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Marta Cygan 

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and asylum 

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New Director of fundamental rights and citizenship 

Aurel-Viorel Ciobanu-Dordea has been appointed Director for fundamental rights and citi- 

zenship in the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Justice, Freedom and Security. 

Ciobanu-Dordea was chief negotiator for Romania’s accession to the European Union be- 

tween December 1999 and January 2001, and was ranked as State Secretary within the Min- 

istry for Foreign Affairs of Romania. He studied law and has a Ph.D. from the University of 

Bucharest. 

Cygan the new Director of immigration and asylum 

Marta Cygan has been appointed Director for immigration and asylum in the European Com- 

mission’s Directorate-General for Justice, Freedom and Security. She will take up the position 

on 16 July. Cygan is currently Deputy Head of Cabinet in the private office of Danuta Hübner, 

the European Commissioner for Regional Policy. 

Maive Rute moves from DG ENTR to DG ETD 

Maive Rute has been appointed Director for biotechnologies, agriculture and food in the Eu- 

ropean Commission’s Directorate-General for research. She will begin in the position on 1 July. 

Rute, an Estonian, is currently Director for small and medium-sized businesses in the Commis- 

sion’s Directorate-General for Enterprise and Industry. Her portfolio includes subjects such as 

the Small Business Act for Europe, the Enterprise Europe Network, entrepreneurship educa- 

tion and promotion of entrepreneurship, the ERASMUS mobility scheme for entrepreneurs, 

crafts and social economy enterprises. An economist by training, she has a Master of Business 

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Personnel News 

EU Committee 

of Domestic 

Appliance 

Manufacturers 


Telecom- 

munications 

Network 

Operators’ 

Association 

Diplomat PR 

League of 


Research 

Universities 


Confederation 

of Directors’ 

Associations 

Paolo Falcioni 

Vice Director General 

Nationality: IT 


EN, IT 

Start date: 


Victoria Gerus 

Regulatory Affairs 

Manager 


EN, FR 

Start date: 


Susanne 

Hammarström 

Head of Office 

Nationality: SE 

Working languages: 

EN, ES, FR, SE 

Start date: 


Kurt Deketelaere 

Secretary General 

Nationality: BE 

Start date: 


Juan Álvarez-Vijande 

Chairman 

Nationality: ES 


EN, ES 

Start date: 


New Vice Director General at CECED 

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Paolo Falcioni has been appointed Vice Director General of CECED, the European Committee 

of Domestic Appliance Manufacturers. Falcioni brings almost 20 years of experience with na- 

tional and international technical and policy-making bodies in the industrial sector to this 

newly created position. Prior to joining CECED, he was the European Affairs Manager for In- 

desit Company. Falcioni has an Electric Engineering degree (summa cum laude) from the Uni- 

versity of Ancona (Italy). 

Gerus as ETNO’s Regulatory Affairs Manager 

Victoria Gerus has been appointed Regulatory Affairs Manager of ETNO, the European Tel- 

ecommunications Network Operators’ Association. Gerus was the former Head of Regulatory 

Strategy for ETNO member company eircom of Ireland. In this function, she closely monitored 

and analysed national and EU regulatory developments and formulated eircom’s strategic 

response. She also participated in ETNO working groups and as an Executive Board alternate. 

In addition, Gerus worked for nine years as a telecoms specialist at the consultancy McKinsey 

& Company and also served as a senior analyst at Ovum. She holds a Master’s degree from 

Harvard University in the US. 

Hammarström heads Diplomat PR’s Brussels office 

Susanne Hammarström is to head Swedish Communication Firm Diplomat PR’s newly- 

opened Brussels office. Diplomat PR Brussels opened on 1 May 2009 and provides public 

affairs and communications services to mainly Swedish companies and organisations. Ham- 

marström has 10 years’ experience of European public affairs in Brussels, from communica- 

tions consultancies APCO Europe and The Centre, as well as from the European Commission. 

LERU appoints new Secretary General 

The League of European Research Universities (LERU) has appointed Professor Kurt Deket- 

elaere as its new Secretary General. He will take over from Dr. David Livesey, who will retire 

after four years in the role. Deketelaere will serve a renewable five-year term. In his capacity 

as Secretary General, he plans to emphasise the need to maintain or increase the volume, 

effectiveness and efficiency of public and private investment in research and development 

(R&D) and in innovation. Deketelaere is full Professor of Environmental and Energy Law at the 

K.U.Leuven and Honorary Professor of Climate Change Law at the University of Dundee. 

Juan Álvarez-Vijande elected Chairman of ecoDa 

The board of the European Confederation of Directors’ Associations (ecoDa), has elected its 

new Chairman, Juan Álvarez-Vijande (Executive Director and cofounder of the Spanish Insti- 

tuto de Consejeros – Administradores), for the two coming years. Álvarez-Vijande has more 

than 18 years of experience in boardroom management as Non-Executive Director (among 

others as Independent Director), as Executive Director, advisor to Boards on Good Corporate 

Governance Practices as well as Advisory Board member.



Events: highlights of the week ahead 

25 MAY 

The Security Implications 

of Europe’s Energy Thirst 

How will the proposed Nabucco pipeline from 

the Caspian Sea affect strategic relations with 

Russia and its planned South Stream pipe- 

line? How should the West respond to Iranian 

threats to use energy for political gain when 

many experts recognise that Iranian resourc- 

es are economically best suited to source the 

Nabucco pipeline? 

Security and Defence Agenda, Bibliothéque 

Solvay, Parc Léopold, 137, rue Belliard 

More 


Surviving the Downturn 

& Maximising the Upturn 

This evening session, held at the American 

Chamber of Commerce, will examine three dif- 

ferent ways to tackle the turbulent times we 

live and work in. It will encourage a different 

way of thinking about work and the work- 

place. 

American Chamber of Commerce in Belgium, 

Management Centre Europe, 

Rue de l’Aqueduc 118 More 

28 MAY 

Never Again: The Shape 

of a New Global Financial 

Architecture 

Last autumn’s financial meltdown has devel- 

oped into a full-blown global economic crisis, 

yet the spring is also bringing a new mood of 

cautious optimism. How sure can we be that 

the credit crunch is truly last year’s crisis? With 

Pervenche Berès (right), Chairwoman of the 

European Parliament Committee on Economic 

and Monetary Affairs. 

Friends of Europe, Bibliothèque Solvay More 

Happy Birthday 

Katerina Batzeli 

Chair, 

Committee on 

Culture & 

Education 

25.05.1958 


Publisher: Rudolf Hetzel 

» 

26 MAY 

Mobility, higher 

education and the 

Bologna Process 

Lunch debate on the Bologna Process, intro- 

duced by Ján Figel’ (above), Commissioner for 

Education, Training and Culture, European 

Commission. This debate forms part of the se- 

ries “Ifri’s Tuesdays in Brussels”. 

IFRI Brussels, Representation of the 

European Commission in Belgium 

Helios Media 

European Agenda 


7th Legislature European 

Parliament: More Powerful, 

Less Legitimate? 

CEPS is organising this conference to discuss 

the relevance of the 7th Legislature European 

Parliament. Speakers include Julia De Clerck- 

Sachsse, Research Fellow, CEPS; Piotr Maciej 

Kaczynski, Research Fellow, CEPS; and Daniel 

Gros, Director, CEPS. 

Centre for European Policy Studies, 

CEPS Conference room, 

Place du Congrès 1 

27 MAY 

European Parliament 

2009–2014: what next? 

David Earnshaw, co-author of The European 

Parliament (2nd. edition, Palgrave Macmil- 

lan 2008) will examine the prospects for the 

forthcoming legislature. It is commonplace to 

see 2009 as a year of profound change for the 

EU institutions. And uncertainties about the 

future remain – as usual. But what can be ex- 

pected and what are the prospects for Parlia- 

ment near-term and longer term? 

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More 

More The Centre, 22, Avenue Marnix 

More 

Stavros Arnaoutakis MEP, 25.05.1956 Marco Cappato MEP, 25.05.1971 Alejandro Cercas MEP, 25.05.1949 Alex- 

ander Alvaro MEP, 26.05.1975 Bert Doorn MEP, 26.05.1949 Ewa Klamt MEP, 26.05.1950 Neil Parish MEP, Chair- 

man of the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development, 26.05.1956 Paul van Buitenen MEP, 28.05.1957 

Fernando Fernández Martín MEP, 29.05.1943 Frank Vanhecke MEP, 30.05.1959 Lissy Gröner MEP, 31.05.1954 

José Ignacio Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra MEP, 31.05.1955 Agnes Schierhuber MEP, 31.05.1946 Eva-Riitta Siitonen 

MEP, 31.05.1940 

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28 - 29 MAY 

Can Creativity be 

Measured? 

The aim of the conference is to advance in the 

understanding of different ways of measuring 

creativity and assess the feasibility of measur- 

ing creativity in an international, comparative 

manner. High level experts in the area of crea- 

tivity will present different aspects related to 

its measurement. 

European Commission/ Joint Research Centre, 

Centre for Research on Lifelong Learning 

(CRELL), Tour Madou Plaza More 

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United Nations & Global 

Youth Issues Coordinator 

The European Youth Forum (YFJ) is recruit- 

ing a United Nations and Global Youth Issues 

Coordinator. The successful candidate will work 

under the coordination of the Head of the Policy 

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will be responsible for the overall coordination 

of the YFJ’s work with the United Nations sys- 

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Project/Regulation Trainee 

The IFOAM EU Group is the European working 

level of IFOAM, the International Federation of 

Organic Agriculture Movements. It represents 

the whole organic sector in Europe, ranging 

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processors and retailers to certifiers, consultants 

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Intern 

CONCORD, the European NGO confedera- 

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 

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Advisors 

The European Network of Transmission System 

Operators for Electricity coordinates the cross- 

border system operations, development and 

electricity market activities of 42 TSOs from 

34 countries. To live up to its challenging tasks, 

ENTSO-E is looking to fill 8 newly created posi- 

tions for Advisors in various fields in Brussels. 

Organisation: ENTSO-E 


Trainee Communications 

EUROCITIES, the network of major European 

cities, is looking for a trainee to work under 

the supervision of the Communications Direc- 

tor for a period of up to six months, preferably 

starting 1 September 2009. 

Organisation: EUROCITIES 


Intern 

The European Chemical Regions Network 

(ECRN) is looking for an intern to support the 

organisation of all ECRN internal and external 

events and activities, e.g. seminars, the yearly 

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