Experts' forum
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 Irina Ivanova
Head of the Department
Equal Opportunities, Anti-Discrimination and Social Benefits Department
Ministry of Labour and Social Policy
Česká republika / The Czech Republic (CZ)
Member
Pending appointment
Alternate
Pending appointment
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 Kaisa Knight
Chief Specialist
Equal 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 Gender Equality
Ministry of the Interior and Administrative Reconstruction
Alternate
Mr George Pateropoulos
General Secretariat for Gender Equality
Ministry of the Interior and Administrative Reconstruction
Employers’ Organisations
Member
Ms Trine Birgitte Hougaard
Alternate
Mr Armin Augat
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
Alternate
Ms Katrin Hugendubel
France (FR)
Member
Ms Alexia Lozano
Alternate
Pending appointment
Hrvatska / The Republic of Croatia (HR)
Member
Ms Ana Maskalan
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
Ministry of Labour, Welfare and Social Insurance
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 Sigita Aleknė
Specialist
Equal Opportunities, Equality between Women and Men Division
Ministry of Social Security and Labour
Alternate
Ms Ina Antaniškytė
Chief Specialist
Equal Opportunities, Equality between Women and Men Division
Ministry of Social Security and Labour
Luxembourg (LU)
Member
Ms Tonie M van Dam
Professor
University of Luxembourg
Alternate
Pending appointment
Magyarország / Hungary (HU)
Member
Ms Margit Batthyány-Schmidt
Union of Hungarian Women
Alternate
Ms Réka Szabó
Ministry of Human Capacities
Malta (MT)
Member
Mr Silvan Agius
Human rights and Integration, Human Rights and Integration Directorate
Alternate
Ms Renee Laiviera
National Commission For The Promotion Of Equality
Nederland / The Netherlands (NL)
Member
Ms Esther de Jong
Atria Institute on Gender Equality and Women’s History
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
Alternate
Mr João Paiva
Senior Officer
Commission for Citizenship and Gender Equality
România / Romania (RO)
Member
Ms Maria Ulican
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 Annika Olsson
National Agency for Gender Equality
Alternate
Mr Eberhard Stüber
National Agency for Gender Equality
United Kingdom (UK)