The Contact Point (CP) welcomes two new colleagues, Flavio Conti, who has joined the knowledge development group as a Policy Analyst, and Derek McGlynn, who has joined the knowledge sharing group as Publications Manager. As part of a planned process, Mike Gregory has taken over as Team Leader from Paul Soto – we wish Mike every success and patience.

We warmly thank Paul for his work as Team Leader over the past three years and wish him inspiration in his new role as Senior Policy Expert. Paul will now concentrate more on the strategic direction of the CP with a particular focus on the topic of ‘Smart Villages’.

We bid a warm farewell to Ed Thorpe (Communications Manager) and Doris Marquardt (Policy Analyst) and wish them great success with their new professional horizons.