Council Decision of 13 May 2025 appointing members and alternates of the Management Board of the European Institute for Gender Equality
Date: 2025-05-13
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: EU Member State, European Institute for Gender Equality, appointment of members, decision-making body (EU)








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            COUNCIL DECISION
         
of 13 May 2025
         
appointing members and alternates of the Management Board of the European Institute for Gender Equality
(C/2025/2802)


THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,


Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 1922/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 December 2006 on establishing a European Institute for Gender Equality (1), and in particular Article 10 thereof,

Whereas:







(1)


Regulation (EC) No 1922/2006 provides that the Council is to appoint 18 members, as well as alternates, to the Management Board of the European Institute for Gender Equality for a period of three years. For each term of office, the members and alternates appointed by the Council are to represent eighteen Member States in the order of the rotating Presidencies, one member, as well as one alternate, being proposed by each Member State concerned.












(2)


Regulation (EC) No 1922/2006 further provides that the members of the Management Board, as well as the alternates, are to be appointed in such a way as to secure the highest standards of competence and a broad range of relevant and transdisciplinary expertise in the area of gender equality, and that the Council is to aim to achieve a balanced representation between men and women on the Management Board.












(3)


Croatia, Germany, Portugal, Slovenia, France, Czechia, Sweden, Spain, Belgium, Hungary, Poland, Denmark, Cyprus, Ireland, Lithuania, Greece, Italy and Latvia have submitted nominations to the Council for the members and alternates to be appointed to the Management Board for the period from 1 June 2025 to 31 May 2028,





HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:



Article 1
The following persons are hereby appointed to the Management Board of the European Institute for Gender Equality as members and alternates for the period from 1 June 2025 to 31 May 2028 to represent the Member States concerned:







Member State


Member


Alternate




Croatia


Ms Dijana ĆURKOVIĆ


Ms Irena SARTA




Germany


Ms Petra FOLLMER-OTTO


Ms Birgit SCHWEIKERT




Portugal


Ms Sandra RIBEIRO


Mr Manuel ALBANO




Slovenia


Ms Helena VALAS


Ms Pia AŽMAN KLUKOVIČ




France


Ms Stéfania CHIRU


Ms Catherine PETIT




Czechia


Mr Radan ŠAFAŘÍK


Ms Monika ŠAMOVÁ




Sweden


Ms Lenita FREIDENVALL


Ms Cecilia ASKLÖF




Spain


Ms Cristina HERNÁNDEZ MARTÍN


Ms María VÁZQUEZ SELLÁN




Belgium


Ms Liesbet STEVENS


Ms Carine JOLY




Hungary


Mr Gábor JAROSS


Ms Lilla MIKLÓS




Poland


Ms Katarzyna SZKUTA


Ms Magdalena DROPEK




Denmark


Ms Kira UITTERDIJK APPEL


Mr Jeppe HOLM NIELSEN




Cyprus


Mr Stavros CHRISTOFI


Mr Alexandros ALEXANDROU




Ireland


Ms Jane Ann DUFFY


Ms Lisa HUGHES




Lithuania


Ms Jolanta SAKALAUSKIENĖ


Ms Milda JANEIKAITĖ




Greece


Ms Eleni NTALAKA


Mr Dimitrios PLATIS




Italy


Ms Laura MENICUCCI


Mr Stefano PIZZICANNELLA




Latvia


Ms Agnese GAILE


 






Article 2
This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its adoption.




Done at Brussels, 13 May 2025.


For the Council


The President

A. DOMAŃSKI
            





(1)  
            OJ L 403, 30.12.2006, p. 9, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2006/1922/oj.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/2802/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)