Composition of the ADI-INT

According to its terms of reference, the ADI-INT shall be composed of ten representatives of member States, eight representatives of local authorities that are member of the Intercultural Cities Programme, and two representatives of regional authorities, of the highest possible rank in the fields of intercultural integration, equality, non-discrimination and inclusion policies.

Members of the ADI-INT

State level

1. Alfred KOCHARYAN – ARMENIA

Deputy Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sports of the Republic of Armenia

2. Tom DE BRUYN - BELGIUM - Chair
Deputy to the Director at the Agency for Home Affairs, Department of Equal Opportunities, Integration and Civic Integration of the Government of Flanders

Substitute: Daphné COSTES, Head of team Integration and Civic Integration, Department of Equal Opportunities, Agency for Home Affairs, Government of Flanders

3. Alen TAHIRI – CROATIA
Director of the Office for Human Rights and Rights of National Minorities, Government of the Republic of Croatia

Substitute: Jelena DOKSA, Senior Assistant at the Office for Human Rights and Rights of National Minorities, Government of the Republic of Croatia

4. Peter KARIUKI – FINLAND
Senior specialist, Department of Democracy and Public Law, Ministry of Justice of Finland and Secretary General, Advisory Board for Ethnic Relations (ETNO)

5. Nadan PETROVIC - ITALY
Professor of Strategies of International Cooperation at La Sapienza University of Rome and expert of UNAR - National Office of Racial Anti-Discrimination

6. Shpat MYFTARI – LUXEMBOURG
Advisor on intercultural coexistence at the Ministry of Family Affairs, Solidarity, Living Together and Reception of Refugees

Substitute: David MARQUES, Social worker - Programmes Unit of the Integration Department in the Ministry of Family Affairs, Integration and the Greater Region

7. Dr. Reabcinschii VEACESLAV- REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA
Director General, State Agency for Interethnic Relations, Ministry of Education and Research

8. Kathrine ØYE MOSESEN – NORWAY
Special Adviser with the Ministry of Labour and Social Inclusion, Government of Norway

9. Karoline FERNANDEZ DE LA HOZ ZEITLER – SPAIN

Former Director of the Spanish Observatory on Racism and Xenophobia (OBERAXE), Ministry of Inclusion, Social Security and Migrations

10. Ben GREENER - UNITED KINGDOM
Deputy Director for Local Government and Communities in the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities.

Substitute: Maija KOKLE, Senior International Team Officer, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Regional level

1. Prof. Dr. Birgit LOCHER-FINKE- Baden-Wurtenberg, GERMANY
Head of Department for Integration and Europe, Ministry of Social Affairs, Health and Integration of Baden-Württemberg

Substitute: Dr. Silvan EPPINGER, Head of the Division for Intercultural Affairs and Anti-Discrimination, Ministry of Social Affairs, Health and Integration of Baden-Württemberg

2. Grégory JAQUET - Canton of Neuchâtel, SWITZERLAND - Gender Equality Rapporteur
Head of the Multicultural Cohesion Department and delegate for Foreign Residents, Department of Economy and Social Cohesion

Substitute: Michelle FONGANG, Deputy Director, Multicultural Cohesion Service, Republic and Canton of Neuchâtel, Department of Economy and Social Cohesion

Local level

1. Claudia EMMANUEL LAREDO - Bilbao, SPAIN
Official Immigration and diversity senior project manager, Bilbao City council

Substitute: Ekain LARRINAGA MUGURUZA, Official Immigration and diversity senior project manager, Bilbao City council

2. Helena ROJAS – Botkyrka, SWEDEN - Vice-Chair

Senior Strategist, Municipality of Botkyrka

Substitute: Camilla ÁLVAREZ BERGIUS, Strategist, Municipality of Botkyrka

3. Şenol DÜLGER - Bursa-Osmangazi, TÜRKIYE
Head of Osmangazi Municipality’s International Office, and in charge of external relations

4. Mathurini VISAKAN – London Borough of Camden, UNITED KINGDOM

Head of Equalities and Social Purpose, new designation

Substitute: Guy ARNOLD, Refugee Response lead, London Borough of Camden

5. Krzysztof STANOWSKI - Lublin, POLAND
Director of the International Cooperation Centre of the Municipality of Lublin

Substitute: Magdalena GNYP-ŚCIGOCKA, Deputy Director of the Social Participation Office of Municipality of Lublin

6. Gianluca GRASSI- Reggio Emilia, ITALY
Head of Mondinsieme, Intercultural Center of the Municipality of Reggio Emilia

Substitute : Nicoletta MANZINI, Project Manager, Mondinsieme, Intercultural Center of the Municipality of Reggio Emilia

7. Irina VASILJEVA - Riga, LATVIA
Project Manager, Society Integration and Participation Division, Neighbourhood Development and Society Integration Department, Riga Neighbourhood Residents Centre

Substitute: Ilze MEILANDE, Head of Society Integration and Participation Division, Neighbourhood Development and Society Integration Department, Riga Neighbourhood Residents Centre

8. Floriane VARIERAS - Strasbourg, FRANCE
Deputy Mayor of Strasbourg responsible for inclusive city initiatives, Vice-Chair of the CCAS (Communal Centre for Social Action) in Strasbourg.

Substitute: Elodie SOJIC, Project officer Responsible for the development of the hospitalable city objective

Participants

The following may send representatives, without the right to vote and at the charge of their corresponding administrative budgets:

Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe;
Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe;
European Court of Human Rights;
Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe;
Conference of INGOs of the Council of Europe;
European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI);
Steering Committee for Human Rights (CDDH);
Steering Committee on Democracy (CDDEM);
Committees or other bodies of the Council of Europe engaged in related work, as appropriate.

The following may send representatives, without the right to vote and without defrayal of expenses:

European Union (one or more representatives, including, as appropriate, the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) and the European Committee of the Regions);
Observer States to the Council of Europe: Canada, Holy See, Japan, Mexico, United States of America;
other international organisations, including Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe/Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (OSCE/ODIHR), United Nations (including the Committee for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD), United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), International Organization for Migration (IOM); and other relevant UN agencies), Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).

Observers

The following may send representatives, without the right to vote and without defrayal of expenses:

non-member States with which the Council of Europe has a Neighbourhood Partnership including relevant co-operation activities;
non-governmental organisations, international networks of local and/or regional authorities and specialised institutions (European Network Against Racism (ENAR), European Centre for Minority Issues (ECMI), European Roma Institute for Arts and Culture (ERIAC), European Roma Rights Centre (ERRC), European Roma Grassroots Organisations Network (ERGO), Assembly of European Regions (AER), Council of European Municipalities and Regions (Eurocities)) and representatives of European regions, academic, professional and business communities.

Observer status may be requested in accordance with Article 8 of Resolution CM/Res(2021)3 on intergovernmental committees and subordinate bodies, their terms of reference and working methods.

Former Structure (GT-ADI-INT)

The GT-ADI-INT was the first intergovernmental working structure on intercultural integration set up by the Committee of Ministers under the Steering Committee on Anti-Discrimination, Diversity and Inclusion (CDADI). It was tasked to develop a multi-level policy framework for intercultural integration, with the aim of promoting multi-level dialogue and co-operation between local and national policy makers. Its mandate covered the period of January 2020 to December 2021.

Meeting documents