Drs. Simon Broek has been involved in several European research projects on education, labour market issues and insurance business. He advised the European Commission, the European Parliament and European Agencies on issues related to education policies, lifelong learning, insurance business and labour market issues. Here below a list of recent projects is presented:- Qualifications at level 5 of the EQF (Cedefop)- Innovation in higher education (DG EAC)- Quality in the adult learning sector (lot 1) (DG EAC)- Implementation of the CEFR in schoolbooks and curricula (EP)- Study on the current situation and prospects of Mutuals in Europe (DG ENTR)- A study on the State of play of the European Qualifications Framework implementation (EP)- The role of qualifications in governing occupations and professions (Cedefop)- The role of mutual societies in the 21st century (EP)- Assessment of the impact of ongoing reforms in education and training on adult learning sector (DG EAC)- Interim evaluation Lifelong learning programme 2007-2009 (DG EAC)- International comparative study on Lifelong learning in higher education (MinOCW)- Developing reference framework of competences adult learning staff (DG EAC)- Evaluation INTERREG III-programme (DG Regio)Simon publishes about his studies in academic journals, holds presentations both in the Netherlands and elsewhere and provides lectures for various groups of people and organisations.Specialties: managing large scale international research projects, comparative studies, working together with various experts.