Corina T. CRETU
Corina Cretu, Vice-chairwoman of the Committee on Development of the European Parliament, at 7th June 2009 has been elected as Member of European Parliament on the Romanian Social Democrat Party sites, continuing her previous mandate obtained at the 25th November 2007 elections. In her recent publication "European Romania" Corina Cretu shares her insights on European encounters.
The present activity of Ms. Cretu also includes her membership in the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs as substitute, the full membership of the EP Delegation for relations with the United States, and the membership of the Board of Parliamentary Network of World Bank.
In 2004 Corina Cretu was elected as Senator of the Romanian Parliament, in this position developing her activity within the Foreign Policy Committee of the Senate, and as Romanian observer MEP.
During 2000 – 2004 Ms. Cretu was Counsellor of the President of Romania, Spokesperson of the President of Romania Ion Iliescu, and Head of the Department on Public Communication within the Institution of the President of Romania. In 2000, Ms. Cretu was elected and took activities as Member of the Chamber of Deputies of the Romanian Parliament, until undertaking her position at the Institution of the President of Romania as Counsellor.
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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
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Member of the European Parliament:
Member of the Working Group European Union - United Nations. |
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| 2007 - 2009 | |
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| 2004 - 2007 | |
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| 2000 - 2004 | |
Presidential Counsellor - Romanian Presidency
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| 1997 - December 2000 | |
Executive Secretary of the Social Democrat Party (PSD) - The Social Democrat Party of Romania (PSD)
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| 1996 – 2000 | |
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Expert to the Romanian Senate |
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| 1992 - 1996 | |
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Expert to the Romanian Presidency, Cabinet of the Spokesperson - Romanian Presidency |
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| June 1990 – 1992 | |
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News commentator, reporter - National newspapers: "Azi", "Cronica Romana", "Curierul National" |
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| October 1989 - June 1992 | |
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Analyst – programmer - IT Department of the Plant for Machine Tools in Bucharest Economist - I.T. Department of the Plant for Machine Tools in Blaj |
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OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
| January 2009 | |
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Participated to the European Parliament's information mission on the conflict from Gaza and Israel. During the Delegation Mrs. Cretu met Mr. Shimon Peres, President of Israel, andMr. Saalam Fayad, Prime Minister of the Palestinian Authority (Ghaza, Israel) |
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| December 2008 | |
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Participated to the 65th Meeting of the European Parliament's Delegation for the relationship with the United States with the American legislators - the topics of the Meeting included the US Visa Waiver programme, Iran, the Energy security, the financial crisis, climate change, the Middle-East Peace process, Afghanistan, Russia (Miami, USA) |
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| November 2008 | |
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Participated to the Follow-up International Conference on Financing for Development to Review the Implementation of the Monterrey Consensus in Doha, Qatar. The Conference aims to "assess progress made, reaffirm goals and commitments, share best practices and lessons learned and identify obstacles and constraints encountered, actions and initiatives to overcome them and important measures for further implementation, as well as new challenges and emerging issues". |
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| November 2008 | |
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Participated to the 8th Annual Conference of the PNoWB in Paris and was elected Board Member of the Parliamentary Network on the World Bank, following elections held during the Conference. Among the subjects on the agenda were the financial crisis and its consequences on development aid, the food crisis and the crisis of oil-based resources. |
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| October 2008 | |
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Co-organized and hosted the first European Socialist Development Day. The event took place in Bucharest, Romania, and brought together socialist Members of the European Parliament, experts on Development, foreign and national actors in the Development field, the leadership of the Romanian Social Democratic Party and representatives of various international organizations. The event's main themes of discussion were the Millennium Development Goals, local governance and aid effectiveness. |
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| September 2008 | |
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Participated to the "Harmonious world and global governance - China and EU work together to deal with global challenges" Seminar organized in Beijing by the Communist Party of China. Among the topics on the agenda are "Global governance: progress and challenges", "Harmonious world: from theory to practice" and "Working together to deal with global challenges". |
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| May 2008 | |
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Participated to the 64th Meeting of the European Parliament's Delegation for the relationship with the United States with the American legislators - the topics of the Meeting included USA visas for EU Member States citizens, Kosovo, Iraq , Afghanistan, Russia (Ljubljana, Slovenia) |
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| October 2007 | |
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Participated to the 63rd Meeting of the European Parliament's Delegation for the relationship with the United States with the American legislators - the topics of the Meeting included the Open Skies agreement, Transatlantic Economic Council, climate change (Washington, DC) |
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| June 2007 | |
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Participated to the discussion panel "How new media changes the rules of the game in Communication" at the European Communication Summit - a yearly gathering of leading European spokespersons and communication directors (Brussels) |
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| March 2007 | |
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Participated to the Seventh Annual Conference of the Parliamentary Network on the World Bank (Cape Town) |
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| October 2006 | |
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Member of the Parliamentary Romanian Delegation of OSCE Observer for the general elections in Bosnia and Herzegovina |
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| February 2006 | |
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Participated to the Fifth Annual Meeting of the Parliamentary Assembly of the OSCE (Vienna) |
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| July 2005 | |
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Participated to the 14th Annual Session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the OSCE (Washington) |
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| March 2005 | |
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Member of the Parliamentary Romanian Delegation of OSCE Observer for the parliamentary elections in Republic of Moldova (Chisinau) |
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| January 2005 | |
| Led a training seminar for spokespersons, heads of communications offices and heads of press departments from new democratic institutions of Iraq, in a program focusing on applying government management principles to communication departments - Amman, Jordan | |
EDUCATION AND TRAINING
| June 2004 | |
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US Department of State program for a better understanding of the US institutions functioning and for the development of the Romania-US bilateral relations. Meetings with important personalities of the US political life and academia, as well as media and NGOs representatives |
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| 2003 | |
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Graduated the Senior Executive Seminar of the College of Security and International Studies - George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies, Germany. Main topics: problem-solving skills in democratic defence management and trans-national security concerns. |
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| 2000 | |
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Participated to the European Union Visitors Programme - acquired solid knowledge on the functioning of the European Institutions |
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| 1999 | |
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Participated to the Political Party Program organised by the National Democratic Institute (USA). Main topics: Skills needed to establish representative, accountable, transparent and effective political parties |
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| 1989 | |
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Graduated the Planning and Cybernetics Faculty - Academy for Economic Studies, Bucharest |
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PUBLICATIONS
| 2009 | |
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"Women rights: from universal to regional" - essays in honnour of Justice Bhagwati, CATW, New York, University of Bucharest, 2009. (co-author with Professor.dr.Iulia Motoc, International Law Chair,University of Bucharest, Member UN Human Rights Committee). |
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