Anna Sobczak

Bio

Anna is a permanent official of the European Commission with over 16 years' experience in EU policy-making (energy, industry, innovation, climate, skills, regions, cities). Since 2023,she has been coordinating the Strategic Energy Technology SET Plan. In 2022/2023 she was a EU Fellow at the Florence School of Regulation researching just transition of coal regions. As an alumna of EC Female Talent Development Programme & a member of ENER equality network, she supports women & young people.

• Policy Coordinator for just transition (DG ENERGY)

  European Commission - Full-time From February 2020 to Present

  Coordinating, Formulating and Implementing policies and policy actions related to the support and promotion of Coal Regions in Transition Initiative #CoalRegionsEU and #CoalRegionsWBUA in the context of Just Transition Fund #JTF and #EUGreenDeal rnCoordinating, Developing and Implementing comprehensive policy actions on coal in order to facilitate structural changes to regions that are heavily reliant on coal related jobs or carbon intensive electricity production in the EU and across the world

• Policy Officer for clusters and industrial value chains (DG GROW)

  European Commission (DG GROW) - Full-time From November 2016 to February 2020

  developing EU initiatives, tools and policies in support of emerging industries and clustersrn responsible for managing activities developed by the European Observatory for Clusters and Industrial ChangernHelping SMEs unlock growth opportunities through clusters Horizon 2020 #Innosup-1 projects

• Policy Officer (DG GROW)

  European Commission - Full-time From April 2009 to November 2016

  responsible for policy developments in fashion-based sectors (textile, clothing, footwear, leather and leather products) and in sporting goods industry

• Doctor in Political and Social Sciences. PhD thesis: "Europeanization and Urban Policy Networks: The Impact of EU Programmes on Cooperation around Economic Development in Kraku00f3w and Glasgow" http://cadmus.eui.eu/handle/1814/14507

  European University Institute From September 2004 to April 2009
• Master or Research in Social and Political Design

  European University Institute From September 2003 to August 2002

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