{"id":21502,"date":"2022-05-31T17:38:17","date_gmt":"2022-05-31T14:38:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rgc.gr\/?page_id=21502"},"modified":"2022-05-31T17:40:10","modified_gmt":"2022-05-31T14:40:10","slug":"joanna-szychowska","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/rgc.gr\/gr\/speakers-2022\/joanna-szychowska\/","title":{"rendered":"Joanna Szychowska"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"21502\" class=\"elementor elementor-21502\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4571740 elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4571740\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div 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data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInLeft&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"450\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/rgc.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/joanna.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-21500\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rgc.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/joanna.png 450w, https:\/\/rgc.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/joanna-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/rgc.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/joanna-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/rgc.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/joanna-146x146.png 146w, https:\/\/rgc.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/joanna-50x50.png 50w, https:\/\/rgc.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/joanna-75x75.png 75w, https:\/\/rgc.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/joanna-85x85.png 85w, https:\/\/rgc.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/joanna-80x80.png 80w\" sizes=\"(max-width:767px) 450px, 450px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5a30487\" data-id=\"5a30487\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c61b95b animated-slow elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c61b95b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInRight&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Joanna Szychowska<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1636650 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1636650\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInRight&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Director, DG TRADE, Services &amp; Digital Trade, Investment &amp; Intellectual Property, EC<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b1c2cec animated-slow elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b1c2cec\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Joanna Szychowska<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> has been appointed Director of Asia (I), Services and Digital Trade, Investment and Intellectual Property in DG Trade of the European Commission in February 2022.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">She is responsible for the EU trade and investment strategy and policy towards the Far East. She also leads the development, negotiation and implementation of rules and policies in the fields of services and digital trade, investments and intellectual property &#8211; in bilateral, regional and multilateral fora.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">From June 2015 to January 2022, she was heading Mobility Unit in DG for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Her responsibilities focused on strengthening competitiveness of the European automotive industry, implementation of the regulatory framework and international harmonization of requirements.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Before joining the Mobility Unit, she was Head of Unit in charge of EU public procurement policy and enforcement of the legislation in selected EU Member States.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">She was previously a member of the Cabinet of Commission Vice President G\u00fcnter Verheugen, responsible for Enterprise and Industry and between 2004 and 2007, a member of the Cabinet of Commissioner Danuta H\u00fcbner, responsible for Regional Policy.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 1996 Ms. Szychowska joined the Office of the Committee for European Integration in Warsaw, where she was involved in the harmonisation of Polish law with EC law and the preparation of accession negotiations, from 2001 as Director of the Department of European Law.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ms. Szychowska studied Law and Administration at the University of Warsaw and the University of Utrecht and accomplished European Studies at the College of Europe, Natolin. 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