Composition of the ADI-INT

According to its terms of reference, the ADI-INT shall be composed of ten representatives of member States, eight representatives of local authorities that are member of the Intercultural Cities Programme, and two representatives of regional authorities, of the highest possible rank in the fields of intercultural integration, equality, non-discrimination and inclusion policies.

Members of the ADI-INT

State level

1. Tom DE BRUYN - Belgium
Deputy to the director at the Agency for Home Affairs, Department of Equal Opportunities, Integration and Civic Integration of the Government of Flanders

Substitute: Daphné COSTES, Head of team Integration and Civic Integration, Department of Equal Opportunities, Agency for Home Affairs, Government of Flanders

2. Alen TAHIRI – Croatia
Director of the Government Office for Human Rights and Rights of National Minorities, Government of the Republic of Croatia

Substitute: Mirela ŠAVRLJUGA , Advisor in government and Government Office, Office for Human Rights and Rights of National Minorites, Government of the Republic of Croatia

3. Peter KARIUKI – Finland
Senior specialist/Secretary General, Advisory Board for Ethnic Relations (ETNO),Department of Democracy and Public Law, Ministry of Justice

4. Nadan PETROVIC - Italy
Professor of Strategies of International Cooperation at La Sapienza University of Rome and expert of UNAR - National Office of Racial Anti-Discrimination

5. David MARQUES – Luxembourg
Social worker - Programmes Unit of the Integration Department in the Ministry of Family Affairs, Integration and the Greater Region

6. Robert ALAGJOZOVSKI - North Macedonia
National coordinator for Interculturalism, One society, Development of culture and interministerial cooperation

Substitute: Gabriela MADZOSKA, Advisor, Department for Equal Opportunities, Ministry of Labour and Social Policy

7. Vera Susana ELOI DA FONSECA – Portugal
Director of Services for Promoting Equality and Combating Racism, Xenophobia and Discrimination, Agency for Integration, Migration and Asylum

8. Karoline FERNANDEZ DE LA HOZ ZEITLER – Spain
Former Director of the Spanish Observatory on Racism and Xenophobia (OBERAXE). General Directorate on Humanitarian Attention and Social Integration of Migrants. Secretariat of State of Migrations. Ministry of Inclusion, Social Security and Migrations

9. Olena SOTNYK – Ukraine
Public policy maker, lawyer and human rights defender, Advisor to the Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration of Ukraine - Minister of Justice of Ukraine

10. Ben GREENER - United Kingdom
Deputy Director, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Substitute: Maija Kokle, Senior International Team Officer, Social Cohesion International team, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Regional level

1. Laia Roig SARRIÓ - Catalonia, SPAIN
Coordinator of External Relations and Engagement, Directorate General for Migration and Refuge (Government of Catalonia)

Substitute: Joan de Lara Roselló, Senior Officer, Directorate General for Migration and Refuge (Government of Catalonia)

2. Grégory JAQUET - Neuchâtel (République et Canton), SWITZERLAND
Head of Office - Delegate for Foreigners, République et Canton de Neuchâtel, Department of Employment and Social Cohesion, Multicultural Cohesion Office

Substitute: Michelle FONGANG, Deputy Head of the Multicultural Cohesion Service of the Canton of Neuchâtel

Local level

1. Claudia EMMANUEL LAREDO - Bilbao, SPAIN
Official Immigration and diversity senior project manager, Bilbao City council

Substitute: Ekain LARRINAGA MUGURUZA, Official Immigration and diversity senior project manager, Bilbao City council

2. Şenol DÜLGER - Bursa-Osmangazi, TÜRKIYE
Head of Osmangazi Municipality’s International Office, and in charge of external relations

Substitute: Merve SÜNOR, Responsible for international relations and EU-funded projects, Osmangazi Municipality’s International Office

3. Francisco Javier AYALA ORTEGA - Fuenlabrada, SPAIN
Mayor of Fuenlabrada

Substitute: Álvaro REVILLA CASTRO, General Director for social politics, Fuenlabrada city council

4. Krzysztof STANOWSKI - Lublin, POLAND
Director of the International Cooperation Centre of the Municipality of Lublin

Substitute: Magdalena GNYP-ŚCIGOCKA, Deputy Director of the Social Participation Office of Municipality of Lublin

5. Luca COLOMBO - Reggio Emilia, ITALY
Civil servant, Welfare and Intercultural Policy Service, Municipality of Reggio Emilia

Substitute: Sara MAGNANI, Civil servant, Welfare and Intercultural Policy Service, Municipality of Reggio Emilia

6. Guðrún Elsa TRYGGVADÓTTIR- Reykjavík, ICELAND
Expert in interculturalism and inclusion, Reykjavík City Human Rights and Democracy Office

Substitute: Dagbjört ÁSBJÖRNSDÓTTIR, Project manager/expert, Reykjavík City Department of Education and Youth, Centre of Language and Literacy

7. Irina VASILJEVA - Riga, LATVIA
Project Manager, Society Integration and Participation Division, Neighbourhood Development and Society Integration Department, Riga Neighbourhood Residents Centre

Substitute: Ilze MEILANDE, Head of Society Integration and Participation Division, Neighbourhood Development and Society Integration Department, Riga Neighbourhood Residents Centre

8. Floriane VARIERAS - Strasbourg, FRANCE
Deputy Mayor responsible for the inclusive city

Substitute: Elodie SOJIC, Responsible for the development of the hospitalable city objective

Participants

The following may send representatives, without the right to vote and at the charge of their corresponding administrative budgets:

Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe;
Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe;
European Court of Human Rights;
Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe;
Conference of INGOs of the Council of Europe;
European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI);
Steering Committee for Human Rights (CDDH);
Steering Committee on Democracy (CDDEM);
Committees or other bodies of the Council of Europe engaged in related work, as appropriate.

The following may send representatives, without the right to vote and without defrayal of expenses:

European Union (one or more representatives, including, as appropriate, the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) and the European Committee of the Regions);
Observer States to the Council of Europe: Canada, Holy See, Japan, Mexico, United States of America;
other international organisations, including Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe/Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (OSCE/ODIHR), United Nations (including the Committee for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD), United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), International Organization for Migration (IOM); and other relevant UN agencies), Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).

Observers

The following may send representatives, without the right to vote and without defrayal of expenses:

non-member States with which the Council of Europe has a Neighbourhood Partnership including relevant co-operation activities;
non-governmental organisations, international networks of local and/or regional authorities and specialised institutions (European Network Against Racism (ENAR), European Centre for Minority Issues (ECMI), European Roma Institute for Arts and Culture (ERIAC), European Roma Rights Centre (ERRC), European Roma Grassroots Organisations Network (ERGO), Assembly of European Regions (AER), Council of European Municipalities and Regions (Eurocities)) and representatives of European regions, academic, professional and business communities.

Observer status may be requested in accordance with Article 8 of Resolution CM/Res(2021)3 on intergovernmental committees and subordinate bodies, their terms of reference and working methods.

Former Structure (GT-ADI-INT)

The GT-ADI-INT was the first intergovernmental working structure on intercultural integration set up by the Committee of Ministers under the Steering Committee on Anti-Discrimination, Diversity and Inclusion (CDADI). It was tasked to develop a multi-level policy framework for intercultural integration, with the aim of promoting multi-level dialogue and co-operation between local and national policy makers. Its mandate covered the period of January 2020 to December 2021.

Meeting documents