Government

The governments of the nation states of Europe and the European Commission are the central points of funding and assistance for all of the public sectors; including education, health, defence and transport to name but a few. How can they best evaluate projects and new research if they are unaware of the potential that Europe holds? It is crucial that the dissemination from each of the sectors reaches the correct people who ultimately have the power to allocate funding or formulate policy change. Pan European Networks: Government has been designed specifically, with its extensive distribution, to make sure that the ‘people in the know’ remain ‘in the know’.

We will showcase the latest political developments, policy changes and decisions that will impact at the operational level of local, regional, national and European government. This will help facilitate an easy dialogue between both the public and private sectors across Europe and in turn provide a platform in which leading figures from Europe can discuss and promote projects, funding opportunities, research, products and services.  

Recent contributors include:

José Manuel Barroso – President of the European Commission

Günther Oettinger – European Commissioner for Energy

Janez Potočnik – European Commissioner for the Environment

Androulla Vassiliou – European Commissioner for Education, Culture, Multilingualism and Youth

Charles Hendry – UK Minister for Energy

Nicolai Wammen – Danish Minister for European Affairs 

Ida Auken – Danish Minister for the Environment

Lord Tony Berkeley – former president, European Rail Freight Association

Ulrich Schulte-Strathaus – Secretary-general of the Association of European Airlines

Álvaro de Vasconcelos – Director of the European Union’s Institute for Security Studies