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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 2019-2021

Belgique / België / Belgium (BE)

Member

Mr Jeroen Decuyper Aerts

Attaché

Institute for the Equality of Women and Men

Alternate

Ms Carine Joly

Advisor

Belgian Institute for the Equality of Women and Men

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 Slavka Radeva

Labour Law and Labour Conditions Department,

Ministry of Labour and Social Policy

Česká republika / The Czech Republic (CZ)

Member

Ms Kristýna Kabzanová

Department of Gender Equality

Office of the Government of the Czech Republic

Alternate

Mr Zdeněk Sloboda

Department of Media and Cultural Studies and Journalism, Faculty of Arts, Palacký University Olomouc;
Department Gender & Sociology, Institute of Sociology, Czech Academy of Sciences

Danmark / Denmark (DK)

Member

Ms Stine Thiedemann Faber

Associate professor

Aalborg University, Department of Culture and Global Studies

Alternate

Mr Kenneth Reinicke

Associate professor

Institute for Social Sciences and Business, Roskilde University

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 Thilo Engel

Policy Officer

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

Eesti / Estonia (EE)

Member

Ms Reet Laja

Chair of the Board

Estonian Women Studies and Resource Centre (ENUT)

Alternate

Ms Helen Biin

Adviser

Equality Policies Department, Ministry of Social Affairs

Éire / Ireland (IE)

Member

Pending appointment

 

Alternate

Pending appointment

 

Ελλάδα, Elláda / Greece (EL)

Member

Ms Christina Agoritsa

General Secretariat for Demography, Family Policy and Gender Equality

Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs

Alternate

Mr George Pateropoulos

General Secretariat for Demography, Family Policy and Gender Equality

Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs

Employers’ Organisations

Member

Ms Trine Birgitte Hougaard

 

Alternate

Ms Ulveson

 

España / Spain (ES)

Member

Mr José Luis Burgos Fresno

Technical Adviser of Studies in the Women’s Institute (Spain)

Women’s Institute (Spain)

Alternate

Ms Donna Coriat Gonzalvo

D.G. violencia de Genero. Ministerio de Sanidad, Servicios Sociales e Igualdad

European Parliament

Members

Ms Edit Bauer

Member of the European Parliament

European Parliament

Mr Mikael Gustafsson

Vice President

Unizon

Alternate

Ms Petra Meier

Professor in Politics

University of Antwerp

Ms Gotelind Alber

Co-founder

GenderCC - Women for Climate Justice

European Trade Union Confederation

Member

Ms Anja Lahermaa

 

Alternate

Mr David Joyce

 

EU-level Non-Governmental Organisation

Member

Ms Laura Albu

European Women’s Lobby

Alternate

Ms Katrin Hugendubel

ILGA Europe

France (FR)

Member

Mr Martin Szcrupak

Secrétariat d'État chargé de l'Égalité entre les femmes et les hommes et de la Lutte contre les discriminations

Alternate

Pending appointment

 

Hrvatska / The Republic of Croatia (HR)

Member

Ms Ana Maskalan

Research Associate

Institute for Social Research in Zagreb

Alternate

Ms Tamara Sterk

Counselor and Psychologist

Office for Gender Equality

Italia / Italy (IT)

Member

Ms Cristiana Carletti

Associate Professor of International Law

Roma Tre University

Alternate

Ms Francesca Ballacci

Specialist and expert in the sociological and statistical fields

Department for Equal Opportunities

Italian Presidency of the Council of Ministers

Κύπρος, Kýpros / Cyprus (CY)

Member

Ms Alexia Hadjikoumi

Employment Officer

Department of Labour

Ministry of Labour, Welfare and Social Insurance

Alternate

Ms Andri Savva

Officer

Office of the Commissioner for Gender Equality

Latvija / Latvia (LV)

Member

Ms Iluta Lace

Director

MARTA Centre

Alternate

Mr Juris Dilba

Head of Regional Branch in Liepaja of MARTA Centre

MARTA Centre Liepāja regional branch

Lietuva / Lithuania (LT)

Member

Ms Greta Tumėniene

Ministry of Social Security and Labour of the Republic of Lithuania

Alternate

 

Luxembourg (LU)

Member

Ms Tonie M van Dam

Professor

University of Luxembourg

Alternate

Pending appointment

Magyarország / Hungary (HU)

Member

Ms Margit Batthyány-Schmidt

President

Union of Hungarian Women

Alternate

Ms Rita Nagylaki

Women’s Policy Officer

Ministry of Human Capacities

Malta (MT)

Member

Ms Renee Laiviera

National Commission For The Promotion Of Equality

Alternate

Pending appointment

Nederland / The Netherlands (NL)

Member

Nomination pending

 

Alternate

Mr Sjoerd Warmerdam

Ministry of Education, Culture and Science

Österreich / Austria (AT)

Member

Ms Vera Jauk

Head of Department

Department on Gender Equality Policies and Legal Matters

Austrian Federal Chancellery, Division on Women and Gender Equality

Alternate

Mr Michael Holzer

Acting Head

Working Group for Equal Treatment Issues

Federal Ministry of the Interior

Polska / Poland (PL)

Member

Ms Ewa Mazur-Wierzbicka

Profesor

University of Szczecin, Faculty of Economics and Management

 

Institute of Human Capital Management

 

Alternate

Ms Monika Waluś

 

Portugal (PT)

Member

Ms Teresa Alvarez

Commission for Citizenship and Gender Equality

Alternate

Mr João Paiva

Senior Officer

Commission for Citizenship and Gender Equality

România / Romania (RO)

Member

Ms Maria Ulican

Legal adviser

National Agency for Equal Opportunities between Women and Men

Alternate

Ms Carmen Niculescu

Senior adviser

National Agency for Equal Opportunities between Women and Men

Slovenija / Slovenia (SI)

Member

Ms Sonja Robnik

PhD, Secretary

Ministry of Labour, Family, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities

Alternate

Mr Iztok Šori

Director

Peace Institute, Institute for Contemporary Social and Political Studies

Slovensko / The Slovak Republic (SK)

Member

Ms Silvia Porubänová

Director and Senior Researcher

Institute for Labour and Family Research

Alternate

Mr Daniel Gerbery

Senior Researcher and Deputy Director for Research

Institute for Labour and Family Research

Suomi / Finland (FI)

Member

Ms Reetta Siukola

Development Manager

Minna, Centre for Gender Equality Information

Alternate

Ms Eeva Raevaara

Ministerial Adviser

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