The key link between the European Centre and its Member States are the National Liaison Officials (NLOs). The NLOs act as intermediaries representing both the interests of their nations within the European Centre as well as those of the European Centre in their countries. They may be officials of the Ministry responsible for social welfare or recognized experts. The NLOs and the European Centre jointly collaborate for the effective exchange of experiences and cross-national project development. Executive Director, ex officio member of the Board
Bernd Marin
marin@euro.centre.org

International Liaison Attaché
Frédérique Hoffmann
hoffmann@euro.centre.org

Administrative Assistant
Mercedes Gonzalez-Quijano
gonzalez-quijano@euro.centre.org
Austria
Hans Steiner
Federal Ministry for Labour, Social Affairs and Consumer Protection

Belgium
Koen Vleminckx
Federal Public Service Social Security

Cyprus
Toula Kouloumou
Ministry of Labour and Social Insurance

Research interests:
Social protection, social inclusion, activation policies, demography and family policies, human resource development, European Social Inclusion Process.
Contact Details:
Email: Toula Kouloumou
Tel. +357 22 406602/604
Fax. +357 22 667907
Social Welfare Services, Ministry of Labour and Social Insurance,
63 Prodromou Str., 2063, Nicosia
Cyprus.

Denmark
Anne-Mette Kjaer
Kontoret Familie, civilsamfund og internationale forhold
Socialministeriet
Family, Civil Society and International Affairs (Department)
Danish Ministry of Social Affairs

Research interests:
Social protection, social inclusion, demography and family policies, disability and anti-discrimination
Contact Details:
Email: Anne-Mette Kjaer
Tel. +45 33 92916
Family, Civil Society and International Affairs (Department)
Danish Ministry of the Interior and Social Affairs
Holmens Kanal 22, 1060 Copenhagen

Finland
Nomination pending
National Research and Development Centre for Welfare and Health (STAKES)

France
Diane Lequet-Slama
DREES, Direction de la Recherche, de l'Evaluation, des Etudes et des Statistiques (DREES)
Ministry of Social Affairs, Labour and Solidarity (DREES)

Research interests:
Health, statistics, social protection, disability
Contact Details:
Email: Diane Lequet-Slama
Tel +33 - 1 - 4056 8056, Fax +33 - 1 - 4056 8833
DREES
11, Place des 5 Martyrs du Lycée Buffon
75696 Paris Cedex 14
France

France
Sylvie Cohu
DREES, Direction de la Recherche, de l'Evaluation, des Etudes et des Statistiques (DREES)
Ministry of Social Affairs, Labour and Solidarity (DREES)

Research interests:
Health, statistics, social protection, disability
Contact Details:
Email: Sylvie Cohu
Tel +33 - 1 - 4056 8325, Fax +33 - 1 - 4056 8833
DREES
11, Place des 5 Martyrs du Lycée Buffon
75696 Paris Cedex 14
France

Germany
Christoph Linzbach
Federal Ministry for Family, Elderly, Women and Youth Affairs

NRW Germany
Daniela Grobe
Ministry of Employment, Health and Social Affairs, North-Rhine/Wesfalia

Hungary
Agnes Simonyi
Szociálpolitikai és Munkaügyi Int´zet (SZMI)
The Institute for Social Policy and Labour

Research interests:
Labour market, employment policy, social activation, social economy, CSR, work and organisations in social services, cooperation between employment and social services
Contact Details:
Email: Agnes Simonyi
Tel :: +36 - 1 - 237 6700
Tuzer u. 33-35,
1134 Budapest
Hungary

Israel
Avraham Lavine
Director Department of International Relations
Ministry of Social Affairs and Social Services

Research interests:
Youth & Childcare, Database, Elderly, Managing Care, Migration, Poverty
Contact Details:
Email: Avraham Lavine
Tel: +972 2 670 8130
Ministry of Social Affairs and Services - State of Israel
10, Yad Harutzim Street, Talpiot
P.O. Box 1260
93420 Jerusalem
Israel

Italy
Isabelle Menichini
Istituto per gli Affari Sociali - Institute for Social Affairs

Luxembourg
Raymond Wagener
Inspecteur Générale de la Sécurité Sociale
Direction du Service Statistiques, actuariat et Programmation Sociale

Research Interests:
Long Term Care, Disability Pensions, pensions schemes
Contact Details:
Email: raymond.wagener@igss.etat.lu
Ministry for Social Security
26, rue Sainte Zithe
L-2763 Luxembourg

Malta
Francis A. Borg
Ministry for Social Policy

The Netherlands
Rob Bijl
The Netherlands Institute for Social Research/SCP

Research interests:
health, welfare, social security, the labour market, education
Contact details:
Email: Rob Bijl
Tel: +31 70340 7141
The Netherlands Institute for Social Research/SCP
P.O. Box 16164
2500 BD The Hague
Netherlands

Norway
The Research Council of Norway

Poland
Ewa Chylek
Senior Expert
Ministry of Labour and Social Policy

Research interests:
Social Exclusion, Social Security and SocialIntegration, social assistance, European social model, Open Method of Coordination, local social strategies.
Contact details:
Email: Ewa Chylek
Tel.: +48 22 661 14 94, Fax: fax: +48 22 661 14 93
Ministry of Labour and Social Policy
Department of Social Assistance and Integration
ul. Nowogrodzka 1/3/5
00-513 Warsaw
Poland


Portugal
Candida Soares
Ministry for Labour and Social Solidarity (GEP)

Romania
Cristina Marcela Zorlin
Senior CounselorDirectorate for External Relations and International Organizations
Ministerul Muncii, Familiei si Protectiei Sociale - Ministry of Labour, Family and Equal Opportunities

Contact details:
Email: Cristina Marcela Zorlin
Tel.: +40 021 315 8609, Fax: +40 021 312 1317
2, Dem I. Dobrescu Street, Sector 1
Bucharest
Romania

Serbia
Mihail Arandarenko
Associate Professor at University of Belgrade,Faculty of Economics

Contact details:
Email: Mihail Arandarenko
Tel.: +381 11 3021 199, Fax: fax: +381 11 2639 560
Kamenicka 6
11000 Belgrade
Serbia

Vesna Piperski Tucakov
Deputy Minister
Ministry of Labour, Employment and Social Policy

Slovak Republic
Kvetoslava Repková
Director at Institute for Labour and Family Research

Research interests:
Disability issues (living conditions of persons with disabilities and their families, employment of persons with disabilities, actual issues of care sector, primarily the informal one, long-term care policy, including gender aspect in this field), social security of young social researchers, labour inspection agenda (primarily in concept of human resources and life-long learning development in the field).
Contact Details:
Email: Kvetoslava Repková
Tel +421-2-59330 200, Fax +421-2-59330 250
Institute for Labour and Family Research
Župné námestie 5-6, 812 41 Bratislava
The Slovak Republic

Slovenia
Marjeta Ferlan-Istinic
Ministry of labour, Family and Social Affairs

Spain
Maria Luz Cid Ruiz
IMSERSO

Research Interests:
Personal Autonomy, Dependent Persons, Ageing, Active Aging,Indicators
Contact details:
Email: Maria Luz Cid Ruiz
Tel +34 - 91 - 363 8547
IMSERSO - Instituto de Mayores y Servicios Sociales
Institute for Elderly and Social Services
C/Ginzo de Limia, 58, 28029 Madrid
Spain

Sweden
Annika Sunden
Forsakringskassan - Social Insurance Agency in Sweden

Switzerland
Sabina Littmann-Wernli
Federal Social Insurance Office - Head of Research and Evaluation Section

Research interests:
Welfare policies: pension systems; occupational benefit plans; efficient childcare facilities; poverty; integration of long-term unemployed or elderly or disabled persons into the labour market; innovations in disability policies; cost-benefit-analysis of NGOs;  economic situation of single parents and divorced women; children, adolescents and young adults in the social welfare system; demographic development; intragenerational and intergenerational relations.
Contact Details:
Email: Sabina Littmann-Wernli
Tel 41-31-322 90 81, FAX +41-31-324 06 87
Federal Social Insurance Office
Effingerstrasse 20
3003 Berne
Switzerland

Turkey
Ercan Dansuk
State Planning Organisation

United Kingdom
Mike Hope
Department for Work and Pensions

USA
Nomination pending