Honorary Chairman of the Award Ceremony
Mr Joe BORG,European Commissioner for Fisheries & Maritime Affairs
Prior to taking up the post of Member of the European Commission with responsibility
for Fisheries and Maritime Affairs, Joe Borg, 54, served as Foreign Minister of Malta,
leading negotiations for Malta's accession to the European Union. Since 1979,
Joe Borg has held various academic posts at the University of Malta specialising in Company Law, Industrial Law and European Law. He also held various posts as legal adviser to companies and corporate bodies in Malta and abroad and, in 1995, he was the main author and drafter of the Malta Companies Act.
Dr Borg was elected in 1995 as a Member of the House of Representatives in Malta for the Christian Democrat Nationalist Party and also served as Parliamentary Secretary within the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1998/99.
Joe Borg is married to Isabelle and they have two children, Joseph and Clara
Presentation of the EUR-OCEANS Jury members
Each EUR-OCEANS jury members are internationally renowed experts in their own fields - representing all specific aspects of the contest.
- Audiovisual expert : Mr Allain BOUGRAIN-DUBOURG
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President of the jury, Mr Allain BOUGRAIN-DUBOURG is a french
renowed journalist & TV producer.
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- Scientific expert : Mr Paul Treguer
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Mr Paul Treguer is Scientific Director of the EUR-OCEANS Network of Excellence.
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- Aquaria representative : Mr Paul Van den Sande
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Mr Paul Van den Sande is the Executive Director of the European
Union of the Aquaria Curators (EUAC) and is representing the EUROCEANS
Network of Aquaria.
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- European Commission: : Mr Pierre Mathy
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Mr Pierre Mathy is Head of Unit at the DG Research of the
European Commission. He has in charge the supervision of the
activities of the EUR-OCEANS network of Excellenve.
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- The oceans and the adventure : Mr Mike Golding
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Mr Mike Golding, Skipper of the IMOCA Ecover Open 60, has sailed
several times around the world.
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- Education Expert : Mrs Sylvia Binger
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Mrs Sylvia Binger –Pedagogical Advisor of European Schoolnet An
international partnership of more than twenty European Ministries
of Education developing learning for schools, teachers and pupils
across Europe.
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