Jorge Núñez Ferrer

Conference of Peripheral Maritime Regions (CPMR)

Dr Jorge Núñez Ferrer currently serves as the Director for Cohesion and EU Budget at the Conference of Peripheral Maritime Regions (CPMR). Prior to this role, he held the position of Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS). He holds a PhD from Imperial College of the University of London. He is specialised in EU budgetary and financial instruments and has also worked in the areas of national and regional strategic planning, public financial management, smart cities, energy transition and trade policy.

During his career he has been an academic, European Commission official and a consultant for governments and international institutions. He has over 20 years’ experience as evaluator and advisor in the area of regional and rural development policy design and implementation, including hands on experience developing strategies at regional level.

In 2016 he was the lead author of the background study for the High Level Group on Own Resources chaired by Mario Monti on own resources.