Steering Committee

Anaïs Fontanel
Institut français

Dr. Elke Kaschl-Mohni
Goethe Institut
Dr. Elke Kaschl-Mohni is the Director of the Brussels Goethe Institute, the Regional Director for Southwest Europe and the Goethe-Institut’s Representative to the EU since Summer 2019. Previously, she was head of the Goethe-Institut Cairo for five years and regional director for the North Africa / Middle East region.

Sana Ouchtati
More Europe - external cultural relations

Isabelle Van de Gejuchte
British Council
Isabelle Van de Gejuchte is the Head of EU policy engagement at the British Council Brussels Office. In particular, she is responsible for the area ‘Culture and EU external relations’ and the management of the EUNIC and More Europe – external cultural relations relationships on behalf of the British Council. Prior to this role, Isabelle was responsible for leading EU advocacy effort for the British Council. Her task was to increase the visibility and impact of the British Council’s work with the EU institutions, international audiences through events and meeting programs. She was also responsible for the following thematic: Social Enterprise, Skills and Gender equality.

Philip Hanna
Goethe Institut

Éric Soulier
Institut français
Head of Development & Partnerships at the Institut français.

Gottfried Wagner
Advisor to the Steering Committee
Gottfried Wagner is now freelance cultural consultant, advisor to public and civil cultural organisations. Prior to this, he has been an advisor to the Austrian Federal Ministry for Education and Women’s Affairs. For many years, he was Director of the European Cultural Foundation, Europe’s only independent, supranational and pan-European cultural foundation, and of KulturKontakt Austria, a European centre of excellence and resources for education, culture and the arts in Vienna.