Council of Europe Network of Children’s Rights Coordinators
List of members and contact details
Réseau des coordinateurs pour les droits de l’enfant du Conseil de l’Europe
Liste des membres et coordonnées
Updated: 9 December 2015
ALBANIA / ALBANIE
Ms Ina VERZIVOLLI
President, State Agency for the Protection of Children’s Rights
Ministry of Social Welfare and Youth
TIRANA
ANDORRA / ANDORRE
No nomination / Pas de nomination
ARMENIA / ARMENIE
Ms Karine SOUDJIAN
Coordinator of the National Plan of Action for the Protection of the Rights of the
Child (2004-2015)
Head of Human Rights and Humanitarian Issues Division
Ministry of Labour and Social Issues
YEREVAN
AUSTRIA / AUTRICHE
Mr Ewald FILLER
Ombudsman for Children and Youth
Federal Ministry of Economy, Family and Youth,
Dept. II/6 - Family Policy and Children’s Rights
VIENNA
AZERBAIJAN / AZERBAIDJAN
Ms Jeyran RAHMATULLAYEVA
Head of Department, Regional Family and Children Support Centres
State Committee for Family, Women and Children Affairs of Azerbaijan
BAKU
BELGIUM / BELGIQUE
Mr Pierre-Yves ROSSET
Juriste et formateur en droits de l’enfant
Observatoire de l’Enfance, de la Jeunesse et de l’Aide à la Jeunesse
IXELLES
Mr Joost VAN HAELST
Children’s Rights Coordinator of the Flemish government
Youth Division
BRUSSELS
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA / BOSNIE-HERZEGOVINE
Ms Saliha DUDERIJA
Head of Department for the protection of Human Rights
Ministry of Human Rights and Refugees
SARAJEVO
Ms Irena PENC
Ministry of Human Rights and Refugees
SARAJEVO
BULGARIA / BULGARIE
Ms Kamelia Nikolova
Directrice de la Direction générale «Contrôle concernant les droits de l’enfant»
Agence d’Etat pour la protection des enfants
SOFIA
CROATIA / CROATIE
Ms Duška BOGDANOVIĆ
Head of Service for Children and Families
Ministry of Social Policy and Youth
ZAGREB
CYPRUS / CHYPRE
Ms Marina EFTHYMIADOU
Senior Welfare Officer
Ministry of Labour and Social Insurance, Social Welfare Services
NICOSIA
Dr Andreas TSIAKKIROS
Officer, Primary Education
Director’s Office
Ministry of Education and Culture
NICOSIA
CZECH REPUBLIC / REPUBLIQUE TCHEQUE
Ms. Aneta MAJERÄŒÍKOVÁ
Secretary to the Committee for the Rights of the Child
Government Council for Human Rights
Office of the Government
PRAGUE
DENMARK / DANEMARK
Ms Anne-Mette KJAER
Head of Section, International Human Rights and Children’s Rights
Ministry of Social Affairs and Integration
COPENHAGEN
Ms Christina HVIID
Head of Section
Ministry of Social Affairs and Integration
COPENHAGEN
ESTONIA / ESTONIE
Ms Anniki LAI
Head of Department
Department of Children and Families
Ministry of Social Affairs
TALLINN
FINLAND / FINLANDE
Ms Annika JUURIKKO
Senior Officer, Legal Affairs
Department of Social and Health Services, Ministry of Social Affairs and Health
HELSINKI
FRANCE
Ms Cléa LE CARDEUR
Ministère des Affaires étrangères et européennes
Sous- direction des Droits de l'Homme et des Affaires humanitaires
PARIS
GEORGIA / GEORGIE
Mr Amiran DATESHIDZE
Head of Division, Social Issues and Programmes
Ministry of Labour, Health and Social Affairs
TBILISSI
GERMANY / ALLEMAGNE
Ms Anne DAHLBUDDING
Desk Officer
Federal Ministry of Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth
BERLIN
GREECE / GRECE
Mr George NIKOLAIDIS
Psychiatrist, Head of the Department of Mental Health and Social Welfare of "Institute of Child Health"
Institute of Child Health
ATHENS
Ms Vasiliki KOSTOPOULOU
Adviser on family and children issues to the Secretary General for Social Solidarity,
Ministry of Health and Social Solidarity
ATHENS
HUNGARY / HONGRIE
Ms Erika ZUPCSÁN ASZTALOS
Deputy State Secretary for Social Policy
State Secretariat for Social Family and Youth Affairs
Ministry of Human Capacities
BUDAPEST
ICELAND / ISLANDE
No nomination / Pas de nomination
IRELAND / IRLANDE
Ms Elizabeth CANAVAN
National Children's Strategy Team
Office of the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs,
Department of Children and Youth Affairs
DUBLIN
Ms Anne O’DONNELL
Head of Citizen Participation
Department of Children and Youth Affairs,
DUBLIN
ITALY / ITALIE
Ms Simonetta MATONE
Deputy Head of Penitentiary Administration
Ministry of Justice
ROME
LATVIA / LETTONIE
Mr Lauris NEIKENS
Senior Desk Officer
Child and Family Unit
Ministry of Welfare
RIGA
LIECHTENSTEIN
No nomination / Pas de nomination
LITHUANIA / LITUANIE
Ms Asta SIDLAUSKIENE
Senior Specialist, Children Division
Family and Communities Department
Ministry of Social Security and Labour
VILNIUS
LUXEMBOURG
Mr René SCHLECHTER
The Child Ombudsperson
Ombudscommitte for the Rights of the Child
LUXEMBOURG
Mr Claude JANIZZI
Conseiller de direction
Ministère de la Famille et de l'Intégration
LUXEMBOURG
MALTA / MALTE
No nomination / Pas de nomination
MOLDOVA
Mr Corneliu TARUS
Deputy Head of the Family and Child’s Rights Protection Department
Ministry of Labour, Social Protection and Family
CHISINAU
MONACO
Ms Justine AMBROSINI
Secrétaire des Relations Extérieures
Direction des Affaires Internationales
Département des Relations Extérieures
MONACO
MONTENEGRO / MONTÉNÉGRO
Ms Svetlana SOVILJ
Adviser for the protection of children
Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare
PODGORICA
NETHERLANDS / PAYS-BAS
Ms Marjolein Kroon
Ministry of Security and Justice
THE HAGUE
NORWAY / NORVEGE
Mr Sturle NES
Adviser
Ministry of Children, Equality and Social Inclusion
Children and Youth Department
OSLO
POLAND / POLOGNE
Ms Malgorzata SKÓRKA
Chief Expert
Ministry of National Education,
Strategy and International Co-operation Department
WARSAW
PORTUGAL
Ms Odete SEVERINO
Head of Unit
Ministry of Solidarity, Employment and Social Security
LISBONNE
ROMANIA / ROUMANIE
Ms Adina CODRES
Senior Adviser
Child Protection Directorate
Ministry of Labour, Family, Social Protection and Elderly
BUCHAREST
RUSSIAN FEDERATION / FEDERATION DE RUSSIE
Mr Pavel ASTAKHOV
Ombudsperson on the Rights of the Child to the President of Russia
Administration of the President of the Russian Federation
MOSCOW
SAN MARINO / SAINT-MARIN
Ms Maria Alessandra ALBERTINI
Counselor
Secretariat of State for Foreign Affairs
SAN MARINO
SERBIA / SERBIE
Ms Snezana TRKULJA
Adviser
Human and Minority Rights Office
BELGRADE
SLOVAKIA / REPUBLIQUE SLOVAQUE
Ms Janka DIVINCOVA
Director
Joint Secretariat of Committees
Ministry of Labour, Social Affairs and Family
BRATISLAVA
SLOVENIA / SLOVENIE
Ms Lea JAVORNIK NOVAK
Directorate for Family Affairs
Ministry of Labour, Family, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities
LJUBLJANA
SPAIN / ESPAGNE
Ms Maria Gracia JUSTE ORTEGA
Officer, Children Department
Ministry of Health, Social Policy and Equality
MADRID
SWEDEN / SUEDE
Ms Charlotte PALMSTIERNA
Head of Office
Policy Coordination on the Rights of the Child
Ministry of Health and Social Affairs
STOCKHOLM
SWITZERLAND / SUISSE
Mr Jean Marie BOUVERAT
Collaborateur Scientifique
Office fédéral des assurances sociales OFAS
Affaires internationales/ Secteur Organisations internationales /
Enfance-jeunesse-famille
BERNE
THE FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA” /
« L’EX-REPUBLIQUE YOUGOSLAVE DE MACEDOINE »
Ms Tanja KIKEREKOVA
Head of Human Rights Department
Ministry of Justice
SKOPJE
Ms Elka TODOROVA
Counselor at the Unit for Social, Family and Legal Protection of Children and Families,
Department for Social Protection
Ministry of Labour, Family and Social Policy of the Republic of Macedonia
SKOPJE
TURKEY / TURQUIE
Mr Osman BILGIN
Head of Department
The Turkish Republic Prime Ministry, State Ministry Responsible for Women and
Family Affairs,
General Directorate of Social Services and Child Protection Agency
ANKARA
Mr Ömür ÇOBAN
Project Head
Ministry of National Education
ANKARA
UKRAINE
Ms Svetlana ILCHUK
Head of Legal Support and Monitoring of the Implementation of the UN Convention on Children’s Rights Division, Department of Children’s Rights Protection and Adoption
Ministry of Social Policy
KIEV
UNITED KINGDOM / ROYAUME UNI
England – Ms Teresa DOWNING
Department for Education
International Education Division
LONDON
Northern Ireland - Ms Laura MC POLIN
Legal Policy Adviser
Departmental Solicitors Office
Scotland – Mr Scott WOOD
Scottish Government
Rights and Participation Team
EDINBURGH
Wales - Mr Nick KEATING
Team leader
Implementation of the Rights of Children and Young Persons (Wales) Measure
CARDIFF