Arnau Queralt Bassa is Director at the Advisory Council for Sustainable Development of Catalonia (CADS) and chair of the European network of advisory councils on the environment and sustainable development (EEAC). On behalf of the EEAC he was an observe member of the European Commission high-level multi-stakeholder platform for the implementation of the SDGs in the EU. Member of the Steering Committee of MedECC. He holds a degree in Environmental Sciences from the Autonomous University of Barcelona, and a masters degree in Public Management. He has been working on the interface Science-Policy-Society since 2001, when he joined the staff of CADS.