2019 Capacity Building Days and Youth in Action Day

Brussels, Belgium

Jacqueline Pacaud

Head of Sector in the Education and Culture Directorate General, European Commission

Jacqueline Pacaud has been working in the European Commission for 13 years, mainly dealing with cultural matters, and is now involved in the management of the Erasmus+ programme. She was in charge of the management and development of the European Capital of Culture event for 8 years. In this context, she designed a new selection scheme for the European Capitals of Culture and was involved in the selection and monitoring of approximately 20 Capitals. She later implemented the selection of the European Heritage Label and participated in the design of a communication campaign for this new EU initiative. She has been the Head of the Sector dealing with the implementation of the Erasmus+ programme in the school education, vocational education and training and adult education sectors since January 2015.