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Governing Board 

The Governing Board is the Centre's executive organ, composed of one representative from each member state. The Board defines and adopts the medium-term programme, monitors its implementation and the management of the Centre's resources and forwards a report on the Centre's activities to the Council of Europe's Committee of Ministers.

Slovak Republic Slovak Republic


Ms Denisa Ďuranová
Name:
Ms Denisa Ďuranová
Address:
National Institute for Education and Youth
Pluhová 8
SK-831 03 Bratislava
Phone:
+421 2 492 76 227
 
E-Mail

Sweden Sweden


Ms Eva Engdell
Name:
Ms Eva Engdell
Address:
Skolverket
Director of Education
Svetsarvägen 16
S-171 41 Solna
Phone:
+46 (0)8 527 335 91
Fax:
+46 (0)8 52 73 32 00
 
E-Mail
 
Website
Website2

Austria Austria


Ms Ursula Newby
Name:
Ms Ursula Newby
Address:
A-8010 Graz
 
E-Mail

France France


Ms Claire Extramiana
Name:
Ms Claire Extramiana
Address:
Délégation générale à la langue française et aux langues de France (DGLFLF)
Chef de mission
Ministère de la Culture
6 rue des Pyramides
75001 Paris
Phone:
+33 1 40 15 35 47
Fax:
+33 1 40 15 36 76
 
E-Mail
 
Website
Website2

Bulgaria Bulgaria


Ms Veselina Ganeva
Name:
Ms Veselina Ganeva
Address:
2A, boul. Dondoukov
BG-1000 Sofia
Phone:
+359 92 17 585
Fax:
+359 888 988 246
 
E-Mail
 
Website

Iceland Iceland


Mr. Eyjólfur Már Sigurðsson
Name:
Mr. Eyjólfur Már Sigurðsson
Address:
Language Centre
Directeur du Centre de langues
University of Iceland
Veröld – hús Vigdísar, Brynjólfsgötu 1
107 Reykjavík
Phone:
+354 525 4593
Fax:
+354 525 4225
 
E-Mail
 
Website
Website2

Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina


Ms Dragana Vujanović
Name:
Ms Dragana Vujanović
Address:
Department of Education
Senior Officer for European Assistance Programmes
Ministry of Civil Affairs
Trg Bosne i Herzecovine 3
BiH-71 000 Sarajevo
Phone:
+387 33 492 516
Fax:
+387 33 492 627
 
E-Mail
 
Website

Germany Germany

Name:
Ms Silke Hinz
Address:
Education North Rhine-Westphalia
Ministry of School and Education
Völklinger Strasse 49
DE-40221 Düsseldorf
Phone:
+49 211 5867 3450
 
E-Mail

Albania Albania


Ms Daniela Tamo
Name:
Ms Daniela Tamo
Address:
University of Tirana
Department of English, Faculty of Foreign Languages, University of Tirana
Rruga "Him Kolli", Pallati Santara, Kati 5, Ap.4
A-1010 Tirana
Phone:
+355 4 2267509
Phone2:
+692170995
Fax:
+355 4 223 981
 
E-Mail
 
Website

Lithuania Lithuania


Ms Irena Raudienė
Name:
Ms Irena Raudienė
Address:
Ministry of Education and Science
Chief Officer
Lower and Upper Secondary Education Division, Dept. of General Education and Vocational Training
A. Volano Street 2/7
LT-01516 Vilnius
Phone:
+370 5 219 1246
Fax:
+370 5 261 2077
 
E-Mail
 
Website

Poland Poland

Name:
Ms Joanna Iwaszkiewicz
Address:
Ministry of National Education
Chief expert: International Cooperation Department
International Cooperation Department
Al. Szucha 25
00-918 Warsaw
Phone:
+48 22 34-74-182
 
E-Mail
 
Website

Ireland Ireland


Ms Maria Lorigan
Name:
Ms Maria Lorigan
Address:
Department of Education and Skills
Senior Inspector
Marlborough Street
Dublin 1
Phone:
+353 1 889 6736
Fax:
+353 1 889 6525
 
E-Mail

Estonia Estonia


Ms Pille Põiklik
Name:
Ms Pille Põiklik
Address:
Ministry of Education and Research
Chief expert
Language Policy Department
Munga 18
EE-50088 Tartu
Phone:
+372 7350 223
Fax:
+372 7350 220
 
E-Mail
 
Website

Greece Greece

Name:
Mr. Panagiotis Passas
Address:
General Directorate of International and European Affairs
Head of General Directorate
Ministry of Education and Religious Affairs
37 A. Papandreou St., Maroussi,
GR-15180 Athens
Phone:
+30 210 3442479
 
E-Mail
 
Website

Netherlands Netherlands


Ms Wendoline Timmerman
Name:
Ms Wendoline Timmerman
Address:
Department of Secondary Education/IPC2650
Senior policy advisor
Ministry of Education, Culture and Science
Rijnstraat 50, P.O.Box 16375
NL-2500 The Hague
Phone:
+31 64 684 91 31
 
E-Mail
 
Website

Germany Germany


Mr. Matthias von Gehlen
Name:
Mr. Matthias von Gehlen
Address:
Goethe-Institut
Sprache und Bildungspolitik (Bereich 42)
Oskar-von-Miller-Ring 18
DE-80333 Munich
Phone:
+49 89 15921 338
Fax:
+49 89 15921 687
 
E-Mail
 
Website

Slovenia Slovenia


Ms Bronka Straus
Name:
Ms Bronka Straus
Address:
Ministry of Education
Secretary/senior advisor
Department of Educational Development and Quality
Masarykova 16
SI-1001 Ljubljana
Phone:
+386 1 400 53 31
Fax:
+386 1 400 53 28
 
E-Mail
 
Website

Spain Spain


Ms Lourdes Ballesteros-Martin
Name:
Ms Lourdes Ballesteros-Martin
Address:
Ministerio de Educación, Formación Profesional y Deportes de España
Asesora técnica
Kirchenfeldstrasse, 42
3005 Berna
Phone:
+41 31356 28 21
 
E-Mail
 
Website

North Macedonia North Macedonia


Ms Dijana Treneska
Name:
Ms Dijana Treneska
Address:
Ministry of Education and Science
Bureau for Development of Education
Bul. Kiril i Metodij br. 54
MK-1000 Skopje
Phone:
+389 76 485 108
Fax:
+389 2 3118 195
 
E-Mail
 
Website

Andorra Andorra


Ms Marcella Armengol Parra
Name:
Ms Marcella Armengol Parra
Address:
Carretera d’Os de Civís, s/n Centre de Formació
Aixovall
AD600 Sant Julià de Lòria
Phone:
+376 74 12 60
Fax:
+ 376 84 48 58
 
E-Mail
 
Website
Website2

Luxembourg Luxembourg


Ms Maisy Gorza
Name:
Ms Maisy Gorza
Address:
Directrice
Institut national des langues
21, Boulevard de la Foire
LU-1528 Luxembourg
Phone:
+352 26 44 30 390
 
E-Mail
 
Website

Montenegro Montenegro


Ms Nataša Perić
Name:
Ms Nataša Perić
Address:
Bureau for Education Services
Department for international cooperation and public relations
Vaka Đurovića bb
ME-81000 Podgorica
Phone:
+382 20 408908
Fax:
+382 20 408927
 
E-Mail
 
Website

Liechtenstein Liechtenstein


Ms Belgin Amann
Name:
Ms Belgin Amann
Address:
Abteilung Mittel- und Hochschulwesen
Schulamt
Giessenstrasse 3 / Postfach 684
9490 Vaduz
Phone:
00423 236 6782
 
E-Mail
 
Website

Belgium Belgium

Name:
Ms Karine Dekeukelaere
Address:
Ministère de la Fédération Wallonie - Bruxelles
Boulevard Léopold II, 44
BE-1080 Bruxelles
Phone:
+32497502934
 
E-Mail
 
Website

Latvia Latvia


Ms Tatjana Kunda
Name:
Ms Tatjana Kunda
Address:
State Education Development Agency
2 Valnu Street
LV-1050 Riga
Phone:
+37167814469
 
E-Mail

Croatia Croatia


Mr. Staša Skenžić
Name:
Mr. Staša Skenžić
Address:
Ministry of Science, Education and Youth
Independent Sector for European Affairs and International Cooperation
Donje Svetice 38
10000 Zagreb
Phone:
+385 1 4594 359
 
E-Mail
 
Website

Malta Malta


Ms Alice Micallef
Name:
Ms Alice Micallef
Address:
Ministry for Education and Employment
Assistant Director
Directorate for Learning and Assessment Programmes
Great Siege Road
Floriana
Phone:
0035625982195
 
E-Mail

Serbia Serbia

Name:
Ms Dušica Jovanović
Address:
Ministry of Education, Science and Technological development
Sector for International Cooperation and EU Integration
Nemanjina 22-26
11000 Beograd
 
E-Mail
 
Website

Czechia Czechia


Ms Eva Tučková
Name:
Ms Eva Tučková
Address:
Czech School Inspectorate (head office)
Fráni Šrámka 37
150 21 Prague 1
Phone:
+420 251 023 303
 
E-Mail
 
Website
Website2

Cyprus Cyprus


Ms Maria Iacovidou
Name:
Ms Maria Iacovidou
Address:
Secondary school inspector
Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports and Youth of Cyprus
Kimonos and Thoukididou street
CY-1434 Nicosia
Phone:
0035799810236
 
E-Mail
 
Website
Website2

Finland Finland


Mr. Jorma Kauppinen
Name:
Mr. Jorma Kauppinen
Address:
Counsellor of Education
Finnish National Agency for Education, EDUFI
Hakaniemenranta 6, P.O. Box 380,
00531 Helsinki,
Phone:
+358 29 533 1091
 
E-Mail
 
Website

Romania Romania


Ms Alexandra Sandru
Name:
Ms Alexandra Sandru
Address:
Ministry of National Education
28-30 Gen. Berthelot Street, District 1
RO-010168 Bucharest
Phone:
004 021 405 57 59
 
E-Mail
 
Website

Switzerland Switzerland

Name:
Mr. Bernard Wicht
Address:
Head of international affairs
General Secretariat EDK
Haus der Kantone, Speichergasse 6, Postfach
CH-3001 Bern
Phone:
+41 31 309 51 75
 
E-Mail
 
Website

Belgium Belgium

Name:
Mr. Bart Lamote
Address:
Flemish Education Inspectorate
Coordinating inspector
Koning Albert II-laan 15
1210 Brussels
Phone:
+32 488 29 05 40
 
E-Mail

Hungary Hungary


Ms Katalin Zoltán
Name:
Ms Katalin Zoltán
Address:
Ministry of Innovation and Technology
Deputy State Secretary for Vocational Training
Department of Vocational Training Development and Support
Budapest
 
E-Mail

Denmark Denmark

Name:
Ms Emma Louise Hindle Abildgaard
Address:
Danish Ministry of Children and Education
National Agency for Education and Quality
Frederiksholms Kanal 26
1220 Copenhagen K
Phone:
+45 40 19 65 70
 
E-Mail

Norway Norway


Mr. Gerard Doetjes
Name:
Mr. Gerard Doetjes
Address:
Nasjonalt senter for engelsk og fremmedspråk i opplæringen
Leder
Østfold University College
B R A veien 4
NO-1783 Halden
 
E-Mail
 
Website

Armenia Armenia


Ms Gayane Yeghiazaryan
Name:
Ms Gayane Yeghiazaryan
Address:
Brusov State University
Head of the Chair of English
42 Tumanyan St.,
0002 Yerevan
Phone:
+37411300111 ext . 237
 
E-Mail
 
Website

Bureau of the Governing Board

Composed of the Chair of the Board, the two Vice-Chairs and four members, the Bureau is more closely involved in the Centre's day-to-day work. It meets two or three times a year and adopts the annual programme of activities.

Chair

Estonia Estonia


Ms Pille Põiklik
Name:
Ms Pille Põiklik
Address:
Ministry of Education and Research
Chief expert
Language Policy Department
Munga 18
EE-50088 Tartu
Phone:
+372 7350 223
Fax:
+372 7350 220
 
E-Mail
 
Website

Vice-chair

Iceland Iceland


Mr. Eyjólfur Már Sigurðsson
Name:
Mr. Eyjólfur Már Sigurðsson
Address:
Language Centre
Directeur du Centre de langues
University of Iceland
Veröld – hús Vigdísar, Brynjólfsgötu 1
107 Reykjavík
Phone:
+354 525 4593
Fax:
+354 525 4225
 
E-Mail
 
Website
Website2

Germany Germany


Mr. Matthias von Gehlen
Name:
Mr. Matthias von Gehlen
Address:
Goethe-Institut
Sprache und Bildungspolitik (Bereich 42)
Oskar-von-Miller-Ring 18
DE-80333 Munich
Phone:
+49 89 15921 338
Fax:
+49 89 15921 687
 
E-Mail
 
Website

Bureau members

Greece Greece

Name:
Mr. Panagiotis Passas
Address:
General Directorate of International and European Affairs
Head of General Directorate
Ministry of Education and Religious Affairs
37 A. Papandreou St., Maroussi,
GR-15180 Athens
Phone:
+30 210 3442479
 
E-Mail
 
Website

Netherlands Netherlands


Ms Wendoline Timmerman
Name:
Ms Wendoline Timmerman
Address:
Department of Secondary Education/IPC2650
Senior policy advisor
Ministry of Education, Culture and Science
Rijnstraat 50, P.O.Box 16375
NL-2500 The Hague
Phone:
+31 64 684 91 31
 
E-Mail
 
Website

Spain Spain


Ms Lourdes Ballesteros-Martin
Name:
Ms Lourdes Ballesteros-Martin
Address:
Ministerio de Educación, Formación Profesional y Deportes de España
Asesora técnica
Kirchenfeldstrasse, 42
3005 Berna
Phone:
+41 31356 28 21
 
E-Mail
 
Website

Montenegro Montenegro


Ms Nataša Perić
Name:
Ms Nataša Perić
Address:
Bureau for Education Services
Department for international cooperation and public relations
Vaka Đurovića bb
ME-81000 Podgorica
Phone:
+382 20 408908
Fax:
+382 20 408927
 
E-Mail
 
Website

Bureau observer

Austria Austria


Ms Ursula Newby
Name:
Ms Ursula Newby
Address:
A-8010 Graz
 
E-Mail

Governing board observer

Latvia Latvia

Name:
Ms Indra Lapinska
Address:
Valodas attīstības daļas vadītāja
Latviešu valodas aģentūra
Meistaru iela 10-401, 4.st.
LV-1050 Rīga
Phone:
+371-67350760
Fax:
+371 67 20 16 83
 
E-Mail
 
Website
Website2

Austria Austria


Mr. Gunther Abuja
Name:
Mr. Gunther Abuja
Address:
Österreichischen Sprachen-Kompetenz-Zentrums
Geschäftsführung
Hans-Sachs-Gasse 3/I
AT-8010 Graz
Phone:
+43-316-82 41 50
Fax:
+43 316 82 41 50 6
 
E-Mail
 
Website

Norway Norway

Name:
Ms Marit Lunde
Address:
Head of Section
Norwegian National Centre of Multicultural Education (NAFO)
NO-0130 Oslo
Phone:
+47 69 21 58 32
 
E-Mail
 
Website

Croatia Croatia


Ms Snježana Šincek
Name:
Ms Snježana Šincek
Address:
Ministry of Science, Education and Youth
Independent Sector for European Affairs and International Cooperation
Donje Svetice 38
HR-10 000 Zagreb
Phone:
+385 1 4594 351
 
E-Mail
 
Website

Denmark Denmark


Ms Ana Kanareva-Dimitrovska
Name:
Ms Ana Kanareva-Dimitrovska
Address:
ECML Kontaktpunkt Danmark
Aarhus University
Jens Chr. Skous Vej 4, Bygning 1481, 544
DK-8000 Aarhus C.
Phone:
+45 8716 2829
 
E-Mail
 
Website
Website2

Greece Greece

Name:
Ms Aikaterini Bompetsi
Address:
Ministry of Education and Religious Affairs
Directorate of European and International Relations, Section of International Relations
37 A. Papandreou St.
GR-15180 Athens
 
E-Mail

Austria Austria


Ms Elisabeth Schlocker
Name:
Ms Elisabeth Schlocker
Address:
Austrian Association ECML
Nikolaiplatz 4
8020 Graz
Phone:
0043 316 323554 23
 
E-Mail
 
Website