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POLITICAL BRUSSELS Up-to-the-minute newsletter on personnel changes and events. 10/09/2007<br />
Personnel News<br />
EUROPEAN<br />
PARLIAMENT<br />
SYRIAN<br />
AMBASSADOR<br />
EDIMA<br />
EDIMA<br />
ASD -<br />
EUROSPACE<br />
GROUP<br />
Francesco Ferrari<br />
MEP<br />
Nationality: IT<br />
Working languages:<br />
IT<br />
Start 05/06/2007<br />
Dr. Aymann Soussan<br />
Ambassador<br />
Nationality: SY<br />
Working languages:<br />
AR, FR, EN<br />
Start: 17/06/2007<br />
Andrew Cecil<br />
President<br />
Nationality: UK<br />
Working languages:<br />
EN, FR<br />
Start: 05/09/2007<br />
Paloma Castro<br />
Martinez<br />
Secretary<br />
Nationality: ES<br />
Working languages:<br />
ES<br />
Start: 01/07/2007<br />
Jean-Jacques Tortora<br />
Director<br />
Nationality: FR<br />
Working languages:<br />
FR, EN<br />
Start: 01/08/2007<br />
Francesco Ferrari appointed to the <strong>European</strong> Parliament<br />
Mr Francesco Ferrari was appointed to the <strong>European</strong> Parliament, in replacement of<br />
Marta Vicenzi as of 5 July 2007, sitting in the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for<br />
Europe group. His background is associated with the agrarian movement in Italy, hav-<br />
ing held top positions in the provincial and regional Farmers Federation from 1976 to<br />
2006. He was also adviser to the local and the regional authorities before becoming a<br />
member of the Italian Chamber of Deputies in 1992 and later the Senate in 1994.<br />
Soussan becomes Syrian Ambassador to the EU<br />
Dr. Ayman Soussan is Syria’s new Ambassador to the EU and Belgium. Dr Soussan has<br />
participated in the Arab League’s annual summits (2004-2007), the Islamic Summit<br />
and several international summits on Iraq. He entered the Foreign Ministry in 1994,<br />
becoming Press Attaché then Cultural Attaché to the Syrian Embassy in France, before<br />
moving on to the post of First Secretary of Cabinet to the Foreign Affairs Minister.<br />
In 2006 he was made Director of the Vice-President of Syria’s Cabinet, before taking<br />
up his current position.<br />
Andrew Cecil takes over as President of EDiMA<br />
The <strong>European</strong> Digital Media Association (EDiMA) has a new president. Andrew Cecil,<br />
previously head of public policy at Yahoo Europe, has been appointed president, with im-<br />
mediate effect, serving a term of 12 months. EDiMA is an alliance of new media and tech-<br />
nology firms, whose membership includes Amazon, Apple, eBay and Google. Mr Cecil’s<br />
mission will be to lead the association in the negotiations and discussions with national<br />
and EU policy makers, collecting societies and music organisations in Europe.<br />
Castro joins the <strong>European</strong> Digital Media Association<br />
Paloma Castro Martinez, the Head of eBay Inc’s Brussels Office, will be the new sec-<br />
retary for EDiMA, the <strong>European</strong> Digital Media Association, starting August 2007. She<br />
has also been Director of McDonald’s Europe Regulatory and Corporate Affairs. Ms.<br />
Castro is a recognised expert by the EU in the fields of food, consumer goods and<br />
environment. Before that, she was the EU Affairs Manager for HOTREC, the <strong>European</strong><br />
Hotels and Restaurant Association. Trained as a lawyer, she worked previously for the<br />
Permanent Representation to the EU of the Government of Castilla y León.<br />
Jean-Jacques Tortora appointed ASD Director Space<br />
Jean-Jacques Tortora was previously the Representative of the French Space Agency<br />
(CNES) in North America and the Attaché for Space at the Embassy of France in Wash-<br />
ington, D.C. from 2004 to 2007. He was Deputy Director for Strategy and Programs re-<br />
sponsible for the Industrial Strategy of CNES, adviser to the French Ministry of Research<br />
for Industrial Policy Funds management and led a risk management programme for<br />
Arianespace in Evry, France. Mr. Tortora started his career in 1984 at the French military<br />
procurement agency, DGA, as a naval weapons integration and test engineer.
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Personnel News<br />
EURONEWS<br />
ORF<br />
TELEKOM<br />
AUSTRIA<br />
GROUP<br />
ICAEW<br />
DEUTSCHE<br />
WELLE<br />
Jill Grinda<br />
Director of Worldwide<br />
Distribution<br />
Nationality: UK<br />
Working languages:<br />
FR, EN<br />
Start: 01/08/2007<br />
Raimund Löw<br />
Head of Brussels<br />
Office<br />
Nationality: AT<br />
Working languages:<br />
DE, EN, FR<br />
Start: 01/08/2007<br />
Irina Michalowitz<br />
EU Representative for<br />
Telecommunications<br />
Nationality: AT<br />
Working languages:<br />
DE<br />
Start: 09/07/2007<br />
Dr. Susanna di<br />
Feliciantonio<br />
Head of EU Public Affairs<br />
Nationality: UK/IT<br />
Working languages:<br />
EN, IT, FR<br />
Start: 16/07/2007<br />
Catherine Martens<br />
News Producer<br />
Nationality: FR<br />
Working languages:<br />
FR, EN<br />
Jill Grinda joins EuroNews<br />
Jill Grinda has joined EuroNews as Director of Worldwide Distribution. She will man-<br />
age and expand EuroNews’ international distribution on all platforms including ter-<br />
restrial, satellite, cable, ADSL, broadband, mobile and all other new media formats.<br />
Prior to joining EuroNews in August 2007, she was Regional Director of Europe and<br />
Asia for the past two years, contributing to the lauch of Al Jazeera in English. Prior to<br />
that, she was Regional Distribution Director for CNBC Europe for five years.<br />
Raimund Löw becomes Head of ORF Brussels<br />
Political Scientist and historian Raimund Löw became the new Head of the Brussels<br />
office of ORF in August 2007. From 1989 to 1991 he worked as the ORF´s foreign<br />
correspondent in Moscow. From 1991 to 1997 he was a correspondent in the USA,<br />
leading the Office in Washington during his last two years there. Since leaving the<br />
USA in 1997, he has been actve as a reporter in the EU, the Middle East, Asia and Latin<br />
America, working on everything from world politics to live broadcasts and editorial<br />
commentary on the Iraq war.<br />
Irina Michalowitz joins Telekom Austria Group<br />
Since 9 July, Ms Michalowitz has been working for the Mobilkom Austria group as an EU<br />
representative, thereby managing the Telekom Austria Group office in Brussels where she<br />
primarily covers mobile telecommunication issues for the group. Before joining the Telekom<br />
Austria Group, Ms Michalowitz worked for the <strong>European</strong> Platform of Women Scientists as<br />
a Research Policy Project Manager.<br />
Susanna di Feliciantonio joines ICAEW<br />
Susanna di Feliciantonio has joined the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and<br />
Wales as Head of EU Public Affairs. Prior to joining the ICAEW team in Brussels, Dr di Fe-<br />
liciantonio worked as an Account Director for DLA Piper UK LLP. In the past, she has also<br />
worked in the government services department of a leading management consulting firm<br />
in London and for a United Nations agency in Rome. Dr di Feliciantonio holds a PhD in<br />
International Studies from Cambridge University.<br />
Catherine Martens joins Deutsche Welle<br />
Catherine Martens has joined Deutsche Welle as a news producer this year covering<br />
high profile news stories. Previously, Ms Martens spent a considerable amount of<br />
time working for French television, specifically M6 Paris and M6 Lille, as a writer,<br />
producer, and editor. She then moved to Brussels to begin working for Europe by<br />
Satellite under the Audiovisual Services of the <strong>European</strong> Commission as an execu-<br />
tive producer reporting on major events, conducting various interviews, and setting<br />
agendas for news stories.
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Personnel News<br />
EIPA<br />
EAST OF<br />
ENGLAND<br />
IKP<br />
Craig Robertson<br />
Senior Lecturer<br />
Nationality: UK<br />
Working languages:<br />
EN, IT, FR<br />
Start: 01/06/ 2007<br />
Alejandro Rodriguez<br />
Eur. Businiess Advisor<br />
Nationality: ES<br />
Working languages:<br />
ES, FR, EN<br />
Eva-Maria Hartlieb<br />
PR Assistant<br />
Nationality: AT<br />
Working languages:<br />
DE, IT, EN<br />
Start: 01/08/2007<br />
Craig Robertson new Senior Lecturer at EIPA<br />
Craig Robertson has joined the <strong>European</strong> Institute of Public Administration (EIPA) as<br />
a Senior Lecturer in the Unit on <strong>European</strong> Decision-Making. Prior to joining EIPA, he<br />
worked for as a National Expert in the Secretariat-General of the <strong>European</strong> Commission,<br />
mostly in the Better Regulation Unit, where his main area of responsibility was in the<br />
development and implementation of the integrated approach to impact assessment of<br />
Commission‘s initiatives. His activities at EIPA will be in the areas of Better Regulation<br />
and <strong>European</strong> Governance.<br />
Alejandro Rodriguez joins East of England<br />
Alejandro Rodriguez-Ramos has been appointed <strong>European</strong> Business Advisor of the<br />
East of England Brussels Office. He holds a masters degree in Law and has followed<br />
tertiary studies in International Trade and <strong>European</strong> Integration. Mr Rodriguez was<br />
acting as <strong>European</strong> Policy Officer advising business and regional intermediaries for<br />
The Government of Cantabria Brussels Office for over three years.<br />
Eva-Maria Hartlieb joins ikp Communications<br />
Eva-Maria Hartlieb joined the ikp team in August 2007 as PR Assistant. She studied Commu-<br />
nication Studies at Vienna University, with a specialisation in Public Relations and Italian.<br />
During her studies she gained experience with various radio stations in Vienna as well as the<br />
Austrian Press Agency. Prior to her joining ikp she worked for the Institute of Journalism at<br />
the University of Vienna, focusing on media psychology and empirical research..<br />
CESI EUROPE ACADEMY<br />
Symposium: The courage to have children - women and<br />
men torn between work and family<br />
As birth rates never cease to diminish, the <strong>European</strong> population is rapidly<br />
ageing. The balance between generations seems to be reaching a threshold.<br />
Faced with these decreasing birth rates, the <strong>European</strong> societies are confronted<br />
with serious challenges:<br />
• Is it possible, in the face of this evolution, to maintain the <strong>European</strong> Social<br />
Model?<br />
• Will our society have to get used to a situation where large sections of it<br />
are condemned to poverty?<br />
• Is there a way out of this crisis?<br />
sponsored by the <strong>European</strong> Commission
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Events<br />
10 SEPT 2007<br />
Meeting: Fighting Terrorism - Is<br />
Europe Delivering?<br />
Those participating will be Gijs M. De Vries,<br />
Former Counter-Terrorism Co-ordinator of<br />
the EU, Senior Fellow, Clingendael Institute,<br />
The Netherlands; Staffan Jerneck, Director,<br />
Director for Corporate Relations, CEPS.<br />
(Centre for <strong>European</strong> Policy Studies)<br />
Brussels, Belgium<br />
13 SEPT 2007<br />
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Serious Virtual Worlds ‘07<br />
The theme for this event is ‘The Reality of the<br />
Virtual World’. It will take a close look at how<br />
virtual worlds are now being used for serious<br />
professional purposes. Many organisations are<br />
now actively researching and deploying virtual<br />
worlds.<br />
Coventry, United Kingdom<br />
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Michèle Alliot-Marie, Minister of the Interior - France, 10.09.1946 Monica Frassoni, MEP, 10.09.1963 Tibor Kiss, Perm. Rep - Hungary, 10.09.1954 Herbert<br />
Bösch, MEP, 11.09.1954 Miroslav Mikolasik, MEP, 11.09.1952 Adam Jerzy Bielan, MEP, 12.09.1974 Jean Louis Cottigny, MEP, 12.09.1950 Lidia Joanna Geringer de<br />
Oedenberg, MEP, 12.09.1957 Ivan Hodac, Secretary General - <strong>European</strong> Automobile Manufacturers Association, 12.09.1946 Boguslaw Liberadzki, MEP, 12.09.1948<br />
Luca Romagnoli, MEP, 12.09.1961 Dr. Fritz-Harald Wenig, Director - DG Trade, 12.09.1946 Dr. Wolf Klinz, MEP, 13.09.1941 Lucien Lux, Minister for Transport<br />
- Luxembourg, 13.09.1956 Arturo Mario Luigi Parisi, Minister for Defence - Italy, 13.09.1940 Sophia in ‘t Veld, MEP, 13.09.1963 Vincenzo Aita, MEP, 14.09.1948<br />
Mathieu Grosch, MEP, 14.09.1950 Per Poulsen-Hansen, Perm. Rep. to NATO - Denmark, 14.09.1946 Maxime J.M. Verhagen, Foreign Affairs Minister - The Netherlands,<br />
14.09.1956 Etelka Barsi-Pataky, MEP, 15.09.1941 Robert Fico, Prime Minister - Slovakia, 15.09.1964 Connie Hedegaard, Minister of the Environment - Denmark,<br />
15.09.1960 Prof. Dr. Hans-Gert Pöttering, MEP, 15.09.1945 Jürgen Schröder, MEP, 15.09.1940 Alyn Smith, MEP, 15.09.1973 Camiel Eurlings, Minister for Transport<br />
– The Netherlands, 16.09.1973 Eikka Kosonen, Perm. Rep. - Finland, 16.09.1947 Ján Pociatek, MEP, 16.09.1970 Bernadette Vergnaud, MEP, 16.09.1950<br />
Helios Media<br />
<strong>European</strong> <strong>Agenda</strong><br />
12 SEPT 2007 - 14 SEPT 2007<br />
Conference: ‘The Courage to Have<br />
Children’<br />
The <strong>European</strong> Confederation of Independent<br />
Trade Unions is organising a conference on<br />
the challenges of women and men balanc-<br />
ing both work and family.<br />
Brussels, Belgium<br />
11 SEPT 2007<br />
Meeting: SYNEBIS info day<br />
SYNEBIS has brought together players in the<br />
field of policy implementation of eBusiness<br />
support actions for SMEs from Europe and<br />
beyond. The main objective is to stimulate a<br />
constructive dialogue among <strong>European</strong> and<br />
international policy initiatives in support of<br />
eBusiness for SMEs.<br />
Brussels, Belgium<br />
15 SEPT 2007 - 17 SEPT 2007<br />
EU with YOU: Celebrations of the<br />
50th anniversary of the Treaty of<br />
Rome<br />
For the 50th anniversary of the Rome Treaty,<br />
the <strong>European</strong> Movement-Belgium is organising<br />
a festive weekend at the Val Duchesse, which<br />
will be open to the public to celebrate Europe’s<br />
birthday.<br />
Val Duchesse<br />
Brussels, Belgium<br />
Rue de la Charité 13 –15<br />
B-1210 Brussels Belgium<br />
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14 SEPT 2007<br />
EU/Ukraine Summit<br />
The gathering to take place in the Ukraine<br />
will be another important step in the nego-<br />
tiations of a comprehensive new Enhanced<br />
Agreement with the Ukraine, as a succes-<br />
sor to the Partnership and Cooperation<br />
Agreement. Negotiations started on 5 March<br />
2007 and are expected to continue this year<br />
and in 2008.<br />
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16 SEPT 2007 - 22 SEPT 2007<br />
Streets for people<br />
The 6th edition of the <strong>European</strong> Mobility<br />
Week is organised under the theme ‘Streets<br />
for people.’ Around 1,300 cities will partici-<br />
pate in urban mobility initiatives during the<br />
week. <strong>European</strong> Mobility Week encourages<br />
people to make greater use of environmen-<br />
tally friendly modes of transport.<br />
Brussels, Belgium<br />
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Job Market<br />
EPHA seeks Secretary-General<br />
The new Secretary-General will serve as a key<br />
representative of the organisation and as an<br />
advocate on public health in Europe.<br />
Application Deadline: As soon as possible<br />
Organisation:<strong>European</strong> Public Health Alliance<br />
Place: Brussels<br />
Fleishman-Hillard is hiring an<br />
Executive in Public Affairs<br />
Fleishman-Hillard’s Brussels office is seeking<br />
a professional to join its Financial Services<br />
Practice in an entry-level position.<br />
Application Deadline: 13 September 2007<br />
Organisation: <strong>European</strong> Commission<br />
Place: Brussels<br />
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GOPA-Cartermill is seeking an<br />
intern<br />
GOPA-Cartermill is currently recruiting for a<br />
full-time, three-month internship position for<br />
the time of October to December 2007.<br />
Application Deadline: As soon as possible<br />
Organisation: GOPA-Cartermill<br />
Place: Brussels<br />
Habitat looking for a Communications<br />
and Advocacy Director<br />
Habitat for Humanity is currently seeking a<br />
creative individual to serve as a Director in<br />
our offices in Bratislava.<br />
Application Deadline: As soon as possible<br />
Organisation: Habitat for Humanity - Europe<br />
Place: Bratislava<br />
The IRCT is recruiting a Financial<br />
Analysis Officer<br />
The successful candidate will develop project<br />
budgets and assess project methodology and<br />
concrete implementation plans.<br />
Application Deadline: 21 September 2007<br />
Organisation: IRCT<br />
Place: Brussels<br />
Juristische/r Referent/in<br />
Der Deutsche Caritasverband e.V. Brüssel be-<br />
setzt die Stelle zum nächstmöglichen Zeit-<br />
punkt zur Beobachtung der europäischen<br />
Sozialpolitik und sozialrechtlichen Positio-<br />
nierung.<br />
Bewerbungsschluss: 7 September 2007<br />
Organisation: Deutscher Caritaswerband<br />
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AIDS Action is hiring an Advocacy<br />
and Networking Officer<br />
The post requires excellent English and Russian,<br />
experience of working in CEE and Central Asia<br />
and knowledge of HIV/AIDS.<br />
Application Deadline: 20 September 2007<br />
Organisation: AIDS Action Europe<br />
Place: Vilnius<br />
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Caritas Europa is seeking a<br />
Senior Officer for Social Policy<br />
The Senior Officer will manage a comprehen-<br />
sive EU-funded work program and represent<br />
Caritas Europa externally.<br />
Application Deadline: 17 September 2007<br />
Organisation: Caritas Europe<br />
Place: Brussels<br />
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