EFEE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
BARBARA NOVINEC
EFEE President
Principal of Vrtec Galjevica in Ljubljana. Expert in European Commission WG ECEC 2021-2025. Member of ZRVS (Pre-school National Principal Association of Slovenia).
FERGAL MCCARTHY
EFEE Vice-President
Director at Kinsale College of Further Education in Ireland. Member of the executive committee of ACCS (Association of Community and Comprehensive Schools).
RODRIGO QUEIROZ E MELO
EFEE Vice-President
Chairman of ECNAIS (European Council of National Associations of Independent Schools). Executive Director of AEEP (Associação de Estabelecimentos de Ensino Particular e Cooprativo). Board member at Instituto Superior de Gestão. Conselheiro at Conselho Nacional de Educação.
MIECZYSLAW BLONSKI
EFEE Executive Committee
Member of ZNP (Polish Union of Education). Vice-president at Łazarski University and Dean of Faculty of Law and Administration.
NIVES POCKAR
EFEE Executive Committee
Member of Zveza srednjih šol in dijaških domov Slovenije (Association of Secondary Schools and Dormitories). Director of Šolski center in Ljubljana.
PADDY LAVELLE
EFEE Executive Committee
Secretary General of Education and Training Boards Ireland (ETBI).
THEODOROS THEODOROU
EFEE Executive Committee
Member of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sport and Youth, Cyprus.
SCILLA VAN CUIJLENBORG
EFEE Executive Committee
Member of MBO Raad (Association of VET Colleges of the Netherlands). Vice-President of EUproVET (European providers of Vocational Education and Training).
STEPHANE VANOIRBECK
EFEE Executive Committee
Director of SeGEC (Secretariat Général de l’Enseignement Catholique en communautés française et germanophone de Belgique).
JENS VERMEERSCH
EFEE Executive Committee
Internationalisation Policy Coordinator at GO! Onderwijs van de Vlaamse Gemeenschap.
EFEE SECRETARIAT
DANIEL WISNIEWSKI
Secretary General
PhD and Executive MBA in the field of economics from the SGH Warsaw School of Economics and Solvay Brussels Bussiness School of Economics and Management. Co-Founder and President of YouthProAktiv.
EFEE MEMBERS
Within the EFEE member structure, each country of an EU Member State has one seat, one vote. However, within this structure, different levels of education can be represented (primary education, secondary education, private schools, higher vocational education, universities) by different national organisations (education councils, ministries, local and regional authority employers’ organisations). The EFEE members are listed below in alphabetical order per country. Find out more about each organisation by clicking on its name.
EUROPEAN UNION
- European Council of National Associations of Independent Schools (ECNAIS): Mr Rodrigo Queiroz e Melo
BELGIUM
Flanders
- Catholic Education Flanders: Ms Kristin Vanlommel
- GO! Onderwijs van de Vlaamse Gemeenschap: Mr Jens Vermeersch
- POV (Provincial Education Flanders): Mr Dirk Debroey
- VLHORA (Vlaamse Hogescholenraad): Mr Dirk Vandeweyer
Wallonia
- L’AGE (L’Administration générale de l’Enseignement): Mr Christian Noiret
- SeGEC (Secretariat Général de l´Enseignement Catholique): Ms Benedicte Beauduin; Mr Stéphane Vanoirbeck; Ms Lusin Cetin
BULGARIA
- ASSPRB (Bulgarian Association of Secondary Schools Headteachers): Mr Asen Ivanov Alexandrov
- BAPS (Bulgarian Association of Private Schools)
- Ministry of Education, Youth and Science: Ms Iliyana Taneva; Mr Georgi Ninov
- SRSNPB (Union of Employers in the Public Education System in Bulgaria): Mr Diyan Stamatov
- WEF Bulgaria: Ms Maria Gaidarova
CROATIA
- UHSR (Association of Croatian Secondary Schools Principals ): Ms Suzana Hitrec
- HUROS (Croatian Association of Primary School Principals): Ms Biserka Matic Rosko
CYPRUS
- Ministry of Education, Sport and Youth: Mr Yiannis Savvides, Mr Stelios Christophides
CZECH REPUBLIC
- SSŠČMS (Association of Private Schools of Bohemia, Moravia and SIlesia): Mr Jakub Dvorak
- UZS (Union of Employers’ Associations of the Czech Republic): Dr Jiří Horecký
FINLAND
- FEE (Finnish Education Employers): Mr Heikki Kuutti Uusitalo
- KT (National association of municipalities): Ms Maija Mäntylä
FRANCE
- FEDE (Fédération Européenne Des Ecoles): Mrs Claude Vivier Le Got, Mr Maxime Gioannini, Mr Rémi Loison
GERMANY
- BBB (Association of Private VET Education Employers): Mr Sören Kosanke
GREECE
- HAIS (Hellenic Association of Independent Schools): Dr. Charalambos Kyrailidis
- OEFE (Hellenic Association of Private Tutors School): Mr John Vafeiadakis
- PALSO (Panhellenic Federation of Language School Owners): Mr Dimitris Kouroupis
HUNGARY
- AME (Hungarian Association of Independent Schools): Mr Györgyi Groszmann
- Hungarian Rectors’ Conference: Mr Zoltan Dubeczi
- KIMSZ (Association of School Headmasters): Ms Gyöngyi Kiss
- Klebelsberg Center: Gabriella Hajnal
IRELAND
- ACCS (Association of Community and Comprehensive Schools): Mr John Irwin
- ETBI (Education and Training Boards Ireland): Ms Joan Russell
- THEA (Technological Higher Education Association): Mr Joseph Ryan
ITALY
- ANINSEI (National Association of Non-State Institutions of Education and Instruction): Mr Luigi Sepiacci
- Ministry of Education, Universities and Research: Mr Tonino Proietti
LATVIA
- Ministry of Education and Science: Ms Gunta Araja
LITHUANIA
- LPMA (Lithuanian Vocational Training Institutions Association): Ms Nora Pileicikiene
MALTA
- Ministry for Education, Sport, Youth, Research and Innovation: Ms Mary Scicluna; Ms Lucienne Calleja
MONTENEGRO
- Ministry of Education: Ms Vesna Gajevic
THE NETHERLANDS
- MBO Raad (The Association of VET colleges):Mr Frank van Hout
- PO-Raad (The Primary Education Council):Mr Freddy Weima
- VO-Raad (The Secondary Education Council): Mr Hein van Asseldonk
- VSNU (The Association of Universities in the Netherlands): Mr Johan Huysse
NORWAY
- KS (The Norwegian Association of Local and Regional Authorities): Ms Ase Erdal and Ms Marianne Lindheim
POLAND
- PUE (Polish Union of Education): Mr Mieczyslaw Blonski
PORTUGAL
- AEEP (Federation of Private Education Providers)
- ANESPO (National Association of Professional Schools)
- APESP (Associação Portuguesa do Ensino Superior Privado): Dr Miguel Copetto
- CNEF (National Confederation of Education and Training): Mr Rodrigo Queiroz e Melo
- Ministry of Education and Science: Mr José Lemos Diogo
ROMANIA
- ASP Romania: Mr Christian Comşa
- EDUFORM Education and Training Employers Federation:Mr Silviu Ispas; Ms Steluța Racolța
SPAIN
- CECE (The Spanish Confederation of Schools): Mr Alfonso Aguiló; Mr Santiago García; Mr Tomás Serrano
SLOVAKIA
SLOVENIA
- Association of Primary and Music Education Headmasters: Ms Mojca Mihelič
- Association of Secondary Schools and Dormitories: Ms Nives Počkar
- Ministry of Education: Mr Aleš Ojsteršek
- Pre-school National Principal Association: Ms Barbara Novinec
UNITED KINGDOM
- UCEA (Universities and Colleges’ Association): Ms Helen Fairfoul
- LGA (Local Government Association of the UK): Mr David Simmonds