Julie SPONY

Julie SPONY

Policy Officer - European Patients' Forum (EPF)

Brussels, Brussels Region, Belgium
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  • European Patients'​ Forum

    European Patients'​ Forum

    2 years 10 months

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      Policy Officer

      European Patients'​ Forum

      - Present 1 year 8 months

      Brussels, Brussels Region, Belgium

      • Responsible for EPF's policy and advocacy work on the revision of EU pharmaceutical legislation and the work of the policy team on Health Technology Assessment (HTA).
      • Coordinating the EPF working group on universal access to healthcare.
      • Representing EPF in external forums: HTA Stakeholder Network, Critical Medicines Alliance, EU Digital Medical Devices Task Force, OECD Patient-Reported Indicator Surveys (PaRIS) Patient Advisory Panel.
      • Contributing to EU-funded projects on…

      • Responsible for EPF's policy and advocacy work on the revision of EU pharmaceutical legislation and the work of the policy team on Health Technology Assessment (HTA).
      • Coordinating the EPF working group on universal access to healthcare.
      • Representing EPF in external forums: HTA Stakeholder Network, Critical Medicines Alliance, EU Digital Medical Devices Task Force, OECD Patient-Reported Indicator Surveys (PaRIS) Patient Advisory Panel.
      • Contributing to EU-funded projects on personalised medicine trials (PERMIT), HTA
      training (EUCAPA), and labelling of health apps (Label2Enable)

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      Policy Assistant

      European Patients'​ Forum

      - 1 year 3 months

      Bruxelles, Région de Bruxelles-Capitale, Belgique

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    Intern to French MEP Damien Carême

    European Parliament

    - 5 months

    Brussels

    Trainee for MEP Damien Carême (Greens/EFA Group), member of the Committees on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE), Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON) and Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE):
    • Monitoring and reporting on the parliamentary work of the ITRE, LIBE and ECON committees
    • Drafting and editing presentations, speeches, briefings, policy papers and reports on a wide range of topics e.g. on EU-funded projects.
    • Engaging with key stakeholders for the MEP’s…

    Trainee for MEP Damien Carême (Greens/EFA Group), member of the Committees on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE), Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON) and Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE):
    • Monitoring and reporting on the parliamentary work of the ITRE, LIBE and ECON committees
    • Drafting and editing presentations, speeches, briefings, policy papers and reports on a wide range of topics e.g. on EU-funded projects.
    • Engaging with key stakeholders for the MEP’s files.
    • Representing the MEP in relevant internal and external forums.
    • Contributing to the MEP’s communication materials (Twitter, Facebook, website, newsletter, press release).

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    Blue Book Trainee

    European Commission

    - 5 months

    Brussels

    Trainee at DG NEAR, Unit D.3, Kosovo, North Macedonia.
    During this second traineeship at DG NEAR, I am mainly working on political and rule of law issues, which includes:
    -Helping to both prepare and follow-up of the sectoral meeting on Justice and Home Affairs with North Macedonia and the side meeting on Roma.
    -Contributing to briefings for Commission visits to or meetings with representative from the country.
    -Research for members of the unit, as required e.g. bilateral…

    Trainee at DG NEAR, Unit D.3, Kosovo, North Macedonia.
    During this second traineeship at DG NEAR, I am mainly working on political and rule of law issues, which includes:
    -Helping to both prepare and follow-up of the sectoral meeting on Justice and Home Affairs with North Macedonia and the side meeting on Roma.
    -Contributing to briefings for Commission visits to or meetings with representative from the country.
    -Research for members of the unit, as required e.g. bilateral relations and Member State attitudes, consolidation of relevant laws.
    -Participation in and reporting on relevant political meetings – internal, external (e.g. with civil society and international organisations, think-tanks) and inter-institutional (e.g. Council)
    -Follow-up of the bilateral assistance to face COVID-19 provided for Kosovo and North Macedonia.

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    Blue Book Trainee

    European Commission

    - 5 months

    Brussels

    Trainee at DG NEAR, Unit D.3 Kosovo, North Macedonia
    I supported the unit in preparing the European path of Kosovo and North Macedonia, which includes:
    -Participation in and reporting on relevant political meetings – internal, external (e.g. with civil society and international organisations, think-tanks) and inter-institutional.
    -Follow-up of the bilateral assistance to face COVID-19 provided for Kosovo and North Macedonia.
    -Helping to both prepare and follow-up on sectoral…

    Trainee at DG NEAR, Unit D.3 Kosovo, North Macedonia
    I supported the unit in preparing the European path of Kosovo and North Macedonia, which includes:
    -Participation in and reporting on relevant political meetings – internal, external (e.g. with civil society and international organisations, think-tanks) and inter-institutional.
    -Follow-up of the bilateral assistance to face COVID-19 provided for Kosovo and North Macedonia.
    -Helping to both prepare and follow-up on sectoral meetings with Kosovo and North Macedonia: "Internal Market", "Agriculture and Fisheries", "Trade, Industry, Customs and Taxation", "Transport, Energy, Environment and Regional Development", "Justice, Liberty and Security".
    -Helping to prepare the annual overview meeting with the partner country
    -Research for members of the unit, as required e.g. track record on organised crime and corruption, comparative performance indices for the countries, tracking opinion polls during the electoral period, bilateral relations and Member State attitudes.

  • Secretary

    E.society

    - 10 months

    Lyon

    -Organized a study trip to Brussels (booking hostels, flights, planning visits to the European Parliament and to the European Commission).
    -Raised funds by contacting French Eurodeputies

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    Co-President of the project Eh Mademoiselle!

    Enactus Sciences Po Lyon

    - 1 year 1 month

    Lyon 07, Rhônes Alpes, France

    -Created education content for weekly interventions in French high schools to raise awareness on gender bias and sexual harassment.
    -Managed current partnerships and prospection for new one.
    -Communication of our activities on the Facebook page

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    Intern to the French Senator, Mr. Philippe ADNOT

    The French Senate

    - 1 month

    Paris

    Intern to the French Senator for Aube, Mr. Philippe ADNOT, President of the Administrative Meeting for Senators not on the list of another Group (RASNAG)
    -Elaborated summary notes for the Senator’s meetings
    -Analyzed and selected articles to write the Senator’s bimonthly newsletter
    -Prepared the parliamentary session file for the Administrative Meeting for Senators not on the list of another Group.

Education

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    Sciences Po Lyon

    Master 2 European Affairs European studies

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    Activities and Societies: e.society

    European Union Law, European Substantive Law, European Economics, Lobbying, European External Action, European Projects in the Western Balkans (Research on the EU support to communities in Kosovo), European Public Action.

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    Sciences Po Lyon

    Master 1 International Affairs - Contemporary International Relations International Relations, Law

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    Activities and Societies: Eh Mademoiselle!, Model United Nations SPL

    Research paper: “The EU-Taiwan bilateral investment treaty”.

    Project: Creation of a coffee shop-library with long-term projections (business plan)

    Main classes: International Law, Protection of Human rights, Public Policies, International Finances, Chinese

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    University of California, Los Angeles

    Exchange programme Political Science GPA 3,7/4

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    Activities and Societies: Eurobruins, Track and Field UCLA Team

    Project: Draft of a Public Diplomacy policy to empower women in India (key measures, funding, communication plan)

    Main classes: Public Diplomacy, Conflict Resolution, International Relations of Middle East, Foreign Policy in an uncertain world, Regime changes and revolutions in contemporary Middle East, Gender studies, Chinese

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    Sciences Po Lyon

    First Cycle of Sciences Po Lyon General training in Law, Economics, History and Political Science.

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    Main classes: Law, Macroeconomics, Geopolitics (Central Asia, Eastern Europe, Middle East), Political Science, History, Sociology and Chinese.

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    Sciences Po Lyon - Institut d'études politiques

    In-house degree Extreme Oriental Contemporary World with honours

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    In-House degree offered by Sciences Po Lyon with the Oriental Asian Institute (ENS Lyon)

    Main classes: Japanese and Chinese politics, economics and international relations, ASEAN cooperation, History of India and Pakistan, Chinese.

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    University of Lumiere Lyon II

    Bi-disciplinary Bachelor History and Political Science

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Licenses & Certifications

  • Permis B

    Préfecture de Lyon

    Issued
  • HSK 4

    Institut Confucius

    Issued Expires
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    TOEFL IBT 107

    ETS Global

    Issued Expires

Languages

  • Anglais

    Native or bilingual proficiency

  • Chinois

    Limited working proficiency

  • Allemand

    Limited working proficiency

  • Français

    Native or bilingual proficiency

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