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
Flip Maas
maas@euro.centre.org

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

Birgit Stimmer
Federal Ministry of Economics and Labour

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
Anders Lynge Madsen
Deputy Permanent Secretary
Ministry of Social Welfare

Research interests:
Child and family – policy in generel, Children and families with special needs, People with mental illness, Homelessnes
Contact Details:
Email: Anders Lynge Madsen
Tel :: +45 - 33 - 954 662
Holmens Kanal 22, 1060
Kobenhaven K, Denmark

Finland
Matti Heikkilä
STAKES - Deputy Director General
National Research and Development Centre for Welfare and Health (STAKES)

Research interests:
Welfare policies, welfare state issues, poverty, GMI systems,
income distribution, activation policy
Contact Details:
Email: Matti Heikkilä  (Email PA: Katja Heikkiläinen )
Tel +358-9-3967 2025, Fax +358-9-3967 2417
STAKES, P.O.Box 220
00531 Helsinki, Finland

France
Diane Lequet-Slama
Chargée de Mission Internationale
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
Chargée de Mission Internationale
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

Hungary
nomination pending

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

Research interests:
Children & Youth , Families and Communities, Poverty, Migration, Elderly, Disabled, Corporate Social Responsibility, Results Based Accountability

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
Vice Capo di gabinetto/Uffici di diretta collaborazione del Ministro

Ministry for Labour, Health and Social Policy

Research Interests:
Labour issues, social policies, social inclusion, active ageing, disabilities, protection of the employed and socialsecurity, programming, development, coordination and appraisal of employment & labour policy. Contact details:
Email: Isabelle Menichini
Tel: +39 - 06 - 3675 44 68 Ministry for Labour, Health and Social Policy
Via Fornovo, 8
00192 Roma, Italy


Luxembourg
Raymond Wagener
Ministry for Social Security

Malta
Joseph Ebejer
Ministry for the Family and Social Solidarity

The Netherlands
Thea Meinema
Netherlands Centre for Social Development (MOVISIE)

Research interests:
Social cohesion, volunteer effort, informal care, vulnerable groups, domestic and sexual violence
Contact details:
Email: Thea Meinema
Tel: +31 (0)30 789 21 48
MOVISIE, Netherlands centre for social development
Postbus 19129
3501 DC Utrecht, Netherlands

Poland
Ewa Chylek
Ministry of Labour and Social Policy,

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

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

Slovakia
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
Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs (IMSERSO)

Sweden
Ole Settergren
Social Insurance in Sweden (RFV)

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