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Agenda Weekly Personnel News Irmfried Schwimann Director European Nationality: AT Start date: Commission January 2009 04 28.01.2009 Up-to-the-minute newsletter on personnel changes and events. Irmfried Schwimann appointed Director Irmfried Schwimann has been appointed Director for ﬁnancial services and health-related Schwimann had been ﬁlling the post in an acting capacity following Cecilio Madero Villarejo’s transfer to become DG COMP’s director for information, communication and media. She was also head of unit responsible for payment systems in anti-trust cases. markets in the European Commission’s directorate-general for competition (DG COMP). Eva-Riita Siitonen MEP European Nationality: FI Start date: New MEP: Eva-Riitta Siitonen Eva-Riitta Siitonen has been appointed an MEP for the Group of the European People’s Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats (EPP-ED). She replaces Piia-Noora Kauppi, who was made Managing Director of the Federation of Finnish Financial Services on 1 January 2009. Siitonen is a Member of the Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality, the Committee on Legal Affairs and the Delegation for relations with the People’s Republic of China. She is also a substitute Member of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs and the Delegation for relations with the United States. Parliament 01.01.2009 Miroslav Rajčák Start date: New Foreign Minister for Slovakia announced his resignation in December. Lajčák was previously the EU Special Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina, a role he will continue to ﬁll until a successor is found. He is a Miroslav Lajčák has been appointed Foreign Minister for Slovakia. He replaces Ján Kubiš, who Foreign Minister 26.01.2009 Government of Slovakia Jan Kubiš United Executive Secretary Start date: January 2009 relations from the State Institute of International Relations in Moscow and is also a graduate Germany. law graduate from the Comenius University in Bratislava. Lajčák holds Ph.D. in international of the George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Kubiš, meanwhile, has been appointed as the new Executive Secretary of the United Nations vakia since 2006, as Chairman of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe from Europe (OSCE) from 1999 to 2005. Nations Economic Economic Commission for Europe (ECE). He had served as Minister of Foreign Affairs of Slo2007 to 2008, and as Secretary General of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Commission for Europe Karl-Ulrich Köhler European President Nationality: DE DE, EN Karl-Ulrich Köhler becomes EUROFER President The European Confederation of Iron and Steel Industries, EUROFER, has appointed Dr. KarlUlrich Köhler as its new President. He replaces Philippe Varin, CEO of Corus, who headed the association from 2006 to 2008. Köhler began his professional career in 1980 at Thyssen Stahl Board member of ThyssenKrupp AG and Executive Board Chairman of ThyssenKrupp Steel doctorate in 1988. In 2005 he was awarded an honorary professorship by Freiberg University. tion of Iron Industries and Steel Confedera- Working Languages: Start date: 01.01.2009 AG in Duisburg (Germany), before moving to Hoesch Stahl AG in 1988. He became Executive AG in October 2005. Köhler studied metallurgy in Clausthal, Germany, where he gained his Heather Grabbe Nationality: UK Open Society Institute Brussels DE, EN, FR, IT Grabbe appointed OSI Brussels Executive Director Dr Heather Grabbe has been appointed Executive Director of the Open Society Institute (OSI) Brussels. She succeeds Andre Wilkens. Grabbe also takes on the role of Director of EU Affairs for the Soros foundations network, of which the OSI is a network. From 2004 to 2008 she was Senior Advisor to European Commissioner Olli Rehn, responsible for EU enlargement. Before London-based think tank, working with Charles Grant on a wide range of European issues. joining the Commission, she was Deputy Director of the Centre for European Reform, the Executive Director Working Languages: Start date: 02.02.2009 Agenda Weekly Up-to-the-minute newsletter on personnel changes and events. 04 28.01.2009 Personnel News Carlos Trías Pinto Member Nationality: ES European New Members appointed at the EESC The European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) appointed three new Members on 19 will end on 20 September 2010. January. The three will remain Members for the duration of the current term of ofﬁce, which Carlos Trías Pinto joins the Committee’s Group III, in the Economic and Monetary Union and Economic Gabriele Bischoff Member Nationality: DE and Social Economic and Social Cohesion (ECO) section. Trías Pinto is Director of the Spanish Asociación General de Consumidores (ASGECO) and the Unión de Cooperativas de Consumidores y Usuarios de España (UNCCUE). Committee Gabriela Bischoff joins the Committee’s Group II. Bischoff is Head of European Policy Units Michaela Rosenberger Member Nationality: DE at the Confederation of German Trade Unions (DGB). Michaela Rosenberger also joins the Committee’s Group II. Rosenberger is Deputy Chair of the Union of the Food and Restaurant Sector (NGG) in Germany. Jens Jørgen Nygaard Member Committee of the Regions Nationality: NO Committee of the Regions appoints new Members The Committee of the Regions (CoR), the political assembly that provides local and regional authorities with a voice at the heart of the European Union, has appointed two new Members. Each new Member will serve for the remainder of the current term of ofﬁce, which ends on 25 January 2010. Gerhard Dörﬂer Member Nationality: AT Jens Jørgen Nygaard, a Danish national, has been appointed a CoR Member. Nygaard was mayor of the Ledøje-Smørum municipality in Copenhagen County, and has been active in Danish politics, where he is a member of the Conservative People’s Party. Gerhard Dörﬂer has also been appointed a CoR Member. Dörﬂer is currently serving as Governor of the state of Carinthia in Austria, following the death of Jörg Haider. Advertising �� Agenda Weekly Up-to-the-minute newsletter on personnel changes and events. 04 28.01.2009 Events: highlights of the week ahead 02 FEB Future of The Internet: How the Obama Generation Will Change the World 04 FEB Fleshing out the Lisbon Treaty The full title of this discussion in “Fleshing out In this initiative, participants will join thought the Lisbon Treaty’s provisions on ‘particpatory democracy’”, and Martin Westlake, Secretary General of the European Economic and Somight be ﬂeshed out and what form of interprovisions. cial Committee, discusses how this provision action might there be with the Title’s other The Centre, leaders, top-level regulators (including Viviane ers and others in a debate on what the future holds for the future. Lisbon Council, Reding, right), industry practitioners, think tank- holds for the Internet – and what the Internet Résidence Palace Rue de la Loi 155 More 04 FEB Defining the EU’s security interests in Asia 05 FEB This session clariﬁes how challenges in Asia affect Europe’s security interests. The panellists will assess how strong the need is for the EU to Annual Conference: Investing in Europe’s Energy Future The annual conference of the French Institute “Investing in Europe’s Energy Future”, with an pean Commissioner for Energy (below). remain involved in this region as a security acbe. In addition, it will be discussed how member states can be encouraged to coordinate their Institute for European Studies, Pleinlaan 15 policies at the European level. of International relations’ (IFRI) Energy Program introductory speech from Andris Piebalgs, Euro- tor and what the nature of its strategy should IFRI, More Palais d’Egmo » 05 FEB Africa: Sustaining successes in the face of global turmoil This debate, hosted by the Friends of Europe, will focus on the impact of the global ﬁnancial turmoil on low income countries in Africa. The debate welcomes Antoinette M. Sayeh, Director Monetary Fund (IMF). Friends of Europe, of the Africa Department at the International Bibliothèque Solvay More Happy Birthday Jacques Barrot EC Vice-President & Commissioner and Security for Justice, Freedom 03.02.1957 Antoine Duquesne MEP, 03.02.1941 06.02.1962 MEP, 07.02.1956 03.02.1937 Agenda Weekly Publisher: Rudolf Hetzel Helios Media European Agenda » More 22, Avenue Matrix More 05 FEB PRESERVE Conference Subtitled ‘The Environment to Trigger for pean Regions’, this conference will provide the opportunity for various stakeholders to learn about the Preserve project, its objectives and more Sustainable Tourism Assembly of Euro- planned activities and to meet the partners. A thematic session will also illustrate how the environment can be beneﬁcial to tourism in Europe. Abruzzo Region Representation Ofﬁce, Avenue Louise, 210 » More 07 FEB EU Studies Fair This event will be the 10th annual EU Studies Fair hosted by European Voice. It is a one-day fair and workshop bringing together prospec- tive students, universities and academic institutions offering postgraduate programmes in EU and International Relations, Business and Law. Every year around 700 visitors come to meet with over 50 of Europe’s leading academic institutions and EU institutions. European Voice, Crowne Plaza Hotel » More Janelly Fourtou MEP, 04.02.1939 Dr. Georg Jarzembowski MEP, 03.02.1947 Sir Robert Atkins MEP, 05.02.1946 Stefano Zappala’ MEP, 06.02.1941 Jas Gawronski MEP, 07.02.1936 John Attard-Montalto MEP, 07.02.1953 Stavros Lambrinidis MEP, Maria Robsahm MEP, Françoise Castex Horst Eckart Alwin Posdorf MEP, 08.02.1948 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 Director, EFPIA’s Research Directors Group Policy Officer sists of senior people responsible for research and development activities in the pharmaceutical industry in Europe. The RDG is responsible encouragement and support of biomedical ment activities in Europe. Organisation: EFPIA for developing industry policy relating to the and biopharmaceutical research and developMore 04 28.01.2009 Job Market Please mention European Agenda when you apply. EFPIA’s Research Directors Group (RDG) con- The European Network Against Racism (ENAR) is currently looking for a full-time policy ofﬁcer. The Policy Ofﬁcer will implement and followOfﬁcer and the Campaigning and Networking Ofﬁcer the policy elements of the ENAR work Policy Ofﬁcer reports to the Director. Organisation: ENAR Location: Brussels up in close cooperation with the other Policy Program Officer Finance & Administration EUROCITIES, the Network of Major European Cities is looking for a Program Ofﬁcer to take istrative management of an operating grant Commission. on responsibility for the ﬁnancial and admin- programme as mandated by the Board. 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