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Communication in Europe, Communication on Europe
- Welcome
- Featured Speaker
- Participants
EuroPCom's goal
EuroPCom aims to promote
- professionalisation
- knowledge sharing
- networking
of and between communication experts from the various levels of government in all EU Member States.
The EuroPCom conference is on the official calendar of the Belgian presidency of the European Union. The initiators are the Belgian Walloon Region's "Service public de Wallonie" and the Flemish Region's "Diensten voor het Algemeen Regeringsbeleid", together with the Committee of the Regions. The conference is being organised in partnership with all the various tiers of government in Belgium: the federal government, the Brussels Capital region and the German-speaking Community.
Pedro Ballesteros Torres
Pedro Ballesteros Torres is principal administrator at DG Energy of the European Commission.
Among his duties, he is in charge of the launch and management of the Covenant of Mayors, the EU initiative to support local authorities leading the fight against climate change; the Sustainable Energy Europe Campaign; the European Commission programme for communication on clean energy; the ManagEnergy initiative, to foster local action on sustainable energy and transport.
From 1984 to 1994 he worked as consultant in energy and environment issues for European institutions and the United Nations. He has worked at the European Commission since 1995.
Particpants
EuroPCom invites government communication experts from all government levels from the 27 EU Member States:
1. Communication officers and spokespersons of the member states
2. Communication officials of the European organisations
3. Communication directors of the European regions and large cities
4. Communication officers of European and national associations of local and
regional governments
5. Members of associations and networks of governmental communication
experts from the member states
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1 Communicating about Europe at multiple levels of government
European communication policy closer to its citizens
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2 Making public communication more efficient and professional
Everyday practice of communication experts in Europe
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3 Communicating in ways that encourge public participation
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4 Sustainable communication
Long term communication and environmentally friendly communication policy
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5 Relations with the press and the media
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6 Branding states, regions, cities and municipalities
