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Secretary General

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Thomas Bignal

Secretary General

English, French

 

Project Team

Ivana Davidovska

Head of Projects

+32 2 233 77 22
Macedonian, English, Serbian, Croatian, Slovenian

Tiziana Fantucchio

Senior Project Officer

+32 2 233 77 22
Italian, English, French

Orazio Fiorini

Senior Project Officer

+32 2 233 77 22
Italian, English

Giulia Bergamasco

Project Officer

+32 2 233 77 22
Italian, English, French

Lyzaveta Drannikova

Project Officer

+32 2 233 77 22
Ukrainian, English, Polish, French, Russian

 

Nóra Györke

Project Officer

+32 2 233 77 22
Hungarian, English, French

Ana Hannotte

Project Officer

+32 2 233 77 22
Portuguese, English, French

Omor Ahmed

Project Officer

+32 2 233 77 22
Bangla, English

Paloma García Victor

Project Assistant

+32 2 233 77 23
Spanish, English, French

Policy Team

Konstantina Leventi

Head of Policy

+32 2 233 77 23
Greek, English

Irene Bertana

Senior Policy Officer

+32 2 233 77 23
Italian, English, French, Spanish

Carmen Hilario

Junior Policy Officer

+32 2 233 77 23
Portuguese, French, English, Spanish

Fabiana Scarano

Policy Officer

+32 2 233 77 23
Italian, English

Lilith Alink

Policy and Project Officer

+32 2 233 77 23
Dutch, English, French

Freddy Jussien

Project and Policy Officer

+32 2 233 77 23
French, English, German

Benedetta Galeazzi

Policy Assistant

+32 2 233 77 23
Italian, English, French

Knowledge and Innovation Team

Renaud Scheuer

Head of Knowledge and Innovation

+32 2 233 77 25
French, English

Miguel Buitrago

Research and Development Officer

+32 2 233 77 25
Spanish, English, Dutch

Nina Kozlowitz

Learning and Development Officer

+32 2 233 77 22
French, English 

Kalianne Farren

E-Learning Officer

+32 2 233 77 22
English, Irish, French

Chiara Lipari

Project and Innovation Assistant

+32 2 233 77 22

Italian, Spanish, English, French

Operations Team

Rachel Vaughan

Head of Operations

+32 2 233 77 20
English

Dimitri Papakoch

Senior Events and Operations Officer

+32 2 233 77 20
Macedonian, English, French, Bulgarian, Serbian, Croatian

Sydney Von Ihering

Communications and Project Officer (On maternity leave)

+32 2 233 77 20
English, Spanish, French

Tavishi Rekhi

Communications Officer

+32 2 233 77 20
Hindi, English

Catherine Lau

Communications Officer

+32 2 233 77 20
English, Cantonese, German

Ángela Corbi

Membership Officer

+32 2 233 77 20
Spanish, English

Adriana Elena Popa

Membership Officer (On maternity leave)

+32 2 233 77 20
Romanian, English

Bilyana Avtova

Communications and Events Assistant

+32 2 233 77 20
Bulgarian, English, French, Spanish

Dionyssis Antanasiotis

Office Assistant

+32 2 233 77 20
Greek, English, French

Noah Quain

Events Assistant

+32 2 233 77 20
English, French

Ilaria Avagnina

Communications Assistant

+32 2 233 77 20
Italian, English

Finance and HR

Timothy Ghilain

Chief of Staff

+32 2 233 77 22
French, English

Sonia Staskowiak

Senior Finance Officer

+32 2 233 77 20
Dutch, English, French, German

Najia El Jaouhari

Finance Officer

+32 2 233 77 20
French, English

Andrea Cociancich

Administrative Assistant

+32 2 233 77 20
French, English

Board Members

James Crowe

Chair of the Board

Karin Astegger

Lebenshilfe (Austria)

Valerija Bužan

CUDV Draga (Slovenia)

James Churchill

Social Care Training (UK)

Stef de Cock

Equal Employment Europe (Belgium)

Lieve Dekempeneer

Hubbie (Belgium)

Vasilka Dimoska

PORAKA (North Macedonia)

Fabrizio Fea

Associazione Scuola Viva onlus (Italy)

Javier Güemes Pedraza

Fundacion ONCE (Spain

Evert-Jan Hoogerwerf

AIAS Bologna onlus (Italy)

Mirela Juka

Down Syndrome Albania (Albania)

Eoin Nash

Cope Foundation (Ireland)

Akos Pordan

Hand in Hand Foundation (Hungary)

Petra Rantamäki

KVPS (Finland)

Peter Saxenhofer

INSOS (Switzerland)

Jose Maria Solé I Chavero

Fundació Support-Girona (Spain)

Miguel Valles

CECD Mira Sintra (Portugal)

Kathrin Völker

BAG WfbM (Germany)

Agapi Papadaki

The NET (Greece)

Elisabeth Lammers

Unapei (France)

Executive Committee Members

James Crowe

President

Karin Astegger

Vice-President

 Lebenshilfe (Austria)

Valerija Bužan

Vice-President

SOUSS (Slovenia)

Javier Güemes Pedraza

Vice-President

Fundacion ONCE (Spain)

Peter Saxenhofer

Treasurer

INSOS (Switzerland)