Opening words
Georg Häusler, Director for Culture, Creativity and Sport in the European Commission, welcomes the participants.
Credits
This program is co-funded by the Creative Europe Programme of the European Union through the More-than-Planet project.
Georg Häusler (AT)
Georg Häusler is currently the Director for Culture, Creativity and Sport in the European Commission (DG EAC). Prior to that, he was Director in another Commission department for seven years. He joined the Commission in 1999 and has had several senior posts including as Head of Cabinet of Commissioner Dacian Ciolos, from 2009 to 2014. Before he began his Commission career, he was Secretary General of an EU-wide NGO. He studied law (PhD in 1993). He is 55 years old and married, with one son.