International Relations Team
Bernd Marin
International Liaison Attaché
Flip Maas
maas@euro.centre.org
Administrative Assistant
Mercedes Gonzalez-Quijano
National Liaison Officials
Hans Steiner
Federal Ministry for Social Security Affairs and Consumer Protection (http://www.bmsk.gv.at/)
Birgit Stimmer
Federal Ministry for Economics and Labour (http://www.bmwa.gv.at/EN/default.html)
Belgium
Koen Vleminckx
Federal Public Service Social Security (http://www.socialsecurity.fgov.be/en/index.htm)
Cyprus
Toula Kouloumou
Ministry of Labour and Social Insurance (http://www.mlsi.gov.cy/mlsi/mlsi.nsf/dmlindex_en/dmlindex_en?OpenDocument)
Research interests: Social protection, social inclusion, activation policies, demography and family policies, human resource development, European Social Inclusion Process.
Contact Details:
Email: director@sws.mlsi.gov.cy
Social Welfare Services, Ministry of Labour and Social Insurance,
63 Prodromou Str., 2063, Nicosia Cyprus.
Tel. +357 22 406602/604
Fax. +357 22 667907
Denmark
Anders Lynge Madsen
Deputy Permanent Secretary
Ministry of Welfare (http://eng.social.dk/ministry.html)
Research interests: Child and family – policy in generel, Children and families with special needs, People with mental illness, Homelessnes
Contact Details:
Email: alm@vfm.dk
Holmens Kanal 22, 1060
Kobenhaven K, Denmark
Tel :: +45 - 33 - 954 662
Finland
Matti Heikkilä
National Research and Development Centre for Welfare and Health (STAKES) (http://www.stakes.fi/EN/index.htm)
Research interests: Welfare policies, welfare state issues, poverty, GMI systems, income distribution, activation policy
Contact Details:
Email: matti.heikkila@stakes.fi (Email PA: katja.heikkilainen@stakes.fi)
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)
(http://www.sante.gouv.fr/drees/)
Research interests:
Health, statistics, social protection, disability
Contact Details:
Email: diane.lequet-slama@sante.gouv.fr
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) (http://www.sante.gouv.fr/drees/)
Research interests:
Health, statistics, social protection, disability
Contact Details:
Email: sylvie.cohu@sante.gouv.fr
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
German Federal Ministry of Family, the Elderly, Women and Youth Affairs (http://www.bmfsfj.de/)
Hungary
nomination pending
Israel
Avraham Lavine
Director Department of International Relations
Ministry of Social Affairs and Social Services(http://www.molsa.gov.il/)
Research interests:
Children & Youth , Families and Communities, Poverty, Migration, Elderly, Disabled, Corporate Social Responsibility, Results Based Accountability
Contact Details:
Email: lavine@int.gov.il
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 (http://www.lavoro.gov.it)
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: vicecapogabsociale@lavoro.gov.it
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 (http://www.mss.public.lu/acteurs/igss/index.html)
Malta
Joseph Ebejer
Ministry for the Family and Social Solidarity (http://www.msp.gov.mt/)
The Netherlands
Thea Meinema
Netherlands Centre for Social Development (MOVISIE) (http://www.movisie.nl/english)
Research interests:
Social cohesion, volunteer effort, informal care, vulnerable groups domestic and sexual violence
Contact details:
Email: t.meinema@movisie.nl
Tel: +31 (0)30 789 21 48
MOVISIE, Netherlands centre for social development
Postbus 19129
3501 DC Utrecht, Netherlands
Norway
Steinar Kristiansen
The Research Council of Norway (http://www.forskningsradet.no/english/)
Poland
Ewa Chylek
Senior Expert
Ministry of Labour and Social Policy, (http://www.mps.gov.pl/index.php?lang=2)
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@mpips.gov.pl
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) (http://www.dgeep.mtss.gov.pt/)
Serbia
Mihail Arandarenko
Associate Professor at University of Belgrade,Faculty of Economics (http://www.ekof.bg.ac.yu)
Contact details:
Email: arandarenko@yahoo.com
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 (http://www.sspr.gov.sk/index.php?lang=en)
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: repkova@sspr.gov.sk
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 (http://www.mddsz.gov.si/en/)
Spain
Maria Luz Cid Ruiz
Coordinator of Studies and Tecnical Support
to the Secretary General - IMSERSO (http://www.seg-social.es/imserso/)
Research Interests:
Personal autonomy, Dependent persons, Ageing, Active aging,Indicators
Contact details:
Email: lcidr@mtas.es
Tel +34 - 91 - 363 8547
IMSERSO - Instituto de Personas Mayores y Servicios Sociales (Institute for Elderly and Social Services)
Secretaría de Estado de Política Social (State Secretary on Social Policy)
Ministry of Education, Social Policy and Sport
C/Ginzo de Limia, 58, 28029 Madrid
Spain
Sweden
Ole Settergren
Ministry of Health and Social Affairs (http://www.sweden.gov.se/sb/d/2061)
Research interests:
Pension, finance, financial balance of public pension systems, distributive justice
Contact Details:
Email: ole.settergren@social.ministry.se
Tel +46730 222 050
SE 103 33 Stockholm
Sweden
Switzerland
Sabina Littmann-Wernli
Head of Research and Evaluation Section, Federal Social Insurance Office (http://www.bsv.admin.ch/index.html?lang=en)
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@bsv.admin.ch
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 (http://www.dpt.gov.tr/dptweb/ingin.html)
United Kingdom
Mike Hope
Department for Work and Pensions (http://www.dwp.gov.uk/)
USA
Nomination pending