Composition of the CDDECS Committee

The CDDECS Committee consists of representatives from the member states of the Council of Europe. The governments of each member State designate one representative of the highest possible rank and expertise in the relevant fields. The representatives have responsibility at the national level for the planning, development and implementation of policies relevant to the work of the Committee and are appointed by their governments to co-ordinate at national level all elements of government policy relevant to the work of the Committee. Each member of the committee has one vote. Where a government designates more than one member, only one of them is entitled to take part in the voting.

Current members of the CDDECS Committee 2014-2015:

Chair / Présidente

NETHERLANDS/PAYS-BAS

Ms Carlien SCHEELE

Equality Director

Gender and LGBT Equality

Ministry of Education, Culture and Science

 

 

Members:

Vice-Chair /Vice-Président

FRANCE

Mr Alexis RINCKENBACH

Chef

Bureau des affaires européennes et internationales

Direction générale de la cohésion sociale

Ministère des affaires sociales

 

 

ALBANIA/ALBANIE

Ms Merita XHAFAJ

General Director of Social Policies

Ministry of Social Welfare and Youth

ANDORRA/ANDORRE

M. Joan Carles VILLAVERDE

Chef de service d’attention Sociale Primaire

Ministère de la Santé et du Bien-Être

ARMENIA/ARMÉNIE

Ms Lilit DOKHIKYAN

Deputy Head

International Cooperation and Development Programmes Department

Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs

AUSTRIA/AUTRICHE

Mr Franz SVEHLA

Department of Bilateral Relations and International Organisations

 

 

AZERBAIJAN/AZERBAÏDJAN

Mr Seymur MARDALIYEV

Head of Division

Department for Humanitarian and social affairs

Ministry of Foreign Affairs

BELGIUM/BELGIQUE

Mr Manuel PAOLILLO

Attaché au Service Public Fédéral Sécurité Sociale

Direction générale Appui stratégique ; Relations multilatérales

Service Public Fédéral Sécurité Sociale

BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA/ BOSNIE ET HERZÉGOVINE

Ms Lidija MARKOTA

Head of Division for Social protection and Pensions

Ministry of Civil Affairs

BULGARIA/BULGARIE

Ms Nadezhda HARIZANOVA

State Expert

Integration of People with disabilities Department, Ministry of Labour and Social Policy

CROATIA/CROATIE

Ms Snježana FRANKOVIĆ

Ministry of Social Policy and Youth

Directorate for Social Policy, Strategy and Youth

Sector for International Cooperation and EU

CYPRUS/CHYPRE

Mr Andreas ASHIOTIS

Permanent Secretary Ministry of Labour

Welfare and Social Insurance

 

CZECH REPUBLIC/RÉPUBLIQUE TCHÈQUE

Mrs Zuzana ZAJAROŠOVÁ

Director of Department for EU and International Cooperation

Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs

 

DENMARK/DANEMARK

Ms Tina GADE JENSEN

Special adviser

Ministry for children, gender equality, integration, and social affairs

Law and International

ESTONIA/ESTONIE

Ms Katri EESPERE

Head of Gender Equality Department

Ministry of Social Affairs

FINLAND/FINLANDE

Ms Marja-Liisa PARJANNE

Director of Development

Ministry of Social Affairs and Health

GEORGIA/GÉORGIE

Ms Amiran DATESHIDZE

Head of the social programs and issues division

Social Protection Department

Ministry of Labour, Health and Social Affairs Georgia

GERMANY/ALLEMAGNE

Dr Jürgen THOMAS

Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs

 

 

GREECE/GRÈCE

Mr Socratis SOURVINOS

Adjoint au Représentant Permanent de la Grèce auprès du Conseil de l’Europe

 

HUNGARY/HONGRIE

Ms Ágnes CSICSELY

Expert of Basic Services of Department for Social and Child Welfare Services

Ministry of State for Social and Family Affairs

ICELAND/ISLANDE

Mrs Ingibjörg, BRODDADÓTTIR

Deputy Director General

Department of Social Services

Ministry of Welfare

IRELAND/IRLANDE

Mr Deaglán Ó BRIAIN

Principal

Equality Division

Department of Justice and Equality

ITALY/ITALIE

No designation

 

 

LATVIA/LETTONIE

Mr Ingus ALLIKS

Deputy State Secretary

Ministry of Welfare

LIECHTENSTEIN

M. Martin HASLER

Diplomatic Officer

Office for Foreign Affairs

LITHUANIA/LITUANIE

Ms Rita SKREBIŠKIENE

Director, International Affairs Department

Ministry of Social Security and Labour

LUXEMBOURG

M. Claude EWEN

Direction du Service des Relations Internationales

Ministère de la Sécurité Sociale, Inspection générale de la sécurité sociale

MALTA/MALTE

Mr Silvan AGIUS

Policy Coordinator (Human Rights)

Ministry for Social Dialogue, Consumer Affairs and Civil Liberties (MSDC)

REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA/REPUBLIQUE DE MOLDOVA

Ms Paulina TUDOS

Deputy Head, International Relations and Europe Integration Directorate

Ministry of Labour, Social Protection and Family

MONACO

No designation

 

 

MONTENEGRO

Ms. Marija BACKOVIC

Senior advisor II for European integration and programming

Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare

NETHERLANDS/PAYS-BAS

Mr Sjoerd WARMERDAM

Policy Advisor, Directorate for Gender and LGBT Equality

Ministry of Education, Culture and Science

NORWAY/NORVEGE

Mr Petter SØRLIEN

Senior Adviser

Ministry of Children, Equality and Social Inclusion

POLAND/POLOGNE

Mr Jerzy CIECHANSKI

Counsellor to the Minister

Ministry of Labour and Social Policy

PORTUGAL

Ms Fátima DUARTE

Présidente de la Commission pour la Citoyenneté et l’Egalité du Genre

ROMANIA/ROUMANIE

Mr Dragos Vasile PELMUS

General Secretary

RUSSIAN FEDERATION/FEDERATION DE RUSSIE

Ms Maria ORESHINA

Second Secretary

Ministry of Foreign Affairs

SAN MARINO/SAINT-MARIN

Mr Riccardo VENTURINI

State Secretary for Health and Social Security

Responsible for Disability and Residential Assistance

SERBIA/SERBIE

Mrs Ivana BANKOVIC

Department for International Cooperation, European integration and projects

Ministry of Labour, Employment and Social Issues

SLOVAKIA/SLOVAQUIE

Mr Lukas BERINEC

Main State Counsellor, Department of International Relations and European Affairs

Ministry of Labour, Social Affairs and Family

SLOVENIA/SLOVENIE

Ms Lea JAVORNIK NOVAK

M.Sc. Secretary

Ministry for Labour, Family, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities

 

SPAIN/ESPAGNE

Ms Ignacio SOLA BARLEYCORN

Dep. Director General for Equal Treatment and Non-Discrimination

Directorate General for Equal Opportunities

Ministry of Health, Social Services and Equality

SWEDEN/SUEDE

Ms Ulrika HALL

Deputy Director

Division for EU and International Affairs

Ministry of Health and Social Affairs

SWITZERLAND/SUISSE

Ms Claudina MASCETTA

Chef de secteur, Département fédéral de l'intérieur

Office fédéral des assurances sociales OFAS

Secteur Organisations internationales

«THE FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA» / «L’EX-REPUBLIQUE YOUGOSLAVE DE MACEDOINE»

Ms Elena GROZDANOVA

State Counsellor for equal opportunities

Ministry of Labour and Social Policy

TURKEY/TURQUIE

 

Mr Ercüment IŞIK

Head of Department

Ministry of Family and Social Policies

UKRAINE/UKRAINE

Mr Andrii BESHTA

Acting Director-General for International Organizations

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine

UNITED KINGDOM/ROYAUME-UNI

Mr Charles RAMSDEN

Head of EU and International Policy

Government Equalities Office

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