Geoffrey Brown is Director of EUCLID, which he founded in 1993.  EUCLID provides a range of European & international information, research & consultancy services.  EUCLID has been appointed by the UK Department for Media, Culture & Sport and the European Commission as the official UK Cultural Contact Point, in particular to promote the EU's funding programmes for culture.  Other information services include the Culture.Info online information resource, the Alert e-newsletter on EU funding and the CUPID database of EU funded culture projects.  EUCLID also organises seminars and conferences in the UK and in Europe on European and international topics .  EUCLID has undertaken research projects for the European Commission, the Council of Europe, European networks, the British Council and UK arts funding bodies and local authorities.  Geoffrey is a member of Team Europe, the European Commission's panel of speakers.