UPCOMING EUROPEAN EVENT: 12th European Forum on Inclusive Employment and Entrepreneurship. October 24, 2024

With two Masters' degrees in Political Science (Institut d'Études Politiques) and in International Relations (Univ. de la Sorbonne - Paris I), Olivier Longué has focused his professional career since 1987 on international aid.

Longué has worked on humanitarian action and has specialized in crisis interventions, whether in natural or man-made disasters, in the Middle East, Europe, Asia, Africa and Latin America. He has developed specific analysis and methodologies in conflict analysis, security management and long-term resilience.

Since 1995, Olivier Longué has been the General Director of Action Against Hunger in Spain, a member of ACF's global humanitarian network. The network operates in more than 50 countries.

Agricultural Engineer graduated from the University of Lleida and Technician in Agricultural Business Management from the University of Valladolid. He has also completed a Master in European Development Cooperation Policies at the UAB and has completed an Executive Programme at ESADE in Leadership and Social Innovation.

At a professional level, he has held technical positions in the Department of Agriculture of the Generalitat de Catalunya, and in the Department of International Cooperation of COPCA (ACC1Ó) within the program to promote the participation of the Private Sector in International Cooperation for Development. 

In 2008 he started his professional career in Action Against Hunger in Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia working as a socio-economic consultant specialized in Inclusive Markets. In 2009 he started his work in Spain as Head of the Regional Delegations of Action Against Hunger managing the portfolio of public and private regional and local donors. 

Since 2020 he holds the position of Director of Technical Engineering and Social Action Spain.

Ángel Mª García Frontelo, Deputy Director General of the Administrative Unit of the European Social Fund (UAFSE), Secretary of State for Employment, Ministry of Employment and Social Security.

He holds a degree in Law from the Complutense University and a degree in Political Science and Administration from the Autonomous University of Madrid. He has developed most of his professional career in the UAFSE where he has held various positions. Since January 2015 he has been the head of this Unit, which is responsible for the management and certification authorities of the European Social Fund and the Fund for European Aid to the Most Deprived Persons. He is a permanent member of the ESF Committee of the European Union.

Irina Stankevičienė is currently working as the coordinator of the Community of Practice (CoP) on Employment, Education and Skills in the European Competence Centre for Social Innovation and oversees the development and delivery of activities in this CoP. She has thirteen years of experience working with ESF structural funds. Irina recently worked as a programme manager at the European Social Fund agency and was responsible for the administration of ESF-financed projects in the fields of employment, education, and public administration. 

José Moisés Martín Carretero holds a degree in Economics from UAM and postgraduate diplomas in International Economic Relations (UPM) and Economic Analysis (UNED).

He has been head of the Multilateral Cooperation Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation. He has been collaborator and consultant in programs of the Inter-American Development Bank, the OECD, the European Commission, the Council of Europe, the World Bank and the International Labor Organization, and senior economic advisor to the South Korean Embassy in Spain. He is currently managing partner of Red2Red Consultores. Since 2020 he has been a member of the Advisory Council for Economic Affairs of the Ministry of Economy and Digital Transition of the Government of Spain. 

Since 2016 he has been a professor at the Camilo José Cela University and is a regular contributor to El País. He is the author of "Spain 2030: Governing the Future" and "The Future of Prosperity".

Vera is Strategic Advisor and Regional Representative at Portugal Social Innovation Mission Unit, a government initiative aimed at promoting social innovation and stimulating the social investment market in Portugal. Politics and International Relations professional specialised in strategy, innovation and foresight with work experience in Europe and beyond, including several years located in Brussels and after that in São Paulo. She has worked with the European Commission and at the EU|BIC Innovation Network on business innovation and entrepreneurship; at the United Nations Global on the 2030 Agenda on Sustainable Development (SDGs); and at the Aga Khan Foundation. She is a globetrotter by accident, a caregiver but above all a mental health’s and gender equity advocate.

Maria acts as Director in the Social Affairs of the Directorate General of Employment, of the European Commission. 

She heads the Directorate on Working conditions and Social Dialogue and she is also responsible for the European Social Fund in the area of employment, social affairs, skills and labour mobility for Spain and Malta. During the last fifteen years, Maria was leading, as Head of Unit, different DGs at the European Commission in the areas of Employment, Health, Innovation, Trade, Food Safety and Better Regulation. 

She also worked for the World Bank (Washington DC) as Senior Adviser on Human Development. 

She holds a scientific background with a specialisation on Food Technology. Maria also studied Political Sciences and holds a Master on European Economy by the ULB (Brussels). She holds a Master on Health Systems by Harvard University.

Patricia Bezunartea is responsible for the protection and promotion of families and their diversity, as well as the prevention of situations of need in which these groups may incur, within the scope of the powers constitutionally reserved to the State and without prejudice to the powers attributed to other bodies, as well as all the functions set out in Article 4 of Royal Decree 452/2020, of March 10, which develops the basic organic structure of the Ministry of Social Rights and Agenda 2030.

Bezunartea holds a Degree in Social and Cultural Anthropology from the UNED 2007 and Diploma in Social Work from the Complutense University of Madrid. I also obtained a Master's degree in integral and person-centered care in the fields of aging and disability from the University of Vic-Central University of Catalonia. 

Network Representative. Together with the Permanent team and the Board, he encourages the participation of the members in the daily work carried out by FACIAM.

Luciana Verona is a certified translator and cultural manager based in Finland since 2014. She joined InterProFinland in 2022 as Project Coordinator and Board Member, and has been successfully running the 2nd edition of Degree AMPLIFY.

She is part of the team working on the award-winning project - BATZEN Youth Employment Reception System. She is a social and labor inclusion technician, and her role in the project is to establish relationships with companies, development agencies and business associations in the territory of Guipuzcoa, with the aim of continuing to increase the network of companies working with the project to respond to the needs and interests of the young people with whom they work.

Desiree Scalia, Project Manager and trainer at CIAPE 

Areas of interest: youth, entrepreneurship and sustainability. 

Main responsibilities: 

- Draft and manage European projects  

- Develop training activities

Within the framework of the Hilvana Program, together with the technical team, she designs and implements the methodology of direct intervention with the women participating in the Program.

Berta González Antón, Advisor to the Cabinet of the Secretary of State for Social Rights. Ministry of Social Rights and Agenda 2030