GOPA Com.
Walter Koehn has a strong work experience spanning several companies and roles. Walter started their career in 1997 as a Logistics and Administration staff at the Productivity Initiative Proramme. In 2000, they moved to GOPA Com. where they held various positions such as Senior Consultant, Quality Director and Account Manager. During this time, they took on responsibilities such as being an Account Manager for several projects, including H2020 and DEVCO, serving as the Data Protection Officer, and managing ISO 9001 and 14001 accreditation. Walter also worked as a Project Manager for JOINUP Open Source Platform. In 2008, they joined POINTER as a Monitoring and Evaluation staff and continued in this role until 2012.
Walter Koehn earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Operations Management from Universidad Iberoamericana, Ciudad de México, from 1976 to 1980. Walter then pursued a Master's degree in MBA, specializing in Operations Management, from KU Leuven, from 1987 to 1989.
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.