Meet the AC
Meet the Advisory Council
Alice Bergholtz
LSU - National Council of Swedish Youth Organisations
- Vice-chair of the Advisory Council on Youth (CCJ)
- Transversal portfolios: Campaign/revitalising pluralistic democracy (lead 1); Management Committee Ukraine (lead 2); National outreach and National Youth Councils (lead 3).
Armine Movsesyan
MIJARC Europe - International Movement of Catholic Agricultural and Rural Youth
- CCJ representative on the CPJ
- Portfolios: PFG 3 Inclusive and peaceful societies; Youth, peace and security (lead 1); Young people in rural communities (lead 3)
Anna Knobbout
EYMH - Euro Youth Mental Health
- Portfolios:
- PFG 2 Youth participation and youth work; Co-operation with the Conference of INGOs (lead 1); World Forum for Democracy (lead 2)
Carlo Angrisano
EDS - European Democrat Students
Transversal portfolios: Co-operation with PACE (lead 2); National outreach and National Youth Councils (lead 1)
PFG 2 Youth participation and youth work: Council of Europe youth sector strategy 2030 (lead 1)
Chougher Maria Doughramajian
VYRE - Voices of Young Refugees in Europe
- Portfolios: PFG 3 Inclusive and peaceful societies; Implementation of CM/Rec on supporting young refugees in their transition to adulthood (lead 1); Gender Equality (LGBTQI+) (lead 2); Youth, peace and security (lead 2).
Constantin-Alexandru Manda
GEYC - Group of European Youth for Change and Prisma European Network
- Member of the CCJ Bureau
- Rapporteur on Roma Issues
- Portfolios: PFG 1 Access to rights; Steering Committee for Education (CDEDU) (lead 2); Implementation and review of CM/Rec on young people’s access to rights (lead 2); Children’s rights (lead 1);
- PFG 3 Inclusive and peaceful societies; Roma and other autochthonous minorities (lead 2).
Dimitrije Jovicevic
CI - Connect International
- CCJ representative on the CPJ
- Transversal portfolios: CoE-EU partnership (lead 3);
- PFG 1: Access to rights, Artificial intelligence - internet governance (lead 1)
Emilija Gagrčin
European Federation for Intercultural Learning (EFIL)
- Transversal portfolios: Visibility and communications (lead 3); Campaign/revitalising pluralistic democracy (lead 3);
- PFG 1: Access to rights; Artificial intelligence (AI; CAI) (lead 1); Mobility - EYCA (lead 1).
Gianluca Rossino
DYPALL Network - Developing Youth Participation at Local Level Network
- CCJ representative on the CPJ
- Portfolios: PFG 1: Access to rights, Enter! review and implementation (lead 1); Mobility - including EYCA, EPLM (lead 2);
- PFG 2: Youth participation and youth work, Co-operation with the Congress (lead 2)
Gubaz Koberidze
NHSN - No Hate Speech Network
- CCJ representative on the CPJ
- Portfolios: PFG 1: Access to rights, Human Rights Education with Young People/Education for Democratic Citizenship (lead 1); Enter! review and implementation (lead 2); Combating hate speech Rec (lead 2)
- PFG 2: Youth participation and youth work, Working group on Quality Label for Youth Centres (lead 1)
Jakub Grodecki
European Students' Union (ESU)
- Portfolios: PFG 1: Access to rights, Steering Committee for Education (CDEDU) (lead 1); Artificial intelligence (lead 2)
- PFG 2: Youth participation and youth work, Management Committee Ukraine (lead 1)
Konstanze Schönfeld
World Esperanto Youth Organisation (TEJO)
- Transversal portfolios: CoE-EU partnership (lead 2);
- PFG 1: Access to rights, Combating hate speech Rec (lead 1)
- PFG 2: Youth participation and youth work, Management Committee Ukraine (lead 3)
Léonard Ly Tri
CNAJEP - Committee for National and International relations between youth and non-formal education organisations of France
- Transversal portfolios: CoE-EU partnership (lead 1)
- PFG 1: Access to rights, Mobility - including EYCA, EPLM (lead 3)
- PFG 2: Youth participation and youth work, Youth work (lead 2)
Lukas Stede
German National Committee for International Youth Work (DNK)
- Portfolios: PFG 2: Youth participation and youth work, Youth work (lead 1)
- PFG 3: Inclusive and peaceful societies, Young people in rural communities (lead 2)
Marko Lončar
OSRS - Youth Council of Republic of Srpska
- Portfolios: PFG 2: Youth participation and youth work, Co-operation with the Conference of INGOs (lead 2); Media literacy/youth information ERYICA (European Youth Information and Counselling Agency) (lead 1); World Forum for Democracy (lead 3)
Maryam Majidova
GHA/SYE - Gender Hub Azerbaijan/''Support for Youth Empowerment'' Public Union
- CCJ representative in the CPJ
- Gender Equality Rapporteur
- Portfolios: PFG 1: Access to rights, Human Rights Education with Young People/Education for Democratic Citizenship (lead 2)
- PFG 3: Inclusive and peaceful societies, Gender Equality (lead 1).
Milan Zlatanovic
FYEG - Federation of Young European Greens
- Portfolios: PFG 1: Access to rights, climate crisis (lead 1)
- PFG 2: Youth participation and youth work, Expanding the space for civil society (lead 2)
Naira Sardaryan
YCAC - Youth and Community Action Club NGO
- Portfolios: PFG 3: Inclusive and peaceful societies, Implementation of CM/Rec on supporting young refugees in their transition to adulthood (lead 2); Young people in rural communities (lead 1)
Nedeljka Ivošević
NAPOR - National Association of Youth Workers
- Member of the CCJ Bureau
- PFG 2: Youth participation and youth work, Expanding the space for civil society (lead 3)
Nickolas Pagonakis
IFLRY - International Federation of Liberal Youth
- Member of the CCJ Bureau
- Transversal portfolios: co-operation with PACE (lead 3); campaign/revitalising pluralistic democracy (lead 2).
Nikol PARVANOVA
NYF - National Youth Forum of Bulgaria
- Transversal portfolios: National outreach and National Youth Councils (lead 2).
- PFG 1: Access to rights, ECHR and European Social Charter case law (lead 1).
Noah Kramer
World Organisation of the Scout Movement (WOSM)
- Transversal portfolios: Visibility and communications (lead 1)
- PFG 1: Access to rights: Implementation and review of CM/Rec on young people’s access to rights (lead 1)
- PFG 2: Youth participation and youth work: Youth work (lead 1).
Miha Zupancic
MSS - National Youth Council of Slovenia
- Portfolios: PFG 2: Youth participation and youth work, Expanding the space for civil society (lead 1); Co-operation with the Congress (lead 3); Media literacy/youth information ERYICA (European Youth Information and Counselling Agency) (lead 2)
- PFG 3: Inclusive and peaceful societies, Youth, peace and security (lead 3)
Pia Šlogar
Youth of European Nationalities (YEN)
- CPJ chair representing the CCJ
- Portfolios: PFG 1: Access to rights, Children’s rights (lead 2);
- PFG 3: Inclusive and peaceful societies, Roma and other autochthonous minorities (lead 1).
Sarah-Anna Awad
Austrian Youth Council (ÖJV)
- CCJ representative in the CPJ
- Portfolios: PFG3: Inclusive and peaceful societies; Euro-Arab Youth Co-operation (lead 1)
Spyros Papadatos
AEGEE - European Students' Forum
- Chair of the Advisory Council on Youth
- Transversal portfolios: Co-operation with PACE (lead 1)
- PFG 1: Access to rights, Climate crisis (lead 2)
- PFG 3: Inclusive and peaceful societies: Euro-Arab Youth Co-operation (lead 2); North-South Centre and its Universities (lead 3).
Tilemachos Boni
Alliance of European Voluntary Service Organisations
- CCJ representative in the CPJ
- Portfolios: PFG 3: Inclusive and peaceful societies, North-South Centre and its Universities (lead 1).
Timothy Rowies
EUDY - European Union of the Deaf Youth
- Rapporteur on Mainstreaming Disability Issues
- PFG 1: Access to rights; Human Rights Education with Young People/Education for Democratic Citizenship (lead 3); Implementation and review of CM/Rec on young people’s access to rights (lead 3);
- PFG 3: Inclusive and peaceful societies; Mainstreaming disability issues (lead 1)
Vittorio Gattari
CNG - National Youth Council of Italy
- Portfolios: PFG 1: Access to rights, Mobility - EPLM (lead 1)
- PFG 3: Inclusive and peaceful societies, North-South Centre and its Universities (lead 2)
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