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Agenda Weekly Personnel News Daniel Jacob General Deputy DirectorEuropean Nationality: BE Start date: 16.05.2009 Commission 19 13.05.2009 Up-to-the-minute newsletter on personnel changes and events. Jacob moves from DG Research to DG ADMIN The European Commission has appointed Daniel Jacob as Deputy Director-General for perwill be responsible for developing and implementing the Commission‘s strategy for managing its human resources, from recruitment to retirement and beyond. Jacob is currently Deputy Director-General in charge of Community research programmes in the Research Directoof the Brussels Bar, specialising in labour law and European Community law. rate-General. He ﬁrst began working for the Commission in 1983. He has also been Member sonnel and administration (DG ADMIN). Under the leadership of the Director-General, Jacob Madlen Serban Director European Training Foundation Nationality: RO EN, RO New European Training Foundation Director Madlen Serban, Director of the National Centre for Technical and Vocational Education and Training in Romania, has been appointed as the next Director of the European Training Foundation. Serban will take up her position at the ETF Headquarters in Turin over the summer. She will succeed Dr. Muriel Dunbar, whose mandate as Director comes to an end on 30 June the ﬁeld of vocational education and training. She is currently Director of the National Centre for Technical and Vocational Education and Training in her native Romania. 2009 and who has managed the ETF since 2004. Serban has spent most her career working in Working Languages: Start date: Summer 2009 Virginija Langbakk Director European Nationality: SE Start date: Langbakk directs EU Gender Equality Institute Virginija Langbakk has been appointed the ﬁrst director of the European Institute for Gender Equality. Langbakk, a Lithuanian-born Swede, is a senior consultant for SIPU international, a Swedish consultancy and training organisation, and specialises in gender-equality issues. For more than 15 years Langbakk has managed and coordinated international development cooperation projects related to European integration, decentralisation, democracy, public sec- Institute for Gender Equality 16.04.2009 tor and administration reforms, environment, health and social issues, which were funded by the World Bank and the United Nations Development Programme. the Swedish International Development and Cooperation Agency, Sida, the European Union, Advertising COMMUNICAT ION SUMMIT2009 � � �� EUROPEAN �� REGI STER NOW �� ELISABETH SCHICK BASF JAMES APPATHURAI NATO FIONA WILKINSON VISA EUROPE BJÖRN EDLUND ROYAL DUTCH SHELL ETIENNE DAVIGNON CSR EUROPE MIKE WING IBM CRISTINA GALLACH COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION EDWARD BICKHAM ANGLO AMERICAN PLC ANTHONY GOOCH OECD NICHOLAS SHARPLES SONY EUROPE �� Agenda Weekly Up-to-the-minute newsletter on personnel changes and events. 19 13.05.2009 Personnel News Luca Segantini Nationality: IT EN, FR, IT Segantini is the new ISN Executive Director Luca Segantini is the new Executive Director of the International Society of Nephrology (ISN), a worldwide medical association with more than 8,000 members. The ISN is managed by Interel from its Global Operations Centre in Brussels and its Americas Operations Centre in Washington DC. Segantini’s other positions have included work in publishing, at a thinktank and at a marketing, event management, association management and e-business company. Executive Director International Society of Nephrology Working Languages: Start date: 01.04.2009 various scientiﬁc organisations. Since 2007, he has been Managing Partner at Blue Highways, Thomas Reiser Reiser to further Interel’s healthcare focus Interel has announced the appointment of Thomas Reiser as its new Director for Healthcare and Life Sciences within its Association Management practice. The appointment supports Interel’s growing focus on the Healthcare sector. For over 15 years, Reiser has worked as an association management professional supporting a wide range of professional organisations in Client Director where he served most recently as the Executive Director of the International Society of Nephrology and the International Liver Cancer Association. Director for Healthcare and Life Sciences Interel Nationality: AT DE, EN Working Languages: Start date: the healthcare and life sciences sector. Before joining Interel, he worked with MCI Brussels as 01.02.2009 David Gow New appointments at cabinet DN Cabinet DN, the Brussels-based consultancy, has made two new senior appointments. David Gow has joined the ﬁrm as its Media Director, responsible for media strategies and corporate communication. Since 2004, Gow had been European Business Editor of the Guardian newspaper, based in Brussels. He ﬁrst joined the publication in 1986, and as such is armed with extensive contacts in major European boardrooms and EU institutions. Media Director cabinet DN DE, EN, FR Working Languages: Claudia Breure Director Working Languages: DE, EN, ES, FR, NL Claudia Breure has joined the group as its new director for digital industry issues. From her extensive experience in the areas of e-commerce, telecoms, online security and consumer protection issues. Keith Newman has also joined cabinet DN as a consultant. previous public affairs roles at eBay in Brussels and British Telecom in London, Breure gained Advertising Agenda Weekly Up-to-the-minute newsletter on personnel changes and events. 19 13.05.2009 Events: highlights of the week ahead 18 MAY Europe and the Crisis 18 MAY EGMONT, The Royal Institute for International Relations (in former days IRRI-KIIB), founded in 1947 by eminent Belgian political leaders, is an independent thinktank based in Brussels. It is hosting this conference to discuss the Europe‘s situation in Crisis. It will feature the particiformer Prime Minsiter of Belgium, Guy Verhofstadt (right). EGMONT, Palais d’Egmont, 8, Place du Petit Sablon pation of Viscount Etienne Davignon and the Solidarity for societal security: coming together to make Europe Safer From swine ﬂu to terrorist attacks, future hazards, risks and threats will be harder to manage. It requires reaching across borders icy Brief will offer recommendations for the next Commission to improve the EU’s crisis management capacity. European Policy Centre, and cooperating across sectors. This EPC Pol- More 18 MAY The Changing Landscape of European Liberty and Security This project, consisting of 16 workpackages and grouped in 5 phases, seeks to facilitate more responsive and responsible judgements about new regimes and practices of security in order to minimize the degree to which they undermine civil liberties, human rights and social cohesion in an enlarging Europe. Place du Congrès 1 Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS), More 19 MAY Europe and China Held during the 60th anniversary year of the examine how policymakers in Brussels and Beijing see the new global order and what People’s Republic of China, this conference will obstacles remain in the way of EU-China links comparable to those across the Atlantic between Europe and the US. It will feature Aurélia Political Affairs and Security Policy, NATO (right). Friends of Europe, Bibliothèque Solvay Bouchez, Deputy Assistant Secretary General for Happy Birthday Joe Borg Commissioner Robert Kilroy-Silk MEP, 19.05.1942 Åsa Westlund MEP, 19.05.1976 » More of Fisheries and 19.05.1952 Maritime Affairs MEP, 24.05.1965 Nathalie Griesbeck MEP, 24.05.1956 Foltyn-Kubicka MEP, 23.05.1950 Vidal-Quadras Roca MEP, 20.05.1945 Agenda Weekly Publisher: Rudolf Hetzel Helios Media European Agenda » » » 19 MAY Résidence Palace Rue de la Loi 155 More Crisis & the 21st Century 19 MAY Lunch debate introduced in French by Jacques Lesourne, Professor Emeritus at the Conservatoire national des arts et métiers, Paris and Chairman of the Scientiﬁc Committee of the Ifri Energy Program. This debate forms part of the series “Ifri’s Tuesdays in Brussels”. Smart Grids - From Policy to Implementation This conference will provide a comprehensive overview of policies related to the smart grid, the role of electricity networks of the future and ﬁnancial aspects of implementing the smart grids concept and related technologies in the current regulatory framework. Featuring Hans ten Berge, Peter Birkner, Per Hallberg, Keith Redfearn, and Henning Probst. Eurelectric, Radisson SAS EU Hotel, IFRI Brussels, Representation of the European Commission in Belgium More Rue d’Idalie 35 More 19 MAY Debating Turkey in Europe: Economic Prospects and Cultural Challenges This discussion will debate on the economic prospects and cultural challenges of Turkey in Europe. With Prof. Sevket Pamuk holder of the Chair in Contemporary Turkish Studies at the London School of Economics, and Prof. Binnaz tional Relations at Bahcesehir University. Centre for Turkey in Europe, Residence Palace, Maelbeek room Toprak, Chair of of Political Science and Interna- More Carlos Coelho MEP, 20.05.1960 Prof. Dr. Kurt-Joachim Lauk MEP, 19.05.1946 Katalin Lévai MEP, 22.05.1954 Dr. Hans-Peter Liese MEP, 20.05.1965 Seán Ó Neachtain MEP, 22.05.1947 Vittorio Prodi MEP, 19.05.1937 Anna Ibrisagic MEP, 23.05.1967 Angelika Beer MEP, 24.05.1957 Philip Claeys Hanna Alejo Tel +32 (0) 2 / 2 19 22 90 Fax +32 (0) 2 / 2 19 22 92 info@europeanagenda.eu www.europeanagenda.eu Politics Media Communications job agenda Assistant The Network Institutions for SMEs (NEFI) is a network of leading European promotional agencies and banks, founded in 1999. NEFI is looking for an assistant for its Brussels contact point (halfof European Financial 19 13.05.2009 Job Market Please mention European Agenda when you apply. Financial Assistant The European Science Foundation provides administrative and scientific management for COST, the European Cooperation in Science and Technology. The ESF seeks an enthusiastic and ﬂexible Financial Assistant for its Brussels ofﬁce. The position requires a responsible indisensible attitude to work. Organisation: COST/ESF Location: Brussels Associate Director The International Partnership for Microbicides (IPM) is looking for an Associate Director, responsible for supporting the development and implementation of a responsive and cohesive IPM’s strategic objectives. global health policy programme that supports time). The NEFI assistant works in close cooperation with the NEFI members and under the supervision of the NEFI contact point. Organisation: NEFI Location: Brussels vidual who is outgoing, with a committed and Organisation: IPM More More Location: Brussels More Project/Regulation Trainee The IFOAM EU Group is the European working level of IFOAM, the International Federation of the whole organic sector in Europe, ranging Organic Agriculture Movements. It represents from consumer and producer organisations, processors and retailers to certiﬁers, consultants and researchers. IFOAM is currently looking for a Project/Regulation Trainee to begin in June. Organisation: IFOAM Location: Brussels Advisors The European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity coordinates the crossborder system operations, development and electricity market activities of 42 TSOs from ENTSO-E is looking to ﬁll 8 newly created posi- Trainee Communications EUROCITIES, the network of major European cities, is looking for a trainee to work under the supervision of the Communications Direcstarting 1 September 2009. 34 countries. To live up to its challenging tasks, tions for Advisors in various ﬁelds in Brussels. Organisation: ENTSO-E Location: Brussels More tor for a period of up to six months, preferably Organisation: EUROCITIES More Location: Brussels, Belgium More Assistant Political Section The Mission of Japan to the EU is hiring an as possible, preferably from 1 July 2009. The Intern Assistant in the Political Section to start as soon successful candidate will have a strong interresearch activities, among other things. CONCORD, the European NGO confedera- Looking to recruit? tion for relief and development, is looking for an intern to work until the end of June 2009 to help with its EU elections campaign. The intern will work specifically on the EU elections campaign, with the main activity being the launch of a report on the realOrganisation: CONCORD Location: Brussels Promote your vacancy to over 30,000 professionals in Brussels and Europe – place an advert here! Just click on the link below for the relevant contact information. est in EU politics and policies and an interest in Organisation: MISSION OF JAPAN TO THE EU Location: Brussels More ity of Development aid (Aid watch report). More Organisation: European Agenda Location: Brussels, Belgium More EXECUTIVE INTERN And Bus rea Miz i inte ness Pr zoni to ogr rnsh ok p con a ﬁde ip at o m, rec art in the ne o pot eivi nce e n M , are ntial. 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