Acknowledgements - Annual Report 2024
The Secretariat team
The Secretariat is the ‘engine room’ of the Eurochild network. We thank our staff for their hard work in 2024.
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
- Phu Cuong Nguyen, Finance Officer
- Sara Mourtada, Governance and Membership Assistant (February to April 2024)
Policy, Advocacy and Communications
- Zuzana Konradova, EU Affairs Coordinator
- Davide Rambaldi, Communications Coordinator
- Federica Marra, Communications Officer
- Reneta Krivonozova, Policy and Advocacy Officer - Child poverty (until October 2024)
- Francesca Pisanu, EU Advocacy Officer (from March 2024)
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
- Alice Hagger-Vaughan, Child Participation Coordinator (until February 2024)
- Khalil Cambron, Child Participation Interim Coordinator (from April to September 2024)
- Carine Leborgne, Child Participation Coordinator (from November 2024)
- Lenia Kriki, Child Participation and Events Officer (until September 2024)
- Laure Pailleau, Child Participation and Policy Officer (from June 2024)
Eurochild Intern Programme participants in 2024
- Oriane Leroy-Galateau, Policy and Advocacy Intern (from November 2023 to November 2024)
- Isabella Cervino, Child Participation and Events Intern (from February 2024)
- Julie Bartoňová-Dobenínová, Policy and Advocacy Intern (from December 2024)
- Maël Leroux, Policy & Advocacy on Online Safety Intern (from December 2024)
The Management Board for their leadership and strategic guidance
- H.E. Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca, Honorary Member, Malta – President
- Tanya Ward, Children’s Rights Alliance Ireland, Ireland – Vice-President
- Ninetta Kazantzis, Pancyprian Coordinating Committee for the Protection and Welfare of Children, Cyprus – Treasurer
- Adrian Oros, Hope and Homes for Children Romania, Romania
- 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
- Ulla Siimes, Central Union Welfare of Finland, Finland
Eurochild’s allies and partners in 2024 for helping us achieving our impact.
We wish to acknowledge and thank our major funding partners for their support in 2024:
- 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
- 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
- Social Platform
- Lifelong Learning Platform
- Child Rights Connect
- Child Rights Action Group
- European Anti-Poverty Network
- Philea - Philantrophy 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
- European Commission Expert Working Group on Early Childhood Education and Care
- European Commission Expert Working Group on Schools: Subgroup on Pathways to School Success
Our consultants
Children’s rights, including First Years, First Priority campaign and child participation
- Giorgiana Rosa
- Jonathan Ellis
- Chris Stalker
- Khalil Cambron (September 2024- December 2024)
Governance and HR
- Daniel Genberg
- Hendrik Geleyte from Geleyte, Rasson and Partners
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, Danielle Quivy
- Websites management and hosting: ACW, L’Union, Wikafi,
- Salesforce: Zsolt Polacsek and Péter Szabó
Moderator: Katharina Moser
In Memoriam: Khalil Cambron
We are saddened by the passing of former colleague Khalil Cambron. Khalil, who joined the team as Child Participation and Safeguarding Coordinator and passed away on 26 December 2024. As Eurochild, we shared a message of condolences with his family on behalf of our organisation to express our sympathy and support. He was an important part of our team and is greatly missed.
