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[ Programme ]
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.
Meet the team
Please use the General contact form to contact any staff member by email. Email addresses are in the format firstname.lastname@interreg4c.eu.
Where to find us
Joint Technical Secretariat
Michel Lamblin, Programme Director
Tel: +33 328 144 101
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Michel Lamblin is the Director of the INTERREG IVC Programme, running the Secretariat and its links with its Managing, Audit and Certifying Authorities and Member States. As Programme Director, he represents INTERREG IVC in discussions at regional, national and European levels.
Michel has a strong background in coordinating European operations and, in his previous role as INTERREG IIIC West Director or before, as Head of European and International Affairs for the French Region Nord-Pas de Calais, was involved in a range of Objective 1 (Convergence’ Objective of the Structural Funds is the main priority of the European Union's cohesion policy. In accordance with the treaty, the Union works to ...) and 2, INTERREG IIIA and INTERREG IIC and IIIB programmes. He managed the Euroregion EEIG in 2001 and 2002.
With post-graduate diplomas in Engineering, Spatial Planning and Business Administration, Michel worked for over ten years in the Energy and Waste sector before moving to the European Federation of Regional Energy and Environment Agencies in Brussels and becoming National Expert in the European Commission’s DG Environment in 1993.
Erwin Siweris, Deputy Programme Director
Tel: +33 328 144 102
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Erwin Siweris shares management with the Programme Director, with a particular emphasis on projects. He has experience in managing finances for the INTERREG IIC and IIIB programmes in Rostock, Germany; and two years with the Investitionsbank Schleswig-Holstein in Kiel, Germany, advising SMEs about EU funding schemes. Before INTERREG IVC, Erwin was Deputy Programme Manager in the INTERREG IIIC West Programme.
He holds a diploma in Political Economics and Banking and has worked as a consultant in political economics.
Erwin speaks German and English and some French.
Aous Tamimi, IT Officer
Tel: +33 328 144 105
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Aous Tamimi joined the INTERREG C JTS in April 2004 to provide Information Technology (IT) support.
Prior to his work in INTERREG, he has worked as an electronic engineer and programmer in various private companies and public offices, including a Repair & Coordination Centre, and a robotics company, where he was network administrator, designing and programming a robot-user interface.
Aous holds a BSc degree in Electronic & Communication Engineering from the University Of Technology in Baghdad (Iraq).
Aous speaks Arabic, English, French, Dutch and some Portuguese.
Nuala Morgan, Communication Officer
Tel: +33 328 144 103
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Nuala Morgan is responsible for communication strategy and implementation for the INTERREG IVC programme, and coordinates the communication activities of the four Information Points located in Rostock (DE), Katowice (PL), Valencia (ES) and Lille (FR).
Nuala joined the team in Lille in June 2007, as INTERREG IIIC West Communication Officer. Previously, she worked for the online European magazine, cafebabel.com – of which she is a founder member-, as Communication and Network Coordinator.
Nuala graduated with a BA (Hons) in Business and Politics with French from Trinity College Dublin, and has studied at the Institut d’Etudes Politiques in Strasbourg.
Nuala speaks English and French.
Irma Astrauskaite, Communication Officer
Tel: +33 328 144 108
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Irma Astrauskaite is responsible for events organisation at programme level, and coordinating national and regional events with the Information Points.
Before joining the INTERREG IVC in May 2011, Irma was in charge of communication activities at the Latvia-Lithuania Cross Border Cooperation (EU regional policy programme which promotes projects whose partnership is constituted by partners coming from two or more states and who are located in the border ...) Programme for three years. She has also worked in a private sector where she gathered international experience in journalism, contemporary media and public relations.
Irma obtained a MA degree in Communication and Information from Vytautas Magnus University. During her studies she spent one semester at Dortmund University in Germany, where she focused on on-line journalism and multimedia studies.
She speaks Lithuanian, English, German, Latvian and Russian.
Laure Lesec, Administration Officer
Tel: +33 328 144 106
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Laure Lesec joined INTERREG IVC JTS in February 2007. Her tasks include the assistance to Finance Unit and the coordination of assistance tasks. She is taking care of the logistics, the administration and the internal financial aspects of the office.
Before joining the JTS, Laure worked for different private companies: 3 years as a commercial assistant in Hewlett-Packard, 2 years as a credit management assistant in Avery Dennison and 2 years as a marketing assistant in Lesaffre.
Laure holds a degree in Economics. She studied at the University of Grenoble (F).
She speaks French and English.
Julie Estal, Programme Assistant
Tel: +33 328 144 100
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Julie Estal’s tasks mainly include providing assistance for the Project Unit Team and the Information Point (a body constituted in order to provide information as well as to promote the programme in a defined area) West.
- Before joining INTERREG IVC in May 2011, Julie worked as a liaison officer for INCTR, a not-for-profit organisation dedicated to helping build capacity for cancer research and treatment in developing countries, located in Brussels. Previously, she has volunteered for several UN Agencies and NGOs, including the Jane Goodall Institute in a Congolese refugee camp in Tanzania.
- Julie holds a master degree in international administration and a joint master degree in Anglo-French law. She studied at the Panthéon-Sorbonne University in Paris (FR) and King’s College in London (UK).
- She speaks English, French and a beginner level of Spanish and Italian.
Aline Gavelle-Caron, Programme Assistant
Tel: +33 328 144 107
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Aline Gavelle-Caron joined the JTS in September 2007, as Programme Assistant to finalise closure of INTERREG IIIC West. Since November 2008 her tasks include the assistance to general management and communication.
Before joining the JTS, Aline worked for 12 years as Personal Assistant for the managing, marketing and finance directors of both international groups and small companies such as La Coupole d’Helfaut-Wizernes, Ferodo Abex Plc, Ecole Supérieure Journalisme Lille, Auchan, Abbey National Plc Bank and UCB-BNP Paribas Group.
She graduated from Université Catholique of Lille with a Bachelor of Arts in International Trade, and a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Business Administration completed in Humberside University (UK).
Aline speaks French, English, Spanish and some German.
Petra Geitner, Senior Finance Officer
Tel: +33 328 144 111
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Petra Geitner is coordinating the tasks of the finance team. The finance team’s responsibilities range from advising project lead applicants and lead partners on financial matters, assessing project proposals, monitoring running projects with a focus on financial and first level control matters and making payments to the Lead partners in cooperation with the Certifying Authority (the CA is mainly responsible for drawing-up and submitting certified statement of expenditure and application for ERDF payment to the European Commission. Moreover, ...) after approval of the progress reports. The finance team is also assisting the Member States and Norway in setting up and implementing their first level control system and supports the Group of Auditors and the Audit Authority in all audit related matters, especially the sample checks on operations.
Before joining the JTS in 2003, Petra worked for an international audit firm in Germany where she was involved in the audit of European programmes financed from the 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, ...) .
Petra studied English, French and Politics at the Universities of Hannover (Germany) and Lille (France). She also holds a Masters degree in European studies from the College of Europe in Bruges (Belgium).
Petra speaks German, English and French.
Mahesh Bhardwaj, Financial Control and Audit Officer
Tel: +33 328 144 112
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Mahesh Bardwaj joined the JTS team in November 2010. He is responsible for the financial control and audit matters of the programme. His main tasks relate to assisting the Member States and Norway in setting up and implementing their first level control system and supporting the Group of Auditors and the Audit Authority in all audit-related matters, especially the audits on projects. He also participates in monitoring the financial aspects of approved INTERREG IVC projects.
Before joining the JTS, Mahesh worked for the European Commission’s DG Europe Aid and the INTERREG IVB North-West Europe Programme's JTS where in both cases he was involved in finance monitoring.
Mahesh has a Bachelor’s in Economics and a Master’s in European Politics and Public Policy.
Mahesh speaks English and French.
Katja Ecke, Finance Officer
Tel: +33 328 144 113
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Katja Ecke joined the JTS team in March 2008. She contributes to monitoring the financial aspects of the INTERREG IVC running projects.
Before joining the JTS, Katja worked for the Geography department of the Humboldt-University Berlin, where she was involved in different international research/applied projects. Katja was also the responsible project and financial manager for an INTERREG IIIC EAST project.
Katja studied Geography, City and Regional Planning and Geographic Information Science at the Humboldt University Berlin, Technical University Berlin and University of North Carolina (NC, US).
Katja speaks German and English.
Marie Lèbre, Finance Officer
Tel: +33 328 144 114
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Marie Lèbre joined the JTS team in March 2010. She contributes to monitoring the financial aspects of the INTERREG IVC running projects and to the assessment of IVC applications.
Before joining the JTS, Marie worked for 3 years for the European Association of Chambers of Commerce and Industry where she was involved in EU co- financed projects.
Marie holds a Master degree in Political Sciences with specialisation in European Affairs from the Institute of Political Studies in Bordeaux and the University of Torino.
Marie speaks French, English, Italian and Polish.
Stefania Amorosi, Finance Officer
Tel: +33 328 144 115
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Stefania Amorosi joined the JTS team in October 2010. She contributes to monitoring the financial aspects of the INTERREG IVC running projects.
Stefania previously worked at the Italian Ministry for Environment, where she was responsible for the financial management of bilateral and EU cooperation projects, mainly within INTERREG Alpine Space. She also supported the implementation of Structural Funds programmes for the Convergence objective, namely the Interregional programme for renewable energy and energy efficiency and the national operational project for technical assistance to public administrations, where she was ensuring first level control.
Stefania holds a Master degree in Territorial Marketing and Local Development from the University of Sacro Cuore of Piacenza and studied Political Sciences at the La Sapienza University of Rome with specialisation in International Affairs.
Stefania speaks English, French, Italian and Spanish and has a basic knowledge of German
Elisa Milos, Finance Officer
Tel: +33 328 144 117
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Elisa Milos joined the JTS team in October 2010 as a finance officer. She contributes to monitoring the financial aspects of the INTERREG IVC running projects.- Prior to joining JTS, Elisa served as a Developer and Training Officer on financial issues at INTERACTPOINT Viborg from January 2009. Previously Elisa had spent 6 years at the Autonomous Region of Friuli Venezia Giulia in Italy. She was a staffmember of the Paying Authority which oversees several European Programmes such as Objective 2 (‘Cometitiveness & Employment’ Objective of the Structural Funds aims to revitalise all areas facing structural difficulties, whether industrial, rural, urban ...) , Leader +, INTERREG IIIA Italy-Slovenia and Italy-Austria. She later worked for INTERREG IIIA Italy-Slovenia JTS.
Elisa graduated in International Economics and Business from the University of Trieste.
She speaks Italian, English and French.
Johanna Bähn, Finance Officer
Tel: +33 328 144 110
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Johanna Bähn joined the JTS team in May 2011. She contributes to monitoring the financial aspects of the INTERREG IVC running projects.
- Before joining the JTS, Johanna worked as project officer for the INTERREG IVB North West Europe Programme in Lille and for the Department of EU Affairs in the Polish parliament in Warsaw.
Johanna holds a Master degree in European Studies from the University of Göttingen and the University of Kraków. She also studied at universities in the UK, France and Spain.
Johanna speaks German, English, French, Spanish and Polish.
Nicolas Singer, Senior Project Officer
Tel: +33 328 144 121
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Nicolas Singer is coordinating the work of the Project Officers’ team. The team’s responsibilities range from advising project lead applicants and lead partners on activity related matters, assessing project proposals, and monitoring running projects. The Project Officers’ team is also involved in the thematic follow-up of the programme’s priorities and in the preparation of the programme’s decision on all content-related issues.
Nicolas holds Masters degrees in International Trade (Lille, France) and in European Management Strategy (Stoke-on-Trent, UK). Before joining the JTS in 2003, Nicolas worked on a series of European cooperation projects in the framework of INTERREG IIA (Kent / Nord-Pas de Calais) and IIC (North West Europe). He also worked on several other Structural Funds programmes (e.g. Innovative Actions, Objective 1 and 2).
Nicolas speaks French and English.
Elena Ferrario, Project Officer
Tel: +33 328 144 122
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Elena Ferrario supports approved projects and monitors their development. She provides assistance to potential applicants and is involved in the assessment of project proposals.
Elena previously worked for two years at the INTERREG IIIC West JTS. Her tasks were supporting the Lead partners of approved projects and monitoring of the projects’ development. She had previously worked for four years at the Venice City Council, in Italy, where she managed several projects co-financed by the EU Structural Funds, such as INTERREG IIIC East, INTERREG IIIB CADSES, INTERREG IIIA Italy-Slovenia. She also managed a number of decentralised cooperation projects.
Elena holds a master degree in International Relations and International Safeguarding of Human Rights. She studied at the Universities of Padua (Italy) and Madrid (Spain).
Elena speaks Italian, English, French and Spanish.
Silke Brocks, Project Officer
Tel: +33 328 144 123
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Silke Brocks supports approved projects and monitors their development, provides assistance to lead applicants and is involved in the assessment of project proposals.
Silke already worked for two years at the INTERREG IIIC West JTS in Lille. Her main tasks were the assistance and monitoring of approved projects. Before moving to Lille, Silke worked for the German Association for Housing, Urban and Spatial Development in Brussels for four years. She was mainly responsible for the management of EU cooperation projects funded by INTERREG IIIC East, INTERREG IIIB and URBACT.
Silke holds a master degree in spatial planning. She studied at the Universities of Dortmund (Germany) and Grenoble (France).
Silke speaks German, English, French and Spanish.
Benoît Dalbert, Project Officer
Tel: +33 328 144 124
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Benoît Dalbert provides assistance to potential applicants, is involved in the assessment procedure and monitors the approved projects. He is also the main contact person within the JTS for IP East and West.
Before joining the INTERREG IVC JTS in October 2007, Benoît worked for one year in the French public administration as Policy Officer for cross-border, transnational and interregional cooperation (Part of the C strand of the ETC (as well as of the former Interreg III Community Initiative), its aim is to promote exchange and transfer of knowledge and best ...) programmes. He represented France in the Monitoring (& Steering) Committees of the four INTERREG programmes involving the Nord-Pas de Calais Region.
Benoît holds a Master of Arts in Interdisciplinary European Studies from the College of Europe in Natolin (PL) as well as a Master of Arts in Political Science & European Affairs from Sciences Po Paris (FR). He also studied at Warsaw University (PL), Freie Universität Berlin (DE), and INALCO (FR).
He speaks French, English, German and Polish.
Erika Fulgenzi, Project Officer
Tel: +33 328 144 125
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Erika Fulgenzi joined INTERREG IVC JTS in October 2009. She monitors the approved projects, provides assistance to potential applicants and is involved in the assessment procedure. She is also the main contact person within the JTS for IP South.
Erika previously worked for four years at SVIM, the Regional Development Agency of Marche Regional Authority, in Italy, where she managed several projects both co-financed by the EU Structural Funds, such as INTERREG III Adriatic New Neighbourhood Programme, INTERREG IIIB CADSES, INTERREG IIIC North, and directly funded by EC, such us LLP and PROGRESS Programmes. She was also involved in the implementation of the single programming document ob. 2 2000-2006 Marche and in the drafting of ERDF O.P “Competitiveness and Employment” 2007-2013 Marche.
Erika holds a degree in law with a specialisation in international and European law and a master degree in European Affairs. She studied at the University of Bologna (Italy).
Erika speaks Italian, English and French.
Martina Bačova, Project Officer
Tel: +33 328 144 126
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Martina Bačova joined the JTS in August 2007, where she first worked for two and a half years as a Finance Officer. She is now part of the Project Officer team, where she supports approved projects and monitors their development, provides assistance to potential applicants and is involved in the assessment of project proposals. She is the main contact person for IP North.
In her previous position in Berlin, she dealt with project management of several European cooperation projects funded under the Community programmes INTERREG IIIC and Intelligent Energy Europe.
Martina studied economics at the Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration (Austria) and the University of Potsdam (Germany).
She speaks Slovak, German, English and French.
