Short vita
Jana sproul joined the FNF Brussels Team in April 2019 as Manager Programmes & Outreach, managing the regional office's events, trainings, advocacy, and media relations. In 2021, she took on the role of Human Rights & EU Funding Manager, in which she currently oversees our human rights activities and coordinates the EU funding applications from our offices around the world. Jana publishes political analyses and facilitates dialogue among experts and stakeholders, with a special focus on press freedom, disinformation, rule of law, LGBT+ issues, female empowerment and voting rights.
Before joining FNF, Jana gained experience in project and stakeholder management in the private sector. She holds an MA degree in International Relations, with a focus on human rights, from Leiden University.
Contributions
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New Publication: Taxation Matters
In 2020, the European Dialogue of the Friedrich Naumann Foundation in Brussels and the EPICENTER Network carried out a competition to find new, innovative ideas, on how tax policy regimes across Europe can become more competitive and driven by key liberal values of efficiency, neutrality, and fairness.
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Media Freedom in the Shadow of Covid-19
The protection and promotion of press freedom is an ongoing task for liberals everywhere. To shed light on the issues surrounding media freedom throughout the Covid-19 crisis, the International Press Institute teamed up with the FNF European Dialogue Programme office and the European Commission over the course of 2020. - A recap.
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Business Meets Human Rights
Ten years after their adoption, the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights are increasingly incorporated into legal regulations. Yesterday, the EU Parliament voted on the Legal Affairs Committee's report on corporate due diligence. Better known as due diligence law, this is just another step towards a regulation at the European level.
