Aula Magna's organization
Methodology
Aula Magna’s first task was to put together a group of individuals, each a specialist in his or her domain, but whose competence was often limited to their particular field, to enable them to determine the connections between the various sectors.
In order to do this, specialists were brought in. Their interventions were tailored to the special demands of the topic under discussion and the questions sent to them beforehand. They were often academics, but also people in charge of companies, associations or public entities who were familiar with the topics studied.
Hearings were organized, followed by debates between the speakers and the members of the group, and then between members of the group alone. Minutes were taken and circulated among the members of the group.
Composition
When Aula Magna first started meeting, the decision was taken not to include people who were active in politics, either as elected representatives or as civil servants, or political journalists.
Board of Directors:
Board members on 30/06/2008 are :
Richard Boomer, Special Advisor to European Commission Vice-President Kallas
Eric Corijn, Professor at the VUB
Alain Deneef, Director of companies and President of the Fonds Quartier Européen
Alain Maskens, GP, Director of companies, President of Manifesto
Olivier Onghena, Company manager and Voorzitter VMA Brussel-Brabant
Philippe Van Parijs, Professor at UCL and Harvard University
Caroline Van Wynsberghe, assistant at UCL
Permanent guest: Brigid Grauman, ex-editor in chief of ‘The Bulletin’ weekly
Members of the non-profit-making organization: the approach has been to gather citizens of Brussels, french- and flemish-speakers, Europeans, new belgian citizens, men and women, representing all facets of society: academic, economic, social, cultural, associative.
Aula Magna members on 30/06/2008 are:
