Emmanuelle Gardan leads the Brussels Office of the Coimbra Group association of Universities since January 2020. She has gained a wealth of experience in international academic cooperation over the past two decades. She previously worked as head of sector for higher education and research at the Union for the Mediterranean (2013-2019), helping shaping intergovernmental policy dialogues and large-scale cooperation projects across the two rims of the Mediterranean.\nBefore that she was employed at the Erasmus+ French National Agency (2002-2011), holding various positions as that of the Erasmus Mundus national contact point. She was also involved in enhancing university-business cooperation atnational and international level. (2011-2013) She graduated in France in political science and specialised in European public policy.