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The Experts' Forum is the Institute's advisory body. Its principle function is to provide expertise knowledge in the field of gender equality.

It is composed of members from competent bodies specialised in gender equality issues from every Member State of the European Union. Each country has both a member and an alternate and there are two members designated by the European Parliament, as well as three members designated by the European Commission and representing interested parties at the European level, with one representative from:

  • an appropriate non-governmental organisation at Community level which has a legitimate interest in contributing to the fight against discrimination on grounds of sex and the promotion of gender equality;
  • employers' organisations at Community level; and
  • workers' organisations at Community level.

The Member States and the Commission aim to achieve a balanced representation between men and women in the Experts' Forum.

Members are designated for a period of three years.

For Expert's Forum members: Access the Experts' Forum workspace on EuroGender (restricted access to Experts' Forum members)

Experts' Forum 2021-2024

Belgique / België / Belgium (BE)

Member

Ms Marijke Weewauters

Advisor

Institute for the Equality of Women and Men

Alternate

Ms Lauren Bruffaerts

 

 

България / Bulgaria (BG)

Member

Mr Teodor Tsanev

Senior Expert

Department for Equal Opportunities, Anti-Discrimination and Social Assistance Benefits

Ministry of Labour and Social Policy

Alternate

Ms Ani Evgenieva-Georgieva

State expert

Labour Law and Labour Conditions Department,

Ministry of Labour and Social Policy

Česká republika / The Czech Republic (CZ)

Member

Pending appointment

 

Alternate

Pending appointment

  

Danmark / Denmark (DK)

Member

Ms Emma Holten

Activist, public speaker, moderator og writer

Alternate

Mr Bo Wagner Sørensen

Researcher in gender-based violence

Deutschland / Germany (DE)

Member

Ms Waltraud Dahs

Head of Division

Division for European and International Gender Equality Policy

Federal Ministry for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth

Alternate

Mr Thomas Fischer

Head of Unit

Gender equality on the Labout Market

Federal Ministry for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth

Eesti / Estonia (EE)

Member

Ms Age Viira 

Analyst

Ministry of Social Affairs

Alternate

Ms Kadi Viik

Gender equality expert

Founders of Feministeerium

Éire / Ireland (IE)

Member

Pending appointment

 

Alternate

Pending appointment

 

Ελλάδα, Elláda / Greece (EL)

Member

Ms Christina Agoritsa

Policy Officer

Independent Department of European and International Cooperation of
the GSDFPGE

Alternate

Mr Dimitrios Platis

Deputy Head

Department for Planning, Standardization and Development of Gender
Equality Policies

Employers’ Organisations

Member

Ms Trine Birgitte Hougaard

Alternate

Ms Jeanette Grenfors

España / Spain (ES)

Member

Ms María Vázquez Sellán

Deputy Director of the Subdirectorate General of Studies and Cooperation

Spanish Institute for Women

Alternate

Mr José Luis Burgos Fresno

Technical Advisor in the support unit of the Director

Spanish Institute for Women

European Parliament

Members

Ms Edit Bauer

Mr Niall Crowley

Alternate

Ms Barbara Helfferich

 

Ms Octavio Salazar

 

European Trade Union Confederation

Member

Ms Aline Brüser

Alternate

Ms Paola Panzeri

EU-level Non-Governmental Organisation

Member

Ms Iliana Balabanova

Alternate

Ms Katrin Hugendubel

France (FR)

Member

Ms Stéfania Chiru

Ministère de l’égalité entre les femmes et les hommes, de la diversité et de l’égalité des chances

Alternate

Pending appointment

 

Hrvatska / The Republic of Croatia (HR)

Member

Ms Ana Maskalan

Senior Research Associate

Institute for Social Research in Zagreb

Alternate

Ms Tamara Sterk

Assistant Director

Office for Gender Equality, Government of the Republic of Croatia

Italia / Italy (IT)

Member

Ms Paola Profeta 

Professor of public finance, Bocconi University

Director, Axa Research Lab on gender equality

Alternate

Ms Francesca Ballacci

Official, Department for equal opportunities
Presidency of the Council of Ministers

Κύπρος, Kýpros / Cyprus (CY)

Member

Ms Andri Savva 

Officer

Office of the Commissioner for Gender Equality

Alternate

Mr Andreas Misos 

Labour Officer

Department of Labour, Ministry of Labour, Welfare and Social Insurance

Latvija / Latvia (LV)

Member

Ms Iluta Lace

Head of the Association

MARTA Centre

Alternate

Ms Marita Zitmane

Dr.sc.comm., Associated Professor

University of Latvia

Lietuva / Lithuania (LT)

Member

Ms Valda Karnickaitė

Equality Between Women and Men Unit

Ministry of Social Security and Labour of the Republic of Lithuania

Alternate

Ms Goda Savickaitė

Equality Between Women and Men Unit

Ministry of Social Security and Labour of the Republic of Lithuania

Luxembourg (LU)

Member

Ms Skerdilajda Zanaj

Associate Professor

Gender Equality Officer of the University of Luxembourg

Alternate

Pending appointment

Magyarország / Hungary (HU)

Member

Ms Andrea SOÓS 

Head of Unit

International Family Affairs, Prime Minister’s office

Alternate

Ms Dóra TONTÉ

Senior advisor

Prime Minister’s Office, Minister for Families
Department of Adoption and Women’s Policy

Malta (MT)

Member

Ms Renee Laiviera

Commissioner

National Commission For The Promotion of Equality

Alternate

Ms Maria Ellul 

Manager II

Human Rights Directorate

Nederland / The Netherlands (NL)

Member

Ms Anna Okello

Senior Policy Advisor

Atria Institute on gender equality and women’s history

Alternate

Ms Paula Elise Thijs 

Senior researcher and policy advisor

Atria Institute on gender equality and women’s history

Österreich / Austria (AT)

Member

Ms Vanessa Marent

Officer

Directorate General III – Women and Equality

Austrian Federal Chancellery

Alternate

Ms Katja Link

Central Contact Point for Gender Mainstreaming, Equal Treatment, Human Rights and Integration (GGMI)

Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Regions and Tourism

Polska / Poland (PL)

Member

Ms Ewa Mazur-Wierzbicka

Profesor

University of Szczecin, Faculty of Economics and Management

Institute of Human Capital Management

Alternate

Pending appointment

Portugal (PT)

Member

Ms Teresa Alvarez

Tecnical Advisor

Commission for Citizenship and Gender Equality (CIG) 

Alternate

 Ms Patricia São João

Expert Advisor

Cabinet of the Secretary of State for Equality and Migration

România / Romania (RO)

Member

Ms Carmen Niculescu

Superios Advisor
Directorate for strategies, policies, programmes and monitoring of equal opportunities 

Alternate

Ms Cristina DUȘCĂ

Principal Advisor

Directorate for prevention and combatting domestic violence 

Slovenija / Slovenia (SI)

Member

Pending appointment

 

Alternate

 Pending appointment

 

Slovensko / The Slovak Republic (SK)

Member

Mr Daniel Gerbery

Deputy Director and Senior Researcher

Institute for Family and Labour Research

Alternate

Ms Zuzana Turkovič

Expert gender equality and family policy

Institute for Labour and Family Research

Suomi / Finland (FI)

Member

Ms Reetta Siukola

Chief Specialist

Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare

Alternate

Ms Päivi Yli-Pietilä

Ministerial Adviser

Department for Work and Gender Equality / TTO, Gender Equality Unit

Ministry of Social Affairs and Health

Sverige / Sweden (SE)

Member

Ms Anna Collins-Falk

Swedish Gender Equality Agency

Alternate

Mr Eberhard Stüber

Swedish Gender Equality Agency