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Governing Board

Eurofound's Governing Board (previously known as Administrative Board) represents the social partners and national governments of all Member States, as well as the European Commission.

Austria (back to list of countries)
	Member	Alternate
Government	Andreas SCHALLER Bundesministerium für Arbeit, Soziales und Konsumentenschutz (BMSK)	Petra HRIBERNIG Bundesministerium für Arbeit, Soziales und Konsumentenschutz
Employers		Christoph PARAK Union of Public and Cooperative Economy of Austria, UPCEA
Unions	Karin ZIMMERMANN ÖGB - Austrian Trade Union Federation	Martin BOLKOVAC Gewerkschaft f. Privatangestellte, GPA

Belgium (back to list of countries)
	Member	Alternate
Government	Michel DE GOLS Ministère de l'Emploi et du Travail	Jan BATEN Federale Overheidsdienst Werkgelegenheid, Arbeid en Sociaal Overleg
Employers	Roland WAEYAERT UNIZO	Kris DE MEESTER Fédération des Entreprises de Belgique, FEB-VBO
Unions	Herman FONCK The Christian Confederation of Trade Unions (ACV-CSC)	François PHILIPS Algemeen Belgisch Vakverbond, ABVV - FGTB

Bulgaria (back to list of countries)
	Member	Alternate
Government	Hristina MITREVA Ministry of Labour and Social Policy	Dragomir DRAGANOV Ministry of Labour and Social Policy
Employers	Krasimir DACHEV Bulgarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry	Galia BOZHANOVA Bulgarian Industrial Association - Union of the Bulgarian Business
Unions	Ivan KOKALOV CITUB	Ekaterina RIBAROVA CITUB

Cyprus (back to list of countries)
	Member	Alternate
Government	Orestis MESSIOS Ministry of Labour and Social Insurance	Yiota KAMBOURIDOU Ministry of Labour and Social Insurance
Employers	Michael ANTONIOU Cyprus Employers and Industrialists Federation	Lena PANAYIOTOU Cyprus Employers and Industrialists Federation
Unions	Nicos EPISTITHIOU SEK	Andreas MATSAS SEK

Czech Republic (back to list of countries)
	Member	Alternate
Government	Vlastimil VANA Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs	Martina KAJANKOVA Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs
Employers	Vladimira DRBALOVA Confederation of Industry of the Czech Republic, SPCR	Vladimir KOPACKA Association of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises and Crafts (AMSP) of the Czech Republic
Unions	Hana MáLKOVá Czech-Moravian Confederation of Trade Unions (CMKOS)	Tomas PAVELKA Czech-Moravian Confederation of Trade Unions

Denmark (back to list of countries)
	Member	Alternate
Government		Kim TAASBY Beskæftigelsesministeriet
Employers	Sven-Peter NYGAARD Dansk Arbejdsgiverforening	Nils Juhl ANDREASEN Danish Confederation of Employers' Associations in Agriculture (SALA)
Unions	Ole PRASZ Salaried Employees & Civil Servants Council, FTF	Niels SORENSEN LO Danmark

Estonia (back to list of countries)
	Member	Alternate
Government	Märt MASSO Ministry of Social Affairs	Katrin RAADOM Ministry of Social Affairs
Employers	Eve PääRENDSON Estonian Employers´ Confederation, ETTK	Tarmo KRIIS Estonian Employers Confederation, ETTK
Unions	Kalle KALDA Confederation of Estonian Trade Unions, EAKL	Vaike PARKEL Estonian Employees Unions Confederation, TALO

Finland (back to list of countries)
	Member	Alternate
Government	Pirjo HARJUNEN Ministry of Employment and the Economy	Antti NäRHINEN Ministry of Employment and the Economy
Employers	Seppo SAUKKONEN Confederation of Finnish Industries EK	Anu SAJAVAARA Confederation of Finnish Industries EK
Unions	Juha ANTILA SAK	Leila KURKI Finnish Confederation of Salaried Employees, STTK

France (back to list of countries)
	Member	Alternate
Government	joël BLONDEL Ministère du travail, des relations sociales et de la solidarité	Marie-Soline CHOMEL Ministry of labour, labour relations, family, solidarity and urban affairs
Employers	emmanuel JAHAN Air France	Emmanuel JULIEN MEDEF
Unions	Emmanuel COUVREUR CFDT	RAFAEL NEDZYNSKI FGTA-FO

Germany (back to list of countries)
	Member	Alternate
Government	Andreas HORST Bundesministerium für Arbeit und Soziales	Sebastian JOBELIUS Bundesministerium für Arbeit und Soziales - BMAS
Employers	Wolfgang GOOS Bundesarbeitgeberverband Chemie e.V.	Renate HORNUNG-DRAUS Bundesvereinigung der Deutschen Arbeitgeberverbände, BDA
Unions	Dieter POUGIN Deutscher Gewerkschaftsbund Bundesvorstand, DGB	Reinhard DOMBRE Deutscher Gewerkschaftsbund Bundesvorstand, DGB

Greece (back to list of countries)
	Member	Alternate
Government	Constantinos PETINIS Ministry of Employment and Social Protection	Triantafyllia TOTOU Ministry of Employment and Social Protection
Employers	IRINI BARDANI Confederation of Greek Industries, SEV	Christina GEORGANTA Confederation of Greek Industries, SEV
Unions	Alexandros KALYVIS Greek General Confederation of Labour, GSEE	Constantinos ISSYCHOS Greek General Confederation of Labour, GSEE

Hungary (back to list of countries)
	Member	Alternate
Government	Maria LADO Ministry of Employment and Labour	Éva Tímea KISS Ministry of Social Affairs and Labour
Employers	Antal CSUPORT National Association of Strategic and Public Utility Companies	Istvan KOMOROCZKI Union of Agrarian Employers, AMSZ
Unions	Erzsébet HANTI National Confederation of Hungarian Trade Unions, MSZOSZ	László dr. GYIMESI Forum for the Cooperation of Trade Unions, SZEF

Ireland (back to list of countries)
	Member	Alternate
Government	Paul CULLEN Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment	Ríona Ní FHLAINGHAILE Department of the Environment, Heritage & Local Government
Employers	Brendan MCGINTY Irish Business and Employers Confederation, IBEC	Eamonn MCCOY Irish Business and Employers Confederation, IBEC
Unions	Rosheen CALLENDER Services, Industrial, Professional and Technical Union, SIPTU	Liam BERNEY Irish Congress of Trade Unions, ICTU

Italy (back to list of countries)
	Member	Alternate
Government	Michel MARTONE Studio Legale Martone	Francesco CIPRIANI Ministero del Lavoro, della Salute e delle Politiche Sociali
Employers	Stefania ROSSI Confindustria	Paola ASTORRI Confindustria
Unions	Cinzia DEL RIO Unione Italiana del Lavoro, UIL	uliano giuseppe STENDARDI Confederazione Italiana Sindacati Lavoratori, CISL

Latvia (back to list of countries)
	Member	Alternate
Government	Ineta TARE Ministry of Welfare	Ineta VJAKSE Ministry of Welfare
Employers	Ilona KIUKUCANE Employers' Confederation of Latvia	Liene VANCANE Employers' Confederation of Latvia
Unions	Linda ROMELE Free Trade Union Confederation of Latvia, LBAS	Kaspars RACENAJS Free Trade Union Confederation of Latvia, LBAS

Lithuania (back to list of countries)
	Member	Alternate
Government	RITA SKREBISKIENE MINISTRY OF SOCIAL SECURITY AND LABOUR	Evaldas BACEVICIUS Ministry of Social Security and Labour
Employers	Andrius GUZAVICIUS Lithuanian Confederation of Industrialists, LPK	Edmunds JANKEVICIUS Confederation of Lithuanian Industrialists, LPK
Unions	Janina MATUIZIENE Lithuanian Trade Union Confederation, LPSK	Vaidotas PETRONIS Lithuanian Labour Federation, LDF

Luxembourg (back to list of countries)
	Member	Alternate
Government	Nadine WELTER Ministère du travail et de l'emploi	Jean ZAHLEN Ministère du travail et de l'emploi
Employers	Nicolas WELSCH Société Nationale des Chemins de Fer Luxembourgeois	Magalie LYSIAK Fédération des Industriels Luxembourgeois, FEDIL
Unions	Viviane GOERGEN Confederation of Christian Trade Unions, LCGB	René PIZZAFERRI Onofhängege Gewerkschaftsbond Lëtzebuerg, OGB-L

Malta (back to list of countries)
	Member	Alternate
Government	noel VELLA Department of Industrial and Employment Relations
Employers	Joseph FARRUGIA Malta Employers' Association	Joseph MONTEBELLO Malta Federation of Industry
Unions	William PORTELLI Confederation of Malta Trade Unions, CMTU

Netherlands (back to list of countries)
	Member	Alternate
Government	Lauris BEETS Ministerie van Sociale Zaken en Werkgelegenheid	Martin BLOMSMA Ministry of Social Affairs and Employment
Employers	Gerard VAN DER GRIND Dutch Federation of Agriculture and Horticulture, LTO Nederland	Jan BOERSMA Dutch Federation of Agriculture and Horticulture, LTO Nederland
Unions	Erik PENTENGA Federatie Nederlandse Vakbeweging (FNV)	Arie WOLTMEIJER Christelijk Nationaal Vakverbond (CNV)

Poland (back to list of countries)
	Member	Alternate
Government	Jerzy CIECHANSKI Ministry of Social Policy	Agnieszka CHLON-DOMINCZAK Ministry of Labour and Social Policy
Employers	Piotr SARNECKI Polish Confederation of Private Employers LEWIATAN	Adam AMBROZIK Confederation of Polish Employers, KPP
Unions	Bogdan OLSZEWSKI NSZZ Solidarnosc	Piotr OSTROWSKI All-Poland Alliance of Trade Unions, OPZZ

Portugal (back to list of countries)
	Member	Alternate
Government	Paulo CARVALHO Ministry of Labour and Solidarity	Fernando RIBEIRO LOPES Direcio-Geral do Emprego e das Relacies de Trabalho
Employers	Antonio VERGUEIRO CIP - Confederation of the Portuguese Industry	PEDRO FREIRE Confederação da Comércio e services de Portugal, CCP
Unions	Vitor COELHO União Geral de Trabalhadores, UGT

Romania (back to list of countries)
	Member	Alternate
Government	Sorin Ioan BOTEZATU Ministry of Labour, Family and Equal Opportunities	Mirela ARGASEALA Ministry of Labour, Family and Equal Opportunities
Employers	Dan ANGHELESCU Patronatul National Român, PNR	Ion SORICI Citadina League of the Public and Communal Services in Romania
Unions	Dumitru FORNEA National Trade Union Confederation, MERIDIAN	Steluta ENACHE National Trade Union Bloc, BNS

Slovakia (back to list of countries)
	Member	Alternate
Government	Miloslav HETTEš Ministry of Labour, Social and Family Affairs	Michal ISTVAN Ministry of Labour, Social and Family Affairs
Employers	Viola KROMEROVA Slovenský živnostenský zväz (Slovak Craft Industry Federation)	Martina KUNáKOVá Slovenský živnostenský zväz (Slovak Craft Industry Federation)
Unions	Erik MACAK Confederation of Trade Unions of the Slovak Republic, KOZ SR	Margita DOMéNYOVá Confederation of Trade Unions of the Slovak Republic, KOZ SR

Slovenia (back to list of countries)
	Member	Alternate
Government	Vladka KOMEL Ministry of Labour, Family and Social Affairs	Metka STOKA-DEBEVEC Ministry of Labour, Family and Social Affairs
Employers	Marjan RAVNIK Chamber of Craft of Slovenia, OZS	Tatjana PAJNKIHAR Employers Association of Slovenia, ZDS
Unions	Pavel VRHOVEC Association of Free Trade Unions of Slovenia, ZSSS	Maja KONJAR Association of Free Trade Unions of Slovenia, ZSSS

Spain (back to list of countries)
	Member	Alternate
Government	María DE MINGO CORRAL Ministry of Labour and Immigration	Gonzalo GIMéNEZ Ministry of Labour and Immigration
Employers	Maria Angeles ASENJO Confederación Nacional de la Construcción (CNC)	Rafael GARCIA MELGAR Navantia
Unions	Rosario MORILLO-BALADO Confederación Sindical de Comisiones Obreras, CC.OO	Janire DOMINGUEZ Basque Workers' Solidarity, ELA STV

Sweden (back to list of countries)
	Member	Alternate
Government	Bo BARREFELT Ministry of Employment	Per NYSTROM Ministry of Employment
Employers	Sverker RUDEBERG Confederation of Swedish Enterprise	Christian ARDHE Confederation of Swedish Enterprise
Unions	Mats ESSEMYR The Swedish Confederation for Professional Employees (TCO)	Sten GELLERSTEDT Swedish Trade Union Confederation, LO-S

United Kingdom (back to list of countries)
	Member	Alternate
Government	William WELLS Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform	Suzanne MORONEY Department for Work and Pensions
Employers		Neil CARBERRY Confederation of British Industry (CBI)
Unions	Richard EXELL Trades Union Congress, TUC	Elena CRASTA TUC - Trades Union Congress

EUROPEAN COMMISSION (back to list of countries)
	Member	Alternate
	Armindo SILVA DG Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities	Andrew CHAPMAN DG Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities
	Michael HüBEL DG Health and Consumer Protection, European Commission	Charles PRICE DG Health and Consumer Protection, European Commission
	Dimitri CORPAKIS DG Researcc, European Commission	Ronan O'BRIEN DG Research, European Commission

COORDINATORS (back to list of countries)
	COORDINATORS	DEPUTY COORDINATORS
GOVERNMENT GROUP	Michel DE GOLS Ministère de l'Emploi et du Travail
EMPLOYERS GROUP	Maxime CERUTTI Businesseurope	Vladimira DRBALOVA Confederation of Industry of the Czech Republic, SPCR
UNIONS GROUP	Reiner HOFFMANN European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC)	Martin HUTSEBAUT The European Trade Union Institute (ETUI)

MEMBERS OF THE BUREAU (back to list of countries)
	Member	Alternate
GOVERNMENT GROUP	Vice Chairperson of the Governing Board Maria LADO Ministry of Employment and Labour
	Coordinator Michel DE GOLS Ministère de l'Emploi et du Travail
	Jerzy CIECHANSKI Ministry of Social Policy	Andreas SCHALLER Bundesministerium für Arbeit, Soziales und Konsumentenschutz (BMSK)
		Nadine WELTER Ministère du travail et de l'emploi
		Lauris BEETS Ministerie van Sociale Zaken en Werkgelegenheid
EMPLOYERS GROUP	Vice Chairperson of the Governing Board Stefania ROSSI Confindustria
	Coordinator Maxime CERUTTI Businesseurope	Vladimira DRBALOVA Confederation of Industry of the Czech Republic, SPCR
	Maria Angeles ASENJO Confederación Nacional de la Construcción (CNC)	Neil CARBERRY Confederation of British Industry (CBI)
UNIONS GROUP	Chairperson of the Governing Board Herman FONCK The Christian Confederation of Trade Unions (ACV-CSC)
	Coordinator Reiner HOFFMANN European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC)	Martin HUTSEBAUT The European Trade Union Institute (ETUI)
		Hana MáLKOVá Czech-Moravian Confederation of Trade Unions (CMKOS)
		Erik PENTENGA Federatie Nederlandse Vakbeweging (FNV)
		Mats ESSEMYR The Swedish Confederation for Professional Employees (TCO)
EUROPEAN COMMISSION	Vice Chairperson of the Governing Board Armindo SILVA DG Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities
EUROPEAN COMMISSION		Andrew CHAPMAN DG Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities

Observers: EFTA representatives (back to list of countries)
	Member	Alternate
Government	Torkel SANDEGREN Ministry of Labour and Social Inclusion
Employers	Ingrid Steen MALT Confederation of Norwegian Enterprise, NHO
Unions	Anthony KALLEVIG Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions

Page last updated: 03 June, 2010

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