Magda de Carli
Head of Unit Spreadening Excellence and Widening Participation, DG Research
Belgium
Magda DE CARLI, is an economist with a Master’s degree in European Economics and Public Affairs. With almost 20 years' experience in the field of Innovation, SMEs and Regional matters both at national and international level (the last 10 years in the European Commission), she is currently Head of the Unit 'Spreading Excellence and Widening Participation' in DG Research in charge of developing strategies to foster synergies between Horizon 2020 and European Structural and Investment Funds and for the Widening actions in Horizon 2020 contributing to closing the innovation divide.
Before joining the unit in 2014, Magda was Deputy Head of Unit in charge of R&D policies for SMEs (including the SME instrument).