Cristina Borrell

Regional and local development, managing regional and local EU affairs/projects; lobbying; territorial positioning; eGovernment; ICT in public administrations.

Cristina is a junior faculty member at EIPA Barcelona and EPSA assistant. She holds an MA in European Interdisciplinary Studies from the College of Europe (PL), and a BA in Translation, Interpretation and Linguistics, and in ICT, both from the Pompeu Fabra University (ES). A Catalan native speaker, she is also fluent in English, Spanish, French and German. She worked for two years as a researcher at the Linguamón-UOC Chair in Multilingualism, where she developed several projects on linguistic engineering, among which were the design and implementation of a multilingual virtual learning environment. During her academic years she specialised in the role of local and regional authorities in the EU decision-making process, dealing mainly with the lobbying strategies of the European regions. She joined EIPA in September 2010 to assist in the organisation and development of the EPSA 2011 edition, and more recently, in the organisation of its Knowledge-Transfer Activities. She also supports a range of projects at EIPA's Antenna in Barcelona, primarily focusing on European economic strategies, institutional capacity building of the European territories, territorial positioning, eGovernment initiatives, and the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages.