<p>Inese Stepina, Dr.sc.pol. Deputy Director General of the Employers’ Confederation of Latvia (LDDK), expert in international and EU affairs. Member of the Social Dialogue and the Social Fund Committees of the European Commission. Lecturer at the University of Latvia Faculty of Business, Management and Economics and Faculty of Social Sciences, from 2011 to 2019 - guest lecturer at the School of Business Administration “Turiba”. Specialization in comparative politics, EU policies and law. From 2002 to 2007 worked at the European Commission - Acting Head of the Representation in Latvia, Head of the Press and Information Division of the Delegation in Latvia.</p>