Ivo van der Steen

Ivo van der Steen is the Head of Centre of Expertise on European Law at Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He was closely involved in the shaping of the EU-Treaty of Maastricht, the Treaty of Amsterdam, the Treaty of Nice, the EU-Constitution and the Treaty of Lisbon. He has long term experience in legal advising on EU law in government administration, especially to the minister of Foreign Affairs. He organizes seminars on recent developments in EU law and jurisprudence of the EU-Court of Justice and manages a website on EU matters for government officials.