CPSL's EU office, based in Brussels, was opened in 2009, and is led by the Director, Sandrine Dixson-Declève.
Our EU office, based in Brussels, supports CPSL programmes by bringing European expertise to projects delivered in the UK, across the EU and internationally. Sandrine and her team also work on bringing CPSL's expertise and network of leaders to European policy makers. In addition, the EU office supports CPSL by contributing to a range of customised programmes.
The Prince of Wales's EU Corporate Leaders Group on Climate Change (EU CLG) is run from the EU office. Varied initiatives have been developed of political importance both at the EU and international level. View details of our international communiqués.
Each year CPSL holds a senior executive seminar of The Prince of Wales's Business & Sustainability Programme. The last of these seminars ran from 7–10 November 2011 at Châteauform’ la Ferme de la Ramée, Brussels.
The last Brussels seminar of the Climate Leadership Programme ran from 11–14 July 2011 at Châteauform’ la Ferme de la Ramée, Brussels.
CPSL's EU base holds alumni events from time to time involving speakers of seniority and stature in the field of business and sustainability. Our most recent event on 25 May 2010 gathered 150 network members from around Europe and celebrated the opening of the office with Commissioner Janez Potocnik and prominent industry contributors discussing ecosystems and natural capital. A bi-monthly newsletter is sent to alumni in the region.
Sandrine Dixson-Declève is the Director of the EU office (based in Brussels) and The Prince of Wales’s EU Corporate Leaders Group on Climate Change (EU CLG). Sandrine and her team support CPSL’s programmes by bringing in European expertise on projects delivered in the UK, across the EU and internationally.
Sandrine is an international expert with over 20 years' experience in environmental, sustainability, energy and fuel policy development and regulatory analysis, with a special focus on how air quality, climate change and vehicle emissions relate to clean conventional and alternative fuels and sustainable energy. She has run and worked for consulting companies and has been the personal advisor to several Members of the European Parliament, the European Commission, Governments in Asia, Africa and the Middle East, and international organisations including the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), the Asian Development Bank (ADB), the Organization of Economic Cooperation & Development (OECD), the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the US Agency for International Development (USAID) and energy and transportation business leaders. She sits on the advisory board of a large African oil company, is the Vice Chair of the European Biofuels Technology Platform and a member of the Guardian’s Sustainable Business Advisory Board.
Read a recent article by Sandrine for the Guardian Professional Network: 'Concentrating on building efficiency is Europe’s new climate-change mantra'.
sandrine.dixson@cpsl.cam.ac.uk
Cécile joined CPSL in October 2010. She works as a Project Coordinator for The Prince of Wales's EU Corporate Leaders Group on Climate Change (EU CLG) and also supports the Director of the Brussels office on various CPSL programmes. She has previously worked at the European Climate Foundation’s Energy Strategy Center and for the Public Affairs department of Ferrero. Cécile holds a Masters in Public Law and Political Sciences from the University of Nice Sophia Antipolis.
cecile.belivent@cpsl.cam.ac.uk
7–10 November 2011: The Prince of Wales's Business and Sustainability Programme Senior Executive Seminar
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