Doru Peter Frantescu

Personal Details

Bio

Doru Peter Frantescu has a rare multidimensional experience: he is both an EU politics expert and a successful digital (social) entrepreneur. A political scientist by training, he is CEO of VoteWatch Europe (www.votewatch.eu), an organisation he cofounded in 2009 and which has become the go-to place for decision-makers, stakeholders and citizens who want to understand how the EU decisions are actually being made, beyond the official line. His "VoteWatch model" has inspired several similar projects across the EU.

Doru has strong analytical skills, as he combines quantitative research based on big (political) data with meetings and interviews with high-profile personalities, which allows him to read between the lines and predict international developments. He has extensive communication experience as he is frequently invited to speak to the international media, meetings of businesses and professional associations, as well as academic and NGO-organised events.

The topics he covers are a wide range of EU politics and policy-making subjects, as well as the use of big data and information technology for democratisation and transparency.

He speaks English, French, Spanish, Italian and Romanian.

For more information check his personal website: www.frantescu.eu

Current position (1)

Co-founder and CEO

VoteWatch Europe

Achievements (1)

Cofounder of VoteWatch Europe

Doru has cofounded VoteWatch Europe and grown it from scratch to becoming a leading EU politics and policy platform and the only place to find the full voting records of EU politicians.

Presentations

Past talks (20)

Doru delivered a training on EU politics to over 30 political and civic leaders coming from Latin American Countries.

Latin American Leaders

Brussels

2017

Doru delivered his remarks and good practices advices at the opening ceremony of Vouliwatch Cyprus, a think-tank monitoring the activity of the European institutions.

Vouliwatch Cyprus

Nicosia

2017

Doru has been invited to speak about how legislative agenda impacts on entrepreneurship to one of the most prestigious business events in the European Capital, the European Business Summit.

European Business Summit

Brussels

2017

Doru spoke at many events organised by the European Parliament, discussing the communication strategy around the 2014 European elections with journalists coming from all over the Europe

European Parliament

Brussels

2016

Doru had the pleasure to speak at several EPC events about the role of the Parliament in shaping EU’s energy policy.

European Policy Center

Brussels

2017

At the invitation of the deputy-ambassador, Doru delivered a presentation to the staff of the Permanent Representation of Sweden to the European Union.

Permanent Representation of Sweden

Brussels

2017

Doru has been invited to discuss the role of the new European Parliament, alongside the leaders of the two largest EP political groups, Manfred Weber (EPP) and Gianni Pitella (S&D).

Center for European Policy Studies

Brussels

2017

Doru has been invited by the prestigious London Center for Policy Research to pay a work visit to New York and Washington D.C. in order to share my views regarding the transatlantic relations in the context of the US presidential elections.

London Center for Policy Research

New York and Washington DC

2016

At a conference of the Union of European Federalists (UEF) , Doru made an assessment of the level of political support for the plan to create an European Defense Union. Concretely, he mapped the views of relevant political forces across the continent.

Union of European Federalists

Brussels

2017

Doru delivered insights into EU politics impacting the financial sector to the members of the European Banking Federation.

European Banking Federation

Brussels

2016

Doru delivered a key note address at Public Affairs Council‘s event “Predicting the Future? How to Use the EP & Council’s Voting Patterns for Public Affairs Success”

Public Affairs Council

Brussels

2017

Doru has been invited several times to present the findings of his work to the members of one of the most reputed business association in the world, the American Chamber of Commerce.

AmCham EU

Brussels

2016

Doru has been invited to deliver a presentation on how international mass-media covers the political events in Brussels.

Danish School of Journalism

Copenhagen

2016

Doru spoke about Cyber Security and Trans-Atlantic Trade Partnership within the opening conference of the first International European decision-making process simulation organized in Romania.

School of Political and Administrative Studies - Romania

Bucharest

2016

Doru hold a presentation on the European decision-making process.

University of Duisburg-Essen

Duisburg-Essen

2015

Doru delivered his remarks on the current major challenges on the international stage in front of a group of students in international relations from Complutense University of Madrid.

University of Madrid

Madrid

2015

Doru talked with the international students from University of Barcelona about the activity of VoteWatch Europe.

University of Barcelona

Barcelona

2015

Doru held a presentation on the legislative elections in Netherlands.

Maastricht University

Maastricht

2015

Free University of Brussels