Session
✅ Included for all participants
This session will explore why India is a strategic partner for Europe in higher education, highlighting current collaboration and future frameworks such as the European Education Area, the Union of Skills and the Global Gateway. Speakers will share policy insights and practical examples – including Norway's bilateral funding scheme with India – followed by interactive discussion. We welcome both newcomers and experienced practitioners to share challenges, solutions and lessons learned.
Filip van Depoele is an economist by training (University of Leuven, Belgium) and subsequently studied European Economic Integration (College of Europe, Bruges, Belgium) and International Relations (Johns Hopkins University, Bologna, Italy). He worked for a number of years in the private sector (banking) before joining the European Commission in 1997. Filip held several positions in the Directorate General for Employment and Social Affairs and the Directorate General for Competition before moving to the Directorate General in charge of Education, Youth, Sport and Culture. After having managed the Policy Coordination unit for 5 years, he is currently heading the International Cooperation unit.
