Acknowledgements – Eurochild’s achievements in 2025
Annual Report 2025.
The Secretariat team
The Secretariat is the ‘engine room’ of the Eurochild network. We thank our staff for their hard work in 2025.
Executive Team
- Sabine Saliba, Secretary General
- Ally Dunhill, Director of Policy, Advocacy and Communication
- Mieke Schuurman, Director of Child Rights and Capacity Building
- Paolo Petrini, Director of Finance
Operations and Finances
- Claire Boutry Özkan, Governance, Membership and HR Officer
- Clarisse Bouyala-Bertaud, Events and Office Officer (until September 2025)
- Phu Cuong Nguyen, Finance Officer
Policy, Advocacy and Communications
- Zuzana Konradova, EU Affairs Coordinator
- Davide Rambaldi, Communications Coordinator
- Federica Marra, Communications Officer
- Francesca Pisanu, EU Advocacy Officer
- Kristiana Stoyanova, Policy and Advocacy Officer - Child poverty
Child Rights and Capacity Building
- Agata D’Addato, Head of Programmes
- Ciaran O'Donnell, Partnerships and Programmes Coordinator
- Fabiola Bas Palomares, Lead Policy and Advocacy Officer - Online Safety (until November 2025)
- Carine Le Borgne, Child Participation Coordinator (transitioned to a full-time consultant contract in October 2025)
- Laure Pailleau, Child Participation and Policy Officer
Eurochild Intern Programme participants in 2025
- Isabella Cervino, Child Participation and Events Intern (from February 2024 until February 2025)
- Stella Picca, Child Participation and Events Intern (from February 2025)
- Julie Bartoňová-Dobenínová, Policy and Advocacy Intern (from December 2024 until November 2025)
- Maël Leroux, Policy & Advocacy on Online Safety Intern (from December 2024 until July 2025)
- Sofia Montresor, Policy & Advocacy on Online Safety Intern (from September 2025)
The Management (leadership and strategic guidance)
- H.E. Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca, Honorary Member, Malta – President (until May 2025)
- Tanya Ward, Children’s Rights Alliance Ireland, Ireland – Vice-President (until May 2025) and President (from May 2025)
- Bruce Adamson, Honorary Member, United Kingdom – Vice-President (from May 2025)
- Ninetta Kazantzis, Pancyprian Coordinating Committee for the Protection and Welfare of Children, Cyprus – Treasurer
- Adrian Oros, Hope and Homes for Children Romania, Romania (until May 2025)
- Julien Vangeertsom, Individual Associate Member, Belgium
- Macarena Céspedes, Plataforma de Organizaciones de Infancia, Spain
- Sérgio Costa Araújo, Individual Associate Member, Portugal
- Uroš Brezovšek, Slovenian Association of Friends of Youth, Slovenia (until May 2025)
- Ulla Siimes, Central Union Welfare of Finland, Finland
- Lucija Vejmelka, FICE Croatia, Croatia (from May 2025)
- Vasylyna Dybaylo, Partnership for Every Child, Ukraine (from May 2025)
The Ethics Committee (providing guidance)
- Catriona Williams OBE
- Margaret Tuite
- Marta Santos Pais
Eurochild’s allies and partners (helping us achieve our impact)
We wish to acknowledge and thank our major donors for their support in 2025:
- European Commission, DG Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion – EU Programme for Employment and Social Innovation
- European Commission, DG Justice and Consumers – EU Citizens Equality Rights and Values Programme
- Oak Foundation, Prevent Child Sexual Abuse Programme
- 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
- Social Platform
- Lifelong Learning Platform
- Child Rights Connect
- Child Rights Action Group
- European Anti-Poverty Network
- Philea - Philanthropy Europe Association
- 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
- ESF Transnational Cooperation Platform
- EU CSA Legislation Advocacy Group (ECLAG)
- EC Dialogue with Common Provision Regulation partners 2021-2027
- Council of Europe CDENF Steering Committee for the Rights of the Child
- The Council of Europe Consultation Group on the Children of Ukraine (CGU) European Commission Expert Working Group on Early Childhood Education and Care
- European Commission Expert Working Group on Schools: Subgroup on Pathways to School Success
- European Society of Association Executives
- Federation of European and International Associations established in Belgium
Our consultants
- Giorgiana Rosa
- Carine Le Borgne
- Jeta Bejtullahu from Last Kind Words
- Emma Lane-Spollen
Our contractors and service providers
- Design, illustration and printing: Hallo Mondo, Media Process, Re.Brand Studio
- IT Support: B&B Computer Solutions
- Accountancy & auditing: Jonathan Moldawski and Stéfania Ciocan from GV&A, David Vandercamme from My-CFO, Danielle Quivy
- Websites management and hosting: ACW, L’Union, Wikafi,
- Salesforce: Zsolt Polacsek and Péter Szabó
- Moderator: Franziska Graf
