Radu Mircea DAMIAN – Prof. CEng. PhD. Professor Emeritus, Technical University of Civil Engineering Bucharest.

State Secretary at the Ministry of Education, Research and Youth, Romania (2001 –2005): coordination of higher education system in Romania, European integration and international affairs; recognition of diplomas; relation of the ministry with the Romanian Parliament; member of the Economic and Social Council (2001-2004).

Member, Vice-Chair and Chair of the Steering Committee for Higher Education and Research (CDSR) of the Council of Europe (2001 – 2007)

Vice president (1995-2000), President (2005–2008); (2008–2012) of the National Higher Education Funding Council (CNFIS).

QUALITY ASSURANCE: External Evaluator, President of the Permanent Specialty Commission of the former National Council for Academic Evaluation and Accreditation – CNEAA (1994 – 2001; 2004); International external evaluator of C.T.I. (Comission de Titres d’Ingénieur), France – (from 2014); BOLOGNA PROCESS: BOLOGNA promoter (2004 – 2009); member of the ERASMUS MUNDUS Selection Board (2011, 2012); member of the BOLOGNA FOLLOW-UP GROUP (BFUG) as representative of the Ministry of National Education (2001 – 2004 and 2013 – 2016);

Member of the Romanian Agency for Quality Assurance in Higher Education (ARACIS), Director of Quality Assurance Department (2005 -2014); Director for International Relations, Projects and Cooperation Department of ARACIS (2014 – 2021).