists and Scientists, chairman<br />
1990-1991, Coordinator of standing seminars for banking specialists on economic reform issues<br />
1990-1995, MP, chairman of RA NA standing commission on financial-crediting and fiscal affairs, Member of of the Presidium of the Supreme Council<br />
1993-1994, Yerevan State University, reader in banking management,<br />
1995-1998, Armenian Bankers’ Association, chairman<br />
1995-2008, Institute of Transition Society Studies, director<br />
1998, Office of RA Central Bank Chairman assumed on March 3<br />
2005, Re-appointment to the office of RA Central Bank Chairman on March 2<br />
2005-2007, Chairman of Interstate Bank Council<br />
As of April 9, 2008 - RA Prime Minister<br />
Dr Andreas SCHWAB<br />
Dr Andreas SCHWAB MEP is Member of the <strong>European</strong> Parliament since 1999. He is Coordinator of<br />
the EPP group in the Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection since 2009 and he<br />
is Substitute in the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs.<br />
Schwab studied law at Freiburg/Breisgau and Paris IEP (1993-1995). He succeeded in the first state law examination<br />
in 1999 and holds a Master of Laws from the University of Wales (2000). After his doctorate in law at the Freiburg<br />
University (2002), he was trainee lawyer at Rottweil Regional Court (2001-2003). After his second state law<br />
examination (2003), he worked in the <strong>European</strong> Convention Section, of the State Ministry Baden-Württemberg<br />
(2002-2003) and the Ministry for Culture, Youth and Sport as the Minister’s Policy Officer (2003-2004). He is also<br />
working as a lawyer (2004) and he is member of the German-British Lawyers’ Association e.V. since 2000.<br />
Schwab was local Chairman of the Junge Union (1992-1994) and member of the District Executive of<br />
Junge Union (1994-1996). From 1996 to 1998 he was member at Junge Union Regional Executive for Baden-Württemberg and<br />
Vice-Chairman of Junge Union Südbaden District Executive (1998-2003).<br />
He is an active Member of the CDU Rottweil Executive Committee (since 2001) and was member of the Upper Rhine Region<br />
of the Young Christian Democrats (1999-2003). He is Chairman of the Franco-German Forum e.V., Freiburg (since 1997) and<br />
Member of the Board of Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg.<br />
Andreas Schwab held the British Council Richard von Weizsäcker Scholarship from 1999-2000.<br />
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Valeriu STOICA<br />
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Va d e m e c u m o f t h e s p e a k e r s<br />
Education<br />
Bucharest University – Law Faculty (Romania) 1972 – 1976, Master of Law<br />
Bucharest University – Law Faculty (Romania) 1997, Doctorate, Ph.D. Civil Law<br />
Membership of professional bodies:<br />
Bucharest Bar<br />
Arbitrator – International Court for Commercial Arbitration attached to the Romanian Chamber of Trade and Industry<br />
International Institute of Human Rights, Strasbourg<br />
<strong>European</strong> Commission against Racism and Intolerance – Council of Europe (1994 – 1996)<br />
<strong>European</strong> Commission for Democracy through Law (Venice Commission: 1998 – 2002)<br />
Present position: Founding Partner - STOICA & Asociatii and Coordinatinator of STOICA & Asociatii<br />
Key qualifications: Litigation, International Arbitration, Civil law, Banking law, Bankruptcy law, Security<br />
interests in personal property, Real estate, Commercial and civil contracts, Energy law, Human Rights<br />
Professional experience<br />
1976-1985 - First Instance Court of Bucharest Sector, Judge<br />
1985-1987 - Bucharest Tribunal, Judge<br />
1987 - University of Bucharest, Assistent Professor<br />
since 1987 - University of Bucharest, Professor of Civil Law<br />
1990 - University of Bucharest, Initiated the Human Rights program<br />
1990 - Romania Bar, Admitted<br />
since 1990 - practicing attorney, Bucharest<br />
1991-1993 - Romanian National Institute, Professor and Dean<br />
since 1993 - Romanian Court of Arbitration, Arbitrator<br />
1995 - STOICA & Asociatii Attorneys at Law, Founding Partner<br />
1996-2000 - Ministry of Justice, Minister<br />
Other activities<br />
1996-2003 - Parliament, Chamber of Deputies, Deputy, Member of the Romanian Delegation, Parliamentary Assembly of Council of Europe<br />
2000-2002 - Parliament, Chamber of Deputies, Leader of Liberal Group<br />
2001-2002 - National Liberal Party, President<br />
Other relevant information<br />
Property Rights, the most comprehensive and significant legal book in the civil law field<br />
Contract reziliation, a remarkable civil law book on contract effects regarding its termination by default<br />
Over 60 publications in Romania and abroad – Civil, Commercial, Public, International Private and Human Rights Law, political analysys.<br />
Expert advice in the 2002 reform of the Ukrainian law regarding security interest in personal property (World Bank Project).<br />
Theodor Dumitru STOLOJAN<br />
-Member of the <strong>European</strong> Parliament, Vice-Chair of the Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee<br />
(2009-present)<br />
-Diploma in economics, Academy of Economic Sciences, Bucharest (1966); Doctorate in economics<br />
(1980)<br />
-Ministry of Finance (1972-1989), economist; head of service; assistant director; director; inspectorgeneral<br />
-Minister of Finance (1990)<br />
-President, National Privatisation Agency (1991)<br />
-Prime Minister (1992)<br />
-Economist and senior economist, World Bank (1993-1998)<br />
-Professor, University of Transylvania, Brasov (2002-present)<br />
-President, National Liberal Party (2002-2004)<br />
-President, Liberal Democratic Party (2006-2007)<br />
-First Vice-President, Democratic Liberal Party (2008-2011)<br />
-Member, International Institute of public Finance (1978-present)<br />
-Member, International Institute of public Finance (1978-present)<br />
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Rudolf STROHMEIER<br />
Rudolf Strohmeier studied law and economics in Würzburg and Bonn which he finalised by a thesis<br />
about the <strong>European</strong> Monetary System.<br />
In 1979 he started his career as teaching assistant at the Department of Civil and Commercial<br />
Law at the University of Würzburg but joined in 1980 the Bavarian Liaison Office to the Federal<br />
Government in Bonn.<br />
Following a 2-years detachment to the Development Policy department of the <strong>European</strong> Commission,<br />
he established the Bavarian Information Office in Brussels and became its first Director.<br />
From 1987, he served in the three Cabinets of Regional Policy, later Budget Commissioner Peter Schmidhuber<br />
till 1995 when Agriculture Commissioner Franz Fischler nominated him his Deputy Head of Cabinet.<br />
After becoming Head of Division in DG AGRI in 2000, he joined the Cabinet of Commission President Prof. Romano Prodi in<br />
2003 as Adviser i.a. for Industry, Agriculture and Environment Policies.<br />
Till his nomination as Deputy Director-General in DG RTD early 2010, he served from 2005 as Head of Cabinet of<br />
Telecommunication and Media Commissioner Viviane Reding.<br />
Antonio TAJANI<br />
Antonio TAJANI was born in Rome on 4 August 1953 and is married with 2 children. Classical<br />
studies at the Torquato Tasso secondary school, Rome Degree in Law from La Sapienza University,<br />
Rome. He has lived in Paris, Bologna and Rome. Officer of the Italian Air Force. He completed officer<br />
training at the Florence Air Warfare School (Scuola di Guerra Aerea) and attended a specialisation<br />
course for Air Defence Controller at the Training Technical Centre at Borgo Piave. Assigned to<br />
the Operational Base of the 33 rd<br />
Air Force Radar Centre, he worked as Air Defence Controller and<br />
was Head of the Operations Room monitoring Italian and <strong>European</strong> civil and military air traffic.<br />
Professional journalist and parliamentary journalist Editor of the Italian weekly ‘Il Settimanale.<br />
Presenter for the RAI 1 radio news programme. Head of the Rome editorial office of the Italian daily Il Giornale Special<br />
correspondent in Lebanon, the Soviet Union and Somalia. Together with Silvio Berlusconi, he was one of the signatories of<br />
the founding act of Forza Italia. Spokesman for the President of the Italian Council of Ministers during the first Berlusconi<br />
Government. Elected as member of the <strong>European</strong> Parliament in 1994, 1999 and 2004 with over 120 000 preference votes.<br />
During his 15 years of parliamentary activity he took part in many committees (Foreign Affairs, Constitutional Affairs, at the<br />
time chaired by the President of the Republic Giorgio Napolitano, Transport and Tourism, Fisheries, Security and Defence).<br />
Member of the Convention on the Future of Europe, which drew up the text of the <strong>European</strong> Constitution. Vice-Chair of the<br />
<strong>European</strong> People’s Party, elected at the EPP Congress in Estoril in 2002 and re-elected at the EPP Congress in Rome in 2006.<br />
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Andreas TEGGE<br />
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Dr. Andreas TEGGE is Vice President for EU Government Relations at SAP and heads up SAP’s<br />
EU Representation Office in Brussels. In this capacity he is responsible for managing all relations of<br />
SAP with the <strong>European</strong> Commission, the <strong>European</strong> Parliament and the Council. He also represents<br />
SAP in various <strong>European</strong> Trade Associations and policy platforms such as EICTA, the <strong>European</strong><br />
Internet Foundation, the Business Software Alliance, the <strong>European</strong> Software Association, the<br />
Transatlantic Policy <strong>Network</strong> and the American <strong>European</strong> Community Association.<br />
Within EICTA he is Chairman of the Digital Economy Policy Group and Chairman of<br />
the eGovernment Issue Group. Andreas is also a Member of the Executive Board of the<br />
<strong>European</strong> American Business Community and the Executive Committee of the <strong>European</strong><br />
Software Association. He serves as the rapporteur of the Digital Economy Working Group of the <strong>European</strong> <strong>Ideas</strong> <strong>Network</strong>.<br />
In his previous career at Deutsche Telekom (1991-2005), Andreas had held various senior positions: From 2001 until 2005<br />
he served as Senior Vice President for EU Government Affairs, based in Brussels. From 1997 until 2001 Andreas headed<br />
Deutsche Telekom’s Government Affairs office in Washington, DC.<br />
Andreas Tegge studied at the Universities of Göttingen, Germany and the University of California in San Diego, USA. He<br />
received an MA in Social Science and a PhD in Economics at the University of Göttingen, Germany.<br />
He has published various academic papers on ICT policy issues and is the author of a book on the International<br />
Telecommunications Union.<br />
Dr. Ansgar TIETMEYER<br />
Ansgar Tietmeyer was appointed Delegate of the Management Board for EU Affairs and Head of<br />
Deutsche Bank’s EU Representation in Brussels, in 2005. He represents Deutsche Bank towards the<br />
EU Institutions and is in this capacity member of different associations. He is a Member of the Board<br />
of the <strong>European</strong> Parliamentary Financial Services Forum as well as of the Kangaroo Group, both<br />
of which are related to the <strong>European</strong> Parliament. He is also Chairman of the “Council of Economic<br />
Advisers“ (CDU Wirtschaftsrat) in Brussels.<br />
Before joining Brussels, he held various positions within Deutsche Bank AG, which he joined in<br />
1996 as a Management Trainee. His positions included Financial Analyst, Executive Assistant to the<br />
former Chairman as well as Senior Relationship Manager for the Public Sector. Ansgar Tietmeyer<br />
also served as Head of Business Management Global Banking Division and Senior Banker at Deutsche Bank AG in Paris.<br />
Prior to his professional career at Deutsche Bank, Ansgar Tietmeyer received a PhD in the field of Monetary and Economic<br />
Theory. He served as Research Assistant at the Universities of Bonn and Bochum. Ansgar Tietmeyer studied Economics and<br />
Social Science at the Universities of Münster, Paris, Bonn and Bochum.<br />
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Elena UDREA<br />
Minister Elena Gabriela Udrea was born in Romania in 1973. She graduated in law, administrative and<br />
security studies and began her career as a lawyer in 1997. Her politically career started in 2004 when she<br />
was elected General Counselor of Bucharest and was designated President of the Legal and Discipline<br />
Commission of the Bucharest City Hall. Following the 2004 presidential elections, she was appointed in<br />
2005 State Counselor and Chief of the Presidential Chancellery within the Presidential Administration.<br />
In 2006 she became Executive Secretary of the Democrat Liberal Party and was later on (2010) elected<br />
President of the Bucharest organization and Vice President at national level in 2011 of the same party.<br />
From 2008, she is a member of the Lower Chamber of the Romanian Parliament, elected in Bucharest,<br />
being nominated as Minister of Tourism in 2009 and as minster of Regional Development and Tourism in<br />
2010, position that she is currently holding in the Romanian Government.<br />
Traian UNGUREANU<br />
Born on 1 March 1958, Bucureşti<br />
Vice-Chair<br />
• Delegation to the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly<br />
Member<br />
• Committee on Employment and Social Affairs<br />
• Delegation to the EU-Moldova Parliamentary Cooperation Committee<br />
Substitute<br />
• Committee on Foreign Affairs<br />
• Subcommittee on Human Rights<br />
• Delegation for relations with the countries of the Andean Community<br />
Curriculum vitae<br />
• Faculty of Languages and Literature (Romanian and English studies), University of Bucharest (1983).<br />
• Journalist (1983-1988); Senior producer, BBC World Service (1989-2003); Freelance journalist (2003-present)<br />
• Political and foreign policy analyst (1989-present).<br />
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Jos van GENNIP<br />
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Va d e m e c u m o f t h e s p e a k e r s<br />
Mr van Gennip is currently a member of the Upper House of the Netherlands’ Parliament; Chairman<br />
of the Standing Committee of Foreign Affairs of the Senate; Chairman of the Netherlands’ Chapter of<br />
the Society for International Development; advisor to the Ministry of Economic Affairs for Central and<br />
Eastern Europe; Chairman of the Economic Committee of the NATO Assembly; and a board member<br />
of the Netherlands’ Institute for Multiparty Democracy. He has previously served as President of the<br />
SOCIRES Foundation, Centre for Society and Responsibility; as Executive Director of the Research<br />
and Policy Institute for the Christian Democratic Party; as Deputy Director-General at the Ministry of<br />
Foreign Affairs; as founder and general director of CEBEMO, the Dutch co-financing agency; and as<br />
Chairman of EURONAID, a co-ordinating mechanism of <strong>European</strong> NGOs in the field of food aid and<br />
humanitarian assistance.<br />
Sever VOINESCU-COTOI<br />
Current Position<br />
Member of the Parliament of Romania – Chamber of Deputies (since 2008)<br />
Member of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Chamber of Deputies (since 2008)<br />
Head of the Romanian Delegation to the NATO Parliamentary Assembly (since 2008)<br />
Political affiliation:<br />
Member of the Democratic – Liberal Party of Romania (center-right, conservative)<br />
Political Responsibilities:<br />
Vice-president of the Democratic – Liberal Party (since 2011)<br />
Spokesman for the Democratic – Liberal Party (since 2011)<br />
Education:<br />
Graduate of the School of Law, University of Bucharest, Romania (1992)<br />
Professional/Academic Positions:<br />
1992 – 1995: Lawyer, Prahova County Bar, Romania<br />
1995 – 1997: Lawyer, Bucharest Bar, Romania and partner in the “Moscu & Voinescu” law firm.<br />
1994 – 1995: Visiting Assistant Professor, Romanian-American University in Bucharest, Romania<br />
1995 – 1996: Visiting Assistant Professor, School of Political Sciences at University of Bucharest - Romania.<br />
1995 – 1998: Assistant Professor, Academy of Economic Studies Bucharest - Romania.<br />
1998 – 1999: Visiting Assistant Professor, National School of Political and Administrative Studies Bucharest – Romania.<br />
1997 – 1998: Advisor to the Secretary General of the Government of Romania<br />
1998 – 2000: Secretary General of the Ministry of Foreign Affaires of Romania.<br />
2000 - 2003: Consul General of Romania in Chicago.<br />
2004 - 2008: Coordinator of Foreign Policy and International Relations Program at the Institute for Public Policies, Bucharest.<br />
2008 – present: Member of the Parliament of Romania – Chamber of Deputies<br />
2009 –present: Head of the Romanian Parliamentary Delegation to the NATO Parliamentary Assembly<br />
2009 – 2010: Secretary of the Permanent Bureau of the Chamber of Deputies<br />
Other Positions:<br />
1997 – 1998: Member of the Board of Public Administration at the “Soros Foundation for an Open Society” – Romania.<br />
1999 - 2002: Coordinator of the Law Books Collection of the “Humanitas” Publishing House.<br />
2007 – present: Member of the”Group for Social Dialogue” - Bucharest<br />
2007 – 2008: Member of the Board of the ”Group for Social Dialogue”<br />
2008 – present: Member of the Board of the Institute for Popular Studies (Democratic – Liberal Party’s think-tank)<br />
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Luca VOLONTÈ<br />
Group of the <strong>European</strong> People’s Party<br />
Assembly Member: since 29/09/2008 (Substitute)<br />
MP’s role(s) in Committee(s) and Sub-Committee(s):<br />
Members: Committee on Rules of Procedure, Immunities and Institutional Affairs<br />
Members: Committee on the Honouring of Obligations and Commitments by Member States of the<br />
Council of Europe (Monitoring Committee)<br />
Members: Social, Health and Family Affairs Committee<br />
Members: Sub-Committee on Children<br />
Ross WALKER<br />
Ross WALKER is UK Economist at Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS), formerly NatWest Markets. He<br />
is based in RBS’s corporate and investment banking division in London, which deals principally in<br />
fixed income, currency and derivatives markets, but with some involvement in equities and commodities.<br />
His main responsibilities are analysing and forecasting macroeconomic data and monetary<br />
policy. RBS is a prominent economic forecaster, participating regularly in surveys by the Bank of<br />
England, HM Treasury and private sector polls. Ross appears regularly in the print and broadcast<br />
media and has written for the Institute of Economic Affairs think-tank and The Daily Telegraph<br />
newspaper. Prior to working in the financial sector, Ross was an economic policy researcher in the<br />
UK Conservative Party’s research department (1995-1998), principally covering trade & industry<br />
policy in addition to the transport brief. Over the years, Ross has maintained ties with the <strong>European</strong><br />
political scene, from an internship in the <strong>European</strong> Parliament in summer 1995 through to his ongoing<br />
involvement with the <strong>EIN</strong> where he has served as the rapporteur on Working Group 3 (economic<br />
& monetary affairs) and having participated in all of the <strong>EIN</strong> Summer Universities.<br />
Iuliu WINKLER<br />
Member of Committee on International Trade and Delegation for relations with India.<br />
Substitute of Committee on Regional Development, Special Committee on the Financial, Economic<br />
and Social Crisis, Delegation to the EU-Chile Joint Parliamentary Committee and Delegation to<br />
the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly.<br />
Engineering degree (electronics and telecommunications), ‘Traian Vuia’ Polytechnic Institute, Timişoara,<br />
Faculty of Electronics and Telecommunications (1983-1988); International Republican Institute (USA),<br />
Civic and Political Action Programme (Timişoara) (1995); Entrepreneurship development programme,<br />
Conservatoire des Arts et Métiers, Belfort, France (1997); Postgraduate course in management and<br />
marketing (international economic affairs), Deva Environmental University (1997); Summer School,<br />
Assembly of <strong>European</strong> Regions, Erfurt (Germany) 1998); Postgraduate course in regional marketing,<br />
Business Centre, Szombathely (Hungary) (1998); Degree in finance and insurance, Faculty of Sciences,<br />
University of Petroşani (1998-2001); Diploma, Series XII, National Defence College, Romanian Ministry of Defence (2003).<br />
IAMSAT Bucharest, Hunedoara branch - branch coordinator (1988-1992); Banat-Crişana Private Property Fund I (1993-1998)<br />
- representative on management and administrative organs of private companies in Hunedoara county (1993-1998); Director<br />
of development, S.C. Remontin Construcţii-Montaj S.R.L., Hunedoara (1996-1999); Eximbank Romania, Interministerial<br />
Committee on Finance, Guarantees and Insurance - Vice-President.<br />
Member, Union Representatives’ Council, UDMR (Democratic Union of Magyars of Romania) (2000-present); Chair, UDMR<br />
Hunedoara county branch (2001-present, re-elected in 2003, 2005 and 2007).<br />
Councillor elected on UDMR list, Hunedoara County Council (1996-1999).<br />
Member of the Romanian Parliament (member, Committee on the Budget, Finance and Banking; member, Committee on<br />
<strong>European</strong> Integration (2003-2004); secretary, Committee on the Budget, Finance and Banking (May-December 2004)).<br />
Sub-prefect of Hunedoara county (1999-2000); member of the Romanian government: Minister-Delegate for Trade, Ministry<br />
for the Economy and Trade (December 2004-April 2007); State Secretary, Ministry for SMEs, Trade, Tourism and the Liberal<br />
Professions (April-July 2007); Minister of Communications and Information Technology (August-December 2007).<br />
Awarded the ‘Magyar Köztársasági Érdemrend Középkeresztje’ (Cross of the Republic of Hungary) (2008).<br />
<strong>European</strong> <strong>Ideas</strong> <strong>Network</strong>
<strong>Network</strong> Director :<br />
Guillermo Martinez Casañ<br />
Tel : 00 322 283 1456<br />
Fax: 00 322 283 1257<br />
Email : guillermo.martinezcasan@europarl.europa.eu<br />
<strong>EIN</strong> Coordinator:<br />
Gabriella Tassinari<br />
Tel: 00 322 284 2234<br />
Fax: 00 322 284 9879<br />
Email: gabriella.tassinari@europarl.europa.eu<br />
<strong>EIN</strong> Assistant:<br />
Michael Valbuena<br />
Tel: 00 322 283 4108<br />
Email: michael.valbuena@europarl.europa.eu<br />
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The <strong>European</strong> <strong>Ideas</strong> <strong>Network</strong> is a pan-<strong>European</strong> policy framework designed to promote new thinking on the key challenges facing the countries<br />
of the <strong>European</strong> Union. Sponsored by the EPP Group, the largest political group in the <strong>European</strong> Parliament, the network was launched in the<br />
summer of 2002 and has rapidly emerged as an important meeting-point and intellectual crossroads for the centre-right in <strong>European</strong> politics.<br />
The <strong>EIN</strong> brings together politicians, businessmen, academics, policy advisers, members of think tanks, journalists and representatives of<br />
civil society who share a common outlook Europe-wide, as well as non-party experts and commentators interested in the public policy issues<br />
being addressed. The network offers a unique forum in which to develop innovative ideas about the policy challenges facing Europe<br />
in the years ahead and to evolve practical solutions to help to address them.<br />
NETWORK ACTIVITIES<br />
The <strong>EIN</strong> operates through ten working groups on broad policy questions and a large annual conference - the <strong>EIN</strong> Summer University - normally<br />
held each September. The <strong>EIN</strong> allows participants to discuss major issues in private in a relaxed, informal setting. Keynote speakers at<br />
recent Summer Universities have included José María Aznar, Edouard Balladur, José Manuel Barroso, Silvio Berlusconi, Sali Berisha, Carl<br />
Bildt, Jerzy Buzeck, François Fillon, Francis Fukuyama, Wilfried Martens, Angela Merkel, Chris Patten, Hans-Gert Poettering...<br />
The <strong>EIN</strong> is publishing weekly political briefings - Food for Thought - for the EPP MEPs based on seminar discussions, meetings and<br />
contributions by members of the <strong>EIN</strong>. Recent Food for Thought issues include:<br />
- Europe 2020 Strategy: lacking sense of urgency<br />
- Structural reforms in Europe: time to restart<br />
- The balance of payments crisis in the Mediterranean countries of the EU<br />
- Europe stabilization package: is it convincing?<br />
- The future of the Single Market: from concept to implementation<br />
- <strong>European</strong> economic governance: ending the creative ideas fair<br />
- Millennium development goals: being serious about them<br />
- NATO’s new strategic concept and the EU<br />
The <strong>EIN</strong> is publishing a monthly newsletter, the <strong>EIN</strong> Newsletter in which summaries of discussions and many presentations given at <strong>EIN</strong><br />
meetings are to be found. Those documents are also made available to a wider audience on the new <strong>EIN</strong> website: www.ein.eu<br />
Published by : EPP Group in the <strong>European</strong> Parliament<br />
Group of the <strong>European</strong> People’s Party (Christian Democrats)<br />
in the <strong>European</strong> Parliament<br />
Editors : Guillermo Martínez Casáñ, <strong>Network</strong> Director of <strong>EIN</strong><br />
Publication date : September 2011<br />
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