Carole Garnier

Carole Garnier
French citizenship
1, avenue de Beaulieu
Phone : 02 299 4358 (office)
Professional experience
European Commission
Since June 2009 Head of unit "Economies of candidate and potential candidate
countries". DG Economic and Financial Affairs.
2005-2009 Alternate Executive Director representing the European Community at the
EBRD (London). Head of unit "Horizontal issues and coordination of financial
assistance. Development policy. Links with multilateral banks".
1998-2004 Head of unit- Structural funds and Common Agricultural policy. DG
Economic and Financial Affairs.
Assessment and negotiation of the economic development strategies of the new
EU member states for 2004-2006 and the incumbent ones for 2000-2006 in the context of
structural funds programming. .
Evaluation and policy options for the CAP mid-term review, the sugar reform,
the post 2006 rural development policy.
Preparation of the EU financial perspectives 2007-2013.
1994-1998 Head of division- Evaluation of structural, social and agricultural policies.
DG Economic and Financial Affairs.
Evaluation of the macro economic impact of the EU cohesion policy; macroeconomic
conditionality, public finances issues.
Preparation of “Agenda 2000”: CAP and cohesion reforms.
Preparation of the structural funds programmes 1994-1999.
Analysis of the impact of EU integration and policies on real convergence, e.g. the
internal market, enlargement
1989-1993 Assistant of the Director General for Economic and Financial Affairs, Human
resources and financial management.
1987-1989 Member of the Private Office of Commissioner Grigoris Varfis.
Reform of the structural funds. Economic, financial and budgetary issues.
Relations with the European Parliament.
1984-1987 Principal Administrator. Financial issues. DG Economic and Financial
Affairs.
Community lending policy including relations with the EIB, conception and
promotion of new financial techniques.
1980-1984 Administrator. Financing. DG Budget
Medium and short term forecasts of Community own resources, conception of
new resources, budgetary impacts of accessions .

Ministry of Health/Labour. Paris. France
1976-1979 Chargée de mission. Reform of the financing of social housing, creation and
implementation of the so-called “ aides personnalisées au logement” (APL).
Education
Diploma of the Institut d’études politiques de Paris. (1968-1971)
Licence/master in economics. University of Paris 1. (1968-1972)
Post graduate diploma (DES) in law. University of Paris 2. (1973)
Post graduate diploma (DES) in economics. University of Paris 1. (1974)
Languages
Fluent in French and English
Knowledge of Italian and Spanish
Publications and presentations
-“ Le réajustement du système des ressources propres de la Communauté ” in « Les ressources
financières de la Communauté Européenne ». Ed Economica. 1986.
-« Interventions Communautaires et investissements » in Revue d’économie industrielle.
1987.
-« L’évaluation de l’impact macro-économique des fonds structurels par modélisation ».2eme
conférence Européenne sur l’évaluation. Berlin. 1996.
-« L’impact socio-économique de l’intégration dans l’Union Européenne sur les collectivités
territoriales et locales ». Colloque de l’Université de Versailles sur « l’ère des intégrations
régionales UE et ALENA ». 1997.
-«Regional policy, structural funds and EU enlargement to the east. The EU experience since
1980.” CEPR economic policy initiative forum. Prague.1999.
-“ L’intégration Européenne, facteur de dynamisation socio-économique”. Symposium de
l’Université de Montréal. 1999.
-« Regional patterns and strategies in the context of national growth promotion » in
« Regional policy goes east ».East-West Institute.1999.
-“Real convergence and catching-up in the EU” with al in “The EU economy 2000 review.”
European Economy. 2000.
“Enlargement, socio-economic cohesion and the EU budget”. Bertelsmann Foundation. 2001.
-“Can policy instruments be used to encourage sub-national development? Lessons from the
EU.” In “Promoting growth and development in lagging regions”. The World Bank. 2002.
-“Public policies, economic geography, regional policies and EU enlargement. A discussion
of the views of Boldrin, Canova and Martin” in “European integration and growth”. The
World Bank. 2003.
-“Catching-up, growth and convergence in the new member states” with al in “The EU
economy 2004 review”. European Economy. 2004.
- "UN-EU cooperation on financial issues. The role of the European Union at the IMF and the
World Bank" with al in "The United Nations and the European Union, an ever stronger
partnership ", 2006.