Acknowledgements - Annual Report 2023

The Secretariat is the ‘engine room’ of the Eurochild network. We thank our staff and interns for their hard work in 2023.

Executive Team

Operations and Finances

Claire Boutry, Governance and Membership Officer
Clarisse Bouyala-Bertaud, Events and Office Officer (from March 2023)
Phu Cuong Nguyen, Finance Officer (from June 2023)
Gloria Botton, Governance and Membership Officer (maternity cover from August 2023 to December 2023)

Policy, Advocacy and Communications

Zuzana Konradova, EU Affairs Coordinator
Reneta Krivonozova, Policy and Advocacy Officer - Child poverty
Luc Aboubadra, Policy and Advocacy Assistant (from September 2023 to December 2023)
Davide Rambaldi, Communications Coordinator
Jennifer Traini, Communications Officer (until February 2023)
Federica Marra, Communications Officer (from May 2023)

Child Rights and Capacity Building

Eurochild Intern Programme participants in 2023

Sebastian Lindt, Policy and Advocacy Intern (from November 2022 until September 2023)
Oriane Leroy-Galateau, Policy and Advocacy Intern (from November 2023)
Lenia Kriki, Child Participation and Events Intern (from February 2023 until September 2023)

H.E. Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca, Honorary Member, Malta – President
Tanya Ward, Children’s Rights Alliance Ireland – Vice-President
Ninetta Kazantzis, Pancyprian Coordinating Committee for the Protection and Welfare of Children, Cyprus –Treasurer
Sean O’Neill, Children in Wales, United Kingdom (until May 2023)
Uroš Brezovšek, Slovenian Association of Friends of Youth, Slovenia
Adrian Oros, Hope and Hopes for Children Romania, Romania
Julien Vangeertsom,Individual Associate Member, Belgium
Macarena Céspedes, Plataforma de Infancia, Spain
Ulla Siimes, Central Union Welfare of Finland, Finland (elected at 2023 Annual General Assembly on 16 May)
Sérgio Costa Araújo, Individual Associate Member, Portugal (elected at 2023 Annual General Assembly on 16 May)

We wish to acknowledge and thank our major funding partners for their support in 2023:

European Commission, DG Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion – EU Programme for Employment and Social Innovation
UNICEF Europe and Central Asia Regional Office
OAK Foundation, Prevent Child Sexual Abuse Programme
Open Society Foundations, legacy grant from the Early Childhood Programme
Porticus
Tanya’s Dream Fund

Eurochild would also like to thank individual donors who supported us through unrestricted donations.

Umbrella networks and coalitions Eurochild is part of:

EU Alliance for Investing in Children
European Expert Group on the transition from institutional to community-based support
European Public Health Alliance
Social Platform
Lifelong Learning Platform (from June 2023)
Child Rights Connect
Child Rights Action Group
European Anti-Poverty Network
Initiative for Children in Migration
The European Family Support Network
Civil Society Liaison Group of the EESC
Global Coalition to End Child Poverty
Transforming Children’s Care Global Collaborative
Regional Child Protection Sub-working Group – Ukraine Refugee Situation
ESF Transnational Cooperation Platform
European Commission Expert Working Group on Early Childhood Education and Care
European Commission Expert Working Group on Schools: Subgroup on Pathways to School Success

First Years, First Priority campaign

The DataCare project

Governance and HR

Fundraising and partnership development

Our contractors and service providers:

Design, illustration and printing: Hallo Mondo, Drawnalism, Media Process, We Tell Stories
IT Support: B&B Computer Solutions
Accountancy & auditing: Danielle Ost, Stéfania Ciocan, Danielle Quivy
Websites management and hosting: Wikafi, ACW
Salesforce: Zsolt Polacsek and Péter Szabó
Moderators: Katharina Moser, Christine Broggiato

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