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Public Lecture by Mme Odile Quinton, Director General for Education and Culture at the European Commission

Published: 11 March 2009

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'.

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.

Time: 6 pm to 8 pm
Date: Monday 2 March, 2009
Venue: Woodward Conference Centre, Level 10, Law Building, University of Melbourne, 185 Pelham St. Carlton

For catering purposes please advise your attendance to:
CERC
Telephone: +61 03 8344 9502
Email: erc@cerc.unimelb.edu.au