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Jos van GENNIP
European Ideas Network
Va d e m e c u m o f t h e s p e a k e r s
Mr van Gennip is currently a member of the Upper House of the Netherlands’ Parliament; Chairman
of the Standing Committee of Foreign Affairs of the Senate; Chairman of the Netherlands’ Chapter of
the Society for International Development; advisor to the Ministry of Economic Affairs for Central and
Eastern Europe; Chairman of the Economic Committee of the NATO Assembly; and a board member
of the Netherlands’ Institute for Multiparty Democracy. He has previously served as President of the
SOCIRES Foundation, Centre for Society and Responsibility; as Executive Director of the Research
and Policy Institute for the Christian Democratic Party; as Deputy Director-General at the Ministry of
Foreign Affairs; as founder and general director of CEBEMO, the Dutch co-financing agency; and as
Chairman of EURONAID, a co-ordinating mechanism of European NGOs in the field of food aid and
humanitarian assistance.
Sever VOINESCU-COTOI
Current Position
Member of the Parliament of Romania – Chamber of Deputies (since 2008)
Member of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Chamber of Deputies (since 2008)
Head of the Romanian Delegation to the NATO Parliamentary Assembly (since 2008)
Political affiliation:
Member of the Democratic – Liberal Party of Romania (center-right, conservative)
Political Responsibilities:
Vice-president of the Democratic – Liberal Party (since 2011)
Spokesman for the Democratic – Liberal Party (since 2011)
Education:
Graduate of the School of Law, University of Bucharest, Romania (1992)
Professional/Academic Positions:
1992 – 1995: Lawyer, Prahova County Bar, Romania
1995 – 1997: Lawyer, Bucharest Bar, Romania and partner in the “Moscu & Voinescu” law firm.
1994 – 1995: Visiting Assistant Professor, Romanian-American University in Bucharest, Romania
1995 – 1996: Visiting Assistant Professor, School of Political Sciences at University of Bucharest - Romania.
1995 – 1998: Assistant Professor, Academy of Economic Studies Bucharest - Romania.
1998 – 1999: Visiting Assistant Professor, National School of Political and Administrative Studies Bucharest – Romania.
1997 – 1998: Advisor to the Secretary General of the Government of Romania
1998 – 2000: Secretary General of the Ministry of Foreign Affaires of Romania.
2000 - 2003: Consul General of Romania in Chicago.
2004 - 2008: Coordinator of Foreign Policy and International Relations Program at the Institute for Public Policies, Bucharest.
2008 – present: Member of the Parliament of Romania – Chamber of Deputies
2009 –present: Head of the Romanian Parliamentary Delegation to the NATO Parliamentary Assembly
2009 – 2010: Secretary of the Permanent Bureau of the Chamber of Deputies
Other Positions:
1997 – 1998: Member of the Board of Public Administration at the “Soros Foundation for an Open Society” – Romania.
1999 - 2002: Coordinator of the Law Books Collection of the “Humanitas” Publishing House.
2007 – present: Member of the”Group for Social Dialogue” - Bucharest
2007 – 2008: Member of the Board of the ”Group for Social Dialogue”
2008 – present: Member of the Board of the Institute for Popular Studies (Democratic – Liberal Party’s think-tank)
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