Telefónica. Máire Geoghegan-Quinn. Early and personal life[edit] Máire Geoghegan was born in Carna, County Galway in September 1950.
She was educated at Coláiste Muire, Tourmakeady, in County Mayo and at Carysfort College in Blackrock from where she qualified as a teacher. She is married to John Quinn, with whom she has two children. In 1996, her novel The Green Diamond, about four young women sharing a house in Dublin in the 1960s, was published. Political career[edit] Geoghegan-Quinn supported Charles Haughey in the 1979 Fianna Fáil leadership election, she was subsequently appointed to the cabinet post of Minister for the Gaeltacht.
When Fianna Fáil returned to power after the 1987 general election, Geoghegan-Quinn became Minister of State at the Department of the Taoiseach. When Reynolds resigned in November 1994, she was seen as his preferred successor for the leadership of the party.[3] She stood against Bertie Ahern and a win would have made her the first female Taoiseach. References[edit] Jump up ^ "Mrs. New leap forward for ERA — Nordforsk. The new memorandum of understanding represents an important step forward in realising the EU’s objective for forming the European Research Area (ERA): to streamline and optimise European research activities.
NordForsk makes important commitments The signed document “Memorandum of understanding between the European Commission and NordForsk” includes provisions stating that NordForsk will adapt to the EU's open labour market for career researchers as defined in the European Framework for Research Careers, will provide a foundation for enhancing mobility among researchers in Europe, will strengthen its contribution towards transnational thematic research programmes, and will implement a more wide-ranging “open access” strategy to further increase access to research results across national borders.
NordForsk plans to implement these measures by the end of 2013. “Real change!” Link to video of the signing ceremony Written by: Marius Hagen Photo: Terje Heiestad. Andreas Schleicher. Andreas Schleicher (2013) Andreas Schleicher (born 1964 in Hamburg) is a German statistician and researcher in the field of education.
He is the Division Head and coordinator of the OECD Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) and the OECD Indicators of Education Systems programme (INES).[1] He is known for his harsh critique of the German educational system, especially regarding the early selection of students and the multiple tier school system.[2] Education[edit] Career[edit] From 1993 to 1994, Schleicher worked at the International Association for Educational Achievement at the Institute for Educational Research in the Netherlands. References[edit] Evacastillosanz. Enrico Giovannini. Biography[edit] Since June 2011 he is the Chair of the Conference of European Statisticians, a body of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE).
He is Chair of the Statistical Advisory Panel for the Human Development Report of the United Nations, and Chair of the Board of the World Bank International Comparison Programme for the measurement of purchasing power parities worldwide. He is a member of the Council of the International Statistical Institute (ISI) and of the Partnership Group of the European Statistical System Committee (ESSC).
For his work on the measurement of societal well-being, in 2010, he was awarded the Gold Medal of the President of the Republic of Italy by the Pio Manzù International Center and became a member of the Club of Rome. He is a member of important national and international committees. In 1982, he joined the Italian National Institute of Statistics (Istat) as a researcher, focusing on national accounts and economic analysis.
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