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Karel Vietsch
Secretary-General

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TERENA
Singel 468 D
1017 AW Amsterdam
The Netherlands
T: +31 (0)20 530 4488
F: +31 (0)20 530 4499
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Karel Vietsch (Secretary-General)

Karel Vietsch took up the duties of Secretary-General of TERENA in 1996. His responsibilities include the day-to-day management of the TERENA Secretariat staff. He has overall responsibility for the execution of TERENA's policies and activities and he reports to the TERENA Executive Committee. Karel also represents TERENA in contacts with other organisations.

Currently, Karel's tasks include the direction of the GLIF secretariat and the leadership of the Foresight Study into the expected development of research and education networking in Europe. He is one of TERENA's representatives in the Policy Committee and the Executive Committee of the GN2 project. Karel represents TERENA in a number of policy and co-ordination bodies, including the Coordinating Committee for Intercontinental Research Networking CCIRN and the ENPG.

Karel holds a PhD in Mathematics from Leiden University. Before joining TERENA he was a teacher and researcher at Leiden University, a department manager at Delft University of Technology and a policy advisor and head of unit in the Science Policy Department of the Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science.