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.
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Experts' Forum 2021-2024
Belgique / België / Belgium (BE)
Member
Ms Carine Joly
Attaché
Institute for the Equality of Women and Men
Alternate
Ms Marijke Weewauters
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
Mr Alexis Rinckenbach
Hrvatska / The Republic of Croatia (HR)
Member
Ms Ana Maskalan
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
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
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
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
Mr 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
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