Address: Pluvierenerf 18
Personal Statement: have over 20 years experience in various high level positions with practical experience in performing work on national and international management level. They were mostly in line of economic development and labour related topics, budget and financial management.
At the moment I am working as an auditor for the European Commission and perform audits on the field in various European countries. Next to these audit assignments I’m also functioning as a liaison officer for an international research centre in Geneva linked to the United Nations and organise and moderated international workshops concerning human rights and gender equality.
I have experience as a policy advisor for the parliament, as an advisor on entrepreneurial topics at the chamber of commerce, as deputy director in various governmental and European agencies where I was dealing with refugee and asylum seekers projects at AMIF.
I have over 15 years experience in EU project management. Within the ESF Agency I was involved in projects concerning Migration and Integration and Entrepreneurial training. I am experienced in the European Union’s general policy and decision processes. In that period I gained experience in working with policy makers, as well as local and regional stakeholders on government level.
As a liaison officer I am experienced in organising international workshops that I moderate on topics of human rights and gender equality.
My on the job experience has afforded me a well rounded set of skills, including first rate communication and organisational skills and people management skills. I excel in working as a team member to identify and develop key policy areas , and work in 5 different languages
I outstand in being analytical, having good research skills, being well organized and having outstanding written and verbal skills in 5 languages (English, Dutch, French, German and Greek) and intermediary language skills in Italian and Spanish
I have the ability to interact with individuals from different countries and cultural backgrounds with respect of their opinions and national interests
I have a master degree in international political science mixed with economics. I am skilled in evaluation of projects and system audits too for over 15 years. As I evaluate European funded project for the European commission when they are submitted to receive European funds. Also I evaluate project on national level for the Belgian government entities.
In addition to my experience and personal qualities, I have a solid educational background and have senior expertise in analyzing information and write reports accompanied with decision options
A position in NCR would give me the opportunity to transfer my expertise and skills to NCR and become an added value in its daily work.
I hope that there will be an opportunity for a brief interview
Thank you for considering my candidacy
Antonio
Education: 2004 - 2006: University of Leuven (KUL) : Risk Management
1990-1991: University of Brussels (VUB) : Advanced master degree in European Economic and Comparative Law
1986-1990: University of Brussels (VUB) Master degree in International Political & Economic Relations
1982-1985: VLERICK Business School (Brussels) : Bachelor in Business Economics & Financial Management
Work Experience: 2018-on going: Auditor of EU funded projects (H2020, EASME, ERCA, Research, COSME, EIT, ECAS, Development)
- “Еx-post” financial and systems audits
- Institutional compliance assessments, assessment of management and control systems for compliance with financing requirements
- Expenditure verifications and verification missions of development projects (grants, twinning, service and supply contracts, construction works and procurement contracts)
2016-on going: Free-lance Liaison officer 1x/week ( IIDG - UN Research Institute for Human Rights in East Europe)
- Organise and moderate workshops (1x/week) between experts on human rights and local stakeholders
- Write reports on human rights based on the workshops for the research centre
02/2015-01/2018: Political consultant / advisor -
Belgian Parliament & Federal Senate of Belgium
- PR activities
- Writing economic reports and law proposals that comply with the political agenda of the MP’s
- Collaborate with EU departments & EU member state government officials
- Maintained network of influence and valuable to the MP’s
- Maintained strong relationship with EU institutions (EU Council, EC, EU Parliament) and embassies
03/2012-01/2015: Director : Strategy and Project planning - Chamber of Commerce
- Networking in industry sectors and entrepreneurial associations
- Coordinated business workshops with national and international industry partners and policy stakeholders
- Wrote country profiles and marketing studies for investment opportunities and incubators
- maintained networking activities with government officials and policy makers on entrepreneurial issues
2006-2012: Deputy Director – Entrepreneurial projects
European Social Fund (ESF) :
- Developed strategic approaches concerning result oriented management systems
- Programme manager of refugee projects
- Redesigned and implementing transnational PCM based projects with focus on final target groups
- Conducted external audit activities , wrote audit reports for the EU
1995-1998: Deputy Director : Regional development manager for asylum seekers - European Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund (AMIF)
- Thematic project work on vocational education projects and regional development projects
- Implementing EU financial regulations in regional projects
- Monitoring the compliance of EU financial regulations with national procurement rules in projects
- Conducting financial audits on desk and on the field
- Participating in European working groups with EC officials
1995-1998: Deputy Director : strategy on vocational training and education of EURYDICE
Department of Education (DBO)
- Designed the accreditation of skills to be acquired in employment sectors
- Drafted blueprints of teaching methods in European Vocational Training projects
- Coordinated the European “EDULEX” research program “EURYDICE” and maintained metadata
1990-1995: Junior HR manager -
Department of Sport and Athletics (BLOSO)
- Designed and implemented HR strategy for 23 national sport & athletic training centres
- Coordinated the European “EUROFORM” project in the BENELUX countries
- Monitored and counselled the 23 national sport centres on employment and funding opportunities
Professional Skills: - Excellent Project management skills : successfully led numerous complex consulting assignments
- Experienced in managing multiple projects/activities simultaneously in different work environments
- Coaching skills : coaching colleagues in the use of PCM (project cycle management)
- Possessing good organizational skills, being pro-active, self-motivated, result oriented, strong team spirit and interpersonal skills
- Experience in EU work meetings and EU dissemination communities
- Able to organize conferences and seminars on EU level
- Possess analytical skills - led a task force on socio-economic transformation of organizations and coached ESF and AMIF projects on this subject
- Knowledge of Financial management : in charge of sizeable budgets with experience in bookkeeping/accounting/audit methods
Personal Skills: - Ability to work and communicate in different languages in a multicultural work environment
- Substantial work experience in co-leading negotiations on national and EU level
- Excellent reporting skills in English : capable of writing reports for EC departments
- Strong competence in lecturing and training in English of workshops and events
- Ability to analyse information in different foreign languages
Other Details: - Good command of quality control processes
- Good understanding of technical subjects and processes
- Good understanding of EU financial funding regulations (Structure fund / Cohesion fund)
- Good understanding of financial auditing standards
- Knowledge of financial services – MiFID
Interests/Hobbies: Cooking, scuba diving, horse riding, mountain climbing
References: - Senator and MP Güler Turan – Belgium Parliament +32 552 49 08
- Gerhard BRAUNLING – Former Director for DG EMPL +4972(87)90038-1
- Themistokles GALEROS – Former HEAD OF UNIT at DG EMPL +32475659544
- Stefanos GRAMMENOS – CEO of the Consultant Agency “CENTRE OF EUROPEAN POLITICAL AND SOCIAL STUDIES”
- Maggie LENNON: CEO of Scottish Bridges Program – national training centre for Ethnic Minorities and Inclusive Entrepreneurship ; Tel : +441415586129
- Eva BUNBURRY – CEO of “Bunbury Asociados” in Spain - appointed by the region of Aragon for their EU projects ; Tel : +34638300170
- Benedict WAUTERS – Vice – CEO of ESF-Agency Flanders ; Tel : +32475659544
- Katty DELOOF – Deputy director of the Ministry of professional Education & Eurydice Flanders ; Tel : +32479298465
- Ben Bruyndonckx - Head of unit National Training Centre of Flanders for Technical qualifications and Entrepreneurial training ; Tel : +32495824132
