The Management Board adopts the annual work programme, the medium-term work programme as well as the Institute's budget.
Management Board's summary of proceedings
It consists of eighteen representatives from the Member States which operates on a rotation basis thus guaranteeing total representation combined with operational efficiency. One member is also representing the European Commission. There is an equal number of substitute members.
The length of its representatives' mandate is 3 years. For each mandate, the Members appointed by the Council represent eighteen Member States following the order of the rotating Presidencies, one member being designated by each concerned State.
The Management Board elects its Chairperson and Vice-Chairperson for a term of 3 years.
Chair: Ms Kalliope AGAPIOU-JOSEPHIDES, CY || Term of office: 19 May 2017 - 31 May 2019
Vice-Chair: Ms Kira APPEL, DK || Term of office: 9 June 2016 - 31 May 2019
Standing Committee Members:
Mr Michel PASTEEL, BE || Term of office: 9 June 2016 - 31 May 2019
Ms Stéphanie SEYDOUX, FR || Term of office: 9 June 2016 - 31 May 2019
Ms Maruša GORTNAR, SI || Term of office: 9 November 2017 - 31 May 2019
Belgique / België / Belgium (BE)
Member
Mr Michel PASTEEL
Declaration of interests (.pdf)
Alternate
Ms Liesbet STEVENS
Česká republika / Czech Republic (CZ)
Member
Ms Andrea BARŠOVÁ
Director of the department for human rights and protection of minorities
Office of the Government of the Czech Republic
Alternate
Ms Lucia ZACHARIÁŠOVÁ
Head of unit for equal opportunities of women and men
Office of the Government of the Czech Republic
Danmark / Denmark (DK)
Member
Ms Kira APPEL
Chief Advisor/Deputy Head of Department
Ministry for Children, Education and Gender Equality
Department for gender equality
Alternate
Deutschland / Germany (DE)
Member
Ms Christine MORGENSTERN
Head of Department 4
Federal Ministry for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women an Youth
Alternate
Dr Birgit SCHWEIKERT
Éire / Ireland (IE)
Member
Pending appointment
Alternate
Mr John HURLEY
Head of the Gender Equality Division,
Department of Justice and Equality
Ελλάδα, Elláda / Greece (EL)
Member
Ms Anna MEGALOU
Head of the Department of Networking, Publicity and the Library-Historical Archive
Directorate for Services to Citizens and Institutions
General Secretariat for Gender Equality
Ministry of the Interior
Alternate
Mr Dimitrios PLATIS
Ministry of Interior
General Secretariat for Gender Equality
Department for Planning, Standardization and Developing Gender Equality Policies
España / Spain (ES)
Member
Ms Lucía CÉRON HERNÁNDEZ
Director
Institute of Women and for Equal Opportunities
Alternate
Ms María VÁZQUEZ SELLÁN
Institute of Women and for Equal Opportunities
Ministry of Health, Social Services and Equality
European Commission
Member
Ms Irena MOOZOVA
Director
DG Justice
European Commission
Alternate
Ms Karen VANDEKERCKHOVE
Head of Unit
Gender Equality Unit
DG Justice
France (FR)
Member
Ms Stéphanie SEYDOUX
Ambassador for Global Health
Ministry of European and Foreign Affairs
Alternate
Mr Alexis RINCKENBACH
Head of Unit
European and International Affairs
Ministry of Social Affairs and Health
Directorate General for Social Cohesion
Hrvatska / Croatia (HR)
Member
Ms Helena ŠTIMAC RADIN
Director
Office for Gender Equality
Government of the Republic of Croatia
Alternate
Ms Gordana OBRADOVIĆ DRAGIŠIĆ
Assistant Director
Office for Gender Equality
Government of the Republic of Croatia
Italia / Italy (IT)
Member
Ms Monica PARRELLA
General Manager
Department for Equal Opportunities
Presidency of the Council of Ministers
Alternate
Ms Tiziana ZANNINI
Executive responsible of the Service for the promotion and monitoring of family policies
Department for Family Policies
Council of the Council of Ministers
Κύπρος, Kýpros / Cyprus (CY)
Member
Ms Kalliope AGAPIOU-JOSEPHIDES
Ass. Professor
Department of Social and Political Sciences
University of Cyprus
Alternate
Mr Demetris MICHAELIDES
Senior Employment Officer
Ministry of Labour and Social Insurance
Department of Labour
Latvija / Latvia (LV)
Member
Ms Diāna JAKAITE
Director
Department of Social Policy Planning and Development
Ministry of Welfare
Alternate
Ms Agnese GAILE
Senior Adviser
Department of Social Policy Planning and Development
Development
Ministry of Welfare
Lietuva / Lithuania (LT)
Member
Ms Rita ZEMAITYTE-TACK
Head of Unit
Department for equality between women and men
Ministry of Social Security and Labour
Alternate
Ms Dalia LEINARTĖ
Director
Gender Equality Studies Centre
Vilnius University
Magyarország / Hungary (HU)
Member
Ms Zsuzsanna GERBERNÉ FARKAS
President
Alternate
Mr Tamás Antal HEIZER
International and Public Relations Department
International Relations Officer
Polska / Poland (PL)
Member
Ms Rita KAMEDUŁA-TOMASZEWSKA
Governmental Plenipotentiary for Equal Treatment
Chancellery of the Prime Minister
Alternate
Ms Justyna KRYCZKA
Ministry of Family, Labour and Social Policy
Portugal (PT)
Member
Mr Carlos Miguel RODRIGUES DUARTE
Vice-Presidente da CIG
Comissão para a Cidadania e a Igualdade de Género
Alternate
Ms Teresa Margarida FRAGOSO
President
Commission for Citizenship and Gender Equality
Presidency of the Council of Ministers
Slovenija / Slovenia (SI)
Member
Ms Maruša GORTNAR
Ministry of Labour, Family, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities
Equal Opportunities Department
Alternate
Ms Jasna JERAM
Ministry of Labour, Family, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities
Equal Opportunities Department
Sverige / Sweden (SE)
Member
Ms Lenita FREIDENVALL
Ministry of Social Affairs
Division for Gender Equality
Alternate
Pending appointment
