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Country Ms/Mr First name Second name Function Organisation Email
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            
Iceland Mrs Hulda Anna Arnljótsdóttir Senior Advisor  Ministry of Social Affairs and the Labour Markets hulda.anna.arnljotsdottir@frn.is
Liechtenstein            
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,
Education and Research

dorit.griga@seco.admin.ch

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

anna.gherganova@social.gov.md

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