Ad hoc Committee of Experts on Roma and Traveller Issues (CAHROM)

• Chairperson: Ms Tatjana ANDJELIĆ (Montenegro)
• Vice-chairperson: Mr Ján HERO (Slovak Republic)
• Third Bureau member: Mr Manuel DEMOUGEOT (France)

AD HOC COMMITTEE OF EXPERTS ON ROMA AND TRAVELLER^[1] ISSUES (CAHROM)

LIST OF CAHROM MEMBERS AND SUBSTITUTE MEMBERS

ALBANIA

Member: Ms Merita XHAFAJ, General Director, Ministry of Health and Social Welfare /

Substitute member: /

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ANDORRA

No appointed member

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ARMENIA

Member: Mr Harutyun MARUTYAN, Leading Research Fellow D.Sc. (History), Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography, National Academy of Sciences of Armenia

Substitute member: /

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AUSTRIA

Member: Ms Susanne PFANNER, Head of the National Roma Contact Point, Federal Chancellery of Austria

Substitute member: Ms Bettina NEUMEISTER, Deputy Head of the Department for Minority Affairs Federal Chancellery of Austria

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AZERBAIJAN

Member: Ms Tunzala AYDAMIROVA, First Secretary of the Division of Human Rights Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Substitute member: /

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BELGIUM

Members: Ms Isabelle MARTIJN, Anti-poverty policy team, Specialist on Roma issues at the EU level, PPS Social Integration, anti-Poverty Policy, Social Economy and Federal Urban Policy

Ms Daphné COSTES, Policy Advisor, Agency of Home Affairs, Flanders

Mr Ahmed AHKIM, Director, Mediation Centre for Travellers and Roma in Wallonia

Substitute member: no substitutes but rotation system among the three above members

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BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA

Member: Ms Saliha ĐUDERIJA, Assistant Minister, Ministry for Human Rights and Refugees

Substitute member: Ms Aleksandra JARIC, Expert, Ministry for Human Rights and Refugees

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BULGARIA

Member: Ms Rositsa IVANOVA, Secretary and Senior Programme Officer, Secretariat of the National Council for Cooperation on Ethnic and Integration Issues, Council of Ministers of the Republic of Bulgaria

Substitute member: /

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CROATIA

Member: Mr Alen TAHIRI, Director of the Government Office for Human Rights and Rights of National Minorities, Government of the Republic of Croatia

Substitute member: Mr Aleksa ĐOKIĆ, Assistant Director, Government Office for Human Rights and Rights of National Minorities

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CZECH REPUBLIC

Member: Mr Martin MARTÍNEK , Office of the Government Council for Roma Minority Affairs and Secretariat of the Council for National Minorities, Office of the Government of the Czech Republic

Substitute member: Mr Zdeněk DOUBRAVSKÝ, Governmental Principal, Government Council for Roma Minority Affairs Unit and Secretariat of the Government Council for National Minorities, Office of the Government of the Czech Republic

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CYPRUS

Member: Ms Niki ODYSSEOS, Social Services Officer, Social Welfare Services

Substitute member: Ms Georgia ANTONIOU , Social Welfare Services

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DENMARK

Member: Ms Nadja GLAVES, Head of Section, Office for Employment, Danish Agency for International Recruitment and Integration, Ministry of Immigration and Integration

Substitute member: /

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ESTONIA

Member: Ms Mall SAUL, Chief Specialist, Ministry of Culture

Substitute member: /

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FINLAND

Member: Ms Henna HUTTU, Acting Ministerial Adviser and Secretary General of the National Advisory Board on Romani Affairs, Ministry of Social Affairs and Health

Substitute member: /

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FRANCE

Member: Mr Manuel DEMOUGEOT, Director of Cabinet of the Interministerial Delegate for Accommodation and Access to Housing (DIHAL), Ministry of Territorial Cohesion

Substitute member: Mr Sylvain MATHIEU, Interministerial Delegate for Accommodation and Access to Housing (DIHAL), Ministry of Territorial Cohesion

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GEORGIA

Member: Ms Tinatin GOGHELIANI, Head of Department for Policy Analysis, Planning and International Relations, Office of the State Minister of Georgia for Reconciliation and Civic Equality

Substitute: Ms Eliso LOMIDZE, Head of Civic Integration Division, Office of the State Minister of Georgia for Reconciliation and Civic Equality

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GERMANY

Member: Ms Antonia ZAHN, Federal Ministry of the Interior, Building and Community, Division AM2 - Ethnic German Resettlers and National Minorities in Germany

Substitute: /

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GREECE

Member: Ms Eleni KALLINIKOU , Special Secretariat on Roma Social Inclusion, Ministry of Labour, Social Insurance and Social Solidarity

Substitute: /

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HUNGARY

Member: Ms Linda Niki VOLOSINOVSKY, Strategic Officer, Department of Social Inclusion Resources, State Secretariat for Social Affairs and Social Inclusion,
Ministry of Human Resources

Substitute: /

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ICELAND

No appointed member

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IRELAND

Member: Mr Garrett BYRNE, Principal Officer, Equality Division, Department of Justice and Equality

Substitute: Ms Marie STANLEY, Higher Executive Officer, Traveller & Roma Inclusion Unit, Department of Justice and Equality

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ITALY

Member: Mr Roberto BORTONE , Department for Equal Opportunities, National Office for Racial Anti-Discrimination (U.N.A.R.), Presidency of the Council of Ministers

Substitute: Mr Alessandro PISTECCHIA, Roma expert, Department for Equal Opportunities, National Office for Racial Anti-Discrimination (U.N.A.R.), Presidency of the Council of Ministers

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LATVIA

Member: Mr Deniss KRETALOVS, Senior Desk Officer, Division for Society Integration and Development of Civil Society, Ministry of Culture

Substitute: /

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LIECHTENSTEIN

No appointed member

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LITHUANIA

Member: Ms Gražina SLUŠKO, Chief Specialist, Division of Relations with National Minorities, Department of National Minorities

Substitute: Ms Vida MONTVYDAITE, Director of the Department of National minorities

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LUXEMBOURG

Member: Ms Malou KAPGEN, First Class Director Adviser, Ministry of Family, Integration and for Great Region

Substitute: /

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MALTA

No appointed member

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REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA

Member: Mr Nicolae RADIȚA, Head of the Roma National Centre

Substitute: Ms Olga PETUHOVA, Chief Specialist, Bureau for Inter-Ethnic Relations

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MONACO

No appointed member

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MONTENEGRO

Member: Ms Tatjana ANĐELIĆ, Head of Department for European integration, programming and implementing of EU funds, Ministry for Human and Minority Rights

Substitute: /

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THE NETHERLANDS

Member: Mr Martijn KRAAIJ, Ministry of Social Affairs and Employment

Substitute: /

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NORWAY

Member: Ms Kristina STRÆDET GITMARK, Specialist Director, Department of Sami and Minority Affairs, Ministry of Local Government and Modernisation

Substitute: Ms Cecilie HAARE, Senior Adviser, Department of Sami and Minority Affairs, Ministry of Local Government and Modernisation

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POLAND

Ms Agnieszka GAJEWSKA, Head of IT School Team, National Research Institute (NASK)

Substitute: /

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PORTUGAL

Member: Ms Berill BARANYAI, Support Centre for Roma communities (NACI)

Substitute: /

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ROMANIA

Member: Ms Daniela BARBU, State Secretary, Ministry of Labour and Social Justice

Substitute: Ms Mihaela BUJOR, Public manager, Direction of Social Services Policies, Ministry of Labour and Social Justice

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RUSSIAN FEDERATION

Member: Mr Sergey TOLKALIN, Deputy Director, Department for Humanitarian Cooperation and Human Rights, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Substitute: /

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SAN MARINO

No appointed member

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SERBIA

Member: Mr Dragoljub ACKOVIĆ, Deputy Director, Office of Human and Minority Rights

Substitute: /

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SLOVAK REPUBLIC

Member: Mr Ján HERO, Adviser to the State Secretary, Office of the State Secretary I, Ministry of Education, Science, Research and Sport

Substitute: /

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SLOVENIA

Member: Mr Stanko BALUH, Director, Governmental Office for National Minorities

Substitute: /

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SPAIN

Member: Ms Sonia POSTIGO ÍMAZ, Chief of the Programmes Area, General Directorate of Services for the Family and Children, Ministry of Health, Social Services and Equality

Substitute: Ms Marta MANZANEQUE SUÁREZ, Head of the Roma Development Programme Service, General Directorate of Services for the Family and Children, Ministry of Health, Social Services and Equality

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SWEDEN

Member: Mr Andrès ZANZI, Deputy Director, Division for Discrimination Issues, Ministry of Culture

Substitute: /

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SWITZERLAND

Member: Ms Sophie HEEGAARD-SCHROETER, Federal Department of Foreign Affairs, Public International Law Directorate, Section for Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law

Substitutes: Ms Fiona WIGGER, Department of the Interior (EDI), Federal Office of Culture (BAK), Section Culture and Society

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«THE FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA»

Member: Ms Mabera KAMBERI, Head of Department for Coordination and Technical Assistant to the Minister, Ministry of Labour and Social Policy

Substitute: Ms Mersiha USEIN, Chief of the Cabinet, Cabinet of the Minister without portfolio

in charge of the Implementation of the National Roma Strategy

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TURKEY

Member: Ms Zeynep HAN AKIN, Family and Social Policy Expert, Department of Social Inclusion, General Directorate of Family and Community Services, Ministry of Family and Social Policies

Substitute: Mr Omer Turan MAZGAL, Family and Social Policy Assistance Expert, General Directorate of Family and Community Services, Ministry of Family and Social Policies

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UKRAINE

Member: Mr Andriy YURASH, Director, Department for Religious Affairs and Nationalities, Ministry of Culture

Substitute: /

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UNITED KINGDOM

Member: Ms Julia MINULESCU, Policy Advisor, Integration and Faith, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Substitute: Ms Julia WİLCOX, Race Equality and Faith Engagement, Integration and Faith Division, Department for Communities and Local Government, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

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[1] The term “Roma and Travellers” is used at the Council of Europe to encompass the wide diversity of the groups covered by the work of the Council of Europe in this field: on the one hand a) Roma, Sinti/Manush, Calé, Kaale, Romanichals, Boyash/Rudari; b) Balkan Egyptians (Egyptians and Ashkali); c) Eastern groups (Dom, Lom and Abdal); and, on the other hand, groups such as Travellers, Yenish, and the populations designated under the administrative term “Gens du voyage”, as well as persons who identify themselves as Gypsies. The present is an explanatory footnote, not a definition of Roma and/or Travellers.