Maria João Rodrigues, currently Member of the European Parliament, S&D Group Vice-Chair, Social and Economic Model, was Minister of Employment in Portugal and has been a policy maker working with the European Institutions since 2000. The main outcomes she has been working for are:
•The EU Strategy for growth and jobs, the Lisbon Strategy followed by the EU2020 Strategy;
• The EU agenda for globalization and the strategic partnerships with the USA, China, Russia, India and Brazil for a new growth model;
• The development of several policy areas: employment, education, innovation, research, regional and industrial policies;
• Special EU initiatives: the new Erasmus for mobility, New Skills for New Jobs;
• The responses to the euro-zone crisis;
• The final negotiation of the Lisbon Treaty;
In academic terms, she was professor of European economic policies in the European Studies Institute - Université Libre de Bruxelles and in the Lisbon University Institute. She was also the chair of the European Commission Advisory Board for socio-economic sciences.
As an Economist, he began his career working on Industrial Policy Research and Studies and then undertook roles of great responsibility within the Public Administration. He was formerly the General Managing Director and then Chief of the Competitiveness Department of the Ministry of Economic Development . He created and developed the Industry 2015 program, a plan designed to relaunch the competitivity of the entire Industrial System. He is Chief Managing Director of the Ministry of Economic Development and is currently the Director of the Industrial Policies Department of Confindustria.
Massimo Cingolani is Managerial Adviser in the Operations Directorate of European Investment Bank (EIB) where he follows the Western Balkans Investment Framework. He is interested in economic policy analysis. In particular, he followed an EIB sponsored research on Public Investment under Budgetary Constraints in New Member States in the context of which he published two articles on “PPP Financing in the Road Sector: A Disequilibrium Analysis Based on the Monetary Circuit” and “Public investment under disequilibrium: a post Keynesian viewpoint”. He also co-edited with Mario Seccareccia and Massimo Florio a special issue on the economic crisis of the International Journal of Political Economy (40, no. 4), where he contributed on: “Interest, Growth, and Income Distribution: What Ought to Be the Objectives of EU Macroeconomic Policy Coordination?”. In 2013 he published in the Serbian Journal Panoeconomicus on “Finance Capitalism: A Look at the European Financial Accounts” and in 2014 he contributed to a book in honour of Alain Parguez (Monetary Economies of Production. Banking and Financial Circuits and the Role of the state. Louis-Philippe Rochon and Mario Seccareccia ed.). Recently, he also worked and published on the macro-economic outlook and the conditions for economic policy coordination in the Western Balkans.
Alain Delmas is an agent of France telecom and president of CERESA (Centre for studies and economic and social research in Aquitaine). Vice President of the ESEC, he sits on the section for European and international Affairs and Delegation for Women’s Rights and Equal Opportunity, where he represents the CGT Group. He is also the ESEC representative on the “Europe 2020 Steering Committee” of the European Economic and Social Committee.
Maarten Goos is an Associate Professor at the Catholic University of Leuven. Maarten‘s research and teaching activities focus on the economics of technological change and innovation. His award-winning research is published in numerous academic and professional journals, books and magazines. He is a regular speaker at international conferences in the areas of innovation, productivity, economic growth and labour markets. He is also a multiple award-winning teacher, and has developed and taught courses on European macroeconomics, economic growth and labour economics at various schools and organizations. Maarten received his PhD from the London School of Economics (LSE) and held positions at Princeton University, the Centre for Economic Performance at LSE, University College London, Fudan University and the Erasmus University Rotterdam and is currently affiliated with the Utrecht School of Economics. He is collaborating with the International Labor Organization in Geneva and the European Commission in Brussels to examine how policies can improve macroeconomic and labor market outcomes.
Mauro Lusetti was born in Sassuolo (Modena) in 1954. Since 2001 he has been CEO of Nordiconad, cooperative enterprise between retailers, which adheres to the National Consortium Conad with a turnover of 1,415 million euro and 5,521 employees. Since February 2011 he was president of Conalec Srl, a company owned 60% by Conad and 40% by the French group E. Leclerc, with the aim to strengthen the network of hypermarkets in Italy and to develop partnerships in various sectors. He was president of Ditech, a company specializing in information systems for distribution; Director of Conad; member of the National Directorate of Legacoop and Executive Committee of ANCD (National Association of Cooperatives Retailers); Vice Legacoop Emilia Romagna. On 8 May 2014 was elected president by the Directorate of National Legacoop. On June 4, 2014 was elected president of the Alliance of Italian Cooperatives and in June 24, 2014 he was elected president of Coopfond.
Anna Corassacz was born in 1939 in Bologna. Degree in Political Science at the University of Rome with postgraduate studies at the School for Planning and Statistics of the University of Warsaw (Poland) and at he Escolatina University of Santiago (Chile). She has conducted research at the FAO/UN (Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations) and the Central Bank of Chile (Santiago). She has worked at the Bertrand Russell Court and at the Foundation for the Rights of Peoples (Rome). She has worked for the Municipality of Rome as a consultant. She has been working at the Italian CGIL’s International Department as a referent on the European policies related to third countries (dossiers on Latin America, free trade agreements and gender policies) and on the labour policies developed by international organizations (ILO, TUAC/OECD, CSW/UN). She has been member of the IFTU (International Confederation of Free Trade Unions) Commission on Women. She has published essays and articles in professional journals. She has been a member of the CNEL since the year 2000.
Kęsţutis Sadauskas, was born in 1969 in Lithuania. In 1994 graduated Vilnius University where he obtained Master Degree in International Relations at the Institute of Political Science and International Relations and Master Degree in Geography at the Faculty of Natural Science. He started his professional career in September 1993 at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania, Vilnius, in the sector of Government's foreign relations, dealing with Lithuanian policies on Council of Europe, Human Rights, UN, OSCE, NATO. At the end of 1996, Kęsţutis Sadauskas joined the Permanent Mission of Lithuania to the United Nations, New York, as Deputy Permanent Representative-Counselor responsible for general political affairs, UN Security Council activities and reform, international security. At the beginning of 2000, he went back to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania, Vilnius, as Head of Unit of the EU Department, and later as Director, responsible for Lithuanian policy towards EU, EU accession negotiations of Lithuania, Convention of Future of EU. In August 2002, he joined the Permanent Representation of Lithuania to EU, Brussels, as Minister-counsellor responsible for coordination of EU accession negotiations of Lithuania, general coordination of activities in the COREPER, negotiations of Financial Perspectives 2007-2013. In September 2006, Kęsţutis Sadauskas was appointed Head of the Representation of the European Commission in Vilnius, Lithuania. In February 2010, he joined the European Commission as a member of the Cabinet of Commissioner Šemeta and from 1st of April of the same year, he became the Head of the Cabinet.
Andrea Saltelli has worked on physical chemistry, environmental sciences, applied statistics, impact assessment and science for policy. His main disciplinary focus is on sensitivity analysis of model output, a discipline where statistical tools are used to interpret the output from mathematical or computational models, and on sensitivity auditing, an extension of sensitivity analysis to the entire evidence-generating process in a policy context. A second focus is the construction of composite indicators or indices. Presently leads the Econometric and Applied Statistics Unit of the European Commission at the Joint Research Centre in Ispra (I). The Unit, with a staff of 30, develops econometric and statistic applications, mostly in support to the services of the European Commission, in fields such as lifelong learning, inequality, employment, competitiveness and innovation.
Giuliano Poletti was born in Imola, on November 19th, 1951. After graduating as an agronomist, in his youth, he worked as an agricultural technician. In 1975 was elected city councillor for the city of Imola. Later he held the position of Councillor for Productive Activities and member of the provincial council of Bologna. In addition to his political – administrative commitments, he maintained a professional activity as president of ESAVE (the body for Studies and Promotion of Viticulture and Enology of the Emilia Romagna region). Elected president of Legacoop of Imola on 1989, he left this charge in September 2000 to become the Regional President and National Vice President of the said organization. From 1992 to 2000 he was also chairman of EPHESUS, the training branch of Legacoop in the Emilia Romagna region. Before his nomination as Minister of Labour and Social Policies in 2014, he has been President of the National Legacoop, President of Coopfond (the Fund for the cooperative promotion of Legacoop) and President of the Alliance of the Cooperatives, the national coordination body consisting of the cooperative representative organizations AGCI, Confcooperative and Legacoop.
As an Economist, he began his career working on Industrial Policy Research and Studies and then undertook roles of great responsibility within the Public Administration. He was formerly the General Managing Director and then Chief of the Competitiveness Department of the Ministry of Economic Development . He created and developed the Industry 2015 program, a plan designed to relaunch the competitivity of the entire Industrial System. He is Chief Managing Director of the Ministry of Economic Development and is currently the Director of the Industrial Policies Department of Confindustria.
Maarten Goos is an Associate Professor at the Catholic University of Leuven. Maarten‘s research and teaching activities focus on the economics of technological change and innovation. His award-winning research is published in numerous academic and professional journals, books and magazines. He is a regular speaker at international conferences in the areas of innovation, productivity, economic growth and labour markets. He is also a multiple award-winning teacher, and has developed and taught courses on European macroeconomics, economic growth and labour economics at various schools and organizations. Maarten received his PhD from the London School of Economics (LSE) and held positions at Princeton University, the Centre for Economic Performance at LSE, University College London, Fudan University and the Erasmus University Rotterdam and is currently affiliated with the Utrecht School of Economics. He is collaborating with the International Labor Organization in Geneva and the European Commission in Brussels to examine how policies can improve macroeconomic and labor market outcomes.
Mauro Lusetti was born in Sassuolo (Modena) in 1954. Since 2001 he has been CEO of Nordiconad, cooperative enterprise between retailers, which adheres to the National Consortium Conad with a turnover of 1,415 million euro and 5,521 employees. Since February 2011 he was president of Conalec Srl, a company owned 60% by Conad and 40% by the French group E. Leclerc, with the aim to strengthen the network of hypermarkets in Italy and to develop partnerships in various sectors. He was president of Ditech, a company specializing in information systems for distribution; Director of Conad; member of the National Directorate of Legacoop and Executive Committee of ANCD (National Association of Cooperatives Retailers); Vice Legacoop Emilia Romagna. On 8 May 2014 was elected president by the Directorate of National Legacoop. On June 4, 2014 was elected president of the Alliance of Italian Cooperatives and in June 24, 2014 he was elected president of Coopfond.
Anna Corassacz was born in 1939 in Bologna. Degree in Political Science at the University of Rome with postgraduate studies at the School for Planning and Statistics of the University of Warsaw (Poland) and at he Escolatina University of Santiago (Chile). She has conducted research at the FAO/UN (Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations) and the Central Bank of Chile (Santiago). She has worked at the Bertrand Russell Court and at the Foundation for the Rights of Peoples (Rome). She has worked for the Municipality of Rome as a consultant. She has been working at the Italian CGIL’s International Department as a referent on the European policies related to third countries (dossiers on Latin America, free trade agreements and gender policies) and on the labour policies developed by international organizations (ILO, TUAC/OECD, CSW/UN). She has been member of the IFTU (International Confederation of Free Trade Unions) Commission on Women. She has published essays and articles in professional journals. She has been a member of the CNEL since the year 2000.
Kęsţutis Sadauskas, was born in 1969 in Lithuania. In 1994 graduated Vilnius University where he obtained Master Degree in International Relations at the Institute of Political Science and International Relations and Master Degree in Geography at the Faculty of Natural Science. He started his professional career in September 1993 at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania, Vilnius, in the sector of Government's foreign relations, dealing with Lithuanian policies on Council of Europe, Human Rights, UN, OSCE, NATO. At the end of 1996, Kęsţutis Sadauskas joined the Permanent Mission of Lithuania to the United Nations, New York, as Deputy Permanent Representative-Counselor responsible for general political affairs, UN Security Council activities and reform, international security. At the beginning of 2000, he went back to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania, Vilnius, as Head of Unit of the EU Department, and later as Director, responsible for Lithuanian policy towards EU, EU accession negotiations of Lithuania, Convention of Future of EU. In August 2002, he joined the Permanent Representation of Lithuania to EU, Brussels, as Minister-counsellor responsible for coordination of EU accession negotiations of Lithuania, general coordination of activities in the COREPER, negotiations of Financial Perspectives 2007-2013. In September 2006, Kęsţutis Sadauskas was appointed Head of the Representation of the European Commission in Vilnius, Lithuania. In February 2010, he joined the European Commission as a member of the Cabinet of Commissioner Šemeta and from 1st of April of the same year, he became the Head of the Cabinet.
Andrea Saltelli has worked on physical chemistry, environmental sciences, applied statistics, impact assessment and science for policy. His main disciplinary focus is on sensitivity analysis of model output, a discipline where statistical tools are used to interpret the output from mathematical or computational models, and on sensitivity auditing, an extension of sensitivity analysis to the entire evidence-generating process in a policy context. A second focus is the construction of composite indicators or indices. Presently leads the Econometric and Applied Statistics Unit of the European Commission at the Joint Research Centre in Ispra (I). The Unit, with a staff of 30, develops econometric and statistic applications, mostly in support to the services of the European Commission, in fields such as lifelong learning, inequality, employment, competitiveness and innovation.
Giuliano Poletti was born in Imola, on November 19th, 1951. After graduating as an agronomist, in his youth, he worked as an agricultural technician. In 1975 was elected city councillor for the city of Imola. Later he held the position of Councillor for Productive Activities and member of the provincial council of Bologna. In addition to his political – administrative commitments, he maintained a professional activity as president of ESAVE (the body for Studies and Promotion of Viticulture and Enology of the Emilia Romagna region). Elected president of Legacoop of Imola on 1989, he left this charge in September 2000 to become the Regional President and National Vice President of the said organization. From 1992 to 2000 he was also chairman of EPHESUS, the training branch of Legacoop in the Emilia Romagna region. Before his nomination as Minister of Labour and Social Policies in 2014, he has been President of the National Legacoop, President of Coopfond (the Fund for the cooperative promotion of Legacoop) and President of the Alliance of the Cooperatives, the national coordination body consisting of the cooperative representative organizations AGCI, Confcooperative and Legacoop.