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EIN SUMMER UNIVERSITYA Centre Right Answer to the Economic and

Social Crisis : a Project for Europe

22 - 24 September 2011

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Roberta Alma ANASTASE

Speaker of the Chamber of DeputiesOn December 19th, 2008, Roberta Anastase was elected Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies. She is the first woman to hold the office in the history of Romania. Prior to being elected, Ms. Anastase was a Member of Parliament, representing her home county of Prahova in the Chamber of Deputies. From 2005 to 2008, she was an observer, and then a Member of the European Parliament, affiliated with the European People’s Party – European Democrats Group. In November of 2008, under a new voting system, she was reelected as the first representative of the 11th electoral district of Prahova (Ploiesti-Vest) to the Chamber of Deputies. Ms. Anastase was born in Ploieşti on March 27th, 1976. A sociologist by training, she pursued

post-graduate studies in Political Science and European Studies. Throughout her time as an MP and an MEP, Ms. Anastase has supported justice reform, women’s rights and equal opportunities. She was also European Parliament Rapporteur for the Black Sea Synergy and maintains a keen interest in foreign and regional affairs.

Bogdan Lucian AURESCU

A career diplomat, Bogdan Aurescu was appointed Secretary of State for Strategic Affairs in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on 4 February 2009. Since August 2010, he is Secretary of State for European Affairs; he also coordinates the Security Policies Directorate. He joined the Ministry in 1996, starting his activity within the Legal and Treaties Directorate, as desk officer. Between 1998 and 2003 he was successively counsellor within the Minister’s Cabinet, deputy director of the Legal and Treaties Directorate, director of the Minister’s Cabinet, director of the Legal and Treaties/Interna-tional Law and Treaties Directorate, director general of the General Department for Legal Affairs. Between 2003 and 2004 he was Under-Secretary of State within the Ministry – Government Agent for the European Court of Human Rights, and between 2004 and 2005 Secretary of State for European Af-fairs. Since September 2004, Bogdan Aurescu was the Romanian Agent before the International Court of Justice, coordinating – all along the procedures – the activity of the team which represented Romania in

the case against Ukraine before the International Court of Justice on Maritime Delimitation in the Black Sea, finalized on 3 February 2009. Currently, he has the diplomatic rank of minister-counsellor. He is a member of the Permanent Court of Arbitration (The Hague), substitute member of the European Commission for Democracy through Law (Venice Commission) of the Council of Europe, alternate representative of Romania to the Danube Commission and 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 of the International Law Section of the Association of International Law and International Relations of the Romanian Branch of the International Law Association (London), editor-in-chief of the Romanian Journal of International Law and member of the Editorial Board of the „Judicial Courier”.


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Toshihiro BANNAI

Director, International Affairs OfficeNuclear and Industrial Safety Agency (NISA) Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI)　Work Experience1998.6 Nuclear Power Administration Expert for Ohi and Takahama Sites, Agency for Natural Resources and Energy (ANRE)1999.9 Deputy Director, Nuclear Power Administration Division, ANRE2001.1 Deputy Director, Nuclear Power Inspection Division, NISA2002.7 Deputy Director, Policy Planning and Coordination Division, NISA2003.4 Deputy Director, Regulatory Guides and Review Division, Nuclear Safety Commission (NSC)

2005.6 Waste Safety Specialist, Department of Nuclear Safety and Security, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)2008.6 Deputy Director, Environmental Protection Guidance Office, Industrial Science and Technology Policy and Environment Bureau, METI2010.7 Present PositionEducationMaster of Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, the University of TokyoMaster of Science, Department of Nuclear Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

Dr Teodor BACONSCHI

Minister of Foreign Affairs of RomaniaDr Teodor Baconschi was appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs on 23 December 2009. He is first vice-president of the Liberal Democratic Party (PDL) and the president of the Christian Democratic Foundation.He served as Romania’s ambassador to Paris (2007-2009), Lisbon (2002-2004), and the Holy See (1997-2001).Between 2006-2007, he was an adviser to the President of Romania. Prior to his diplomatic career, Dr Baconschi had worked as an editor for various publishing houses, and at the Romanian State Television. He holds a PhD from the University of Paris-Sorbonne (1994). In 1996 he was a postdoctoral

fellow of the New Europe College, Bucharest.Teodor Baconschi published eleven single-authored books of studies and essays in French and Romanian. He is fluent in English, French, and Italian. He is a Commander of the Légion d’Honneur, Officer of the National “Faithful Service” (Romania), Grand Officer of the “Star of Italian Solidarity”, Grand Officer of the National Merit Order (Portugal), and holds the Grand Cross of the Equestrial Pius IX Order (The Holy See).Teodor Baconschi was born in Bucharest on 14 February 1963. He is married to Marina, a journalist, and has two children, Irina and Ștefan.


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Jacques BARROT

Jacques BARROT was born in 1937 at Yssingeaux (France). After obtaining his degree from the Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris, he became Member for Haute-Loire from 1967 to 2004, representing the 1st district of Le Puy-Yssingeaux. In 1974 Jacques Barrot was nominated State Secretary for Housing until 1978, and in 1976 he became Member of the Auvergne Regional Council until 1986. Jacques Barrot is Chairman of the Haute-Loire Departmental Council from 1976 to 2004. From 1978 to 1979, Barrot was Minister for Trade and Craft Industries, and from 1979 to 1981 Minister for Health and Social Security. His political carreer led Barrot to become General Secretary of the Centre des Démocrates Sociaux from 1983 to 1991. Jacques Barrot became Chairman of the National Assembly Committee on Cultural, Family and

Social Affairs from 1986 to 1988. At the local elections of 1989 Jacques Barrot became Mayor of Yssingeaux until 2001. From 1991 to 1993, he was Chairman of the Centre Union Group in the National Assembly. From 1993 to 1995, Barrot was Chairman of the Finance Committee and First Vice-Chairman of the UDF Group in the National Assembly. In 1995, Barrot was Minister for Labour, the Social Dialogue and Participation and then Minister for Labour and Social Affairs until 1997. From 2002 to 2004, Barrot was Chairman of the UMP (Union pour un Mouvement Populaire) Group in the National Assembly. At the European level, Jacques Barrot became Member of the European Commission for Regional Policy in 2004 than Vice-president of the European Commission in charge of Transport until 2008. Jacques Barrot has been Vice-president of the European Commission in charge of Justice Freedom and Security since May 2008.

Sulfina BARBU

Minister of Labour, Family and Social ProtectionMrs. Sulfina Barbu is a engineer geologist. She is specialized in administration and environmental protection in the country and abroad.She worked as Deputy Director of the Environmental Protection Department in City Hall.During 2005 - 2007 was Minister of Environment and Water, while Romania was running the EU accession process and under her mandate our country eliminated successfully the red flags of Chapter 9 Environment.She is currently Chairwoman of the Committee for Public Administration, Territorial Planning and Eco-logical Balance, in the Chamber of Deputies.Member of the Democratic Liberal Party since 1997, Mrs. Barbu is a part of the National Bureau of PDL, president of PDL women’s organization and also Vice President of the Women Organization of European People’s Party.


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Prof. B. B. BHATTACHARYA

Professor B.B.Bhattacharya is currently the Vice-Chancellor of Jawaharlal Nehru University. Prior to that he was Director (2001-2005) and Professor (1981 onwards) at the Institute of Economic Growth, Delhi. He passed M.A. in Economics from the University of Allahabad in 1966 with first position in the order of Merit and obtained Ph.D. in Economics from Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi in 1971. He was UNESCO Fellow at Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw in 1974 and Ford Foundation post doctoral fellow at the University of California, Berkeley in 1980-81. He specializes in macro economics, monetary economics, public finance, planning and development and international finance. He is India’s leading expert on economic modelling and forecasting and his forecasting on the Indian economy are frequently quoted by print and

electronic media as well as used by Government of India, Planning Commission, Reserve Bank of India and World Bank. He has published so far 10 books and more than 100 technical papers in various national and international journals. Professor Bhattacharya has held many important positions in learned societies and institutions. He is currently President of the Indian Economic Association (2007-2008) and also President of the Indian Association for Research on National Income and Wealth (2002 – 2010; two terms). Earlier he was the President of the Indian Econometric Society (2003 – 2004). He is the Chief Editor of the Journal of Income and Wealth and member of the Editorial Boards of many other technical journals in Economics. He is currently adjunct professor in the Centre for International Trade and Development in JNU. Dr. Bhattacharya has served as Chairman / Member of many important Government committees and commissions. At present he is Chairman of the International Comparison Project of the Government of India and also National Sample Survey 62nd Round of the Central Statistical Organisation, Govt. of India. He is the Member of the Supervisory Board of Foundation for Innovation Politique in Paris. He is a recipient of Amity Life Time Academic Achievement Award in 2007 and also awarded Ambassador of Peace by Universal Peace Foundation.

Traian BĂSESCU

Education:• 1976 - graduated the Institute of Civil Marine “Mircea cel Batran”, Faculty of

Navigation, Commercial Section• 1995 - graduated the Advanced Management Courses in Maritime Transport Industry, Norwegian

Shipping AcademyProfessional Activity:• 1976-1981 - Marine Officer grades III, II and I, on large tonnage ships at NAVROM Constanta• 1981-1987 - Merchant Navy Captain, Commander of ships: ARGES, CRISANA and

BIRUINTA- Flagship of the Romanian Commercial Fleet• 1987-1989 – Head of Navrom Agency in Antwerp, Belgium• 1989-1990 - General Director of the State Inspectorate for the Civil Navigation, Ministry of Transportation

• 1990-1991 - Under State Secretary, Head of the Naval Transportation department in the Ministry of Transportation• 1991-1992 - Minister of Transportation • 1992-1996 - Member of the Chamber of Deputies, Romanian Parliament• 1996-2000 - Minister of transports in the V. Ciorbea, R. Vasile and M. Isarescu governments• 2000 - December 2004 - General Mayor of Bucharest• 2004 - Present- President of RomaniaPolitical activity:• 1991-1992 - Minister of Transport in Roman and Stolojan Governments• 1992-1996 - Member of the Chamber of Deputies (PD - Democratic Party), Vice-President of the Chamber of Deputies

Commission for Industry and Services• 1996 – After resigning from Parliament and renouncing his parliamentary immunity – Director - Coordinator of the

electoral campaign of Petre Roman, presidential candidate• 1996-2000 - Member of the Chamber of Deputies, representing the Vaslui county; Minister of Transportation in Victor

Ciorbea, Radu Vasile and Mugur Isarescu Governments• 2000-2001 - President of Bucharest Organization of the Democratic Party• May 2001 - 18 December 2004 - President of the Democratic Party (PD)• 2003 - 18 December 2004 - Co-President of D.A. (Justice and Truth) Alliance


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Paul BLUSTEIN

Paul Blustein is an economic journalist and author. A resident of Kamakura, Japan, where he moved in 2010, he is a Non-Resident Fellow in the Global Economy and Development Program at the Brookings Institution, and Senior Visiting Fellow at the Centre for International Governance Innovation.After graduating from the University of Wisconsin, Blustein attended Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar, receiving an MA in Philosophy, Politics and Economics. He spent much of his career as a reporter for the Washington Post, including five years as a correspondent in Tokyo, and before that he worked at the Wall Street Journal and Forbes Magazine. Among the prizes he has won for his work is the Gerald Loeb Award, which recognizes distinguished business and economic journalism.In his books Blustein has specialized in writing behind-the-scenes narratives about international economic institutions such as the IMF and the WTO. His first book, The Chastening, chronicled the

financial crises that struck countries such as Thailand, Indonesia, South Korea, Russia and Brazil in the late 1990’s; his second, And the Money Kept Rolling In (and Out), was about the Argentine crisis of 2000-2002; and his most recent book, Misadventures of the Most Favored Nations, is an account of how the lofty hopes for global trade talks have ended in disappointment. He is currently working on a book about the international aspects of the global financial crisis.

Anca BOAGIU

September 2010 - Minister of Transport and InfrastructureDecember 2008-September 2010 Vice-president of the Romanian SenateDeputy Chairperson of the Commission for European AffairsChairperson of the Romanian Parliamentary Friendship Group with GermanyMember of the Senate’s Education CommissionAugust 2005 - April 2007 Minister of European IntegrationDecember 2004 –November 2008 Member of the Chamber of Deputies, Bucharest constituency;Deputy Chairperson of the Commission for European Integration (until May 2006)Secretary of the Commission for Industries and Services (until October 2005)Member of the Romanian Parliamentary Friendship Group with Germany;

Member of the Parliamentary Friendship Group with Italy;Member of the Romania – European Union Joint Parliamentary Committee;Member of the European Parliamentary Network; Member of the Commission for European Integration;December 2000 - November 2004 Member of the Chamber of Deputies, Bucharest Constituency;Deputy Chairperson of the Commission for European Integration Secretary of the Commission for European Integration Coordinator of the Equal Opportunities Subcommittee Member of the Commission for Industry and Services;Member of the Parliamentary Friendship Group with Tunisia;Representative of the Democratic Party in the European Parliament Working Group on the Stability Pact; Member of the Romania - European Union Joint Parliamentary Committee;Member of the European Parliamentary NetworkMember of the Bureau of the European Parliamentary Gender NetworkJun-December 2000 Minister of TransportMay 1999 – June 2000Director – Administrator of externally financed projects - Project Management Unit for Economic Reform. Director - Enterprise Restructuring and Employment Conversion Program (RICOP)Administrator of Externally Funded Projects – Ministry of Transport May 1997 – May 1999 Purchasing Expert for PHARE Program - Ministry of Transport Expert (Contracts Department) - National Administration of Roads, Department of Externally Financed Programs. July 1995-January 1996 Construction Site Supervisor December 1994-June 1995 Assistant to the Director General


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Emil BOC

PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUNDCurrent office: Prime Minister of Romania (as of December 2008)Reader PhD (as of 2000)Faculty of Political Sciences and Public Administration, “Babeş-Bolyai” University, Cluj-Napoca;Faculty of Law, “Babeş-Bolyai” University, Cluj-Napoca;Lawyer – Cluj Bar, 1996-2001

Former offices:1991 - 1993, Teacher, “Gheorghe Lazăr” Pedagogical High – School Cluj-Napoca;1993 - 1994, Junior Teaching Assistant, Department of Contemporary History and political sciences;1994 - 1997, Teaching Assistant - Faculty of Political and Administrative Sciences;

Taught Lectures:Constitutional law and political institutions (Faculty of Law, “Babeş-Bolyai” University)Romanian Political System (Faculty of Political Sciences, “Babeş-Bolyai” University)Public Freedoms in Romania (Faculty of Political Sciences, “Babeş-Bolyai” University) EDUCATION2000, PhD in political sciences and political philosophy, Babeş-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca;1991, Faculty of History and Philosophy1995, Faculty of LawPhD student in constitutional law and political institutions;Member of the American Association of Political Sciences since 1994, and of the Romanian Society of Political Sciences since1999;POLITICAL CAREERAs of December 22nd, 2008, Prime Minister of Romania;As of December 2007, President of the Democratic Liberal Party;December 2004 - December 2007, President of Democratic Party (PD);2003 - 2004, Executive President of the Democratic Party;2004 - 2009, Mayor of Cluj-Napoca Municipality;2003, Vice Chair of the Committee in charge of the revision of Romania’s Constitution;2003 - 2004, Leader of PD Parliamentary Group, Chamber of Deputies;2001 - 2004, Vice Chair of the Legal Committee, Chamber of Deputies;2000 - 2004, Member of the Chamber of Deputies;2000 - 2004, President of BPJ Cluj (County Standing Bureau);TRAINING STAGES AND SCHOLARSHIPS ABROAD - January - July 1992, scholarship in socio- psychological sciences at the University of Nottingham, UK;- February 1994 - June 1994, visiting scholar of political sciences and public administration, University of Pittsburgh, USA;- January - April 1996, Visiting scholar of political sciences and public administration, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, USA;- February - March 1997, Tempus scholarship at the Universite Libre de Bruxelles- February - March 1998 - visiting scholar at Michigan State University, East Lancing, within “Michigan Political Leadership “/ “Transylvania Political Leadership” Programs;- April - May 1999, Tempus scholarship at the Universite Libre de Bruxelles.FOREIGN LANGUAGESEnglish and FrenchParticipant in various scientific programmes, author of various works published in Romania and abroad, participant in numerous national and especially international conferences.


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Hans Peter BURGHOF

1984 – 1988 : Apprenticeship and professional experience at the Sparkasse Neuwied1988 – 1993 : Studies of Economics at the University of Bonn1993 – 2002 : Research associate/assistant at the Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich, dissertation and habilitation2002 – 2003 : Interim Professor at the University of MainzSince 2003 : University professor, chair of the Banking and Finance Department at the University of Hohenheim, chief executive of the Stiftung KreditwirtschaftSince 2008 : Prorector for Internationalization und Economic Contacts at the University of Hohenheim

Member of the Stock Exchange Council for the stock exchange - StuttgartAcademic director of the Hohenheim Management School – a cooperation project between HEC Paris

and the University of Hohenheim, an „International Executive MBA Program“Furthermore, Prof. Dr. Burghof has been releasing national as well as international publications.

Simon BUSUTTIL

Born on 21 March 1969, AttardMember:• Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs• Committee on Petitions• Delegation for relations with Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro and

KosovoSubstitute:• Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection• Delegation for relations with Switzerland, Iceland and Norway and to the European

Economic Area (EEA) Joint Parliamentary Committee• Delegation to the Euro-Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly

Curriculum vitae:• Doctor of Laws, University of Malta (1993). MA in European Studies, University of Sussex, UK (1994). Magister Juris

in International Law, University of Malta (1995). Partner, Ganado Sammut Advocates (1997- ). Founding Director of Europa Research and Consultancy Services Ltd (1995- ). Visiting lecturer at the Department of European and Comparative Law (Faculty of Law) and the European Documentation and Research Centre at the University of Malta (1997-2004). Adviser on EU Affairs to the Minister of Foreign Affairs; the Minister of Education; the Minister for the Environment (1996-2004). Head, Malta-EU Information Centre (responsible for the Maltese Government’s EU communications strategy ahead of the EU referendum) (1999-2003). Member of Malta’s Core Negotiating Group for EU accession negotiations (1999-2003).

• PN executive committee member (2004).• Appointed Member of the National Order of Merit of Malta by the President of the Republic for service rendered to

the country (2003). Winner of The Outstanding Young Person Award of the Junior Chamber (Malta) (2004).


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Jerzy BUZEK

HD Jerzy Buzek was born on 3 July 1940 in Śmiłowice, a town in south-eastern Silesia which is now in the Czech Republic.

President of the European ParliamentJerzy Buzek’s personality and skills, combined with his professional approach to politics honed in the Polish Government and in opposition, led to his election to the office of President of the European Parliament on 14 July 2009. He obtained 555 of the 644 votes cast: the biggest majority of any EP President since the first direct elections in 1979. He is the first President to hail from one of the EU’s new Member States.

During his mandate, he has presided over the transition from the Nice to the Lisbon Treaty, playing a key-role in the finalisation of the ratification process. He has also been very active on the energy front, launching together with Jacques Delors the initiative of a European Energy Community aimed at strengthening legal

certainty and energy cooperation within and outside the EU.

Best Polish MEPIn 2004 Jerzy Buzek was elected to the European Parliament with the largest majority in Poland. His commitment and skills have been recognised on many occasions. He was named ‘MEP of the Year 2006’ in the research and technology category - a title awarded by The Parliament Magazine published in Brussels. He was also awarded the Polish engineers’ Biały Węgiel award in 2006. He was ‘Best Polish MEP’ in 2008, according to the rankings compiled by Wprost magazine and the Rzeczpospolita newspaper. In the last European Parliament elections he won almost 400 000 votes in Silesia, thus recording the best election result in Poland for the second time in succession.

Polish Prime MinisterFrom 1997 to 2001, Jerzy Buzek has been Prime Minister of Poland, introducing sweeping reforms in pensions, healthcare, local and regional administration, education and the mining sectors. During his government Poland acceded to NATO and made key-steps towards EU membership. In 1998, alongside the Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, he took part in the March of the Living from Auschwitz to the gates of Birkenau. He was the first Polish Prime Minister to do so, thus providing a boost to the development of this extremely important initiative.

ScientistIn 1963 Jerzy Buzek graduated from the Mechanics-and-Energy Division of the Silesian University of Technology, specialising in chemical engineering.

During the following decade he began research in the field of environmental protection. He was a highly regarded lecturer at the Silesian University of Technology in Gliwice, and later at the Opole University of Technology.

Solidarność activistIn September 1980 Jerzy Buzek became a member of Solidarność and was appointed Chair of the Works Committee. In summer 1981 he became a delegate to the First National Congress of Delegates of Solidarność. He became an increasingly important member of the movement. He chaired the fourth, fifth and sixth National Congresses. Having avoided internment on 13 December 1981, he continued his political activities in the underground movement. He published ‘S’, an illegal underground pamphlet, the first issue of which appeared in January 1982.

Community activist and educationalistAt the end of the 1990s he established the annual Pro Publico Bono prize for the best civic initiatives in Poland. Between 2002 and 2004 he was vice-rector of the science faculty at Polonia University in Częstochowa. He also founded the Polonia School of Diplomacy and the Family Foundation.


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Dacian CIOLOŞ

Member of the European Commission responsible for Agriculture and Rural Development Political careerJuly 2009 - January 2010: Head of the Presidential Commission on Agricultural Development Public Policy of Romania 2007: Undersecretary of State for European Affairs with the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural DevelopmentProfessional career2005 – 2007: Adviser to Romania’s Agriculture Minister and Spokesman of Romania in the Special Committee on Agriculture of the EU Council2002 – 2003: Task Manager SAPARD, Delegation of the European Commission to Romania

1999 – 2001: Coordinator of bilateral cooperation projects for the local agricultural development in Romania 1998 -1999: Manager of the Rural Local Development Project in the County of Arges, RomaniaMarch -July 1997: Stagiaire, DG Agriculture and Rural Development of the European Commission 1995: Consultant for Socio-Economic Analysis for Agricultural and Rural Development Project in the County of Arges, Romania Since 2000: Member of the “Groupe de Bruges”: Independent think tank on European Agriculture and Rural Development Other activitiesSince 2000: Member of the “Groupe de Bruges”: Independent think tank on European Agriculture and Rural DevelopmentSince 1995: Founding Member of the Professional Association “Agroecologia”1995: Students Union Representative in the Senate of the University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine of Cluj-Napoca2008: Publication “A Competitive European Agriculture Designed for the Citizens – Romanian Perspective”2004: Publication “Les déterminants de l’institutionnalisation des organisations professionnelles agricoles en Roumanie”EducationOctober 2005: Certificate in Agricultural Trade Course, World Bank Institute and the University of Rome 3 1997: DEA - Diplôme d’Etudes Approfondies - in Agricultural Development Economics, École nationale supérieure agronomique and University of Montpellier 1 1996: Certificat d’Etudes Supérieures Spécialisées in Environmental Agronomy, École nationale supérieure agronomique de Rennes

Laurent COHEN-TANUGI

Laurent Cohen-Tanugi is a Paris-based international corporate lawyer, policy adviser and public intellectual. A member of the Paris and New York Bars, he specializes in cross-border mergers and acquisitions and international arbitration. He is among the registered arbitrators of the French National Committee of the ICC International Court of Arbitration.In 2008, he was appointed by the French government to lead a task force on the future of the European Union’s Lisbon Strategy, ahead of the French presidency of the EU, which resulted in a report published in English under the title “Beyond Lisbon: A European Strategy for Globalisation”(Peter Lang - www.euroworld2015.eu). Prior to setting up his own practice, he was a partner of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP (2005-2007), Senior Vice President and General Counsel of Sanofi-Synthélabo, a European

pharmaceutical group (2004), and a partner of Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton (1991-2003).A graduate of the Ecole Normale Supérieure, Sciences Po, and the Harvard Law School, Laurent Cohen-Tanugi is the author of numerous policy-oriented books, dealing with the rule of law, European affairs, transatlantic relations and globalization, including An Alliance at Risk (Johns Hopkins, 2003), The Shape of The World to Come (Columbia, 2008), also published in China, and more recently Quand l’Europe s’éveillera (Grasset, 2011). He is a regular columnist in French newspapers Les Echos and Le Monde, a member of the French Academy of Technologies, and sits on the boards of several international think-tanks, including Jacques Delors’ Notre Europe. He recently advised the Polish government on the preparation of Poland’s EU presidency.


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Fabio COLASANTI

Senior Advisor of the European Policy Centre and President of the International Institute of Communications (London, UK), Fabio Colasanti, born in 1946, was previously a Director General in the European Commission for over ten years. He headed first the department called “Enterprise” from January 2000 to June 2002 and, from July 2002 to March 2010, was in charge of the department for “Information Society and Media”. This department is responsible for developing and overseeing European regulatory policies for electronic communications and for the audiovisual sector, as well as promoting a faster take up of Information and Communication Technologies throughout the European Union.Prior to this appointment, he was a Director in the European Commission’s “Budget” department, with

responsibility for the “Resources” Directorate. From 1988 to the end of 1995, Mr Colasanti served successively as Head of the “Economic Forecasts” and “Macro-economic policy analysis” units of the Commission’s department for Economic and Financial Affairs. From 1985 to the end of 1987, Mr. Colasanti was a member of the Commission’s Spokesman’s Group with responsibility for economic and monetary affairs, regional policy, credit and investment, small and medium-sized enterprises (the portfolios of Commissioners Alois Pfeiffer and Abel Matutes).From October 1977 to 1984, Mr Colasanti worked as an economist in the Commission’s department for Economic and Financial Affairs (budgetary policies, monitoring of the Italian economy, short-term forecasts, European Monetary System and the Ecu).Mr Colasanti holds diplomas in economics from the University of Rome and the College of Europe in Bruges. An Italian national, he works regularly in English and French, is fluent in German and Spanish and speaks some Greek.

Prof. Francisco CONTRERAS

Professor of Philosophy of Law at the University of Sevilla (Spain).Author of the following books: Derechos sociales: Teoría e ideología (1994); Defensa del Estado social (1996); A propósito de Kant: Estudios conmemorativos en el bicentenario de su muerte (2003; co-edited with Fernando Llano); La filosofía de la Historia de Johann G. Herder (2004); Savigny y el historicismo jurídico (2005); Tribunal de la razón: El pensamiento jurídico de Kant (2005); Kant y la guerra: Una revisión de “La paz perpetua” desde las preguntas actuales (2007); Cristianismo y nueva izquierda (2011; co-written with Diego Poole).Winner of the Award “Premio Legaz Lacambra de Pensamiento Jurídico” (1999).


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Juan Jose DABOUB

Juan José DABOUB, Ph.D., joined the World Bank in June 2006. He is the Managing Director who is responsible for the Bank’s operations in 74 countries (in Latin America and the Caribbean, East Asia and the Pacifi c, and the Middle East and North Africa). In addition, Juan oversees other administrative vice-presidencies and functions, including the InformationSystems Group (ISG) and the Department of Institutional Integrity (INT). Prior to joining the Bank Group, Juan served concurrently as El Salvador’s Minister of Finance and Chief of Staff to the President. In this capacity, he helped to navigate his native country through several regional economic challenges – securing and sustaining El Salvador’s investment grade rating, dollarizing the economy, and completing

a Free Trade Agreement with the United States. During this period, he also oversaw the reconstruction of El Salvador after the two earthquakes in 2001. Juan distinguished himself in both the public and private sectors, as well as in academia.He led family-owned businesses for nearly a decade before joining the Board of CEL, El named President of ANTEL, the state-owned telecommunications company, which he re-structured and privatized through a competitive process. He served in three different governments over twelve years, and then returned to the private sector.In 2004, he joined former President Flores of El Salvador in forming the America Libre Institute, where he worked in several projects implementing proven public policies that had been successfully deployed throughout Latin America. Juan holds a BS, MS and PhD in Industrial Engineering from North Carolina State University. He was born into a closely-knit Arabic Family, raised in El Salvador, and educated in the United States. He is married with four children.

Joseph DAUL

Joseph DAUL was born on 13 April 1947 in Strasbourg (France). Having studied agriculture at the Ecole d’Agriculture, he graduated from the Institut des Hautes Etudes de la Défense Nationale in Paris in 1981. Joseph Daul became active in the agricultural professional organisations, through the Centre National des Jeunes Agriculteurs, a highly-developed network at local, regional, national and European level. Thus, in 1976 he was appointed national Vice-Chairman of the CNJA with responsibility for European affairs. Between 1989 and 2002 he was Mayor of Pfettisheim. In 1999, after having been elected in the European Parliament, he naturally joined the EPP Group since it represented his most deeply held European convictions which had always guided his political work. He became a very

active member of the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development, being appointed its chairman in January 2002. In 2002, Joseph Daul was appointed chairman of the Conference of Committee Chairmen. In January 2007, he was elected Chairman of the EPP-ED Group. He remains member of the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development and substitute member of the Committee on International Trade and of the Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly. He is also chairman of the European Parliamentary Association, which has its seat in Strasbourg and allows Members of the European Parliament to establish contacts in academic, economic and cultural circles.


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Pierre DEFRAIGNE

Pierre Defraigne is Executive Director of the Madariaga - College of Europe Foundation since April 2008. An economist and European civil servant from 1970 to 2005, he retired as Deputy Director-General in DG Trade in March 2005 after having been Head of Cabinet for Pascal Lamy, European Commissioner for Trade (1999-2002). Previously, he was Director for North-South Relations, and Head of Cabinet for Etienne Davignon, Vice-President of the European Commission (1977-1983). He has set up the Brussels branch of the French Institute for International Relations (Eur-Ifri), which he managed from 2005 to 2008. Pierre Defraigne is a lecturer in economics at the College of Europe (Bruges) and at the Institute

for European Studies (UCL and FUSL). He is also a visiting professor at Zhejiang University (China). His interests focus on international economic policies, political economy and relations with developing countries.

Pilar del CASTILLO VERA

Pilar del CASTILLO VERA, Group of the European People’s Party (Christian Democrats)Member of the Bureau Member of the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy Substitute on the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs

Curriculum vitae Law degree (Universidad de Complutense 1974). Fulbright scholarship (Ohio State University 1981-1982), Masters Degree in political science (Ohio State University 1982). PhD in law (Uni-versidad Complutense de Madrid 1983). Associate Professor of constitutional law (Universidad Española de Educación a Distancia, UNED, 1986). Professor of political science (1994). Editor and Director of the New Magazine of Politics, Culture and Art (Nueva Revista de Política, Cultura y Arte) 1995-1996.

President of the Sociological Research Centre (Centro de Investigaciones Sociológicas) (1996-2000). Minister of Education, Culture and Sport, 2000-2004. Member of Parliament for the constituency of Granada (March- July 2004). Vice-coordinator of the EPP-ED group in the ITRE committee. Member of the Board of Governors of the European Internet Foundation. Author of publications on such topics as comparative electoral behaviour, political parties and political and public behaviour. Among the publications: La financiación de partidos y candidatos en las democracias occidentales, Madrid, Centro de In-vestigaciones Sociológicas, 1985. Comportamiento político y electoral (Ed), Madrid, Centro de Investigaciones sociológicas, 1994. Cultura y política (Ed), Valencia, Tirant lo Blanch, 1997. La Financiación de la Política en Iberoamérica (Ed), San José de Costa Rica, Instituto Interamericano de Derechos Humanos, Centro de Asesoría y Promoción Electoral, 1998. Award for PhD given by the Sociological Research Centre (1984). Member of various national and international political science and sociology associations.


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Jacques DELPLA

Jacques DELPLA was born on 7 May 1966.

Education: • Master of Business Degree in Philosophy at the University of Paris I Panthéon - Sorbonne (1987-1989)• Former student at the Scuola Normale Superiore, Ulm (1987-1992)• A graduate of ENSAE - National School of Statistics Economic Administration (1992).Present postions:• Member of CAE (since 2004) • Senior Advisor Fixed Income, BNP-Paribas (since 2005)

Previous positions: • Economic advisor to the Russian government in Moscow (1992-1994) • Lecturer at HEC (1992-2001) • Technical Adviser, Cabinets of Finance Ministers (Messrs Madelin and Gaymard, then Arthuis and Galland) later Affairs Adviser for competition (1995-1997) • Lecturer at the IEP Paris (2004) • Economist Europe, Barclays Capital (1998-2005)

Ene DINGA

1980: Bachelor of the Academy for Economic Studies, Bucharest, The Faculty of Economic Cybernetics;1980 - 1983: Electroaparataj, Bucharest, (Wages Department), economist;1983 - 1984: Electroexportimport, Bucharest, (Exportation Operative Service), economist;1984 - 1986: National Institute for Economic Research, researcher;1986 - 1989: Planning State Committee, (Synthesis Service of Macroeconomic Correlations), economist;1989 - 1998: Polytechnic University, Bucharest (Economics Department); assistant, then university lecturer; 1997 - Ph.D in Economics, with the topic ‘The inertial phenomenon in the economic process’, The Academy for Economic Studies, Bucharest, The Faculty of General Economics, the Political Economics Department;

2000: Public Finance Course of the IMF Institute, (Washington DC, USA), student;1998 - 2001: Ministry of Finance, Director general of the Directorate General for Internal Audit;2001 - 2003: ‘Romania de Maine’ Foundation, ‘Spiru Haret’ University, university lecturer;2003 - 2007: ‘Dimitrie Cantemir’ Christian University; University Lecturer and Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Finance, Banks and Accountability; Associate Professor to the Romanian Banking Institute (Public Finances, LLM in Microeconomics, Econometrics); Associate Professor to ‘Lucian Blaga’ University, Sibiu, Faculty of Economic Sciences, the Company’s Financial Management; Scientific Deputy Director of the ‘Victor Slavescu’ Financial and Monetary Research Center within the Romanian Academy;2004-2005: Minister of European Integration in the Romanian Government; 2007: accredited by the Ministry of Education as University Professor;2007 - present: Romanian Banking Institute, Department of Development, Projects and Partnerships, deputy Director general;2008 - present: senior researcher (CS1) at the ‘Victor Slavescu’ Financial and Monetary Research Center within the Romanian Academy;2010: accredited by the Ministry of Education as coordinator for doctoral programmes;2011 - present: director of the ’Academic Post-doctoral School in Economics’ of the Romanian Academy;2011 - present: director of the Seminar ’Sustainability axiology and the recapturing of the human being condition’, within the Romanian Academy.


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Federico EICHBERG

Federico Eichberg after obtaining his master’s degree in Political Sciences at la Sapienza University in Rome. He specialized in Advanced Studies in political, economical and social sciences at Notre Dame University (USA), and he obtained his PhD in history and policy of contemporary time at university of Bologna. Federico Eichberg worked at the presidency of Ministry’s Council and today he is in the Cabinet of economic development ministry. Eichberg is also member of the group for strategies for Italian interests for medium and long term at international levels of Ministry of Foreign Affairs. At the political level Federico Eichberg is responsible for international affairs at the “FareFuturo” foundation. He is author of several publications about integration and international relations.

Markus FERBER

Vice-Chair of Delegation to the EU-Mexico Joint Parliamentary Committee.Member of Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs and Delegation to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly.Degree in electrical engineering (1990). Development engineer (1990-1992). Engineer in a marketing department (1992-1994)CSU district chair, Augsburg district (since 1999). CSU regional chair, Swabia (since 2005).Town councillor in Bobingen (1990-1999). Member of Augsburg district council (since 1996). Chair of the CSU European Affairs Group (since 1999). Land chair, Europa-Union Bavaria (since 2000).Member of the European Parliament (since 1994).Federal Cross of Merit. Bavarian Medal of Honour for Bavarians in Europe.

Vladimir FILAT

Education:1990-1994 - University of Alexandru Ioan Cuza in Iaşi - Law Department, University Diploma in Law.1989-1990 - Cooperative College of the Republic of Moldova.1986 - Graduated from the Secondary School of the village of Lăpuşna, raion Hînceşti.Career:2009 - 2011 Prime Minister. 2005-2009 - Member of the Parliament of the Republic of Moldova.2000-2005 - Entrepreneur.1999 - Minister of State of the Government of the Republic of Moldova.1998-1999 - Director of Department of Privatization and Administration of the State Property of the Republic of Moldova.1994- 1998 - Entrepreneur.


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Mark C. FISCHER

Mr. Mark C. Fischer began his career as a communications expert in the JG 71 “Richthofen” Fighter Squadron of the German Air Force before undertaking his studies in law and international relations at the universities of Bonn and Hamburg in Germany. Upon completion of his degree focusing on European Security and Defence Policy, Mr. Fischer worked as a policy analyst and subsequently as Deputy Director for the European Office of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation in Brussels. Since November 2005 Mr. Fischer works at the German Marshall Fund of the United States, most recently as a Program Director with responsibility for the annual Brussels Forum and other initiatives that require the coordination of input from the different GMF offices and policy programs in Europe and the United States.

Claude FISCHER

Graduated from the Political Science School of La Sorbonne University, Ms. Claude Fischer, who started her professional life as a teacher, militated for twenty years in Lorraine. Elected in the city of Pont-à-Mousson, she headed the Meurthe-et-Moselle federation of the French Communist Party from 1987 to 1991. Member of the patronizing committee of Confrontations Europe since its creation in 1992, she became in 2009 the Chairwoman of the association. Manager of ASCPE, a consultancy society that organizes training seminars on European issues, she is in charge of the organization of the “European forum on Nuclear Waste Management”. She is Director of publication and editor in chief for “La Lettre des Entretiens européens”.

She organizes European initiatives throughout Europe. In 2006-2007, she organized the Tour of Europe. In 2008, she became involved in successful international conference ‘The European interest in globalization’ that led to the creation of the European Economic. Claude Fischer was awarded Knight of the Order of Merit September 19, 2006 by Jean Gandois.

Roland FREUDENSTEIN,

Roland Freudenstein (born 1960) studied political science, Japan studies, economics and international relations in Bonn (M.A. 1988) and Los Angeles. From 1989-93 he was a fellow at the Research Institute of the German Council on Foreign Affairs, Bonn. From 1993-95 member of the planning staff for Foreign and Security Policy of the European Commission, Brussels. 1995-2001 Director of the Warsaw Office of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, working on civil society building and political networking. 2002-2004 Head of unit, Foreign and European Affairs, Konrad Adenauer Foundation, Berlin. Numerous publications on international security, Central Europe and German foreign policy.


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Sorin FRUNZĂVERDE

Sorin Frunzăverde (born 26 April 1960) is First vice-chairman of the Democratic-Liberal Party and elected president of the Caraş-Severin County Council. He is a former Member of the European Parliament, where he was the Head of the Romanian delegation to the EPP, vice-chairman of the Subcommittee on Security and Defence, member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Within the European Parliament, he was involved in the EU-Western Balkans dialogue, acting as a member in the Delegation for relations with the countries of south-east Europe and the Delegation to the EU-Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Joint Parliamentary Committee.Sorin Frunzăverde has twice served as Minister of National Defense (2000 and 2006). He was also Minister of Environment (December 1997-February 1998) and Minister of Tourism (April-December 1998). In 2000, he was elected Member of the Parliament for the Caraş-Severin region and worked on foreign affairs and defence related issues.

After having graduated from the Metallurgy Department of the Polytechnic Institute in Bucharest, he pursued economic and military studies, receiving a PhD title in both disciplines and a „magna cum laude” distinction from the Romanian Defence University. He has published a series of articles and books on security and European integration topics. Sorin Frunzăverde is a Romanian political figure, among the leaders of the Democratic-Liberal Party, founder of Caraş-Severin party branch from the very beginning of the Democratic Party’s creation in 1990. His work in the international relations department of the party became acknowledged when, in 2005, the party became a full member of the EPP family.

Ranier FSADNI

Ranier Fsadni is Advisor to the Prime Minister of Malta on Mediterranean and Maritime Affairs. He teaches social and cultural anthropology at the University of Malta with special reference to the Mediterranean and the Arab world. He is a member of the Editorial Working Group of the Journal of Mediterranean Studies and a reviewer for the Mediterranean Journal of Human Rights. As Chairman of the Academy for the Development of a Democratic Environment (AZAD), he has been involved in EIN activities since 2004. He serves as an expert member of the Maritime Task Force of the European Commission and has also recently contributed to a draft report on maritime governance for DG Mare.


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Daniel FUNERIU

Current position: Minister of Education, Research, Sports and Youth of RomaniaEducation and training: 1995-1999: Ph.-D candidate, Université Louis Pasteur, Strasbourg.Thesis Title: «Multiple-Subroutine Self-Assembly: a Concept for the Generation of Discrete, Nanoscale Architectures». Supervisor: Prof. J.-M. Lehn, Nobel Prize Winner 1987. Jury: Prof. A. von Zelewsky (Fribourg), Prof J.-M. Lehn (Strasbourg), Prof. J. Siegel (San-Diego), Prof. M. W. Hosseini (Strasbourg). Honnors: Très honorable avec félicitations écrites du jury (Highest Rank).1994-1995: Universite Louis Pasteur, Strasbourg : Diplôme d’Etudes Approfondies (DEA) in Organic and Supramolecular Chemistry. Supervisor: Prof. J.-M. Lehn. Rank: First. Research subject:

Supramolecular Catalysis and Dynamic Combinatorial Libraries.1991-1994: European Higher Institute of Chemistry (EHICS), Strasbourg, France.Degree: Engineer in Chemistry, main subject: Organic Chemistry.1989-1991: Classes Preparatoires aux Grandes Ecoles, Lycee Kleber, Strasbourg.1989 Baccalaureat C, Mention Assez-Bien, Lycee International des Pontonniers, Strasbourg.Post graduate positions:10/2002-03/2006: Researcher at Research Center for Cell Engineering, NationalInstitute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Amagasaki, Japan08/1999-10/2002: Research Associate at the Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, USA1998-1999 : ATER, College de France10/1994-08/1998: Doctoral Researcher, Université Louis Pasteur, Strasbourg, France.07/1994-10/1994: Research Internship with Merck&Co, Rahway, New Jersey, USAAcademic honorsRomanian Chemistry Olympiads: Several first prizes.International Chemistry Olympiads: Selected in the Romanian team, 1988.French Chemistry Olympiads: Second Prize, 1989.MRE Fellowship: awarded to the first 3 candidates classified after the DEA examinations for any one Faculty.Teaching Assistantship, Strasbourg: awarded to the best suited candidate among thosethat have obtained the MRE fellowship.Marie Curie Excellence Grant, 2005 (aprox. 2 million Euros).Human Frontier Science Program incoming grant (for Dr. C. Pop, Burnham Institute, USA).Marie Curie International Reintegration Grant 2006 (80 000 Euros).PatentsOn-Chip Enzyme Activity Measurement and Applications Thereof (Application Submitted)On-Chip Covalent Capture of Interacting Proteins (in preparation)On-Chip Measurements of Enzyme Ubiquitination and Applications Thereof (Application Submitted)Various 2005-2006: Director’s Board of Ad Astra (top Romanian ONG on science policy, www.ad-astra.ro).Founder and President (1994-1998) of the Romanian Students Association in Strasbourg.Meber of the High Level Expert Group for the drafting of research strategy of Romania 2007-2013.Member in the leading team of the Association France Japon de la region du Kansai (www.afjkansai.org).


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Kilian GROSS

Kilian Gross is a German lawyer by training with a strong specialisation in European and in-ternational law.He started his professional career in Deutsche Telekom AG where he worked on European matters mainly competition law issues.In 1999 he joined the European Commission as a member of its legal service responsible for tax issues. He specialised on indirect taxation comprising VAT and excise duties. The Energy Taxation Directive fell within his competences. Kilian Gross advised Directorate General for Taxation and Customs Union on legal issues and he represented the European Commission in numerous tax cases before the European Courts.From October 2005 until March 2010 Kilian Gross joined the state aid team of the Legal Ser-vice. He was dealing with fiscal aid, environmental aid, aid for SMEs and aid with regard to investments in infrastructure. He was strongly involved in all state aid aspects of the Climate Change Package of 2008 namely the Environmental

State Aid Guidelines and the Renewable Energy Directive. Kilian Gross was agent on behalf of the Commission in an important num-ber of state aid cases before the European jurisdictions. Kilian Gross has published and has repeatedly intervened in conferences on state aid issues.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 observation and legal questions. Kil-ian Gross is notably responsible for legal matters and the market observation team within Unit A/1. Beside infringement procedures against Member States his legal work comprises legal advice and legal revision of future legal acts of DG ENER.

Leonid GUSEV

In 1989, graduated from the Moscow State Institute of International Relations and in 1992 from the postgraduate office of the cafedra of the history of international relations of MGIMO. In 1993 he defended the dissertation “Regulation of the conflict in the South of Africa” and became a doctor of history. Since the December of 1992 till 2004, worked in the Center of International Studies of MGIMO. Currently, he works in the Analytical Center of the Institute of International Studies of MGIMO University, as a Senior Research Fellow. His works are devoted to different economic and political problems of Central Asia and Iran. Other works deal with situation in Ukraine. Also, he is an author of “Observer” magazine and more than 500 works and articles.In 1997 and 1999 lectures on the theme of “Russia and the CIS countries, conflicts in the CIS

countries”, King’s College (London) In 1998 and 2001 the research on the theme of “Russia and the countries of European Union”, in Florence University Italy, In 2002 the conference on Afghanistan in Tehran, with report “Uzbekistan as the middle-Asia center and the problem of Afghanistan”. MGIMO - University, lectures on the theme “Fuel-energy complex of Russia in the International economic relations”.

Dr Dietmar HALPER

Dr Dietmar HALPER, Director of Political Academy,was born on 30th January 1969 in Oberwart (Austria). After school he studied Law at the University in Vienna, where in 1996 he received the Doctor Degree. In the same year he became the Political Director of the Parliamentary Group of the Austrian People’s Party (ÖVP) in Regional Parliament of Burgenland. From 2001 until January 2008 Halper was working as Party Manager for the ÖVP in Burgenland. Since February 2008 he is Director of the Political Academy of the Austrian People’s Party. Halper is married and father of two daughters.


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Steven HILL

Steven Hill is a political writer and director of the Political Reform Program at the New America Foundation, which seeks to develop the best opportunities for reform, educate opinion leaders and the public about electoral alternatives, and encourage the formation of a broad-based coalition.His next book, Europe’s Promise: Why the European Way Is the Best Hope for an Insecure Age (www.EuropesPromise.org), was published in January 2010. His previous books include 10 Steps to Repair American Democracy (2006), Fixing Elections: The Failure of America’s Winner Take All Politics (2003) and Whose Vote Counts (with Rob Richie, 2001). Mr. Hill’s articles and commentaries have appeared in the New York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Wall Street Journal, International Herald Tribune, Guardian, Financial Times, New York Daily News, The Nation, Salon.com, American Prospect, Social Europe, Le Monde Diplomatique, Hürriyet Daily News (Turkey),

Taiwan News, Roll Call, Sierra, San Francisco Chronicle, Sacramento Bee, Chicago Tribune, Houston Chronicle, and other leading publications. Mr Hill has appeared on national and local radio and television programs, and has lectured widely in the United States and Europe. He has been a leading force for political reform in the United States for many years.

Malcolm HARBOUR

Malcolm Harbour was educated at Bedford School (1960–64), Trinity College, Cambridge (1964–67) where he gained a BA in Mechanical Services, and at the University of Aston (1967–70) where he gained a Diploma in Management Studies. He began his career in the motor industry, working as an apprentice at the Longbridge plant in Birmingham (1967–69). From then until 1980 he held various posts in design, development and product planning in the Rover Triumph Division.In 1980, Harbour became a director of Austin Rover with responsibilities for planning, sales and marketing. He co-founded Harbour Wade Brown, a motor industry consultancy, in 1989 and the International Car Distribution Programme Ltd in 1993, of which he remains a director. He was also briefly project director of the Three Day Car Programme (1998–99). Harbour became an active member of the Conservative Party in 1972. He first stood for the European

Parliament in 1989 in the constituency of Birmingham East but failed to win election. He missed out again in 1994, before finally, in 1999, being placed high on the Conservative list for the new multi-memberWest Midlands region constituency, ensuring his election in the 1999 European Parliament election. Initially a member of the European People’s Party–European Democrats Group (EPP–ED) he gained an influential position on the Committee on Internal Market and Consumer Protection, serving as the EPP–ED spokesman and co-ordinator. Harbour was also delegated several other responsibilities in the European Parliament. He was Vice-Chairman of the Parliamentary Science Policy Panel (STOA), and a member of the Industry, Research and Energy Committee and the Inter-Parliamentary Delegation to Japan. He is a co-chairman in Parliamentary Forums for the Automobile and Society, the Ceramics Industries, and the European Internet Foundation. He is also Chairman of the Conservative Technology Forum. From 2004 to 2006, he played a determining role in steering the Services Directive through the Parliament. He has also been active on the single market strategy, communications framework legislation, type-approval of motor vehicles, and the digital economy.On 13 January 2005, Harbour was appointed by the European Commission to ‘Cars 21’, a High Level Group convened to discuss the competitiveness in the European automobile industry.After the 2009 European Parliament election, Harbour transferred to the new European Conservatives and Reformists Group (ECR). He was nominated by the ECR and then subsequently elected as the chairman of the Committee on Internal Market and Consumer Protection, making him one of the most influential and powerful ECR MEPs.


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Ivan HODAC

Ivan Hodac is ACEA Secretary-General since 2001. Building on a large experience in EU affairs, he maintains close relationships with the European Commission, the European Parliament and the EU representatives of the Member States. As representative in Brussels of the 15 European automobile manufacturers, Hodac is also counterpart for other industry associations, NGOs and consumer organisations in Brussels. Hodac (1946) was born in Prague where he studied mechanical engineering. He completed his education at the University of Copenhagen (economics and political science) and the College of Europe in Bruges (European studies). Before joining ACEA, he was senior vice president and head of Time Warner Europe office. His

responsibilities included the co-ordinating of public and corporate affairs activities of all Time Warner operating divisions in Europe and representing Time Warner corporate interests vis-à-vis the institutions of the European Union, international organisations and governments of EU Member States and other European countries. Previously, Hodac was Secretary-General of trade organisation IFMA/IMACE, senior economist at Didier & Associates and assistant at the College of Europe, Bruges.

Dirk HUDIG

Dirk Hudig was former Secretary General of the Union of Industrial & Employers’ Confederations of Europe from 1998 to 2001.He held several other posts including Chairman of the BIAC Environment Committee in the OECD, Secretary and Treasurer of the Society of Chemical Industry Europe Committee, and one of the founding members of the Transatlantic Policy Network (TPN) and its Programme Committee, as well the chemicals coordinator for the Trans-Atlantic Business Dialogue, TABD. He is also a former President of the British Chamber of Commerce in Belgium.In 1970 he joined ICI, the UK Chemicals company, and worked in various businesses within the group in Rotterdam, London & Brussels before becoming national Head and Group Manager of EU Government Relations for ICI from 1987-1998. Currently he is Chairman of the European Risk Forum on EU regulation and impact assessment with a particular interest in risk, regulatory reform, cost benefit analysis and the quality of regulation.In 2001 he joined FIPRA, the public affairs consultancy network, as first Chairman of the FIPRA

group’s representation in Brussels.

Kelemen HUNOR

The current president of the Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania (UDMR), he has been a member of the Romanian Chamber of Deputies since 2000, and was nominated as his party’s candidate for the 2009 presidential election. Since December 2009 he is Romania’s Minister of Culture in the Emil Boc government.Kelemen entered politics in 1997, when he was appointed as Secretary of State from the UDMR in the Romanian government’s Ministry of Culture.Hunor Kelemen was one of the founders of the Hungarian language cultural magazines Jelenlét and later became deputy editor in chief. In 1995 he published his first poetry volume in Hungarian

language, Mínuszévek, for which he was awarded the Debut Prize of the Writers’ Union of Romania in 1996In 2000, Hunor Kelemen was awarded the Order of the Star of Romania, Commander Rank, and in 2008 Hungary’s Middle Cross of the Order of Merit.


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Ignacio F. IBÁÑEZ FERRÁNDIZ

Ignacio F. Ibáñez Ferrándiz works since 2006 as Manager of the Legislative Assistance and Counter-Terrorism Financing Program of the Inter-American Committee against Terrorism of the Organization of the American States (OAS) in Washington, DC, USA. Under his responsibilities is also the managing of Strategic-level Crisis Management Exercises. He has received OAS Outstanding Performance Awards in 2009 and 2010. Prior to this position, Mr. Ibáñez worked for the Terrorism Prevention Branch of the United Nations Office against Drugs and Crime (UNODC/TPB) in Vienna, Austria.

Mr. Ibáñez has traveled extensively throughout Latin-America and the Caribbean implementing projects, providing technical and policy-level assistance and expertise on counter-terrorism issues to OAS Member States. He has participated as invited expert in high-level visits to OAS Member States from the United Nations Security Council Counter-Terrorism Executive Directorate (UN/CTED), as well as in evaluations conducted by the Financial Action Task Force for South America (FATF-GAFISUD). Additionally, he has participated as speaker in multiple international fora such as the Asia Pacific Economic (APEC) meetings, and the Committee of Experts on Terrorism of the Council of Europe (CoE/CODEXTER). Mr. Ibáñez has a Bachelor’s Degree in Law and a Master’s Degree in International Relations (Cum Laude, Valedictorian), specializing in Terrorism and International Law. He has studied at the Universidad Complutense and the Universidad San Pablo-CEU (Madrid, Spain), Sorbonne University (Paris, France) and Cambridge University (Cambridge, United Kingdom). He has been invited to participate as guest lecturer at the University of Maryland (Virginia, USA) and at the “XXXV Hemispheric Course on International Law” (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2008). Mr. Ibáñez has published a variety of works and articles about law, terrorism, and political science, including a thesis on bioterrorism.

Prof. Piero IGNAZI

Laurea in Political Science at the University of Bologna (1974). Final grade: 110 out of 110 magna cum laude.Graduate student at the Department of Political and Social Science of the European University Institute, Florence (1976-78)Graduate student at the Department of Political Science of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA (1978-79) Lecturer of Political Science (1984-98) at the Faculty of Political Science, University of Bologna, BolognaAssociate Professor of Political Science at the Faculty of Economics, University of Calabria (1998-2000) Visiting Professor at the Universitè Tunis II (1995)

Visiting Professor at the Christ Church College, Oxford (1996)Visiting Professor at the Institut für Politikwissenschaft of the Trier Universität (1996)Visiting Professor at the ASERI (Alta Scuola di Economia e Relazioni Internazionali), Milano (1996- )Visiting Professor at the Université Panthéon-Assas, Paris II, Paris Visiting Professor at the Institut d’Etudes Politiques (IEP) de Lille (1999)Visiting Professor at the Univeristé de Montréal (2002, 2003)Visiting Professor at the Denver University Swiss National Science Foundation - participation in evaluation committeeMember of the Scientific Committee of the “Rivista Italiana di Scienza Politica” Member of the Scientific Committee of the “International Political Science Review” Management of projects of national or international researchChallanges to European party systems (1996-98)Organizational Change of the Italian Parties (2003-05)Participation in research projects of national or internationalEuropean political Parties’ Middle-Level Elites (1978-84)The development of the extreme right in Italy and France European transnational federations and the parties of the UE candidate countries (2001-03)


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Valentin M. IONESCU

Political careerMr. Ionescu is a Romanian lawyer, former presidential adviser to the President of Romania Emil Constantinescu (1997) and subsequently Minister of Privatization (December 1997 - April 1998).From January 1997 until his nomination as presidential adviser (September 1997), he was the President of the National Privatization Agency (NPA). In this capacity and later on as Minister of Privatization, Valentin M.Ionescu initiated several public policies, such as the Leasing Act, Franchising Act, Commodity Exchange Act, Venture Capital Act, as a means to supporting the private sector’s development in Romania. He initiated the review of the entire privatization legal framework in the manufacturing industry and services, which is claimed to have given impetus to the denationalization of the economy between 1997 and 1999. After the setting up of the Cabinet headed by Prime Minister Radu Vasile, Mr. Valentin M.Ionescu withdrew from the centre of the political power.In 1999, Valentin M.Ionescu left the NPP-CD (National Peasants Party - Christian and Democrat) and become active in the URF (Union of the Rightist Forces). After the conclusion of the alliance between URF and NPP-CD, Valentin M.Ionescu joined NLP (National Liberal Party). He was a member of this later Party leadership (September 2002 - February 2005).Since 2007, Valentin M.Ionescu is a member of the PD-L (Democrat-Liberal Party).In June 2011, Mr. Valentin M.Ionescu launched the Group for Ordo-liberalism and Social Market Economy, with the support of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation and the Institute for the Popular Studies (the Liberal Democratic Party’s Foundation).The Group for Ordo-liberalism and Social Market Economy advocates for minimal state, the public service reform, as well as for the economic and social order implementation from a liberal approach. Professional careerAfter his departure from political life, Mr. Valentin M. Ionescu had the opportunity to play a special part in the team that worked out the National Strategy for Sustainable Development (1998), and the Romania’s Medium Term Economic Strategy and the core chapters of its Action Plan two years later (2000). He also became expert in several projects financed by USAID, PHARE, and OECD with regard to the private sector development in Romania, or Local Agenda 21. Since 2005, Mr. Valentin M. Ionescu is running his own consulting firm.

Sorin IONITA

Policy analyst, development expert, think tank leader, representative of Romania in the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC)2007: PhD in Political Science&Public Policy, National School of Government (SNSPA), Bucharest2000-2001: Fulbright fellow at the Georgetown University, Washington DC – the Public Policy Institute1997: MA in Political Science, Central European University (CEU), Budapest, Hungary2010-2015 : Member of the European Economic and Social Council (EESC), in the Transport-Energy (TEN) and Eco-Agro-Development (NAT) sections2009- : Board member of the Romanian Cultural Institute (ICR)2006- : Member of the Regional Studies Association

2005- : Member of Team Europe 2005-: Member of the Directory Board of the Romanian Social Development Fund 2005-2006: International Policy Fellow of OSI, Budapest2004- : Member of the national board of the Young Professional Scheme 2001-2002: Fellow of the joint program Fiscal Decentralization Initiative (FDI) of the World Bank - LGI BudapestHillary semester, 2000: research fellow at the Nuffield College, Oxford UniversityMember of the Global Development Network (GDN) of the World Bank, the CEE chapter 1999-2000: fellow of the New Europe College, BucharestMay-June 1999: Freedom House intern in United States2011 - : SENIOR ANALYST with Expert Forum (EFOR), think tank dedicated to the promotion of good governance1997-2011: RESEARCH DIRECTOR of the Romanian Academic Society (SAR), a Bucharest-based think tank, leading Romanian organization working in the fields of democratization and public policy analysis. since 2008: Visiting lecturer, Babeş-Bolyai University, Cluj, Department of Political Science and Public Administration; courses in Public Management and Local and Regional Developmentsince 2004: Member of the Directory Board of the Romanian Social Development Fund (FRDS, joint domestic-World Bank development agency for poor communities in Romania)Consultant with the World Bank, Council of Europe, UNDP in various institutional reform initiatives in Romania, Moldova and Western Balkans.2005- : Freelance columnist for the Romanian daily newspaper, Evenimentul Zilei


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Allan JANICK

Allan Janik, philosopher and historian of ideas, is a scientific advisor at the Fondation pour l’innovation politique. He was research fellow of the Brenner Archives and professor of philosophy at the University of Innsbruck until his retirement in 2006. He is currently honorary professor of philosophy at the University of Vienna. His books include Wittgenstein’s Vienna (with S. Toulmin), The Concept of Knowledge in Practical Philosophy (in Swedish), Style, Politics and the Future of Philosophy and several others.

Staffan JERNECK

Staffan Jerneck, economist, is Director and Director of Corporate Relations of CEPS, which is a leading Brussels-based politically independent and influential European think tank having excellent networks and contacts with the EU Commission, the Council of Ministers, the European Parliament, business executives, diplomats, politicians and other strategic decision makers. CEPS has a strong influence in the EU as it anticipates important trends and issues. Jerneck is in charge of the corporate sector with 120 international companies as corporate members - the major financial contributor to CEPS – and the programmes. He is substantially involved in policy shaping. 1986 to 1997 Secretary General and Director General of the Swedish International Chamber of Commerce (ICC). During his period, the Swedish ICC became the biggest in the world in terms of members. ICC is the world business organisation representing international business in 140

countries. Staffan Jerneck was assistant to the CEO of the Federation of Swedish Industries - the major lobbying organisation for industry. He was secretary of the Boards of the Federation and the General Export Association of Sweden. Staffan Jerneck has during his professional career always worked in organisations based on corporate membership which has given him a longstanding experience in relation with business members. He has established a wide international network of corporate executives, diplomats, representatives of the EU institutions and other policy makers and is an excellent net-worker. Bachelor of Arts, University of Lund, Sweden, 1968. Master of Arts in Economics, University of California at Los Angeles, UCLA, USA, 1970.

Carlos José ITURGAIZ ANGULO

Vice-Chair of Committee on Petitions and Delegation for relations with the countries of Central America.Member of Delegation to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly.Qualified music teacherSecretary-General of the PP in the Basque Country (1993-1996). Chairman of the PP in the Basque Country (1996-2004).Member of the Vizcaya Provincial Provincial (1991-1993). Member of Bilbao City Council (1991-1995).Member of the Basque Regional Parliament (1994-2004).


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Othmar KARAS

Born on 24 December 1957, Ybbs

Member:• Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs• Special Committee on the Financial, Economic and Social Crisis• Delegation for relations with Canada

Substitute:• Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection• Special committee on the policy challenges and budgetary resources for a sustainable European

Union after 2013• Delegation for relations with Japan• Delegation to the Euronest Parliamentary AssemblyCurriculum vitae:• Mag. phil. (1996). Master of European and International Business Law (MBL), University of St. Gallen (1997). Manager

in the banking and insurance sector (1981-1995). Assistant Secretary-General of Bundesländer Versicherung• Federal president of the Union of Students (1976-1979). Political adviser to the ÖVP (1979-1980). First Vice-Chairman of the

Austrian Federal Youth Association (1980-1990). Federal Chairman of the Young ÖVP (1981-1990). Member of the national executive of the ÖVP (1981-1991). Secretary-General of the ÖVP (1995-1999). President of the Austrian Aid Organisation (since 1998). First Vice-President of Hilfswerk Austria (since 1998). Vice-President of the Young European Christian-Democrats (EUJCD) (1981-1990). Member of the EPP Bureau and Council (since 1995). Member of the steering committee of the European Democratic Union (EDU) (since 1995). Member of the board of the Austrian Association of Graduates. Member of the Land and federal executives of the Austrian Workers’ and Employees’ Association (ÖAAB).

• Member of the Nationalrat (1983-1990).• Member of the European Parliament (since 1999).• Vice-President of the Political Academy. Vice-President of the Friedrich Funder Institute.

Ioannis KASOULIDES

Ioannis Kasoulides was born on the 10th of August 1948 in Nicosia, Cyprus. He studied medicine at the University of Lyon in France and specialised in geriatrics in London. Ioannis Kasoulides served the centre-right wing party Democratic Rally from various posts including the post of the President of the Youth Organization of the Party.In 1991 he was elected as an MP in the House of Representatives of Cyprus. In March 1993 he was appointed as the Government’s Spokesman where he served until April 1997, when he was appointed Foreign Minister until the end of term of Clerides administration in 2003. As Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ioannis Kasoulides leaded the diplomatic attempt that marked the beginning, the process and the completion of the process of integration of Cyprus in the EU.

In June 2004 Ioannis Kasoulides was elected for the first time as a Member of the European Parliament. A full Member in the Committee on Foreign Affairs and substitute in the Transport and Tourism

Committee, Ioannis Kasoulides served in various other positions including the Presidency of the ad hoc Delegation for the Human Rights in Western Sahara. In June 2009 Ioannis Kasoulides was re-elected as a Member of the European Parliament. Shortly afterwards he was elected by his EPP colleagues as Vice Chairman of the Group in the European Parliament, responsible for external affairs.


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Bichara KHADER

Bichara Khader majored in political, economic, and social science, graduating from the Catholic University of Louvain in 1969. He earned his Masters degree in international relations from the Johns Hopkins University Bologna Centre the following year. In 1978, he was awarded his PhD in political, economic, and social science from the Catholic University of Louvain, where he went on to become Director of Studies and Research on the Contemporary Arab World and professor in the faculty of political, economic, and social science.Khader has been a member of the Group of High Experts on the PESC (European Commission 1998-2000), and a member of the Groupe des Sages for cultural Euro-Mediterranean dialogue (European presidency 2003-2004).He has written extensively on the Mediterranean, Middle East, and the Euro-Mediterranean relationship.

Dimitri KONSTANTAKOPOULOS

Born in Athens, Greece Studies:• Diploma of Physics, University of Athens• DEA on Information Processing, University of Rennes Main Posts:• Advisor at the Office of Prime Minister of Greece on East/West Relations and arms control,

1985/88• Chief correspondent in Moscow for Athens News Agency, 1988/98• Senior analyst and commentator for “Kosmos tou Ependiti”, Athens News Agency, “Epikaira”

on Greek Foreign Policy, international politics, geopolitics Author of three books: • Soviet Secret Services and Greece, 1925-1949 (the Dimitrov archive), Nea Sinora, Athens 1993, in Greek• The kidnapping of Cyprus (the Annan Plan and US policy in Eastern Mediterranean), Livanis, Athens 2004, in Greek• Cyprus in a trap (Left in Cyprus and Greece and the National Question), Livanis, Athens, 2008, in Greek He has published extensively in various Greek, Russian and French reviews


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Attila KORODI

Attila Korodi is member of the Chamber of Deputies of the Romanian Parliament since 2008, representing the Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania (RMDSZ) and president of the Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee since January 2009. Previously Attila Korodi held several positions in the Romanian Government: Minister of Envi-ronment and Sustainable Development (April 2007 – December 2008), secretary of state at the Ministry of Environment and Water Management (January 2005 – April 2007). Formerly he was county councilor and president of the Juridical Commission, Public Order and Human Rights Defense at Harghita County Council (2004-2005) and representative in Romania of the National Company for Privatization and Administration of the Hungarian Participation. He studied economic engineering in German language at the Polytechnics University of Bucha-

rest, got an MA in strategic management at the National School for Political and Administrative Studies and is currently at-tending the International Economic Relations PhD programme at the Academy of Economics of Bucharest.

Karel LANNOO

Karel Lannoo (1961) has been chief executive of the Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS) since 2000 and senior research fellow since 1997. CEPS is one of the leading independent European think tanks, with a strong reputation in economic and foreign policy research. It has total revenues of about €6 million (2007) and employs about 45 persons.Before joining CEPS, Karel Lannoo was employed in the cultural sector, worked for the Italian conglomerate Ferruzzi and for a professional federation. He was also active as a free-lance journalist for specialised publications.He has published some books and numerous articles in specialised magazines and journals on EU, financial regulation and corporate governance matters. He spoke at several European Parliament and European Commission hearings and participated in studies for national and international bodies (EU institutions, OECD, ADB, World Bank). He is a regular speaker at

international conferences.On MiFID, he is finalising a book with Jean-Pierre Casey and Alessandra Chirico entitled ‘The MiFID revolution’, which will appear later this year with Cambridge University Press.Karel Lannoo holds a baccalaureate in philosophy and an MA in history from the University of Leuven, Belgium (1985) and obtained a postgraduate in European studies (CEE) from the University of Nancy, France (1986). Karel Lannoo is an independent director of BME (Bolsas Y Mercados Espanoles), the company which runs the Madrid stock exchange.


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Dan-Tudor LAZĂR

November 2010 – present - Secretary of State, Ministry of Public Finance2009, January – 2010, November - State Counselor, Romanian Government2005- present - Ph D Lecturer Specialized at the Public Administration Department, Faculty of Political, Administrative and Communication Sciences, “Babeş - Bolyai” University, Cluj-Napoca; 2003, October- 2005, February - Ph D Lecturer, “Babeş - Bolyai” University, Cluj-Napoca2001, February- 2003, October - Assistant lecturer Ph D Candidate, “Babeş - Bolyai” University 1999, October- 2001, February - Assistant at the “Babeş - Bolyai” University, at the Public Administration Department, Faculty of Political, Administrative and Communication Sciences, Cluj-NapocaEducation1999-2003 - Pd D in economy, “Babeş - Bolyai” University Cluj-Napoca, Faculty of Economical Studies

Degree 2005 - Economical studies, West University, TimişoaraDegree 1999 - Degree in administrative sciences, “Babeş - Bolyai” UniversitySeptember 2005- March 2006- “Senior Fulbright Scholarship”, Florida International University, Miami, Florida, SUA Associated professor at the Florida International University, Miami, FloridaSeptember 2001 – December 2001 - Researcher “Developments of Master Degrees in Public Administration in Cluj-Napoca”, Rockefeller College of Public Affairs & Policy, University at Albany State University of New YorkFebruary – April 2000 – Research Scholarship, Paris University XII, Development of Public Administration in Romania - Tempus Mobility GrantJanuary - February 1999 – Researcher “Development of Public Administration Curricula”, National Academy of Public Administration (NAPA) and IREX Washington DC – Development of Social Sciences Curricula;From 2002 – Director and Researcher at the grant program “Affiliation Program with the Network of Institutions and Schools of Public Administration (NISPAcee) – National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration (NASPAA) for development of Master Studies for Local Finance Management in “Babeş Bolyai” University of Cluj- Napoca”.Member of the Committee for determining the opportunity, eligibility and approval of projects set up according to the Government Ordinance no. 7/2006 on the establishment of the Program for infrastructure development in rural area (during 2009-2010)President of the Council for public expenditure rationalization (during 2009-2010)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 for regulating the procedures and conditions for the sale of goods becoming state property, according to the law (in 2010 )President of the Inter-ministerial Council – Council for the enforcement of the state aid policy (in 2010)President of Inter-ministerial committee for the electric car (in 2010)Member of the Romanian Delegation for negotiation the state contracts for selling the AAU surplus according to Kyoto ProtocolValuator expert – Romanian Agency for Ensuring the Quality of University Education (activity suspended starting with January 2009)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)Project Manager for “Post-university Program in Public Administration Management” - project financed from European funds in the Operational Program Development of Administrative CapacityCo-Director of the Romanian-American Master of Public Services Management (cooperation program with the following universities: SUNY Albany, Michigan State University, and Florida International University), mainly aimed on Development of Community and Financial Management of Local Communities.Member since 2005 of the Association for Budgeting and Financial Management (ABFM), Washington DC SUA;Member since 1999 of the Editorial College of (Transylvanian Review of Administrative Sciences), published by “Babeş-Bolyai” University, Cluj-Napoca;Member since 2006 of Fulbright Alumni Association, Bucharest, Romania;Member since 2000 of Network of Institutes and Schools of Public Administration in Central and Eastern Europe (NISPA Cee), Bratislava, Slovak Republic.


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Iurie LEANCĂ

Iurie Leancă graduated from Moscow State Institute of International Relations and from 1986 until 1993, Leancă worked at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Between May and October 1989, he served as second secretary at the Soviet embassy in Bucharest, Romania, first secretary in the political department of the foreign ministry of the Soviet Moldavia (1989-1990), and counselor of Moldova’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs specializing in European affairs (1990-1993). Between 1993 and 1997, he was the Minister-Counselor at the Embassy of the Republic of Mol-dova in Washington, D.C.. Then, he was a deputy Foreign Affairs Minister (1998-1999) and the first deputy Foreign Affairs Minister (1999-2002), in the Alliance for Democracy and Reforms cabinets and in Vasile Tarlev Cabinet (1). Also, he was the acting Foreign Minister of Moldova.He worked as the Ascom Group deputy CEO (2001-2005, 2007-2009). Also he was a Senior

Adviser to the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities (2005-2007).He has been a member of the Liberal Democratic Party of Moldova (PLDM) since January 2009. He was elected as MP in April 2009 election and July 2009 election.Amb. Iurie Leancă was the vice-president of The Foreign Policy Association of Moldova (2005-2009).


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Yves LETERME

Yves Leterme was born on the 6 of October, 1960 in the city of Wervik in the province of West Flanders. He is a Belgian politician, a leader of the Christian Democratic and Flemish party (CD&V), and the 48th Prime Minister of Belgium. He studied law at the Catholic University of Leuven where he received a LL.B. degree in 1981. He then studied at Ghent University where he subsequently obtained a B.Sc. degree in Political Science (1983), a LL.M. degree (1984), and a MPA degree in 1985.Yves Leterme was the Prime Minister of Belgium from March 2008 to December 2008. He has formerly been Minister of Foreign Affairs, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Budget, Institutional Reforms, Transport and the North Sea in the Belgian federal government. He is also a former Minister-President of Flanders and Flemish Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries. On 19 December 2008 he offered his

resignation to King Albert II, who accepted his resignation. Leterme remained Prime Minister until 30 December, when Herman Van Rompuy was appointed as his successor. On 24 November 2009, it was announced that Leterme would once again become Prime Minister, succeeding Van Rompuy, who had been selected to become the President of the European Council. On 22 April 2010 he once again offered his resignation to King Albert II.Before entering national politics, Leterme served as an auditor at the country’s Court of Audit. He then became adjunct and then national secretary of the CVP until he resigned to become a civil servant with the European Union. In 1997 he went on indefinite leave from that position when he was appointed Member of the Belgian Parliament. He has been a member of the city council of Ypres since 1995. He served as alderman of Ypres from 1995 to 2001. He was appointed to the House of Representatives in 1997, elected in 1999 and 2003. After the defeat of the CD&V in the general elections of 2003, he succeeded Stefaan De Clerck as party chairman. In 2004 Yves Leterme became Minister-President of the Flemish government. In the elections held on 10 June 2007, Leterme won. On 21 December 2007, he became Vice-Prime Minister of Belgium and Minister of Budget, Transport, Institutional Reform and the North Sea. On 23 March, Leterme received confidence of the chamber as Prime Minister.

Marc MAC GANN

Mark MacGann is Senior Vice President, Head of European Government Affairs and Public Advocacy at NYSE Euronext. Prior to that, he was CEO Brussels and Head of Public Affairs, Europe at Weber Shandwick and a member of the Global management team. He was formerly Director General of DIGITALEUROPE, the trade association representing the Information and Communications Technology and Consumer Electronics industries in Europe. Mark joined DIGITALEUROPE from Brunswick Group, where he was Senior Associate Partner responsible for the TMT (telecom, media and technology) practice in Europe. During his time at this leading global communications advisory firm, he advised corporations on cross-border technology and media mergers and acquisitions in Europe and the USA.

Mark holds Masters and Bachelors degrees in political science and economics from the Institut d’Etudes Politiques, France and Kingston University, England. He is Chairman of the Management Committee of the Federation of European Stock Exchanges (FESE), a member of the Management Board of the European Information and Network Agency (ENISA), and of the French Government’s Advisory Group on the future of the telecoms sector in France and Europe.


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Monica Luisa MACOVEI

Member of the European Parliament (EPP Romania), former Minister of Justice Monica Macovei is a member of the European Parliament in the European People’s Party Group, elected in Romania in 2009. She served as Romania’s Minister of Justice from 2005 to 2007, and received international recognition and awards for her anti-corruption initiatives and justice reforms that allowed Romania to enter the European Union. In the European Parliament, she is the head of the Delegation to the EU-Moldova Parliamentary Cooperation Committee and member in the Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE) and Budgetary Control (CONT) Committees, the Delegation to the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly, and substitute in the Committee on Foreign Affairs (AFET). She was a legal expert for the Council of Europe and other international organizations, has successfully represented

applicants before the European Court of Human Rights, and has published on human rights and judicial matters. Macovei is a member of the Central European University Board of Trustees and a founding member of Transparency International, Romanian Chapter, and other NGOs. Macovei joined the leadership of the Liberal Democrat Party, Romania, in May 2011 as vice-president.

Michael C. MAIBACH

Michael Maibach was elected to the Dekalb County Board in his native state of Illinois. During the summers of 1970 and 1971 he was a Governor’s Fellow in the Illinois Department of Local Government Affairs. After completing BS & MA degrees in Political Science at Northern Illinois University, he served as an Illinois State Senate Legislative Fellow.In 1976 Maibach joined the Caterpillar Tractor Co., then as a Government Affairs Manager in Illinois, California & Washington DC. He opened Caterpillar’s California Government Affairs Office. During this period he earned a BS in American and Latin American History at California State University. In 1983 Maibach moved to the Intel Corporation to establish their Government Affairs Department and serve as assistant to Intel Co-Founder, Dr. Robert Noyce. Maibach was named

an Intel Vice President in 1996. He opened the Intel Government Affairs Offices in Washington, Brussels and Beijing. While at Intel he was actively involved in President Reagan’s Commission on Industrial Competitiveness, as well as President George Bush’s National Advisory Committee on Semiconductor. Mr. Maibach came to be a leading spokesman for America’s ICT industry on trade and technology policy. While at Intel Maibach earned a BA in International Business at American University and an MA in Political Philosophy at Georgetown University. He has served on the Boards of the Peoria Jaycees, the National Association of Manufacturers, the American Electronics Association, the Information Technology Industry Council, the RFID Technology Council, the Churchill Club, the World Affairs Council Boards of Peoria Illinois, San Jose California and Washington DC and on the national Board of the World Affairs Councils of America. He serves on the Boards of the EABC, BritishAmericaBusiness, the Witherspoon Institute, the Tocqueville Forum, the Advisory Boards of the Institute for World Politics as well as the Center for the Study of the Presidency and Congress. He is a member of the US State Department Advisory Council on International Economics.


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Marian-Jean MARINESCU

Born on 11 August 1952, Râmnicu VâlceaMember• Committee on Transport and Tourism• Special committee on the policy challenges and budgetary resources for a sustainable

European Union after 2013• Delegation for relations with Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro and KosovoSubstitute• Committee on Budgetary Control• Committee on Industry, Research and Energy• Delegation for relations with the countries of Southeast Asia and the Association of Southeast

Asian Nations (ASEAN)• Delegation to the Euronest Parliamentary AssemblyCurriculum vitae• Faculty of Aircraft Design, Polytechnic University of Bucharest (1971-1976); Financial management, evaluation

and privatisation, Cooper & Lybrand (1993); General management, IROMA, Bucharest (1993); Expert evaluation, economic and financial evaluation, CECAR, Craiova (1996); Training course in local administration and administrative management, Higher School of Administration, Ministry of the Interior, Italy (1997).

• Engineer, Avioane SA, Craiova (1976-1984); Engineer and head of Craiova section, INCREST Bucharest (1984-1988); Head of Craiova section, INCREST Bucharest (1988-1991); Managing director, CPCA, Craiova (1991-1996 and 2001-2004).

• Member of the Democratic Party (PD) (1992-1994); Vice-President, Local Executive, Craiova (1994-1997); Secretary-General, County Executive, Dolj county (1997-2001); Vice-President, County Executive, Dolj county (2001-2004); Regional Secretary for Oltenia, National Executive (2001-2005); Executive President, County Executive, Dolj county (2005-present); First Vice-President, County Executive, Dolj county (2007-present); Chair, National Commission on Ethics, Statutes and Disputes (2005-2011).

• Member of Craiova City Council (1992-1996); Prefect of Dolj County (1996-2000);• Member of Dolj County Council (2004).• Member of the Romanian Parliament (2004-2007).• Vice-President, PPE-DE Group in the European Parliament (2007-present).• Officer of the Order of the Star of Romania.

Béla MARKÓ

Béla Markó is a Romanian politician and writer of Hungarian ethnicity. The former leader of the Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania (UDMR), he is also the Deputy Premier in the Emil Boc government (which came to power on December 23, 2009). He had also been Minister of State in the Tăriceanu cabinet between 2004 and 2007, in charge of culture, education and research and European integration.Markó has been a senator since 1990, and was the leader of the UDMR from 1993 to 2011. He competed in the 2004 Romanian presidential election.


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Wilfried MARTENS

Wilfried MARTENS was born in Sleidinge, 19th April 1936EducationDoctor of Law - K.U. Leuven - 1960Licentiate in Notary Science - K.U. Leuven - 1960Baccalaureus in Thomistic Philosophy - K.U. Leuven - 1960International Seminar - Harvard University - 1968Professional activitiesLawyer at the Court of Appeal, Ghent since 1960Adviser to Office of Prime Minister P. Harmel (1965)Adviser to Office of Prime Minister P. Vanden Boeynants (1966)

Chargé de mission to Office of Minister L. Tindemans (Community Affairs) (1968)Chairman of the Police Restructuring Commission in Bosnia Herzegovina, OHR (2004-2005)Government functionsPrime Minister from 1979 until 1992 (with an interruption of 8 months in 1981)Political activitiesPresident of the CVP Jongeren (CVP Youth Organisation) (1967-1971)President of the CVP (1972-1979)CVP Deputy (District Ghent Eeklo) (1974 until Nov. ‘91)CVP Senator (Brussels Halle Vilvoorde) (1991 - 1994)Co founder of the European People’s Party (EPP) (1976)President of the ”Program Commission” (Working Committee on Policy) of the EPP (1976_1977)President of the European Union of Christian Democrats - EUCD (1993-1996)President of the EPP Group in the European Parliament (1994-1999)President of the Christian Democrat and People’s Parties International- IDC(2000-2001)President of the EPP since 10th May 1990VariaChairman of the Kaaitheater (8 September 1993 - May 2003)Charles V Price (Spain), handed over on 25 June 1998Grand Croix de l’Ordre de Léopold II (2000); numerous decorations from European, African and Central American countries

Graham MATHER

Graham MATHER is President of the European Policy Forum, an independent international research institute established in 1992, and its European Financial Forum and European Media Forum divisions. The Forum brings together policymakers, decision takers and market participants at high level across these sectors.Graham Mather is a lawyer and was educated at New College, Oxford where he was Burnet Law Scholar. He was the first head of the Policy Unit at the Institute of Directors, one of Britain’s leading business organisations and at the same time was involved in the development of Mrs Thatcher’s policies on trade union reform and privatisation at the Centre for Policy Studies. He became General Director of the Institute of Economic Affairs in 1987 and from 1989 to

1994 served as a member of the Monopolies and Mergers Commission. He became a Member of the European Parliament in 1994, and served on the Parliament’s Social Affairs Committee and on its Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee. On leaving the Parliament in 1999 he was appointed a member of the Competition Appeal Tribunal, which hears appeals against decisions of the Competition Commission and the sector regulators. He served as a member of the Ofcom Consumer Panel from 2004-2008.He has been a Visiting Fellow of Nuffield College, Oxford; served on the Advisory Council of the Constitution Unit and Queen Mary & Westfield College Public Policy Unit and contributes to The Times and other journals. He is a consultant to Tudor Investment Corporation, Elliott Associates, a Director of Greenham Common Trust and an adviser to other companies, charities and public organisations.


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Mario MAURO

Member of Committee on Foreign Affairs, Special committee on the policy challenges and budgetary resources for a sustainable European Union after 2013 and Delegation for relations with the United States Substitute of Special Committee on the Financial, Economic and Social Crisis and Delegation for relations with South AfricaDegree in philosophy (1985). Lecturer.Member of the European Parliament (since 1999); Vice-President of the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly, Vice-Chair of the Committee on Culture and Education (1999-2004); Vice-President of the European Parliament (2004-2009). Chief whip of the Popolo della Libertà (PDL) party in the

European Parliament (since 2009).Personal representative of the OSCE Chair-in-Office on Combating Racism, Xenophobia and Discrimination, with particular reference to discrimination against Christians (2009).Professor under contract to the European University of Rome, ‘Fundamental human rights in natural law and in international conventions’ and ‘History of the European institutions’ (since 2008).

Jaime MAYOR OREJA

Jaime MAYOR OREJA was born in 1951. Elected from San Sebastián. Agronomist Engineer. Member of the National Executive Committee of the PP (1999). Former President and spokesman of the Grupo Popular in the Basque Regional Parliament. Appointed Vice-Secretary-General of the PP (1996) and Honorary President of the PP in the Basque Country. Minister for Tourism in the Pre-autonomous Government of the Basque Country (1980); Member for Guipúzcoa. Government Delegate in the Basque Country (1982). President and spokesman of the Coalición Popular in the Basque Regional Parliament (1984-1986). Elected autonomous Member of Parliament within the UCD (1980). President of the Grupo Parlamentario Popular in the Basque Regional Parliament (2001-2004). Member of the Cortes for Vizcaya (1989). PP national member of parliament for Álava in the I, IV, VI, VII and VIII parliamentary terms. Minister of the Interior from 1996-2001. MEP since 2004. Head of the Spanish Delegation to the EPP Group. Committees: Civil Liberties, Justice and Home

Affairs (Member) Foreign Affairs (Substitute); Delegation to the Euro-Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly (Substitute).


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Ognyan MINCHEV

Occupation• April 1998: Elected to Chair the Department of Political Science of the Sofia University St.

Kliment Ohridski;• April 1997: Director of the Institute for Regional and International Studies (IRIS), independent

public policy and research institution, associated on contract basis with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Bulgaria and the St. Kliment Ohridski University of Sofia;

• February 1997 - 98: Rector - President of the Varna Free University;• September 1995: Associate Professor of International Relations, Department of Political

Science, St. Kliment Ohridski University of Sofia (from September 1993);• October 1987: Senior Assistant Professor of Political Science - University of Sofia;• February 1982: Assistant Professor of Political Sociology - University of Sofia;

Grants and Fellowships• October 1999: Six weeks fellowship at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington D.C. – the Program

for Eastern Europe;• February 1994: Two weeks grant by Friedrich Naumann Fund for liberal politics (Germany) for a seminar on building

political strategies, in Sintra - Portugal;• September 1991: Ten months (full academic year) Fulbright fellowship in International Relations at the University of

California - Los Angeles;• January 1986: Five months (one semester) fellowship in the Department of Philosophy at the Lomonossov State University

of Moscow - USSR;Positions of Public Service• June 1998: Chairman of the Board - Bulgarian National Chapter of Transparency International (TI);• January 1997: Member of the Open Society Fund Board of Trustees - Sofia, Bulgaria;• December 1996: Member of the Open Society East - East Program Expert Board - Sofia, Bulgaria• December 1994: Member of the Public Committee for Elections Monitoring in Bulgaria;• November 1994: Member of an International Monitoring Group for the 1994 Election in the US, organized by the American

Council of Young Political Leaders;• October 1993: Member of the Euro-Atlantic Foundation Board in Sofia - Bulgaria;• September 1992: Member of the Executive Council of the International Helsinki Citizens’ Assembly - an International Civic

Movement and Human Rights Watch;• March 1991: Chair of the Bulgarian Committee of the Helsinki Citizens’ Assembly;Membership in Professional Organizations• September 2004: Member of the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London – Great Britain• January 1994: Founding member and Vice-Chair of the Bulgarian Association of International Relations;• April 1992: Member of the North American International Studies Association (ISA);• October 1990: Founding member of the Bulgarian Political Science Association;• June 1990: Founding member of the Academic Association of British Studies in Bulgaria;• March 1985: Member of the Bulgarian Sociological Association;Education and Degrees• January 1990: Doctor of Sociological Science (Habilitated Doctor of Science), including Ph.D., from the University of Sofia

and the State Council of Degrees;• July 1982: MA - Sociology, University of Sofia - Bulgaria (June 1981 - BA);• June 1977: English Language High School - Varna, Bulgaria;


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Victor MIZIN

Dr. Victor Mizin, currently the Deputy Director of the Institute for International Studies, and Professor of the European Education Institute at the Moscow State Institute of International Affairs (University) (MGIMO), as well as the Senior Research Fellow with the Center of International Security at the Russian Academy of Sciences’ Institute of World Economy and International Relations, was recently also a Visiting Fellow at Stimson Center in Washington D.C. and the Diplomat-in-Residence and Senior Research Fellow at the Center for Nonproliferation Studies, Monterey Institute of International Studies, California. He has made his career as an arms control, nonproliferation and global security expert in the Russian Foreign Ministry having headed consecutively the Offices of ABM Treaty and Outer Space; Export Control and Nonproliferation and U.N. peacekeeping operations and sanctions. He participated as an adviser in large amount of bilateral and multilateral arms control negotiations, including START I and

START II, INF, SCC on ABM Treaty, Conference on Disarmament and U.N. Disarmament Commission, served at the Russian mission to U.N. as a political affairs counselor, and was an UNSCOM inspector and associate. In the beginning of the 90s, Dr. Mizin was the founding person and a long–time Head of the Office of Export Control of the Russian Foreign Ministry which presided over and directed the Russian government’s efforts (especially, regarding the international cooperation and expertise sharing aspects) in installing a world-class national system of export controls as an efficient tool of the nonproliferation norms’ enforcement.Dr. Mizin graduated cum laude from Moscow State Institute of International Relations in 1978 and got a PhD degree in political science from the Moscow-based Institute of USA and Canada Studies of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR in 1991. He participated in large number of international arms control and nonproliferation conferences and published extensively on security and military issues in Russia and in the West. Dr. Mizin is the vice-president of the independent Moscow-based Institute of Strategic Assessments and the member of the board of the Russian Scientists’ Committee on Global Security.

Liviu MURESAN

Liviu MURESAN is the founder and the Executive President of the EURISC Foundation - European Institute for Risk, Security and Communication Management (1995) He graduated courses of the Defence College NATO GFO (Rome), of the Institut des Hautes Etudes de Defense Nationale (Paris), of the Center for Civil-Military Relations (Monterey). He held several positions in the governmental structures: Senior Adviser to the Prime Minister, Senior Adviser to the Romanian Government, Senior Adviser to two Interior Ministers, High Representative of the Romanian Government of the Anti-Corruption Initiative of the Pact of Stability (SPAI) and of the Combating Organized Crime Initiative (SPOC). He was Director of the Romanian Agency for setting up the regional SECI Center for Combating Transborder Organized Crime, and as the Deputy Director of the National Defence College he was the first civilian appointed in command position in the Romanian Army (1993-1994).

He was a member of the Romania Parliament, leader of the Majority (1990-1991) and the Deputy Chief of the Romanian Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe. He is Executive President of the Euro-Atlantic Council Romania – Casa NATO, EURODEFENCE Romania, Association des Anciens Auditeurs de l’IHEDN (Paris) and the Romanian Association for the Critical Infrastructure Protection-ARPIC. He is an Associate Professor with the Academy of Economic Studies, Bucharest - where he got his Ph.D. in Economics (1978) ,also published numerous articles and publications on the issues of international security, instability management, international public relations and he was a note speaker and the chair of sessions in international conferences held in over 30 countries. Since 2007 he is member of European Security Research and Innovation Forum (ESRIF), contributing to the development of a “Joint Security Research Agenda” (European Commission). He received the National Order “Star of Romania” – Class Officer (20


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Fernando NAVARRETE

Fernando Navarrete Rojas (Madrid, 1976) has a degree in Economy by the Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM). He is also a Senior Economist at the Bank of Spain on extended leave of absence. He has finished postgraduate studies in Economy and Finance at the Centro de Estudios Monetarios y Financieros (CEMFI), in Security and Defence at the UCM-Centro Superior de Estudios de la Defensa Nacional (CESEDEN) and a Public Management Leadership Programme at the IESE.In addition to the professional activity developed until September 2007 at the Directorate General Banking Regulation of the Bank of Spain, Fernando Navarrete has been a publisher and member of the Editorial Board of the journal Estrategia Global and is the author of several scientific articles. Among his most recent academic activities is the publication of the book “Transparencia Pública” [Public Transparency], LID editorial, 2007 and was awarded the III Research Prize by the Instituto de Auditores Públicos of Spain

in 2008. He is currently the Director of the Department of Economy and Public Policies at the FAES foundation.

Jan OLBRYCHT

Dr Jan Olbrycht has been a Doctor of Sociology, lecturer, expert, politician and social activist. Between 1990 and 1998 Mayor of Cieszyn, founder member of the Euroregion Śląsk Cieszyński-Tesinske Slezko. Vice-Chairman of the Association of Polish Cities responsible for contacts with European local and regional government organisations. Vice-Chairman of the Council of European Municipalities and Regions. Chairman of the Polish delegation to the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe. Between 1998 and 2002 Marshal of Silesian Voivodship. Founder member of the Marshals’ Convent. Member of the Management Board of the Assembly of European Regions. Member of the National Council for Regional Policy. Member of the World Council of the United Cities and Local Governments. Since 2002 lecturer at the University of Bielsko-Biala and University of Economics in Katowice. Participant at numerous international conferences about the role of regions in the EU. Regional policy expert of the Institute of Public Affairs in Warsaw.

Since 2004 Member of the European Parliament on behalf of Civic Platform (EPP-ED). Vice-Chairman of the Committee on Regional Development; European Parliament’s rapporteur on the European Grouping of Territorial Cooperation (EGTC), REGI Committee rapporteur on urban transport. Founder member and Vice-Chairman of the EP Intergroup URBANHousing. Member of the Editorial Board of the Parliament Magazine. Winner of the European Prize of Caesar Maximilian for the impact on local and regional policy development in Europe. Winner of the Golden Ribbon of Association of Polish Cities - a merit award for outstanding service for territorial self-government. MEP of the year - winner of the 2007 Parliament Magazine’s MEP. Awards in the field of regional policy. Winner of the Silesian Quality Prize.


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Leonard ORBAN

Date and place of birth: 28 June 1961 at Brasov, Romania Marital status: Married; one childStudies 1987 – 1992 Bachelor degree in economics, Faculty of Management, Academy of Economic Studies, Bucharest 1981 – 1986 Bachelor degree in engineering, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of Brasov

Main activitiesMarch 2010 - Presidential adviser responsible with EU affairsJanuary 2007 –February 2010 - Member of the European Commission responsible with MultilingualismDecember 2004 – December 2006: Secretary of State - Ministry of European Integration coordinating Romania’s preparation for accession to the European Union;Since June 2006, head of Romania’s delegation for negotiating the accession to the European Economic Area;Since April 2005, coordinating Romania’s positions as active observer at the European Council;December 2004 - April 2005 - Chief Negotiator with the European Union; Main responsibilities: Coordinating Romania’s preparation for accession to the European Union; Coordinating, the drafting of Romania’s Accession Treaty to the European Union.May 2001 - December 2004 - Deputy Chief Negotiator with the European Union, Coordinating at technical level Romania’s accession negotiations for all chapters of acquis;1993 – 2001 - Parliamentary counsellor on European and international affairs - Romanian Parliament, Chamber of Deputies; Main responsibilities: Responsible of the relations with the European Parliament; Ensuring the technical expertise on EU affairs for the European Integration Committee of the Romanian Parliament; Starting with 1995, since the entering into force of the Association Agreement with the European Union, technical secretary at the Joint Parliamentary Committee European Union - Romania and for the Delegations of the Romanian Parliament at the European Parliament and COSAC; Responsible of the relations with the Parliamentary Assembly of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation;1986 - 1993 engineer - Institute of Research for Machine Manufacturing Technology Bucharest, Enterprise for Special Industrial Con-structions Bucharest, Tractor Manufacturing Company Miercurea Ciuc

Other EUNIC Honorary Ambassador for MultilingualismHonorary President of the European Institute in RomaniaFormer member of several governmental committees related to Romania’s EU accession (European Integration Executive Committee; State Aid Committee, Committee for the Management of the EU Funds, Romanian Steel Sector Restructuring); Former member of the Romanian Social and Economic Council; Numerous articles and analyses published in Romanian and foreign newspapers and magazines on European affairs and multilingualism since 2001; Guest speaker and key speaker at numerous international conferences, seminars and debates on European affairs and multilingualism; Language skills: Romanian (mother tongue), English, French (working languages).Awards: Knight of “Steaua României” National Order (Star of Romania) awarded in 2002 for the contribution to Romania’s Euro-Atlantic integration; Signer as Chief Negotiator with the European Union of the Accession Treaty of Romania to the European Union, 25 th of April 2005, Luxembourg.


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Doris PACK

Chair of Committee on Culture and Education.Member of Conference of Committee and Delegation for relations with Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro and Kosovo.Graduated from teaching college (1965). Taught in primary schools (1965-1974). Employed by the Saarland Ministry of Education (1983-1985).Member of the CDU. Member, Konrad Adenauer Foundation; President, Women in the EPP. Executive Member, European People’s Party (EPP).Member of Bübingen council (1967-1974). Member of Saarbrücken city council (1974-1976). Member of the Bundestag (1974-1983 and 1985-1989).

MEP (since July 1989).Member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe and of the WEU Assembly (1981-1983 and 1985-1989).Chair, Franco-German Foundation for Cultural Cooperation. President, European Children’s Book Fair Association; President, Saar Adult Education Association. Vice-President of the European Movement on the Saar. Vice-chair, board of Otzenhausen European Academy. Vice-chair, German Association of the European Foundation for Cultural Cooperation in Europe. Member, ZDF Television Council.Federal Cross of Merit with Ribbon (Germany) (1985). Order of the Republic of Croatia (1997). Federal Order of Merit, First Class (Germany) (1998). French International Order of Merit (1998). Order of the Republic of Albania (2002). Etoile civique en or (France) (2004). MEP Award from the periodical ‘The Parliament Magazine’ for her work as an MEP in the field of youth and education (2005). Award of the European Circus Association (2006). Croatian Cultural Club, Silver Dove of Vučedol, symbolising peace and freedom on behalf of the people of Croatia (2006). Grand Gold Decoration for Services to the Republic of Austria (2006). Honorary doctorate from Zadar University (Croatia) (2007). Tolerance Award of the Parliament of Vojvodina (Serbia) (2008). Award of the Town of Pogradec (Albania) (2009).

Dr Adrian PAPAHAGI

2010-present - Adviser of the Romanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Vice-President of the Christian-Democratic Foundation Deputy director of the Institute for Popular Studies2007-present - Lecturer at the Babeș-Bolyai University, Cluj2006-2008 - Postdoctoral fellowships (Oxford, London, Bucharest)1999-2005 - Teaching assistant and junior lecturer at the Sorbonne (Paris IV) and at the Institut Catholique de Paris1997-2006 - BA, MA, PhD in Classical and Medieval Philology at the Sorbonne (Paris IV)1994-1997 - BA in English-German at the Babeș-Bolyai University, Cluj

Csaba ŐRY

Csaba Őry born on 12 May 1952 in Budapest. He is a Hungarian politician and Member of the European Parliament with the Hungarian Civic Party, part of the European People’s Party. Since 2004 he sits on the European Parliament’s Committee on Employment and Social Affairs. Since 2009 he is member of the Delegation to the EU-Kazakhstan, EU-Kyrgyzstan and EU-Uzbekistan Parliamentary Cooperation Committees, and for relations with Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Mongolia. Since 2004, he is substitute in the Committee on Development and since 2009 he is substitute in the Delegation for relations with the countries of Southeast Asia and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)From May 2004 to July 2004 Csaba Őry was member of the Committee on Women’s Rights and Equal Opportunities. From 2004 to 2009 he was member of the Delegation to the EU-Former

Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Joint Parliamentary Committee and member of the Delegation for relations with the countries of Southeast Asia and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).In 2009, he was substitute in the Delegation for relations with the Korean Peninsula.


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Jean PENDERS

Consultancy: Berenschot, Phare, adviser to Lithuanian Parliament before accessionAt present:Lecturer Leiden University – European Union StudiesLecturer Netherlands Defence AcademyIn both places teaching on constitutional affairs, CFSP, CSDP, enlargementBefore:Lecturer Netherlands Institute International Relations “Clingendael” Lecturer Robert Schuman Institute Budapest

Other functions:Board Member Eduardo Frei Foundation for support to political parties in Central and Eastern Europe, frequent visits to CEESSpeaker at conferences of Atlantic Council of CroatiaChairman Voluntary Service Overseas (VSO) NetherlandsMember working groups EPP (European People’s Party)Member Foreign Affairs Committee CDA Netherlands Observer elections in Palestine, Bosnia-Herzegowina, RussiaPublications: Articles in Newspapers, Journals, Netherlands “Staatscourant””, Internationale Spectator (Clingendael Institute) 1979-1994 Member European Parliament, European People’s PartyCommittees: Foreign Affairs and Security, Institutional Affairs, Development Cooperation,Delegation with United States, Chairman Dutch CDA-group in EPPObserver elections in: Surinam, Russia, South Africa1976-1979 Staff Scientific Council for Government Policy, advisory body Prime Minister for long term affairs1972-1976 Political aide and spokesperson in Netherlands Parliament1968-1972 Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Arms Control and Security1966-1968 Military Service, Dutch Air Force, First Lieutenant Reserve

Maria Andreea PAUL

Ph.D. in International Economy (2001 - 2008)Master degree in Economics and European Affairs (2001-2002)Degree in International Business and Economics: (1998 - 2001)Grants and national and international academic research studies

Government of Romania - State AdviserEuropean Parliament - Advisor of Mr Theodor Stolojan, MEPAcademy of Economic Studies - Faculty of International Business and Economics - Lect. Univ. PhD. - master classes of European Governance, university courses (first year and second year) of International Economics and Globalization of EconomyRomanian Academy: Institute of National Economy - researcherPresidential Administration, Romania - Expert / Advisor - Department of Economic and Social Policies

Romanian Economic Society (SOREC), Group of Applied Economics (GEA), Romanian Academic Society (SAR) - researcher

International Projects: National contact point and member of the research team FP6 - INTAS, SCRIPTS, CEEX national program;International and national research grants: NATO Research Grant (Science and Technology Department) (2004), Research Grant offered by the Hungarian Academy - Institute for World Economics (2005); National Research Grant offered by the Romanian Academy (GAR, 2003); National Research Grant CNCSIS TD (2001-2003); National research grant offered by ONBSS: “Nicolae Titulescu” (2007);Research Studies: Stanford University – USA; London School of Economics - London and University of Essex – Colchester; University of Trieste, Italy; IKU – Budapest; Maison des Sciences de l’Homme – Paris; SPRU Research Center and University of Sussex - Brighton, UK; Interacademic exchanges between the Romanian Academy and the British Academy; Institute of World Economy – Budapest.Relevant international conferences: Stanford University (Palo Alto, CA, 2005); XVII Economic Forum (Krynica, Poland); Workshop INTAS - South Caucasus 2007 (Tbilisi, Georgia); Economic Policy Institute (Sofia, Bulgaria); Bulgarian Industrial Capital Association (BICA); Club “Economika 2000” and Foundation Razvitie XXI - European Financial Services Conference; 38th UNCITRAL Working Group, United Nations (New York); 2nd and 3rd CYPRUS Mid-Career Seminar (Budapest).


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Cristian Dan PREDA

Member of Committee on Foreign Affairs and Delegation for relations with the Maghreb countries and the Arab Maghreb Union.Substitute of Committee on Development, Committee on Petitions, Subcommittee on Human Rights, Delegation to the Cariforum — EU Parliamentary Committee, Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union for the Mediterranean and Delegation to the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly. Degree in the history of philosophy, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Bucharest (1986-1991); Master’s in the history of philosophy, University of Paris I (Panthéon-Sorbonne) (1990-1991); Doctorate in political science, École des hautes études en sciences sociales, Paris (1998).Professor, Faculty of Political Sciences, University of Bucharest (1992-present); Dean, Faculty of Political Sciences, University of Bucharest (2004, re-elected 2008); Doctoral supervisor, Faculty of

Political Sciences, University of Bucharest (2005).Counsellor to the Presidential Administration (1999-2000); Head of project involving branches of the Bureau for Central and Eastern Europe and the Agence Universitaire de la Francophonie (2001-2002); State Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (2005-2007); Presidential counsellor (2007-2009); Personal representative for ‘la Francophonie’ of the Romanian President (2005-present).Member, Group for Social Dialogue (1995-present); Member, Institute of Political Studies, University of Bucharest (1995-present); Contributor to the journals ‘Dilema’, ‘22’ and ‘Sfera Politicii’.Editor of the series ‘Societatea politică’, Editura Nemira (1998-2002), ‘Polis’, Humanitas (2002-2004) and ‘Biblioteca de politica’, Nemira (2004-present); Editor of the journal ‘Studia politica’ (January 2001-present); Translator with Humanitas, Babel, Anastasia and Nemira.Author of numerous books on: history of Romanian political thought, history of liberalism and electoral systems in Romanian political history.Commander of the National Order of Romania (‘Faithful Service’) (December 2002); Officer of the Ordre Léopold (July 2008); Knight of the Order of the Legion of Honour (January 2009); Knight of the Order ‘Steaua României’ (‘Star of Romania’, 2009); High Officer of the Order of the Crown (2009).

Dan Iulius PLAVETI

President, Romanian Energy Regulatory Authority – ANREMr. Dan Iulius Plaveti was appointed President of the Romanian Energy Regulatory Authority in July 2010. Previously, he held the position of vice-president of ANRE, from March 2009. Starting with 2010, he is member in the Board of Regulators of the Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators – ACER, being part of the process to facilitate consultation, coordination and cooperation between the regulatory bodies in Member States. He is one of the main supporters of the development of a national competitive gas market and a promoter of the use of renewable sources in energy generation. He supports regional cooperation in order to meet the requirements of the European regulations and promotes the Romanian experience in the field of competitive electricity markets.He has a university degree in engineering and started his professional career in 1992.

Walid PHARES

Walid Phares was born in Lebanon, where he studied at the Lebanese and St Joseph Universities. After earning degrees in law, political science and sociology, he practiced law in Beirut. He then earned a Masters degree in International Law from the Université de Lyon in France and a Ph.D. in international relations and strategic studies from the University of Miami. He emigrated to the United States in 1990.As of 2008, Phares teaches Global Strategies at the National Defense University in Washington, D.C. He is a Senior Fellow and the Director of the Future Terrorism Project at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies in Washington, D.C., and a Visiting Fellow at the European Foundation for Democracy

in Brussels. In 2008 he also became the Coordinator of the Trans-Atlantic Parliamentary Group on Counter Jihadi-Terrorism. Phares taught at the Department of Political Science at Florida Atlantic University between 1993 and 2005. He has been a senior lecturer at the Lifelong Learning Society since 1994. His courses include Middle East Politics, Political History, Ethnic and Religious Conflict and International Terrorism. He has given lectures throughout North America and Europe.


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Godelieve QUISTHOUDT-ROWOHL

Godelieve Quisthoudt-Rowohl is a member of the European People’s Party group in the Eu-ropean Parliament. Her constituency is the Lower Saxony. After obtaining a MS in chemistry, she served as a Fellow from 1972 to 1973 at the Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chem-istry at the University of Leuven (Belgium) and received her PhD in physical chemistry. From 1974 to 1979, she researched for the Medical University of Hannover before working as Re-search Fellow (Akademische Rätin) at the University of Hildesheim from 1979 to 1989. Today she teaches pro bono at the University’s Institute of Social Sciences and has been an honorary professor at the Department of Education and Social Sciences since 2009. Quisthoudt-Rowohl is a member of the German Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party and serves on its re-

gional board in Lower Saxony as well as on the national party board. She was first elected to the European Parliament in 1989 and has since been continually reelected. She focuses on international trade and international affairs and is an expert on education. Currently she serves on the European Parliament’s Committee on International Trade. She was born in Et-terbeek (Brussels region, Belgium), is married with four adult children, and lives in Hildesheim.

José Ignacio SALAFRANCA SÁNCHEZ-NEYRA

Chair of Delegation to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly.Member of Committee on Foreign Affairs, Group of the European People’s Party (Christian Democrats), Conference of Delegation Chairs, Delegation to the EU-Mexico Joint Parliamentary Committee.EducationDegree and further courses in law at the Complutense University of Madrid.Honorary doctorate from the University of the Americas, Chile.Diplomas in European integration from the Diplomatic School of Madrid and the National

Institute of Public Administration.Political career2000: Chairman of the observation mission for the presidential elections in Colombia (2002) and Chairman of the European Parliament’s observation mission for the presidential elections in Peru2001: European Parliament representative at the Second Summit of Heads of State and Government of the EU, Latin America and the Caribbean (Madrid, 2002) and at the Third Summit of Heads of State and Government of the EU, Latin America and the Caribbean (Guadalajara, Mexico, 2004), and head of the parliamentary delegation to the 12th, 13th and 14th San Jose Ministerial Conferences with the Rio Group (2000, 2001) and the Euro-Mediterranean partnershipEuropean Parliament’s rapporteur on the bi-regional strategic association between the EU and Latin America and the association, political dialogue and cooperation agreements between the European Community and Mexico, Chile and the Andean CommunityPatron of the Fundación Activa, patron of the Hispano-Cuban Foundation, Vice-President of the Juan de la Cosa FoundationIn 2006, Salafranca was the chief of a committee of 70 electoral observers from the European Union for the Mexican general election.


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Tigran SARGSYAN

1978-1980, Institute of National Economy in Yerevan, Planning and Economy Department 1980-1983, Financial-Economic Institute after N. A. Voznesensky in Leningrad (Russia), honors diploma 1983-1987, Post-graduate course at Financial-Economic Institute after N. A. Voznesensky, thesis defended on the theme of “Regional social-economic development planning on Armenia’s example,” degree of Master of Economic Sciences 1994, “Law-making activity,” International Institute of Law, Washington, USA 1996-1997, “Effective Banking Management,” Institute of Economic Development, World Bank, Washington, USA 2005, title of honorary doctor of Yerevan State Economics University 1987-1990, R&D Institute of Economy and Planning, senior research worker, head of the international

economic ties unit1988-1993, Republican Council of Young Specialists and Scientists, chairman 1990-1991, Coordinator of standing seminars for banking specialists on economic reform issues 1990-1995, MP, chairman of RA NA standing commission on financial-crediting and fiscal affairs, Member of of the Presidium of the Supreme Council 1993-1994, Yerevan State University, reader in banking management, 1995-1998, Armenian Bankers’ Association, chairman 1995-2008, Institute of Transition Society Studies, director 1998, Office of RA Central Bank Chairman assumed on March 32005, Re-appointment to the office of RA Central Bank Chairman on March 2 2005-2007, Chairman of Interstate Bank Council As of April 9, 2008 - RA Prime Minister

Dr Andreas SCHWAB

Dr Andreas SCHWAB MEP is Member of the European Parliament since 1999. He is Coordinator of the EPP group in the Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection since 2009 and he is Substitute in the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs.Schwab studied law at Freiburg/Breisgau and Paris IEP (1993-1995). He succeeded in the first state law examination in 1999 and holds a Master of Laws from the University of Wales (2000). After his doctorate in law at the Freiburg University (2002), he was trainee lawyer at Rottweil Regional Court (2001-2003). After his second state law examination (2003), he worked in the European Convention Section, of the State Ministry Baden-Württemberg (2002-2003) and the Ministry for Culture, Youth and Sport as the Minister’s Policy Officer (2003-2004). He is also working as a lawyer (2004) and he is member of the German-British Lawyers’ Association e.V. since 2000. Schwab was local Chairman of the Junge Union (1992-1994) and member of the District Executive of

Junge Union (1994-1996). From 1996 to 1998 he was member at Junge Union Regional Executive for Baden-Württemberg and Vice-Chairman of Junge Union Südbaden District Executive (1998-2003). He is an active Member of the CDU Rottweil Executive Committee (since 2001) and was member of the Upper Rhine Region of the Young Christian Democrats (1999-2003). He is Chairman of the Franco-German Forum e.V., Freiburg (since 1997) and Member of the Board of Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg. Andreas Schwab held the British Council Richard von Weizsäcker Scholarship from 1999-2000.


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Valeriu STOICA

EducationBucharest University – Law Faculty (Romania) 1972 – 1976, Master of LawBucharest University – Law Faculty (Romania) 1997, Doctorate, Ph.D. Civil LawMembership of professional bodies:Bucharest BarArbitrator – International Court for Commercial Arbitration attached to the Romanian Chamber of Trade and IndustryInternational Institute of Human Rights, Strasbourg European Commission against Racism and Intolerance – Council of Europe (1994 – 1996)European Commission for Democracy through Law (Venice Commission: 1998 – 2002)Present position: Founding Partner - STOICA & Asociatii and Coordinatinator of STOICA & AsociatiiKey qualifications: Litigation, International Arbitration, Civil law, Banking law, Bankruptcy law, Security

interests in personal property, Real estate, Commercial and civil contracts, Energy law, Human RightsProfessional experience1976-1985 - First Instance Court of Bucharest Sector, Judge1985-1987 - Bucharest Tribunal, Judge1987 - University of Bucharest, Assistent Professorsince 1987 - University of Bucharest, Professor of Civil Law1990 - University of Bucharest, Initiated the Human Rights program1990 - Romania Bar, Admitted since 1990 - practicing attorney, Bucharest1991-1993 - Romanian National Institute, Professor and Deansince 1993 - Romanian Court of Arbitration, Arbitrator1995 - STOICA & Asociatii Attorneys at Law, Founding Partner1996-2000 - Ministry of Justice, MinisterOther activities1996-2003 - Parliament, Chamber of Deputies, Deputy, Member of the Romanian Delegation, Parliamentary Assembly of Council of Europe 2000-2002 - Parliament, Chamber of Deputies, Leader of Liberal Group2001-2002 - National Liberal Party, PresidentOther relevant information Property Rights, the most comprehensive and significant legal book in the civil law fieldContract reziliation, a remarkable civil law book on contract effects regarding its termination by defaultOver 60 publications in Romania and abroad – Civil, Commercial, Public, International Private and Human Rights Law, political analysys.Expert advice in the 2002 reform of the Ukrainian law regarding security interest in personal property (World Bank Project).

Theodor Dumitru STOLOJAN

-Member of the European Parliament, Vice-Chair of the Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee (2009-present)-Diploma in economics, Academy of Economic Sciences, Bucharest (1966); Doctorate in economics (1980)-Ministry of Finance (1972-1989), economist; head of service; assistant director; director; inspector-general-Minister of Finance (1990)-President, National Privatisation Agency (1991) -Prime Minister (1992)

-Economist and senior economist, World Bank (1993-1998)-Professor, University of Transylvania, Brasov (2002-present)-President, National Liberal Party (2002-2004)-President, Liberal Democratic Party (2006-2007)-First Vice-President, Democratic Liberal Party (2008-2011)-Member, International Institute of public Finance (1978-present)-Member, International Institute of public Finance (1978-present)


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Rudolf STROHMEIER

Rudolf Strohmeier studied law and economics in Würzburg and Bonn which he finalised by a thesis about the European Monetary System. In 1979 he started his career as teaching assistant at the Department of Civil and Commercial Law at the University of Würzburg but joined in 1980 the Bavarian Liaison Office to the Federal Government in Bonn. Following a 2-years detachment to the Development Policy department of the European Commission, he established the Bavarian Information Office in Brussels and became its first Director.From 1987, he served in the three Cabinets of Regional Policy, later Budget Commissioner Peter Schmidhuber till 1995 when Agriculture Commissioner Franz Fischler nominated him his Deputy Head of Cabinet.

After becoming Head of Division in DG AGRI in 2000, he joined the Cabinet of Commission President Prof. Romano Prodi in 2003 as Adviser i.a. for Industry, Agriculture and Environment Policies.Till his nomination as Deputy Director-General in DG RTD early 2010, he served from 2005 as Head of Cabinet of Telecommunication and Media Commissioner Viviane Reding.

Antonio TAJANI

Antonio TAJANI was born in Rome on 4 August 1953 and is married with 2 children. Classical studies at the Torquato Tasso secondary school, Rome Degree in Law from La Sapienza University, Rome. He has lived in Paris, Bologna and Rome. Officer of the Italian Air Force. He completed officer training at the Florence Air Warfare School (Scuola di Guerra Aerea) and attended a specialisation course for Air Defence Controller at the Training Technical Centre at Borgo Piave. Assigned to the Operational Base of the 33

rd Air Force Radar Centre, he worked as Air Defence Controller and

was Head of the Operations Room monitoring Italian and European civil and military air traffic. Professional journalist and parliamentary journalist Editor of the Italian weekly ‘Il Settimanale.

Presenter for the RAI 1 radio news programme. Head of the Rome editorial office of the Italian daily Il Giornale Special correspondent in Lebanon, the Soviet Union and Somalia. Together with Silvio Berlusconi, he was one of the signatories of the founding act of Forza Italia. Spokesman for the President of the Italian Council of Ministers during the first Berlusconi Government. Elected as member of the European Parliament in 1994, 1999 and 2004 with over 120 000 preference votes. During his 15 years of parliamentary activity he took part in many committees (Foreign Affairs, Constitutional Affairs, at the time chaired by the President of the Republic Giorgio Napolitano, Transport and Tourism, Fisheries, Security and Defence). Member of the Convention on the Future of Europe, which drew up the text of the European Constitution. Vice-Chair of the European People’s Party, elected at the EPP Congress in Estoril in 2002 and re-elected at the EPP Congress in Rome in 2006.


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Andreas TEGGE

Dr. Andreas TEGGE is Vice President for EU Government Relations at SAP and heads up SAP’s EU Representation Office in Brussels. In this capacity he is responsible for managing all relations of SAP with the European Commission, the European Parliament and the Council. He also represents SAP in various European Trade Associations and policy platforms such as EICTA, the European Internet Foundation, the Business Software Alliance, the European Software Association, the Transatlantic Policy Network and the American European Community Association.Within EICTA he is Chairman of the Digital Economy Policy Group and Chairman of the eGovernment Issue Group. Andreas is also a Member of the Executive Board of the European American Business Community and the Executive Committee of the European

Software Association. He serves as the rapporteur of the Digital Economy Working Group of the European Ideas Network.In his previous career at Deutsche Telekom (1991-2005), Andreas had held various senior positions: From 2001 until 2005 he served as Senior Vice President for EU Government Affairs, based in Brussels. From 1997 until 2001 Andreas headed Deutsche Telekom’s Government Affairs office in Washington, DC.Andreas Tegge studied at the Universities of Göttingen, Germany and the University of California in San Diego, USA. He received an MA in Social Science and a PhD in Economics at the University of Göttingen, Germany.He has published various academic papers on ICT policy issues and is the author of a book on the International Telecommunications Union.

Dr. Ansgar TIETMEYER

Ansgar Tietmeyer was appointed Delegate of the Management Board for EU Affairs and Head of Deutsche Bank’s EU Representation in Brussels, in 2005. He represents Deutsche Bank towards the EU Institutions and is in this capacity member of different associations. He is a Member of the Board of the European Parliamentary Financial Services Forum as well as of the Kangaroo Group, both of which are related to the European Parliament. He is also Chairman of the “Council of Economic Advisers“ (CDU Wirtschaftsrat) in Brussels. Before joining Brussels, he held various positions within Deutsche Bank AG, which he joined in 1996 as a Management Trainee. His positions included Financial Analyst, Executive Assistant to the former Chairman as well as Senior Relationship Manager for the Public Sector. Ansgar Tietmeyer

also served as Head of Business Management Global Banking Division and Senior Banker at Deutsche Bank AG in Paris. Prior to his professional career at Deutsche Bank, Ansgar Tietmeyer received a PhD in the field of Monetary and Economic Theory. He served as Research Assistant at the Universities of Bonn and Bochum. Ansgar Tietmeyer studied Economics and Social Science at the Universities of Münster, Paris, Bonn and Bochum.


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Elena UDREA

Minister Elena Gabriela Udrea was born in Romania in 1973. She graduated in law, administrative and security studies and began her career as a lawyer in 1997. Her politically career started in 2004 when she was elected General Counselor of Bucharest and was designated President of the Legal and Discipline Commission of the Bucharest City Hall. Following the 2004 presidential elections, she was appointed in 2005 State Counselor and Chief of the Presidential Chancellery within the Presidential Administration. In 2006 she became Executive Secretary of the Democrat Liberal Party and was later on (2010) elected President of the Bucharest organization and Vice President at national level in 2011 of the same party. From 2008, she is a member of the Lower Chamber of the Romanian Parliament, elected in Bucharest, being nominated as Minister of Tourism in 2009 and as minster of Regional Development and Tourism in

2010, position that she is currently holding in the Romanian Government.

Traian UNGUREANU

Born on 1 March 1958, BucureştiVice-Chair• Delegation to the Euronest Parliamentary AssemblyMember• Committee on Employment and Social Affairs• Delegation to the EU-Moldova Parliamentary Cooperation CommitteeSubstitute• Committee on Foreign Affairs• Subcommittee on Human Rights

• Delegation for relations with the countries of the Andean CommunityCurriculum vitae• Faculty of Languages and Literature (Romanian and English studies), University of Bucharest (1983).• Journalist (1983-1988); Senior producer, BBC World Service (1989-2003); Freelance journalist (2003-present)• Political and foreign policy analyst (1989-present).


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Jos van GENNIP

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 PositionMember 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, Romania1995 – 1997: Lawyer, Bucharest Bar, Romania and partner in the “Moscu & Voinescu” law firm. 1994 – 1995: Visiting Assistant Professor, Romanian-American University in Bucharest, Romania1995 – 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 Deputies2009 –present: Head of the Romanian Parliamentary Delegation to the NATO Parliamentary Assembly2009 – 2010: Secretary of the Permanent Bureau of the Chamber of DeputiesOther 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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Ross WALKER

Ross WALKER is UK Economist at Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS), formerly NatWest Markets. He is based in RBS’s corporate and investment banking division in London, which deals principally in fixed income, currency and derivatives markets, but with some involvement in equities and com-modities. His main responsibilities are analysing and forecasting macroeconomic data and monetary policy. RBS is a prominent economic forecaster, participating regularly in surveys by the Bank of England, HM Treasury and private sector polls. Ross appears regularly in the print and broadcast media and has written for the Institute of Economic Affairs think-tank and The Daily Telegraph newspaper. Prior to working in the financial sector, Ross was an economic policy researcher in the UK Conservative Party’s research department (1995-1998), principally covering trade & industry policy in addition to the transport brief. Over the years, Ross has maintained ties with the European political scene, from an internship in the European Parliament in summer 1995 through to his ongo-ing involvement with the EIN where he has served as the rapporteur on Working Group 3 (economic

& monetary affairs) and having participated in all of the EIN Summer Universities.

Luca VOLONTÈ

Group of the European People’s PartyAssembly Member: since 29/09/2008 (Substitute)MP’s role(s) in Committee(s) and Sub-Committee(s):Members: Committee on Rules of Procedure, Immunities and Institutional AffairsMembers: Committee on the Honouring of Obligations and Commitments by Member States of the Council of Europe (Monitoring Committee)Members: Social, Health and Family Affairs CommitteeMembers: Sub-Committee on Children

Iuliu WINKLER

Member of Committee on International Trade and Delegation for relations with India.Substitute of Committee on Regional Development, Special Committee on the Financial, Economic and Social Crisis, Delegation to the EU-Chile Joint Parliamentary Committee and Delegation to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly.Engineering degree (electronics and telecommunications), ‘Traian Vuia’ Polytechnic Institute, Timişoara, Faculty of Electronics and Telecommunications (1983-1988); International Republican Institute (USA), Civic and Political Action Programme (Timişoara) (1995); Entrepreneurship development programme, Conservatoire des Arts et Métiers, Belfort, France (1997); Postgraduate course in management and marketing (international economic affairs), Deva Environmental University (1997); Summer School, Assembly of European Regions, Erfurt (Germany) 1998); Postgraduate course in regional marketing, Business Centre, Szombathely (Hungary) (1998); Degree in finance and insurance, Faculty of Sciences,

University of Petroşani (1998-2001); Diploma, Series XII, National Defence College, Romanian Ministry of Defence (2003).IAMSAT Bucharest, Hunedoara branch - branch coordinator (1988-1992); Banat-Crişana Private Property Fund I (1993-1998) - representative on management and administrative organs of private companies in Hunedoara county (1993-1998); Director of development, S.C. Remontin Construcţii-Montaj S.R.L., Hunedoara (1996-1999); Eximbank Romania, Interministerial Committee on Finance, Guarantees and Insurance - Vice-President.Member, Union Representatives’ Council, UDMR (Democratic Union of Magyars of Romania) (2000-present); Chair, UDMR Hunedoara county branch (2001-present, re-elected in 2003, 2005 and 2007).Councillor elected on UDMR list, Hunedoara County Council (1996-1999).Member of the Romanian Parliament (member, Committee on the Budget, Finance and Banking; member, Committee on European Integration (2003-2004); secretary, Committee on the Budget, Finance and Banking (May-December 2004)).Sub-prefect of Hunedoara county (1999-2000); member of the Romanian government: Minister-Delegate for Trade, Ministry for the Economy and Trade (December 2004-April 2007); State Secretary, Ministry for SMEs, Trade, Tourism and the Liberal Professions (April-July 2007); Minister of Communications and Information Technology (August-December 2007).Awarded the ‘Magyar Köztársasági Érdemrend Középkeresztje’ (Cross of the Republic of Hungary) (2008).


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Publication date : September 2011

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The European Ideas Network is a pan-European policy framework designed to promote new thinking on the key challenges facing the countries of the European Union. Sponsored by the EPP Group, the largest political group in the European Parliament, the network was launched in the summer of 2002 and has rapidly emerged as an important meeting-point and intellectual crossroads for the centre-right in European politics.

The EIN brings together politicians, businessmen, academics, policy advisers, members of think tanks, journalists and representatives of civil society who share a common outlook Europe-wide, as well as non-party experts and commentators interested in the public policy is-sues being addressed. The network offers a unique forum in which to develop innovative ideas about the policy challenges facing Europe in the years ahead and to evolve practical solutions to help to address them.

NETWORK ACTIVITIES

The EIN operates through ten working groups on broad policy questions and a large annual conference - the EIN Summer University - nor-mally held each September. The EIN allows participants to discuss major issues in private in a relaxed, informal setting. Keynote speakers at recent Summer Universities have included José María Aznar, Edouard Balladur, José Manuel Barroso, Silvio Berlusconi, Sali Berisha, Carl Bildt, Jerzy Buzeck, François Fillon, Francis Fukuyama, Wilfried Martens, Angela Merkel, Chris Patten, Hans-Gert Poettering...

The EIN is publishing weekly political briefings - Food for Thought - for the EPP MEPs based on seminar discussions, meetings and contributions by members of the EIN. Recent Food for Thought issues include:

- Europe 2020 Strategy: lacking sense of urgency- Structural reforms in Europe: time to restart- The balance of payments crisis in the Mediterranean countries of the EU- Europe stabilization package: is it convincing?- The future of the Single Market: from concept to implementation- European economic governance: ending the creative ideas fair- Millennium development goals: being serious about them- NATO’s new strategic concept and the EU

The EIN is publishing a monthly newsletter, the EIN Newsletter in which summaries of discussions and many presentations given at EIN meetings are to be found. Those documents are also made available to a wider audience on the new EIN website: www.ein.eu

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