DG for Internal Policies of the Union

Directorate-General for Internal Policies of the Union

The Directorate-General for Internal Policies of the Union is responsible for organising the work of Parliament's committees in the field of internal policies and contributing to the exercise and development of the legislative and control powers of the European Parliament.

Its main tasks are:

ensuring the smooth running of the legislative and non-legislative activities of parliamentary committees in the field of internal policies, primarily by providing secretariats for 17 standing committees, one subcommittee, and three temporary committees;
coordinating Parliament's legislative activities, mainly through the Conference of Committee Chairs;
supporting committee members, particularly the committee Chairs and rapporteurs, in the exercise of their duties;
providing the committees, other parliamentary bodies and the President's Office with briefings, background notes and long-term studies on all aspects of Parliament's activities in the field of internal policies;
helping the committees to develop their work programmes in close cooperation with the Commission and Council;
promoting and coordinating all activities relating to better law-making in Parliament.

Director-General

Riccardo RIBERA d'ALCALA
- 7 September 1955, Naples
- Director-General
- Education:
  
  Baccalaureate - Leaving diploma - Umberto I State Liceo Classico
  Graduated from the Law School of Federico II University, Naples (110/110 cum laude)
  
  Professional experience:
  
  September 1979 - February 1980
  Traineeship at the European Commission, DG I - External Relations
  
  April 1980 - July 1980
  Traineeship in the Legal Service of the Council of Europe, Strasbourg
  
  1980-1982:
  European Commission Secretariat, relations with the European Parliament
  
  1982-1991
  Administrator and Principal Administrator in the European People's Party Group in the European Parliament
  
  1994 - 1999
  Seconded to the Parliamentary Group of the European People's Party, Head of Parliamentary Services and Deputy Secretary-General from 1998
  
  26 July 1999 - 14 January 2002
  Director in President Nicole Fontaine's Private Office in the European Parliament (from 1 January 2001 Head of Private Office)
  
  15 January 2002 - 19 July 2004
  Director (Deputy Head of Private Office) in President Pat Cox's Private Office in the European Parliament
  
  20 July 2004 - 30 January 2007
  Director of Legislative Coordination and Codecision
  
  31 January 2007 – 14 December 2008
  Director-General ad interim of the Directorate-General for Internal Policies
  
  From 15 December 2008
  Director-General of the Directorate-General for Internal Policies