Maria João RODRIGUES was Minister of Employment in Portugal and has been a policy maker working with the European Institutions since 2000. The main outcomes she has been working for are:<BR><BR> · The EU Strategy for growth and jobs, the Lisbon Strategy followed by the EU2020 Strategy<BR> · The EU agenda for globalization and the strategic partnerships with the USA, China, Russia, India and Brazil for a new growth model<BR> · The development of several policy areas: employment, education, innovation, research, regional and industrial policies<BR> · Special EU initiatives: the new Erasmus for mobility, New Skills for New Jobs<BR> · The responses to the euro-zone crisis<BR> · The final negotiation of the Lisbon Treaty<BR><BR>In academic terms, she is professor of European economic policies in the European Studies Institute - Université Libre de Bruxelles and in the Lisbon University Institute. She was also the chair of the European Commission Advisory Board for socio-economic sciences.<BR>
