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European Year of Skills National Coordinators
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| Country | Ms/Mr | First name | Second name | Function | Organisation | |
| Austria | Mr | Georg | Konetzky | Director General | Bundesministerium für Arbeit und Wirtschaft | georg.konetzky@bmaw.gv.at |
| Belgium | Mr | Willem | De Klerck | Regional Coordinator for Flanders | Department of Work and Social Economy | willem.deklerck@vlaanderen.be |
| Mr | Guibert | Debroux | Regional Coordinator for Wallonia and the French-speaking community | Forem | guibert.debroux@forem.be | |
| Mr | Frédéric | Romano | Regional Coordinator for the Brussels Capital Region | Bruxelles Formation | f.romano@bruxellesformation.brussels | |
| Bulgaria | Ms | Natalia | Efremova | Deputy Minister of Labour and Social Policy | Ministry of Labour and Social Policy | Assistant.Efremova@mlsp.government.bg |
| Croatia | Mr | Ivan | Vidiš | State Secretary | Ministry of Labour, Pension System, Family and Social Policy | Ivan.Vidis@mrosp.hr |
| Cyprus | Mr | Yiannis | Mourouzides | Director General | Human Resource Development Authority (HRDA) | directorgeneral@hrdauth.org.cy |
| Czechia | Ms | Jana | Mala | Department of Labour Market Integration - Ministry of Labour and Social Affair | jana.mala2@mpsv.cz | |
| Denmark | Mr | Carsten | Sanders | Director | International Department in the Ministry of Employment | csa@bm.dk |
| Estonia | Mr | Margus | Haidak | Head of Higher Education, Vocational Education and Training Policy and Lifelong Learning Department | Estonian Ministry of Education and Research | margus.haidak@hm.ee |
| Finland | Ms | Teea | Oja | Chief Specialist | Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment of Finland, Employment and Well-Functioning Markets Department | teea.oja@gov.fi |
| Ms | Ulla-Jill | Karlsson | Senior Ministerial Adviser | Ministry of Education and Culture General Upper Secondary Education and Vocational Education and Training Department | ulla-jill.karlsson@gov.fi | |
| France | Mr | Gilles | Gateau | Director General | Association for the Employment of Managers | gilles.gateau@apec.fr |
| Ms | Marianne | de Brunhoff | General Administrator for Social Ministries | General Secretariat of the Ministries responsible for Social Affairs | marianne.debrunhoff@sg.social.gouv.fr | |
| Germany | Mr | Peter | Thiele | Head of Division | Division 315 - Continuing Vocational Training; European Vocational Education and Training Area | Peter.Thiele@bmbf.bund.de |
| Mr | Fabian | Langenbruch | Deputy Head of Department | Department l "Skills, Vocational Training and Securing a Skilled Labour Force" | fabian.langenbruch@bmas.bund.de | |
| Greece | Mr | Spiros | Protopsaltis | Governor of the Board of Directors at DYPA | Federal Ministry of Work and Social Affairs | sprotops@dypa.gov.gr |
| Hungary | Mr | Balázs | Hankó | State secretary for Innovation and Higher Education | Ministry of Culture and Innovation | balazs.hanko@kim.gov.hu |
| Ireland | Ms | Emma | Kinsella | Assistant Principal —Skills Policy and Enterprise Engagement Unit | Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science | Emma_Kinsella@dfheris.gov.ie |
| Mr | John | McGeown | Head of Digital Skills | Department of Further and Higher Education | John_McGeown@dfheris.gov.ie | |
| Italy | Mr | Santo Darko | Grillo | Director General | National Institute for Public Policy Analysis | direzione@inapp.org d.grillo@inapp.org |
| Latvia | Ms | Dita | Traidas | Director | State Education Development Agency | dita.traidas@viaa.gov.lv |
| Ms | Dace | Purina | Senior Expert, Department of Vocational Training and Adult Learning | Ministry of Education and Science | dace.purina@izm.gov.lv | |
| Lithuania | Ms | Agnė | Kudarauskienė | Vice-Minister | Education, Science and Sport of the Republic of Lithuania | agne.kudarauskiene@smsm.lt |
| Luxemburg | Ms | Véronique | Schaber | Directrice Adjointe de la Formation Professionnelle | Ministe de l'Education nationale, de l'Enfance et de la Jeunesse | veronique.schaber@men.lu |
| Mr | Claude | Tremont | Conseiller | Ministre du Travail, de l'Emploi et de l'Economie sociale et solidaire | claude.tremont@mt.etat.lu | |
| Malta | Ms | Ruth | DeBrincat | Senior Director | National Skills Council | ruth.debrincat.2@gov.mt |
| Mr | Clayton | Cutajar | Director | National Skills Council | clayton.a.cutajar@gov.mt | |
| Netherlands | Ms | Annemiek | Wortman | Head of Career and Development Unit | Ministry of Social Affairs and Employment | AWortman@minszw.nl |
| Mr | Daniel | Rodenburg | drodenburg@minszw.nl | |||
| Poland | Ms | Ewa | Flaszyńska | Director of the Labour Market Department | Ministry of Family, Labour and Social Policy | Ewa.Flaszynska@mrips.gov.pl |
| Portugal | Mr | Domingos | Lopes | Chairman | Board of Directors of the Instituto do Emprego e Formação Profissional, I.P (IEFP) | domingos.lopes@iefp.pt |
| Romania | Mrs | Ana | Rădulescu | Senior Advisor | Directorate for Employment Policies, Skills and Professional Mobility | ana.radulescu@mmuncii.gov.ro |
| Slovakia | Mr | Slavomír | Partila | State Secretary | Ministry of Education, Science, Research and Sport | kancelaria.st@minedu.sk |
| Slovenia | Ms | Zvonka | Pangerc Pahernik | Head of Promotion and Information Unit | Slovenian Institute for Adult Learning | zvonka.pangerc@acs.si |
| Spain | Ms | Alba Consolación | Rodríguez | General Technical Secretary | Ministry of Labour and Social Economy | crodrigueza@mites.gob.es |
| Ms | María Antonia | Agudo | Deputy DG for Institutional Relations and Juridical Assistance | Spanish Public Service for Employment | maria-antonia.agudo@sepe.es | |
| Sweden | Ms | Paula | Starbäck | Investigator | National Agency for Higher Vocational Education (MYH) | |
| Iceland | Mrs | Hulda Anna | Arnljótsdóttir | Senior Advisor | Ministry of Social Affairs and the Labour Markets | hulda.anna.arnljotsdottir@frn.is |
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| Norway | Ms | Margrethe | Marstrøm Svensrud | Head of Department | Department of Working Life and Skills - Ministry of Education and Research | margrethe.svensrud@hkdir.no |
| Switzerland | Dr | Boris | Zürcher | Head of the Labour Directorate | Federal Department of Economic Affairs, Education and Research EAER | boris.zuercher@seco.admin.ch |
| Dr | Dorit | Griga | Senior Manager International Relations | Federal Department of Economic Affairs, | ||
| Albania | Ms | Olta | Manjani | Deputy Minister of Finance and Economy | Ministry of Finance and Economy | Olta.Manjani@financa.gov.al |
| Serbia | Ms | Danka | Čančarević | Advisor | Department for International Cooperation, European Integrations and Projects, Ministry of Labour, Employment, Veteran and Social Affairs | danka.cancarevic@minrzs.gov.rs |
| Türkiye | Mr | Evren | Altay | Director General | Turkish Employment Agency | evren.altay@iskur.gov.tr |
| Ukraine | Mr | Yurii | Balaniuk | Chairman | National Agency of Ukraine of Qualifications | nqa@nqa.gov.ua |
| Georgia | Mrs | Nino | Veltauri | Head of State | Employment Support Agency (SESA) | nino.velta@gmail.com |
| Moldova | Ms | Anna | Gherganova | Chief of the Employment Policy and Migration of Labour Force Division | Ministry of Labour and Social Protection | |
| Montenegro | Ms | Milijana | Vukotic Jelušić | State Secretary | Ministry of Education of Montenegro | milijana.jelusic@mp.edu.me |
| North Macedonia | Ms | Natasha | Dimeska | Special Advisor within the Cabinet of the Minister for Labour and Social Policy | Ministry for Labour and Social Policy | natasa.dimeska@mtsp.gov.mk |