Prof. Jean-Paul Jacqué

Secretary General

Prof. Jean Paul Jacqué holds a doctorate in Law. He is Professor at the University of Strasbourg, Faculty of Law since 1978 and at the College of Europe since 1988. He is also Visiting Professor at other universities, including universities of Barcelona, Louvain, Lisbon, Madrid and Santiago du Chili. Before joining TEPSA as Secretary General, he was Director of the Legal Service of the Council of the European Union from 1992 to 2008. Prof. Jean Paul Jacqué is now a Honorary Director General and Special Councellor in the Council. He is the author of books and articles on Constitutional and Administrative Law; International Law and Human Rights; as well as European Law.

Prof. Jacqué has been the Secretary General of TEPSA since January 2010. He was elected for another two year mandate by the TEPSA General Assembly in December 2011. As Secretary General of TEPSA, he is a Member of the TEPSA Board and responsible for the daily management of the association. His main responsibilities consist of the overall coordination of TEPSA as well as the representation of the network. Other aspects of the daily management have been delegated to an Executive Director. Prof. Jacqué writes the editorial in the bi-monthly TEPSA Newsletter, which can be found here.

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Mirte van den Berge

Executive Director

Mirte van den Berge joined TEPSA in 2010 as Executive Director. She is responsible for the daily management of TEPSA and is involved in different TEPSA projects, like the Marie Curie ITN on EU External Action and the Europe for Citizens Programme. Mirte holds a Master’s degree in Political Science from Leiden University, where she specialised in International Relations and European Integration. Before joining TEPSA she worked at the EU Programme of the Netherlands Institute of International Relations ‘Clingendael’. Her areas of expertise include EU decision-making, institutional and horizontal questions, and justice and home affairs. In 2012 Mirte carried out an EU evaluation research assignment for the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

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Laura Ventura

Project Officer

As TEPSA’s Project Officer, Laura Ventura participates in the project management of various TEPSA activities (TEPSA pre-presidency conferences, guest lectures etc..) and other EU projects such as the THESEUS Summer School and the LISBOAN Annual Conference. Laura is in charge of European Parliament’s requests working closely with the EP Policy Department. She is involved in TEPSA research projects and briefings notably on human rights and democracy while working closely with the members institutes, in order to promote visibility in Brussels and ensure relevant contacts with policy-makers. Her fields of research interests include social policy and development policy. Holding a Master’s degree in European Studies from the Catholic University of Louvain, Laura has been working in Brussels for several years in different membership organisations like the North East England Office in Brussels, the NGO QeC-ERAN and as stagiaire at the European Commission, DG Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion.

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Anita Sęk

Marie Curie EXACT Researcher

Anita Sęk holds Master degrees in the EU International Relations and Diplomacy from the College of Europe, Bruges (2011/2012) and in the International Relations from the Jagiellonian University, Krakow (2006-2011). She also studied at the Warsaw University (2009/2010) and the Vienna University (2009). She gained experience as a trainee in several organisations: the European Commission (2012), European Parliament, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Poland, Polish Embassy in Moscow, the international non-profit organisation Institute for Cultural Diplomacy in Berlin, as well as the Institute of Public Affairs, a leading think tank in Poland. She is a founding-member and former President of the Board of Centre for International Initiatives and an honourable member of the International Relations Students’ Association of the Jagiellonian University.

Her research interests are: external action of the EU, Common Foreign and Security Policy, European Neighborhood Policy (particularly Eastern Partnership), international relations in Eastern Europe and Caucasus, Polish foreign policy.

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