Commission for Social Policy, Education, Employment, Research and Culture (SEDEC)  

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The remit of the Commission for Social Policy, Education, Employment, Research and Culture (SEDEC) covers the following fields:

  • Audio-visual Industry and Media Technologies
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Bio-economy
  • Culture and Cultural Diversity and Creativity
  • Demographic Change
  • Education and Training (including Lifelong Learning)
  • Employment Policy
  • Equality
  • EU Information Society, including Trans-European ICT Networks
  • European Pillar of Social Rights, including Social Policy, Social Protection
  • Innovation, Research and Technology and smart specialisation
  • Labour Mobility
  • Multilingualism and Promotion of Minority Languages
  • Social Economy
  • Sport
  • Youth

In addition, SEDEC manages the Knowledge Exchange Platform (KEP), which is a form of cooperation between the European Committee of the Regions (CoR) and the European Commission's Directorate-General for Research and Innovation (DG RTD). The platform seeks to present new R&I solutions, innovative products and best practice, by organising seminars in Brussels and peer-to-peer events in regions, or hosting showcasing events contributing to the KEP annual Action Plan.

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​Head of Unit: Kyriakos Tsirimiagos

Assitant to the HoU: David Freixas Montplet

Administrators:

  • Svetlozar Andreev, in charge of Research and Innovation, Science Meets Regions
  • Daniele Berno, in charge of Horizontal policies and studies
  • Alexandra Bozini (SNE), in charge of social policy, social economy​
  • Doru-lulian Hobjila, in charge of Education, Culture, Youth, Sport and Multilingualism – Audio-visual and Media Related Technologies - membership of the Group of Communicators (GOC)
  • Pauliina Makarainen, in charge of Youth, Social Economy, Education – membership of the Group of Communicators (GOC)
  • Georgios Petras, in charge of Employment and Social policy
  • Alexander Popov, in charge of Digital Single Market, ICT Networks and Information Society
  • Valeria Satta (SNE), in charge of Equality, Innovation - Bioeconomy, Knowledge Exchange Platform
  • Rita Soares (SNE), in charge of Employment and Social policy
  • Esther Wirth, in charge of Research policies
  • Jens Zvirgzdgrauds, in charge of Smart Specialisation, Artificial intelligence, Audio-visual and Media Related Technologies, ICT


Assistants:

  • Marielou Dalli​, in charge of the general support to SEDEC Secretariat - Platforms and events​
  • Daniela Pastina, in charge of the general support to SEDEC Secretariat
  • Valeria Schirru​, in charge of the general support to SEDEC Secretariat​​
To contact the SEDEC team, please use the Contact form (subject 'Social policy, education, employment, research and culture')

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  • Addressing brain drain: The local and regional dimension
    Publication date: 28.09.2018
    Theme: Education
    Keywords: SEDEC (Commission for Social Policy, Education, Employment and Culture)
    Author: Simona Cavallini (Fondazione FORMIT), Rossella Soldi (Progress Consulting S.r.l.), Lorenzo Di Matteo (Fondazione FORMIT), Mihaela Alina Utma (Fondazione FORMIT) and Beatrice Errico (Università degli Studi Internazionali di Roma).
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  • - Addressing brain drain: the local and regional dimension - Executive Summary
    Publication date: 27.09.2018
    Theme: Education
    Keywords: SEDEC (Commission for Social Policy, Education, Employment and Culture)
    Author: Simona Cavallini (Fondazione FORMIT), Rossella Soldi (Progress Consulting S.r.l.), Lorenzo Di Matteo (Fondazione FORMIT), Mihaela Alina Utma (Fondazione FORMIT) and Beatrice Errico (Università degli Studi Internazionali di Roma).
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  • Regional aspects of ageing and demographic change
    Publication date: 05.03.2020
    Theme: Demographic change
    Keywords: SEDEC (Commission for Social Policy, Education, Employment and Culture)
    Author: Marili Parissaki (Metis GmbH)
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  • EPRS StudiesDemographic outlook for the European Union 2020
    Publication date: 04.03.2020
    Theme: Demographic change
    Keywords: EPRS Studies, SEDEC (Commission for Social Policy, Education, Employment and Culture)
    Author: EPRS
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  • European Regional Social Scoreboard
    Publication date: 09.09.2019
    Theme: Employment, Education, Social protection, Equal opportunities, Demographic change
    Keywords: SEDEC (Commission for Social Policy, Education, Employment and Culture)
    Author: European Committee of the Regions (SEDEC commission) and Eurostat
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  • EPRS StudiesEuropean research area (ERA) – Regional and cross-border perspectives
    Publication date: 26.04.2019
    Theme: Innovation and research
    Keywords: EPRS Studies, SEDEC (Commission for Social Policy, Education, Employment and Culture)
    Author: EPRS
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  • How to design cultural development strategies to boost local and regional competitiveness and comparative advantage: overview of good practices
    Publication date: 29.04.2018
    Theme: Culture
    Keywords: SEDEC (Commission for Social Policy, Education, Employment and Culture)
    Author: Simona Cavallini (Fondazione FORMIT), Rossella Soldi (Progress Consulting S.r.l.), Mihaela Alina Utma (Fondazione FORMIT), Beatrice Errico (Università degli Studi Internazionali di Roma).
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  • Horizon 2020 and the Local and Regional Authorities
    Publication date: 10.05.2017
    Theme: Innovation and research, European Structural and Investment Funds
    Keywords: SEDEC (Commission for Social Policy, Education, Employment and Culture)
    Author: Simona Cavallini, Rossella Soldi, Mihaela Alina Utma, Federico Benolli (consortium Progress Consulting S.r.l. & Fondazione FORMIT).
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  • Youth initiative: a framework for youth entrepreneurship
    Publication date: 25.04.2017
    Theme: Youth policy
    Keywords: SEDEC (Commission for Social Policy, Education, Employment and Culture)
    Author: Rossella Soldi (Progress Consulting S.r.l.) and Simona Cavallini (Fondazione FORMIT).
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  • A New Skills Agenda for Europe
    Publication date: 12.07.2016
    Theme: Education, Employment, Labour mobility
    Keywords: SEDEC (Commission for Social Policy, Education, Employment and Culture)
    Author: Rossella Soldi (Progress Consulting S.r.l.), Simona Cavallini, Julia Friedl, Margherita Volpe, Consuelo Patrizia Zuccaro (Fondazione FORMIT).
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  • Using the Quadruple Helix Approach to Accelerate the Transfer of Research and Innovation Results to Regional Growth
    Publication date: 16.06.2016
    Theme: Innovation and research
    Keywords: SEDEC (Commission for Social Policy, Education, Employment and Culture)
    Author: Simona Cavallini, Rossella Soldi, Julia Friedl, Margherita Volpe (consortium Progress Consulting S.r.l. & Fondazione FORMIT).
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  • Labour mobility and Local and Regional Authorities: benefits, challenges and solutions
    Publication date: 11.04.2016
    Theme: European Structural and Investment Funds, Labour mobility
    Keywords: SEDEC (Commission for Social Policy, Education, Employment and Culture)
    Author: Michele Alessandrini, Pietro Celotti, Flaminia Cignitti, Alessandra Fontenla (t33 Srl), Christian Lüer and Nathalie Wergles (Spatial Foresight GmbH).
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