Jean Monnet Public Lecture 'Creativity and Innovation – a new Paradigm for Europe.'

The Contemporary Europe Research Centre, a Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence at the University of Melbourne,
with the Innovative Universities European Union Centre
and the Monash European and EU Centre

invite you to a Jean Monnet and University of Melbourne
Arts Faculty Public Lecture by

Mme Odile Quintin,
Director General for Education and Culture at the European Commission

Meeting the Challenges for Education in Europe

6-7 pm
Monday 2nd March
at the
Woodward Conference Centre
Level 10 Law Building, 185 Pelham Street, University of Melbourne

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Mme Odile Quintin is the European Union’s top education official. She has been Director General for Education and Culture within the European Commission since 2006. With the Commissioner for Education, Training and Youth, Ján Figeĺ, she has responsibility for EU policies on education, training, youth, culture, sport and citizenship. In this role, she has played a major part in increasing the recognition of these fields at Community level. Within the portfolio of Commissioner Leonard Orban, she also has responsibility for policy on multilingualism.

This event is co-hosted by the European Commission Delegation to Australia.

The Lecture is free and open to the public, and will be followed by a reception.

For catering purposes please advise your attendance to CERC on
cerc@cerc.unimelb.edu.au or 83449502

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