Jean-Baptiste Cuzin is head of the international and multilateral unit within the French Ministry for culture and media. He is, in this position, especially involved in all programs allowing high level professionals in the field of culture and cultural policies to be invited to France for seminars and training courses based on peer-to-peer exchanges. He joined the French Embassy in Budapest, Hungary in 1998 as junior officer (cooperation on higher education and justice reform issues), then moved to the Ministry for culture and media, as officer in charge of European affairs (follow-up of European negotiations in the field of culture; institutional cooperation with Germany). He was appointed deputy head of the cooperation section of the French Embassy in Bucharest, Romania, being in charge of bilateral cooperation programs in the field of public policies and managing the French cooperation network (Institut français, technical advisers to the Romanian Government). Mr. Cuzin also taught European affairs (Sciences Po Paris; Sciences Po Lyon) and took part in the Körber Foundation’s Bergedorfer Gesprächskreis. He studied political sciences and international relations in Paris (Sciences Po) and Berlin (Freie Universität) and holds a bachelor’s degree in German studies (Sorbonne Nouvelle). Mr. Cuzin is a Fellow of Session CIT02 “Cultural Institutions in Transition” (2004).