Catherine Daraspe studied cultural management and international relations in Montpellier, Nîmes and Strasburg.

Her special interest is in culture as economic and development factor – in Europe as well as in the countries of the South. Besides her editorial and organisational activities for the Office for cultural policy and economy and the news portal www.european-creative-industries.eu, she works in public relations for the German Agro Action, one of Germany’s main NGOs for North-South-cooperation.