Statutory bodies

The Executive Committee

An Executive Committee is responsible for all the decisions regarding the priorities and direction of the North-South Centre. It is composed of representatives of all NSC member states and other organisations and institutions corresponding to the four dimensions of the quadrilogue: governments, parliaments, local and reginal authorities and civil society organisations.

The Executive Committee meets twice a year, in principle, in Lisbon (Spring, back to back to the Award Ceremony of the North-South Prize of the Council of Europe) and in Strasbourg (Autumn).

Composition of the Executive Committee

Member States

Member States from the Council of Europe
Representatives : Ambassadors, Permanent Representatives to the Council of Europe

Andorra
Mr Joan FORNER ROVIRA

Azerbaijan
Mr Fakhraddin ISMAYILOV

Bosnia and Herzegovina
Mr Haris BAŠIĆ

Bulgaria
Ms Maria SPASSOVA

Croatia
Mr Toma GALLI

Cyprus
Mr Dimitris HATZIARGYROU

Greece
Mr Nicolas SIGALAS

Liechtenstein
Mr Domenik WANGER

Luxembourg
Mr Patrick ENGELBERG

Malta (Chair of the Executive Committee)
Ms Francesca CAMILLERI VETTIGER

Montenegro
Ms Božidarka KRUNIĆ

Portugal
Mr António ALVES MACHADO

Romania
Mr Ion JINGA

Serbia
Ms Suzana GRUBJEŠIĆ

Spain
Mr Juan Ignacio MORRO

Member States outside the Council of Europe

Algeria
Vice-Consul Mr Hicham FERHATI
Consul General a.i.

Cabo Verde
Mr José FILOMENO MONTEIRO
Ambassador of Cabo Verde to Belgium

Holy See
Monsignor Marco GANCI
Special Envoy and Permanent Observer to the Council of Europe

Kingdom of Morocco (Vice-Chair of the Executive Committee)
Mr Omar AMGHAR
Consul General

Tunisia
Mr Raouf MRADÂA
Consul General

Associate Members
Lebanon
Mr Joseph Tamer
Judge

Liberia

European Union

Delegation of the European Union to the Council of Europe

Ambassador, Head of Delegation
Ms Vesna Batistić Kos

Parliaments

Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe
Committee Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development

Mr Stefan Schennach (Austria)
Substitute member:
Ms Carmen Leyte (Spain)

Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe
Committee on Culture, Science, Education and Media

Ms Edite Estrela (Portugal)
Substitute member:
Ms Eka Sepashvili (Georgia)

European Parliament Development Committee

Ms Janina Ochojska (Poland)
Substitute member:
Mr Karsten Lucke (Germany)

Local and Regional Authorities

Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe

Mr Jorge Sequeira (Portugal)
Ms Gunn-Marit Helgesen (Norway)
Substitute members:
Ms Carla Dejonghe (Belgium)
Mr Konstantinos Agorastos (Greece)

Committee of the Regions of the European Union

Mr Christophe Rouillon (France)
Substitute member:
Mr Jesús Gamallo Aller (Spain)

Civil Society Organisations

Conference of INGOs of the Council of Europe
Mr Christopher Spreng

Advisory Council on Youth
Ms Roberta Bojang

The Bureau

To facilitate efficient management, the Executive Committee elects a Bureau from among its members, ensuring representation of each of the four components of the quadrilogue.

The Bureau monitors the preparation and execution of programmes and reports to the Executive Committee. It also prepares the meetings of the Executive Committee, with the assistance of the North-South Centre's secretariat, as well as other tasks entrusted to it by the Executive Committee.

Once a year, it also performs as the Jury of the North-south Prize of the Council of Europe

Composition of the bureau

Member States

Greece
Mr Nicolas SIGALAS
Ambassador, Permanent Representative to the Council of Europe

Kingdom of Morocco (Vice-Chair of the Executive Committee)
Mr Omar AMGHAR
Consul General

Malta (Chair of the Executive Committee)
Ms Francesca CAMILLERI VETTIGER
Ambassador, Permanent Representative to the Council of Europe

Montenegro
Ms Božidarka KRUNIĆ
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Permanent Representative to the Council of Europe

Portugal
Mr António ALVES MACHADO
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Permanent Representative to the Council of Europe

Spain
Mr Juan Ignacio MORRO
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Permanent Representative to the Council of Europe