We are glad you’ve visited the Visions for Europe project. It is our wish that during the Czech Presidency of the EU Council, it will gather as many different perspectives as possible on what our continent should look like in the future and how to deal with the challenges we face together. You will meet various personalities from culture, science and politics, often with their very personal stories. If at least one of the "visions" catches your eye and makes you wonder what kind of Europe you would like to see for yourself, it has all made sense.

André Wilkens is the director of the European Cultural Foundation in Amsterdam which mission is to grow a European sentiment. In March 2022 the Foundation activated the Culture of Solidarity Initiative’s Ukraine edition in response to the war in Ukraine. The Initiative was originally launched in 2020 in response to the Covid19 crisis.

André is also the Board Chair of Tactical Tech, the co-founder of the Initiative Offene Gesellschaft and a founding member of the European Council on Foreign Relations.

In the past he worked as Strategy Director of Stiftung Mercator, as Director of the Open Society Institute Brussels and as Head of Strategic Communications of UNHCR in Geneva.

André is the author of two books (Der diskrete Charme der Bürokratie and Analog ist das neue Bio), and a regular media contributor.