Joan Lanfranco [he/him/his] has been Communication and Outreach Coordinator at the European Union office of the Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung since August 2020. He has over 10 years of experience in EU and international communications, advocacy and campaigns. Joan worked at the European Parliament, at the transparency watchdog VoteWatch Europe, at the International Trade Union Confederation and most recently at the pan-European communications agency GOPA Com. As freelancer, he also worked as EU reporter, campaigner and public affairs consultant. Joan holds a Bachelor's degree in Political Science from the Autonomous University of Barcelona and a Master's degree in European Policies and Politics from the College of Europe in Bruges. He speaks fluently English, French, Spanish, Italian and Catalan, intermediate Dutch and basic German and Portuguese.