Silvia Mestres

Head of the European Projects Office   at ACCIÓ acquiring different positions since 2008 until now. She has a wide experience of more than 15  years on European Projects Management  in  several  positions at  the  public  administration and  major  private foundations  in  Spain,  focusing  in  a  wide  scope  of  fields,  such  as  business competitiveness, research , innovation and trade,  employment promotion, local  and regional development, human rights and social deve lopment  focused on disability. She is also representing the  Catalan Government at the Spanish Economy  Ministry advisory board on EU business innovation funding. She  is  the  academic  co-director  of  the  EU  Innovation  and  Research  projects management specialisation training at La Salle and is lecturing in other univers ities, such  as  UB,  business schools  such  as  ESERP  or international  organisations  such FUNIBER on international innovation. She holds an MSc in  Political Science with specialization in   International Relations,   a Postgraduate  in  Human  Rights  and Conflicts  resolution,  both  from  Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB)   and a Diploma in European  Institutions.