Our team
Secretary General (Interim)
Project Team
Policy Team
Knowledge and Innovation Team
Operations Team
Sydney Von Ihering
Communications and Project Officer (On maternity leave)
+32 2 233 77 20
English, Spanish, French
Dimitri Papakoch
Events and Operations Officer
+32 2 233 77 20
Macedonian, English, French, Bulgarian, Serbian, Croatian
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
Finance and HR
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)
