25/01/2005 (Agence Europe) - On 1 February in Brussels, the European Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (EVCA) is organising a policy meeting on 'Unleashing Europe's Competitiveness through Private Equity and Venture Capital. Speakers include Wim Kok, Chairman of the High Level Group on the Lisbon Strategy, Jean-Philippe Cotis, Chief Economist at the OECD, Herman Daems and Javier Echarri of the EVCA, Isi Saragossi, Heinz Zourek and David Wright (of the Directorate-General for Research, Enterprise and Internal Market, respectively, of the European Commission), Francis Carpenter of the European Investment Fund, Jean-Paul Mingasson (advisor to UNICE) and British Labour MEP Peter William Skinner. (Info; Amy Spenlove-Brown, EVCA, Minervastraat 4, Zaventem, Belgium. Tel. 02 715 0033, Fax 02 725 9704)