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Lead Partner Seminar - event report
The fourth call Lead Partner Seminar took place in Copenhagen, Denmark on 23 January 2012. The staff of the Joint Technical Secretariat and the four Information Points welcomed 173 participants, including representatives of all 82 fourth call projects approved under conditions in December 2011. The event report and presentations are now available online.
[ Project ]
12 January 2012 - CLUSTERIX Project Coordination Support
The INTERREG IVC project CLUSTERIX is seeking to contract an external project coordinator for their project, beginning as soon as possible and until 31 December 2014. Deadline for submitting offers is 31 January 2012.
Information Points
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NORTH
covering Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Sweden, and Norway
Grubenstraße 20
18055 Rostock
Germany
Fax: +49 381 45484 5282
Marit Lani, IP Coordinator; Project & Communication Adviser
Tel: +49 381 45484 5292
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Marit Lani joined the Information Point (a body constituted in order to provide information as well as to promote the programme in a defined area) North in February 2008. As an info point adviser with focus on communication, her tasks mainly include organising programme-related communication and dissemination activities in the IP North area. She is also involved in project development and assessment.
Before joining INTERREG IVC, Marit worked for the European Territorial Cooperation (This is the EU Regional policy’s third pillar of the programming period 2007-2013 and succeeds the Interreg III Community Initiative. With the present programming ...) Bureau of the Estonian Ministry of the Interior for two years. There she was responsible for the general communication of all INTERREG programmes. Marit was also the Estonian national contact person for INTERREG IVC.
Marit holds a graduate diploma in public management from Tartu University (Estonia).
She speaks English, Estonian and Finnish and works on improving her intermediate level of French, Russian and German.
Ilze Ciganska, Project Adviser
Tel: +49 381 45484 5210
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Ilze Ciganska joined Information Point North in September 2010. She supports the development of new projects, is project adviser with focus on project activities and is carrying out project assessment.
Before joining INTERREG IVC Info Point North, Ilze worked for eight years as a coordinator of foreign affairs and project manager in the Latvian Association of Local and Regional Governments. There she was responsible for project development, implementation and monitoring, as well as for the representation of self-government interests and advisory regarding various EU programmes and project management issues. Since 2008 she has also been the National Contact Point (institution designated by each Member States to promote the programme amongst potential project applicants in their country and support them in generating projects ...) for INTERREG IVC and the substitute member of the National Sub-committee for the European Territorial cooperation programmes.
Ilze holds a Masters degree in Political Science from the Latvian University.
Besides her mother tongue Latvian, she speaks English, Russian, as well as basic German.
Ulrike Klose, Programme Assistant
Tel: +49 381 45484 5285
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- Ulrike Klose joined Information Point North in January 2011. She provides administrative support to the Information Point North team.
Before joining INTERREG IVC, Ulrike worked as an intern in the European Parliament and in the German embassy in Stockholm. She holds a Master’s degree in Political Science from Uppsala University, Sweden, and a Bachelor’s degree in European Studies from Maastricht University, the Netherlands.- Ulrike is fluent in English, German, Swedish and Dutch and speaks French at intermediate level.
EAST
covering Austria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Bulgaria and RomaniaMickiewicza 15
40-951 Katowice
Poland
Tel: +48 (0) 32 205 32 30
Fax: +48 (0) 32 253 73 76
Thorsten Kohlisch, IP Coordinator and Project Adviser
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Thorsten Kohlisch joined Information Point East in April 2010 as Project Adviser, and coordinator of the IP East tasks. As a Project Adviser, he supports the development of new projects, the monitoring of their progress and the assessment of project applications.
- Before joining the programme’s office in Katowice, Thorsten worked for different institutions of the Berlin government, i.e. the Police Department, the Investitonsbank Berlin and the Senate Department for Economics, Technology and Women’s Issues. Within the latter, his position as a senior officer in the Division for International Cooperation and European Politics comprised the development, implementation and communication of strategic policy concepts for enhanced cross-border cooperation (i.e. the Polish-German Oderpartnership-Network), the organisation of political meetings and interregional seminars, the involvement in ERDF funds management as well as the participation in INTERREG IIIC and IVB projects.
- Thorsten holds a BA in Public Administration from Berlin’s University of Applied Sciences for Administration and Law and a MA in Political Science from Potsdam University.
- Besides his mother tongue German, he speaks English and French as well as basic Polish.
Zornitsa Tsoneva, Project and Communication Adviser
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Zornitsa Tsoneva joined Information Point East in October 2008. Zornitsa plays a double role of Project and Communication Adviser. She supports project proposal development and provides information on the Programme. As a Communication Adviser she supports information-promotional activities.
Before joining INTERREG IVC, Zornitsa has acquired experience in EU programmes preparing and executing several cross-border cooperation projects (Bulgaria-Romania) funded by the Pre-accession funds (PHARE). She has also contributed to operations in the fields of human resources development, regional development and administrative capacity funded by the EU Structural Funds (The EU's Structural Funds are administered by the Commission to finance Community structural aid. They comprise the Guidance Section of the EAGGF for agriculture, ...) . In addition, Zornitsa was involved in the development of INTERREG IVC project proposal.
Zornitsa holds a graduate degree in English philology and a postgraduate degree in Finance both from the University of Veliko Tarnovo (Bulgaria).
She speaks Bulgarian, English, Polish and Russian, as well as basic German. She understands Romanian and Slovenian.
Petra Polaskova, Communication Adviser
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Petra Polaskova joined Information Point East in March 2011. As a Communication Adviser, Petra is responsible for the promotion of the programme and dissemination of information in the East area. She also cooperates with the Communication Officer from the JTS and supports the organisation of EU scale events.
- Petra has been working as a freelance translator and ESL (English as a Second Language) lecturer in Prerov, the Czech Republic, for the last 4.5 years. Between 2002 and 2006, she held the position of Teaching Assistant at the Northeastern University in Boston, U.S., teaching undergraduate courses in International Affairs, International Conflict and Negotiation as well as U.S. Foreign Policy. She also has professional experience in Public Relations gained at the Institute of International Relations in Prague, where she was responsible for organising seminars and international conferences, promotion of events and communication with participants and service suppliers.
- Petra’s educational background ranges from International trade, International politics and diplomacy to Public and international affairs, in which she was awarded PhD title.
- Besides her mother tongue Czech she speaks English and German as well as basic Polish, Spanish, Russian and French.
Aleksandra Niechajowicz, Programme Assistant
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Aleksandra Niechajowicz joined Information Point East in March 2011 to replace Agnieszka Kwaśniak for the duration of her maternity leave.
As an assistant, Aleksandra is responsible for documentation and administrative-organisational issues. She also manages the databases for the purpose of the IP East activities.
Aleksandra previously worked in multinational IT corporations, Steria and Capgemini. She is also a freelance translator of French and English.
Aleksandra is a graduate in French & Translation, and a postgraduate student in Specialized Translation (English).
Agnieszka Kwaśniak, Programme Assistant (maternity leave)
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Agnieszka Kwaśniak joined the Information Point East in September 2008. As an assistant, Agnieszka is responsible for documentation and administrative-organisational issues. Agnieszka also manages the databases for the purpose of the IP East activities.
Agnieszka previously worked in the Technical Controlling Office of ArcelorMittal Poland, an international corporation, where she gained experience in multinational working environment. As an assistant-interpreter, Agnieszka was responsible for written and consecutive translation, office and data management as well as organisation of meetings and trainings for the staff.
She is a graduate of English Philology and International Relations.
She speaks Polish and English.
SOUTH
covering Cyprus, Greece, Italy, Malta, Portugal and Spain
C/ Cronista Carreres, 11-4A
46003 Valencia
Spain
Tel: +34 961 922 618
Fax: +34 961 922 611
Kelly Zielniewski, IP Coordinator; Project and Communication Adviser
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Kelly Zielniewski coordinates the IP South work. As a Communication Adviser, she is responsible for programme-related communication and for information/dissemination activities in the South area. Kelly also supports the development of new project proposals and carries out assessments.
She first spent one year and a half at the INTERREG IIIC West Secretariat working on all communication matters. In April 2007, she joined the IIIC South JTS, where she became responsible for communication activities and for monitoring of approved operations.
Kelly holds a master degree in International Negotiations and Languages (English and German). She studied in the University of Valenciennes (France) and in Wiesbaden, (Germany).
Kelly is French and speaks English, Spanish and German. She is also learning Italian.
Manuel Gonzalez-Evangelista, Project Adviser
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Manuel Gonzalez joined the INTERREG IVC Information Point South mid-2008. His tasks mainly consist of providing advice to potential applicants and supporting project development. He is also involved in project assessment.
Previously, Manuel worked for a consultancy firm dealing with European Policies, where he acquired a deep knowledge in European Cooperation Programmes. In 2006, he joined the INTERACT Point in Valencia as project manager, and in 2008, he joined the INTERREG IIIC South JTS to work as Project Officer and was responsible for monitoring approved operations.
Manuel studied Political Sciences in the University of Granada and has a Master degree in Business Administration from University of Madrid and a Master in European Studies from the College of Europe (Natolin, Warsaw).
Manuel speaks fluently English, French, Italian, Russian and his mother-tongue Spanish.
Pilar Diez de Rivera, Programme Assistant
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Pilar Diez is responsible for logistic and administrative issues. She is also providing assistance in all IP South communication matters.
She holds a diploma in Translation (English and French). She worked for various European training programmes (Lingua, Force, Comett) from 1992 to 1996. Before joining the IVC Information Point South, she worked as a management secretary for different private companies and has also several years of experience as technical assistant in projects management.
Pilar speaks Spanish, English and French.
WEST
covering Belgium, France, Ireland, Luxembourg, Netherlands, United Kingdom and Switzerland
Les Arcuriales - Entrée D, 5ème étage
45 rue de Tournai
59000 Lille
France
Fax: +33 (0) 328 144 109
Akos Szabo, Project and Communication Adviser
Tel: +33 (0) 328 144 104
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Akos Szabo works as the Information Point West for the INTERREG IVC programme in Lille/France and fulfils the position of Project & Communication Adviser. He is responsible for project proposal development and for providing information on the Programme. As a Communication Adviser he is responsible for publicity and communication actions in the IP West area.
He started his professional career in the Prime Minister’s Office in Budapest, Hungary, where among other tasks, he dealt with financial control and monitoring of EU funds and of the national budget. In 2004 he joined the Joint Technical Secretariat of the Slovenia-Hungary-Croatia INTERREG IIIA Neighbourhood Programme in Ljubljana/Slovenia as the Hungarian member.
Akos graduated as an economist from the faculty of non-profit organisations and diplomacy of the West-Hungarian University in Sopron/Hungary in 2002.
Akos speaks Hungarian, English, German and some French and Italian.
