Confirmation hearings of the Commissioners-designate: Glenn Micallef – Intergenerational Fairness, Youth, Culture and Sport
From 2020 to June 2024, Glenn Micallef served as the head of the Secretariat of the Maltese Prime Minister, Robert Abela, as well as his adviser on EU affairs, and as Malta's sherpa at the European Council. Additionally, from 2021 to 2024 he held the position of president of St John's Co Cathedral Foundation in Malta. Prior to these roles, Micallef worked as a research analyst for the Maltese Ministry for EU Affairs, focusing on the Council of the EU's competitiveness configuration. He then headed the unit for external relations and preparations for the 2017 Maltese Presidency of the Council. Following this, Micallef served as the director-general of Malta's EU Coordination Department at the Foreign Affairs Ministry from 2017 until 2020. Born in 1989, Micallef graduated from the University of Malta with a degree in commerce and economics. He also holds a master's degree in European politics, law and economics from the same university. This is one of a set of briefings designed to give an overview of issues of interest relating to the portfolios of the Commissioners designate. All these briefings can be found at: https://epthinktank.eu/commissioner_hearings_2024.
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- cooperation in the field of education
- cooperation policy
- demography and population
- education
- EDUCATION AND COMMUNICATIONS
- education policy
- EU institution
- EU institutions and European civil service
- EU programme
- European construction
- EUROPEAN UNION
- INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
- organisation of teaching
- president of an institution
- social affairs
- SOCIAL QUESTIONS
- student mobility
- young person
- youth policy