GOPA Com.
Valerie Braeken is a seasoned professional in communication and event management, currently serving as Account Manager at GOPA Com. since January 2019, where Valerie oversees the development and execution of pan-European communication campaigns, managing teams across Brussels and Alicante. Previously, Valerie held the position of Head of the Event Department at GOPA Com. since December 2007, and gained experience as an Event Manager at GOPA-cartermill from 2004 to 2007, as well as serving as the Tacis Information and Communications Manager at GOPA-Cartermill from 2000 to 2003. Valerie Braeken holds a Master's degree in Russian and German from the Institut supérieur de traducteurs et interprètes, ISTI, Bruxelles, completed in 1993.
GOPA Com.
It is a challenge to communicate in 24 languages with over 500 million people throughout the European Union, from the Baltic to the Adriatic. GOPA Com. is a communication agency specialised in publishing information on European policies and ensuring that it reaches the citizens. GOPA Com. works alongside the EU's institutions, supporting their information and communication activities. With an international, highly skilled Brussels-based staff and a Europe-wide network of journalists, we are well placed to do this. We offer services in a wide range of policy areas, such as development cooperation, employment and social affairs, innovation, research, environment, energy and information society. Our years of experience in communication consulting, publishing in print and online, network management, events as well as media relations mean we can be relied upon to communicate with precision, clarity and conviction – whatever the medium.