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