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'''István Teplán''' ({{langx|hu|'''Teplán István'''}}; born 1958 son of [[:hu:Teplán István|István Teplán Sr.]]  biochemist and brother of  Dr. Attila Teplán of ECHR<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.echr.coe.int/Pages/home.aspx?p=home|title=European Court of Human Rights - ECHR, CEDH, news, information, press releases|website=www.echr.coe.int|access-date=2019-04-16}}</ref>) is a Hungarian [[Economic history|economic historian]], sociologist and educator, graduated from Harvard IEM<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gse.harvard.edu/event/institute-educational-management-iem|title=Institute for Educational Management {{!}} IEM|website=Harvard Graduate School of Education|language=en|access-date=2019-04-17}}</ref> in 1999. He is one of the creators of the first international Western-style graduate school in the [[Post-Communism|post-communist]] [[Central Europe]].
== Early life ==
Teplan was educated in Hungary and the US, where he studied with [[Immanuel Wallerstein]] at [[Binghamton University]].
== Career ==
The idea of a tri-city (Prague-Budapest-Warsaw) international graduate school was supported by former [[List of presidents of the Czech Republic|Czech President]] [[Václav Havel]], former Hungarian President [[Árpád Göncz]] and former Polish [[Foreign minister|Foreign Minister]] [[Bronisław Geremek|Bronislaw Geremek]].
With [[George Soros]] he was one of the founders of [[Central European University]] (CEU), a graduate school to train the next generation of leaders and to facilitate the democratic transition in East and Central Europe. He participated in the first meeting of CEU in Dubrovnik in 1989. As an Executive Vice President he served CEU between 1992 and 2007. Under his leadership CEU had developed into an internationally recognized institution of higher learning.
[[File:Inter-University Centre Dubrovnik. Chairs of the Council..jpg|thumb|299x299px|Inter-University Centre Dubrovnik. Chairs of the council.]]
As an educator he served on the Administrative Board of the [[IAU Universities List|International Association of Universities]] ([[UNESCO]]) between 2000 and 2008 and chaired the Council of the Inter-University Center (IUC)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.iuc.hr/|title=Inter University Centre Dubrovnik|website=www.iuc.hr|access-date=2019-04-19}}</ref> in Dubrovnik between 1998 and 2007.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.iuc.hr/news-item.php?id=33|title=IUC News|website=www.iuc.hr|access-date=2019-04-19}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.uib.no/en/research/76780/inter-university-centre-dubrovnik|title=The Inter University Centre Dubrovnik|website=University of Bergen|language=en|access-date=2020-01-24}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dailyscandinavian.com/the-small-peace-university-in-croatia/|title=The Small Peace University in Croatia Co-Founded by Norwegian Scholars|last=Kjølberg|first=Tor|date=2019-10-04|website=Daily Scandinavian|language=en-US|access-date=2020-01-24}}</ref>
Between 1998 and 2006 was member of  the VAP program<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.salzburgglobal.org/fileadmin/user_upload/Documents/2010-2019/2010/VAP/Overview_of_the_85_VAP_visits_in_the_period_1998.pdf|title=Overview of the 85 VAP visits in the period 1998-2010|last=|first=|date=|website=Salzburgglobal|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}}</ref>  of the [[Salzburg Global Seminar]].
He served as the Director General of the Government Center for Public Administration in Hungary which trains [[Civil service|public servants]] for the Hungarian [[public sector]] and [[European Union|the European Union]].
He was a board member of the [[:nl:European Institute of Public Administration|European Institute of Public Administration]], and member of the Scientific Committee of the European Senior Civil Servant project, to train the next generation of public sector leaders for the European Union.
Teplan was the chief advisor of the State Minister for Environment of Hungary. During the Hungarian [[Presidency of the European Union]] (January 1 to June 30, 2011) he was the Chair of the [[Council Working Party]] on International Environmental Issues dealing with Global and Horizontal affairs. He played a key role in Hungary's preparation for the [[UN Conference on Sustainable Development]] (UNCSD-2012). He was the founding Director General of the Hungarian National Institute for Environment. He was appointed Ministerial Envoy for the Budapest Water Summit, to be held in October 2013 in Budapest under the aegis of the UN. He was a member of the Management Board of the [[European Environment Agency]] (EEA) in Copenhagen.
He became a board member of the Regional Environmental Center for Central and Eastern Europe in 2009.
Teplan is a contributor to international conferences and journals. As a scholar he contributed to the book, ''Budapest and New York, Studies in Metropolitan Transformation'' 1870-1930<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.russellsage.org/publications/budapest-and-new-york|title=Budapest and New York - RSF|website=Russellsage.org|accessdate=11 August 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|jstor=10.7758/9781610440400|title=Budapest and New York: Studies in Metropolitan Transformation, 1870-1930|editor-first1=THOMAS|editor-last1=BENDER|editor-first2=CARL E.|editor-last2=SCHORSKE|date=11 August 1994|publisher=Russell Sage Foundation|isbn=9780871541130 }}</ref>
As the President of the Brussels-based PROSUM Foundation<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://prosum-foundation.com/|title=PROSUM Foundation {{!}} PROSUM Foundation|language=en-US|access-date=2019-04-16}}</ref> Teplán proposed the establishment of the European Public Broadcasting and News Service (EPBNS)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://prosum-foundation.com/index.php/epbns/|title=EPBNS {{!}} PROSUM Foundation|language=en-US|access-date=2019-04-16}}</ref> to fight fake news and state media monopoly to safeguard reliable news for citizens.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://diepresse.com/home/meinung/5610464/Wir-brauchen-ein-europaeisches-oeffentlichrechtliches-Medium|title=Wir brauchen ein europäisches öffentlich-rechtliches Medium!|date=2019-04-10|website=Die Presse|language=de|access-date=2019-04-16}}</ref> He is also member of the Consiglio Direttivo of the LINPR.<ref>{{Cite web|title=The International Council|url=https://thelaszloinstitute.com/about/board-of-directors/|access-date=2021-04-18|website=The Laszlo Institute|language=en-US}}</ref>
== Recognition ==
Teplan is a recipient of the Officers [[:hu:A Magyar Köztársasági Érdemrend tisztikeresztje#2006. március 15.|Cross of Merit]] of the [[Hungary|Hungarian Republic]].
==References==
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==External links==
* {{cite news|work=The New York Times|date=22 July 1990|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/07/22/travel/behind-the-facades-surprises-in-budapest.html|title=Behind the Facades, Surprises in Budapest|author=Alexandra Shelley|page=8, section 5}}
* Neil Maghami :Whither the Soros Foundations – After Soros? part four    https://capitalresearch.org/article/whither-the-soros-foundations-after-soros-part-four/
* Anna Porter Buying a Better World: George Soros and Billionaire Philanthropy ISBN-13978-1459731035 Publisher: Thomas Allen Publishers Publication Date: March 17, 2015 https://www.annaporter.ca/books/buying-a-better-world/
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