Members

Cedefop community of apprenticeship experts: list of experts

Country/system	Name and surname	Institution and department	Function	Email address
Austria	Kurt Schmid	IBW Research	Researcher
Belgium – Flemish community	An Katrien Sodermans	Agency SYNTRA Vlaanderen	Head of Knowledge Centre
Belgium – French community	Michel Urbain	OFFA	Chargé de missions
Belgium – German-speaking community	Verena Greten	Institute for vocational education and training	Executive Director
Bulgaria	Petya Evtimova	Project Management Unit DOMINO	Team Leader
Croatia	Božo Pavičin	Croatian Chamber of Commerce - education division	Head of Division
Cyprus	Elias Margadjis	Ministry of Education and Culture	Director of Secondary Technical and Vocational Education
Czech Republic	Irena Palánová	National Institute for Education, Department for International Cooperation	Head of Department	irena.palanova@nuv.cz
Denmark	Henrik Hjorth	University College Copenhagen	Head of Department
Estonia	Karin Ruul	Vocational Education Department, Ministry of Education and Research	Chief expert
Finland	Riikka Vacker	Finnish National Agency for Education	Counsellor of Education
Germany	Isabelle Le Mouillour	Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training	Head of Area
Greece	Olga Kafetzopoulou	Ministry of Education and Religious Affairs	Head of the Apprenticeship and Work based learning Department
Hungary	Boglárka Bűdi	Heves County Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Educational Office	VET advisor
Iceland	Elsa Eiríksdóttir	School of Education, University of Iceland	Associate Professor
Italy	Alessandra Biancolini	ANPAL	Executive
Ireland	Shauna Dunlop	SOLAS - Apprenticeship and Work Based Learning	Director of Apprenticeship and Work Based Learning	shauna.dunlop@solas.ie
Latvia	Ilze Buligina	Department of vocational and adult education, Ministry of Education and Science	Senior expert
Lithuania	Lina Vaitkutė	Qualifications and VET Development Centre	Head of Qualifications Formation Unit
Luxembourg	Daniel Schroeder	Chambre des Métiers du Grand-Duché de Luxembourg	Conseiller de Direction
Malta	Vincent Maione	National Skills Council, Ministry of Education and Employment	Chief Executive
Netherlands	Bram Loog	SBB	Senior Policy Advisor
Norway	Astrid Kristin Moen Sund	Union of Education Norway	Senior advisor/expert on VET
Poland	Andrzej Stępnikowski	Polish Craft Association	Deputy Director
Portugal	Fernanda Ferreira	Directorate-General for Employment and Industrial Relations (DGERT)	Senior advisor
Romania	Ana Radulescu	Ministry of Labour and Social Justice	Superior counsellor Employment, Competences and Vocational Mobility Policies
Slovakia	Karol Jakubik	Ministry of Education, Science, Research and Sport of Slovak republic	Senior Advisor / Department of Regional Schooling
Slovenia	Darko Mali	Institute of VET	Head of Department
Spain	Luz del Mar Banos	SEPE- Guidance and International Programs Department	Technician of the Guidance and International Programs Department
Sweden	Lotta Naglitsch	Skolverket - Swedish National Agency for Education	Director of education
UK - England	Andrea Laczick	Edge Foundation	Research and Policy Manager
UK - Northern Ireland	Clement Athanasiou	Department for the Economy	Head of Vocational Education Policy	clement.athanasiou@economy-ni.gov.uk
UK -Scotland	George Brown	Scottish Accreditation Authority, Accreditation	Head of accreditation
UK - Wales	Jeff Protheroe	National Training Federation for Wales	Director of Operations