Supervisory Board and Staff members

The highest decision-making body of Eurodiaconia is the Annual General Meeting (AGM). The AGM is hosted by alternate member organisations across Europe.

The AGM decides on the strategy and work plan for the coming year which is monitored by the Supervisory Board. Members are elected for 4 years.

The Board currently consists of:

Olli Holmstrom

  Olli Holmstrom

Diakonissalaitos, Finland

Chairperson
Cristian Pavel

Cristian Pavel

Filantropia Timișoara, Romania

Vice-Chairperson

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Rollaug Waaler

Haroldsplass Foundation, Norway

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Agnieszka Jelinek

Diaconia Poland, Poland

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Alessandro Esposito

Diaconia Valdese, Italy

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Malte Lindenthal

Diakonie Deutschland, Germany

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Alfredo Abad

Iglesia Evangélica Española,Spain

The work of Eurodiaconia is carried out in cooperation with members through topical networks and coordinated by the Eurodiaconia’s secretariat in Brussels, staffed by:

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Heather Roy

Secretary General

Areas of work

  • General Coordination
  • Internal and External Relationships
  • Economic and Social Policies
  • Faith in Social Care

Languages: English, French

Anne-Sophie

Anne-Sophie Wislocki

Head of Advocacy

Areas of work

  • Coordination of policy work
  • Employment and social affairs
  • European Semester / Recovery and Resilience
  • European Pillar of Social Rights

Languages: English, German, French

Vera Nygard

Vera Nygard

Head of Membership Services, Projects & Engagement

Areas of work

  • Membership services
  • Projects and Partnership development
  • Capacity building
  • EU Funding

Languages: English, Swedish, Finnish, French

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Henriette Umutesi

Office Manager

Areas of work

  • Administration
  • Annual General Meeting
  • Membership
  • Human Resources

Languages: English, French, Kinyarwanda

Kewan Mildred

Kewan Mildred

Policy and Membership Development Officer

Areas of work

  • Social Services
  • Diaconia and Covid-19
  • Social Innovation
  • Healthy Ageing and Long-Term Care

Languages: English, Lamnso, Dutch, French

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Linn Sommerhoff

Policy Assistant

Areas of work

  • Access to Employment
  • Extreme Poverty
  • Social Inclusion

 

Languages: English, French, German

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Gisela Guari Canada

Policy and Membership Development Officer

Areas of work

  • Migration and Social Inclusion
  • Migrants Integration
  • Roma Inclusion

Languages: English, Spanish, Italian

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Andrea Sanchez

Policy Assistant

Areas of work

  • Migration and Social Inclusion
  • Migrants Integration
  • Roma Inclusion

Languages: English, Spanish, French, and Basque

Giorgia

Giorgia Signoretto

Projects and EU Funding Officer

Areas of work

  • Projects and Partnership Development
  • EU Funding
  • Research

Languages: English, Italian, French

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Magdalena Bordagorry

Policy and Membership Development Officer

Areas of work

  • Access to Employment
  • Extreme Poverty
  • Social Inclusion

Languages: English, Spanish, French

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Donata Cagnato

Communications and Membership Engagement Officer

Areas of work

  • Strategic Communications
  • Membership Engagement
  • Events

Languages: English, Italian, Spanish

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Janne Aarts

Communications and Membership Engagement Assistant

Areas of work

  • Strategic Communications
  • Membership Engagement
  • Press Enquiries

Languages: English, Spanish, Dutch

Statutes and Finance

Eurodiaconia is a registered AISBL (Association Internationale Sans But Lucratif) in Belgium. Our statutes are available in English and French as well as German. Our internal rules are available in English.

We receive support from the European Union Programme for Employment and Social Innovation “EaSI” (2014-2020). For further information, please consult: http://ec.europa.eu/social/easi.

We receive membership fees, whose system takes into account the economic capacity of each member, as well as solidarity contributions.

Last but not least, since recent years, we receive a grant from the Otto Per Mille Foundation to provide training for members on accessing EU funds.

Eurodiaconia accounts for 2019

2019 2018
INCOME Budget Actual at Year End Variance Actual
Solidarity Contributions and membership fees 144,035 € 149,173 € 5,138 € 142,578 €
Conference Fees 11,000 € 11,046 € 46 € 10,085 €
Grants 586,630 € 611,296 € 24,666 € 592,459 €
Total 741,665 € 771,515 € 29,850 € 745,122 €
2019 2018
EXPENDITURE Budget Actual at Year End Variance Actual
Staffing 530,050 € 496,485 € -33,565 € 503,283 €
Travel, Accommodation and Projects 89,830 € 147,554 € 57,724 € 97,785 €
Services 57,220 € 67,721 € 10,501 € 73,253 €
Administration 58,980 € 53,071 € -5,909 € 63,425 €
Total 736,080 € 764,831 € 28,751 € 737,746 €

Income

Expenditure

Annual General Meeting

The highest decision-making body of Eurodiaconia is the Annual General Meeting. Each year our members decide on the strategy and work plan for the coming year and discuss any other pressing issues.