Hans Meves, senior
consultant and founder of the Network Bureau Europe,
received his academic and professional training in geography, regional development and environmental studies at Universities in Kiel and Frankfurt (Germany), Sapporo and Tokyo (Japan), and Maryland (USA).

He has extensive
experience in European and international collaborative projects with a thematic focus on the implemen-
tation of the sustainable development paradigm.

Since Hans Meves returned to Germany in 1997 he has worked on EU-issues in the public and private sector.

After a year of professional training in microeconomics he served as EU-programme consultant for the “Investitionsbank Schleswig-Holstein”, SME-programme consultant for an innovation centre and incubator, as European business and project consultant for a private consultancy firm, and EU and international project consultant for the regional government of Schleswig-Holstein, before he founded the Network Bureau Europe, focussing on the elaboration of synergies for innovation and sustainable development.

Presentations at several meetings, like the North Sea Commission General Assembly, North Sea Commission Seminars, and the Open Days – European Week of Regions and Cities in Brussels – complete the picture.

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