Employers' Group (Group I) - The President
Henri MALOSSE (France), President of the EESC employers group
Adviser on European Affairs
Born on 6 October 1954 in Montpellier (Hérault) – France
Current position
- President of the EESC Employers' Group since 24 October 2006
- Director and advisor to the Presidency of the French Assembly of Chambers of Commerce and Industry (ACFCI); advisor to the president on European matters
- Vice-president and founding member of the European Association of SMEs, SME Union in the European Parliament
- Lecturer on European affairs at the IEP, the Robert Schuman University in Strasbourg , the University of Wroclaw in Poland and the ISMAPP
European activities
- Information campaigns on the Single Market (1987), the Euro (2000-2001), Enlargement (2002-2003), and the Constitutional Treaty (2004-2005)
- President of the European Economic and Social Committee's SOC Section (Employment, Social Affairs and Citizenship) (2004-2006), and of its ECO Section (Economic and Monetary Union and Economic and Social Cohesion) (2002-2004), member of the EESC Bureau and Co-President of the EU-Bulgaria Joint Committee
- Creation (1987) and launch of the European Network of Euro Information Centres (in 2003 there were almost 300 Euro Info Centres across the whole of Europe , including the EU Member States and associated countries)
- Conception and launch of the JEV financial instrument for the SME partnership in Europe (120 million Ecus over the 3 year period from 1998-2000)
- Creation of the French Permanent Delegates Circle (CDPF) (1995) bringing together 140 organisations represented in Brussels ; President until 2003 and currently Honorary Member;
- Responsibility for the EESC's activities with candidate countries in connection with the Convention on the Future of Europe (2001-2003)
- Creation of the Masters/DESS course on "European public policies" at the Robert Schuman University in Strasbourg (1993)
- Design of "know how transfer" programmes for Eastern Europe in the fields of support for the private sector (SMEs) and civil society;
- Creation of the French Chambers of Commerce and Industry Delegation to the European Union (1979)
- Member of the Administrative Council of the European Studies Centre at the ENA in Strasbourg ;
- Member of the Steering Committee of the Jean Monnet Association
Publications
- Unifying the Greater Europe (Unifier la Grande Europe) , co-authored with Bernard Huchet, with a preface by Jean-Pierre Raffarin and postscipt by Jacques Santer (2001)
- Towards the Greater Europe (Vers la Grande Europe) , co-authored with Bernard Huchet, with a preface by Yves-Thibault de Silguy (1996)
- The European Institutions (Les institutions européennes), with Pascal Fontaine (1991, 1993); to be updated as Europe from A to Z (2006)
- Europe at your doorstep (' Europe à votre porte), a guide to EU funding mechanisms (1990, 1992, 1994, 1995)
- Europe from A to Z with Pascal Fontaine, Editions Bruylant, 2006
- It is necessary to save the European Citizen, Editions Bruylant, 2008
Contact Henri MALOSSE