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Name:	Dag Harald Johannessen
Title:	Assistant Director / Director Administration
Office:	EFB room 202
Phone:	+39 040 2240 591 (secretary)
E-mail:	adm_info@ictp.it

Education:

MBA from Norway 1984, Officer school 1979, Various courses

Biography:

Mr. Johannessen is of Norwegian nationality. Following two years in the Norwegian Air Force and his MBA studies in Bergen, Norway, he worked 3 years as Export Area Sales Manager for a Norwegian manufacturing company. Thereafter followed a year with business consulting and reorganization of the administrative and financial sectors of a private company in trouble.
For 3 years Mr. Johannessen worked in a software company as responsible for administration and finance, as well as being project manager and key account manager related to the accounting software AGRESSO developed by the company. Thereafter, for 5 years, Mr. Johannessen was employed by the Norwegian Space Centre as responsible for finance and administration. In this capacity he served as the national delegate to the Administrative and Finance Committee of the European Space Agency. In addition to the activities at the Norwegian headquarter, he led the administrative and financial work at the Andoya Rocket Range and the Tromsoe Satellite Station and assisted in the development of the new Satellite Station on the Spitzbergen islands.
Prior to joining ICTP, Mr. Johannessen worked for 5 years as Director of Administration of an international organization in Brussels, Belgium, with responsibilities as in his present post in Trieste. The EFTA Surveillance Authority cooperates closely with the European Commission and overlooks that the EFTA States abide by the European Economic Area Agreement between themselves and the European Union.

Responsibility:

Supervision of all administrative aspects of the planning and execution of the Centre's activities and assist the Directorate in the planning and evaluation of these activities.
Overviewing the revision of the Centre's administrative organization with the aim of assuring efficiency and full exploitation of human resources and computer technology.
Supervision and coordination of the activities of the administrative staff in:

• financial planning of the Centre
• the General Services (including the management of 2 guest houses, and the medical, housing and visa services)
• the procurement of all goods and services requested
• the administrative arrangements required in relation to the Centre's programme activities
• the personnel policies and management
• the Info-Point/Switchboard.

Undertaking of any other administrative task as may be required by the Director.
In addition to the activities listed above, Mr. Johannessen is together with the Director of ICTP working on strengthening the contacts between ICTP and other institutions in the Trieste area, with the authorities and the town of Trieste as well as with Italian authorities in Rome.
The exhibitions organized by the Cultural Committee of the Centre, coordination with the other institutions in the Miramare Science Campus, organization of Open Day for the public, are some of such activities Administration is involved in.