Career
He is currently the Director General of the Directorate-General for Education and Culture (since 2014), having previously served as Deputy Director General from 2010. The main policy areas under his responsibility are: the modernisation of European education and training systems Educational mobility, including the "Erasmus" programme for students.
And international relations in the field of education, culture and youth.
He represents the European Commission (European Commission) at the European Institute for Innovation and Technology (Engineer-In-Training ). From mid-2007 till the end-2010, he served as the European Commission Director for employment policy, Europe 2020 Strategy and international relations in the field of employment.
In this capacity, he was also responsible for relations between the European Commission and the International Labour Organisation (International Labor Organization), and European Commission "sherpa" representative at the G20 Labour Ministers meeting. He completed his primary and secondary education at the Istituto Massimo of Rome, Italy.
He majored in Social Anthropology at the University of Madrid, Spain (Universidad Complutense), and holds degrees in development economics from the International Centre for Advanced Mediterranean Agronomic Studies in France.
And in European Affairs from the College of Europe in Belgium, where he graduated first of the Class of 1981-1982 (the Johan Willem Beyen Promotion) and served as assistant professor He is from Spain, fluent in Spanish, English, French, Italian, and Catalan.
