Speaker: Micha
Job title: Deputy Head of Unit
Company: European Commission

About the spreaker
Micha Ramakers is the Deputy Head of Unit for Gender Equality, Human Rights and Democratic Governance in DG International Partnerships of the European Commission. Since 2000, he has held a variety of positions in the field of international cooperation, including postings in China, Afghanistan and Yemen. Before joining the European Commission, he was the Assistant Director of the European Human Rights Foundation in Brussels, (from 1993) after heading the ILGA office in Brussels for some years and working for a Flemish gay and lesbian network.  Micha is Belgian and holds master's degrees in Cultural Anthropology and Development Studies, International Politics, and Art Sciences and Archaeology. He is the author of two books.