About Mr. Florin Lupescu

Mr. Florin Lupescu is currently the director for ICT Addressing Societal Challenges with the Directorate General Information Society and Media of the European Commission. Until 2009 he was a Minister Counsellor and Director of European Affairs for the Government of Romania.
He previously served as the Counsellor of State for Euro Atlantic Affairs for the Office of the Vice-Prime Minister for Coordination on European Union (EU) Affairs (May 2004 to January 2005), Counsellor of State for EU Affairs and NATO to the President of Romania (January 2001 to May 2004), Consultant for the Convention on the Future of Europe (2002-2003), Counsellor and Director for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Romania (2000-2001), and Director in the Department for European Integration, Government of Romania (1997-2000). Between 2006 - 2009 he acted as a member of the United Nations Committee of Experts on Public Administration. He was also a coordinator of various EU, UN and UNDP funded projects dedicated to the strengthening of the administrative capacity of different institutions. Furthermore, Mr. Lupescu is a Visiting Professor at the Department for International Relations and European Studies at the University of Bucharest, and at the International Centre of Euro-regional Research, University of Oradea.