MEETINGS
Below is a list of the meetings that took place during the Brussels study trip. Each entry includes links to handouts that were distributed and key websites. Powerpoint presentations and notes can be found on the right-hand side of the page. Further information regarding teacher education and competences can be found on the Resources page of the website.
Monday, June 1, 2009
Ronald D. Asmus
| Title: | Executive Director, Transatlantic Center and Strategic Planning, German Marshall Fund |
| Website: | German Marshall Fund |
Tuesday, June 2, 2009 | |
| Jaime Andreu | |
| Position: | Head of unit Visits to the Commission |
| Website: | Visits to the Commission |
| Andrew Hillman | |
| Position: | Member of the External Speakers Team of the European Commission |
| Presentation: | How the EU Works |
| Handouts: | How the EU Works(PDF) |
| Leonard Orban | |
| Title: | European Commissioner for Multilingualism |
| Presentation: | The EU Multilingual Policy |
| Handouts | EU and Multilingualism(PDF) |
| Email: | CAB-ORBAN-CONTACT@ec.europa.eu |
| Website: | European Commission for Multilingualism |
| Frederic Vincent | |
| Position: | Member of the Cabinet Figel |
| Presentation: | A Common Foreign and Security Policy for the EU |
| Email: | frederic.vincent@ec.europa.eu |
| Website: | European Commission for Education, Training, Culture, and Youth |
| John Mac Donald | |
| Position: | Spokesperson for the portfolio Education, Training, Culture, and Youth |
| Email: | john.macdonald@ec.europa.eu |
| Website: | European Commission for Education, Training, Culture, and Youth |
| Diego Sammaritano | |
| Title: | Coordinator for cooperation with industrialised countries; Programme manager for US, Japan and Korea |
| Presentation: | The EU US Atlantis Programme |
| Email: | diego.sammaritano@ec.europa.eu |
| Website: | EU US Atlantis Programme |
Wednesday, June 3, 2009 | |
| Valerie Bandeira De Lima Sax | |
| Office: | EuropeAid Cooperation Office |
| Presentation: | EuropeAid Focus and Instruments |
| Email: | valerie.bandeira-de-lima-sax@ec.europa.eu |
| Website: | EuropeAid |
| Paul Holdsworth and Tapio Saavala | |
| Office: | Directorate General for Education and Culture |
| Presentation: | Key Competencies and Teacher Education in Europe |
| Handouts: | Key Competencies(PDF) |
| Email - Paul: | paul.holdsworth@ec.europa.eu |
| Email - Tapio: | tapio.saavala@ec.europa.eu |
| Website: | Directorate General for Education and Culture |
| Andreas List | |
| Office: | Directorate General for External Relations |
| Presentation: | The EU Policy on External Relations |
| Email: | andreas.list@ec.europa.eu |
| Website: | Directorate General for External Relations |
| Nathalie Pauwels | |
| Office: | Environment Directorate General |
| Presentation: | The EU Policy on the Environment |
| Handouts: | EU and the Environment(PDF) |
| Website: | European Commission on the Environment |
Thursday, June 4, 2009 | |
| Seren Dalkira | |
| Position: | Founder of the NGO Lost Faces; Utrecht University student and documentary maker (Honor Killings) |
| Website: | NGO Lost Faces |
| Mary Tupan-Wenno | |
| Title: | Executive Director of the ECHO Center for Diversity Policy and President of European Access Network |
| Presentation: | Higher Education in the Netherlands and Policies of Inclusion and Diversity |
| Handouts: | ECHO Info(PDF) |
| Email: | MaryTupan@echo-net.nl |
| Website: | ECHO |
Friday, June 5, 2009 | |
| Margaret Nicholson and Rene Erl | |
| Title: | Margaret Nicholson - Executive Director of the Commission on Foreign Exchange |
| Title: | Rene Erl - Charge d'Affaires, United States Mission to the EU |
| Meeting: | Joint meeting of the Council for Educational Exchange and the United States Mission to the EU |
| Email - Margaret: | fulbright@kbr.be |
| Website: | United States Mission to the EU Commission for Educational Exchange between the United States, Belgium, and Luxembourg |
| Elizabeth Colucci and Michael Horig | |
| Titles: | Project Officers |
| Presentation: | EUA Trends in Higher Education |
| Handouts: | Bologna Process(PDF) EUA Annual Report 2008(PDF) |
| Website: | European University Association |