Head of Unit, EU Commission Directorate General of Education and Culture
Economist
Civil servant of the European Commission since 1988
Head of Unit in the EU Commission Directorate General of Education
and Culture since 1997 in charge of:
- Policy for Vocational Education and Training and Adult Learning
(2005-2006 - EAC A3)
- Implementation of the Leonardo da Vinci Programme (1997-2003 - EAC
B2)
- Higher Education policy, Erasmus Programme, Jean Monnet Action
(2003-2004 - EAC A2)
36 years professional activity as a civil servant and a university
professor. Some consultant mandates for industry.
14 years in Portugal and 3 in France, 17 years in Brussels at the
European Commission.
Previous positions in the European Commission include Principal
Administrator for the Structural Funds: from 1988 to 1990 in Regional
Development Directorate General dealing with FEDER; and from 1990 to
1997 in the Employment Directorate General dealing with ESF.
