Statutory bodies

The Executive Committee

The Executive Committee is responsible for all the decisions regarding the priorities and direction of the North-South Centre. It is composed of representatives of all member states and other organisations and institutions corresponding to the four dimensions of the quadrilogue: governments, parliaments, local and reginal authorities and civil society organisations.

The Executive Committee meets twice a year, in principle, in Lisbon (Spring, back to back to the Award Ceremony of the North-South Prize of the Council of Europe) and in Strasbourg (Autumn).

Composition of the Executive Committee

Member States

Member States from the Council of Europe
Representatives : Ambassadors, Permanent Representatives to the Council of Europe

Andorra (the Presidency of the Executive Committee)
Mr Andreu JORDI

Azerbaijan
Mr Fakhraddin ISMAYILOV

Bosnia and Herzegovina
Mr Haris BAŠIĆ

Bulgaria
Ms Genka GEORGIEVA

Croatia
Mr Toma GALLI

Cyprus
Mr George YIANGOU

Greece
Mr Nicolas SIGALAS

Liechtenstein
Mr Domenik WANGER

Luxembourg
Mr Patrick ENGELBERG

Malta

Montenegro
Ms Božidarka KRUNIĆ

Portugal
Mr António ALVES MACHADO

Romania
Mr Ion JINGA

Serbia
Ms Aleksandra DJUROVIĆ

Spain
Ms Rosa VELÁZQUEZ ÁLVAREZ

Member States outside the Council of Europe

Algeria

Cabo Verde

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Holy See
Monsignor Marco GANCI
Special Envoy and Permanent Observer to the Council of Europe

Kingdom of Morocco (the Vice-Presidency of the Executive Committee)
Ms Lalla Soumia Bouhamidi
Consul General of Morocco in Strasbourg

Tunisia
Mr Raouf MRADÂA
Consul General

Associate Members

Liberia
Mr Teeko T. YORLAY
Ambassador

European Union

Delegation of the European Union to the Council of Europe

Ambassador, Head of Delegation
Ms Vesna Batistić Kos

Parliaments

Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe

Mr Ionuț-Marian Stroe (Romania, Committee on Migration, International Protection and Economic Co-operation)

Ms Carmen Leyte (Spain, Committee on Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development)

Substitute member:

Ms Larysa Bilozir (Ukraine, Committee on Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development)

European Parliament

Mr Martin Hojsík
Vice-President

Local and Regional Authorities

Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe

Ms Katrien Partyka (Belgium)

Committee of the Regions of the European Union

Mr Christophe Rouillon (France)
Substitute member:
Mr Jesús Gamallo Aller (Spain)

Civil Society Organisations

Conference of INGOs of the Council of Europe
Mr Christopher Spreng

Advisory Council on Youth
Ms Roberta Bojang

EuroMed Rights
Mr Rasmus Alenius BOSERUP
Executive Director

Pan-African Youth Union
Mr Moumouni DIALLA
President

The Bureau

To facilitate efficient management, the Executive Committee elects a Bureau from among its members, ensuring representation of each of the four components of the quadrilogue.

The Bureau monitors the preparation and execution of programmes and reports to the Executive Committee. It also prepares the meetings of the Executive Committee, with the assistance of the North-South Centre's secretariat, as well as other tasks entrusted to it by the Executive Committee.

Once a year, it also performs as the Jury of the North-south Prize of the Council of Europe

Composition of the bureau

Member States

Andorra (the Presidency of the Executive Committee)
Mr Andreu JORDI
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary

Kingdom of Morocco (the Vice-Presidency of the Executive Committee)
Ms Lalla Soumia Bouhamidi
Consul General of Morocco in Strasbourg

Malta

Montenegro
Ms Božidarka KRUNIĆ
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Permanent Representative to the Council of Europe

Portugal
Mr António ALVES MACHADO
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Permanent Representative to the Council of Europe

Spain
Ms Rosa VELÁZQUEZ ÁLVAREZ
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Permanent Representative to the Council of Europe