+9 Oficina Principal AGEG c/o EUREGIO ∙ Enscheder Str. 362 D-48599 Gronau (Alemania) Oficina de Proyectos AEBR c/o WeWork Neue Schönhauserstraße 3-5 D-10178 Berlín (Alemania) Antena de la ARFE en la UE Oficina de Extremadura en Bruselas Av. De Cortenbergh 87-89 B-1000 Bruselas (Bélgica) AEBR Info Centre en los Balcanes Institute for International and CBC Terazije 14/14 11000 Belgrado (Serbia) AEBR Info Centre en Ucrania Universidad Simon Kuznets (KhNUE) pr. Lenina, 9a 61001 Jarkov (Ucrania)
Elected bodies of AEBR 2020-2022 Due to COVID-19 restrictions, AEBR General Assembly 2020 took place online on 5 November 2020. The election of AEBR bodies was organized by email voting before the General Assembly. Presidency
Mr Karl-Heinz Lambertz President of the Parliament of the German-speaking BE Community of Belgium
First Vice-Presidency
Ms Ann-Sofi Backgren Member of the Regional Council of Ostrobothnia FI
Vice-Presidencies
Mr Bert Bouwmeester Ems Dollart Region (NL/DE) NL
Ms Gabriele Lackner- Obfrau, Member of Upper Austria Regional Parliament, AT Strauss Euregio Bayerisches Wald/Böhmerwald/ Mühlviertel (DE/CZ/AT)
Mr Guillermo Fernández President of the Region of Extremadura, EUROACE ES Vara (ES/PT), Head of Spanish Delegation at the CoR
Ms Riet Gillis Euregio Scheldemond (BE/NL), Gedeputeerde of East BE Flanders
Mr Pavel Branda Vice-Mayor of Radlo, CoR Member, Euroregion Neisse- CZ Nisa-Nysa (DE/CZ/PL)
Mr Édouard Jacque Région Grand Est (Alsace-Champagne-Ardenne-Lorraine) FR
Mr Dieter Friese Honorary Chairman of Euroregion Spree-Neiße-Bober DE (DE/PL)
Mr Zbigniew Kulik Euroregion Neisse/Nysa/Nisa (DE/CZ/PL) PL
Mr Peter van 't Hoog Provincial of Gelderland (NL) NL Mr Stefanos Georgiadis President of Euroregion Nestos-Mesta (GR/BG) and GR President of the Chamber of Drama
Treasurer
Mr Joris Bengevoord EUREGIO (DE/NL), Mayor of Winterswijk NL
Auditors
Mr Kaspar Sammer Euregio Bayerisches Wald-Böhmerwald-Mühlviertel DE (DE/CZ/AT)
Dr Gerhard Obermair Euregio Inn-Salzach (AT/DE) AT
Members of the Executive Committee
Mr Oliver Paasch Minister-President of the German-speaking Community of BE Belgium
Mr Dirk Hilbert Mayor of Dresden; Co-President of the Euroregion DE Elbe/Labe (CZ/DE)
Ms Pamela Arthurs CEO, East Border Region (IE/UK) UK
Dr Mr Fritz Staudigl Secretary General, ARGE ALP (AT/CH/DE/IT); Director AT of the European Department of the Regional Government of Tirol (AT)
Mr Peter Hansen Director, Region Sønderjylland-Schleswig (DE/DK), DE Coordinator of the German Grouping in AEBR, Coordinator of the Task Force CB Labour Market (TFCBLM)
Ms Eira Varis Development Director (act.), Regional Council of North FI Karelia (FI), Euroregion Karelia (FI/RU)
Mr Ralf Oberdorfer Mayor of Plauen (DE); Vice-President of the Euregion DE Egrensis Saxony/Thuringia (DE)
Mr Steffen Rubach Secretary General of the EuRegio Salzburg- DE Berchtesgadener Land-Traunstein (AT/DE)
Mr Frédéric Siebenhaar Eurodistrict PAMINA (DE/FR) DE
Mr Eero Ylitalo Mayor of Pello (FI); Chairman of the board of SE Tornedalsrådet (SE/FI)
Mr Antti Rämä Regional Council of South Karelia FI
Ms Magdalena Fotek Euroregion Bug Poland (PL/UA/BY) PL Kułak
Mr Pal Arne Oulie “Utvalg for kultur”, Innlandet County Council NO
Mr Michael Fahmüller Governor of Rottal-Inn (DE); EUREGIO Bayerischer DE Wald –Böhmerwald–Unterer Inn e.V. (AT/CZ/DE)
Mr Juan Manuel Moreno President of the Region of Andalucía ES Bonilla
Mr António Ceia da President of the Region Alentejo PT Silva
Dr Christoph von Ach Secretariat General, EGTC Europaregion Tirol-Südtirol- IT Trentino (AT/IT)
Mr Manuel Friesecke Director, Regio Basiliensis CH
Mr Michael Dejozé Director, Euregio Maas-Rhein (BE/DE/NL) BE
Ms Irena Stróżyńska Vice-Secretary General of the Polish Association of PL Euroregion Pomerania
Mr Harald Altekrüger President of the Euroregion Spree-Neiße-Bober (DE/PL); DE Governor of Spree-Neiße (DE)
Ms Eszter Csókási Managing Director, DKMT Euroregional development HU Agency (HU/RO/RS)
Mr Albert Ortig Mayor of Ried (AT); President of Euroregion Inn-Salzach AT (AT/DE)
Mr Dawid Lasek Director, Association of the Carpathian Euroregion Poland PL
Mr Vladica Tošić Co-President of Euroregion Nishava (RS/BG) RS
Mr Eduard Syromolot Euroregion Slobozhanschina UA n.n. Kursk Oblast RU n.n. Galicia-Norte
Alternate Members of the Executive Committee
Mr / Ms Replacing…
Mr. Kaj Suomela Ms Backgren (not as Vice-President)
Mr Matthias Groote Mr Bouwmeester (not as Vice-President)
Mr Wilhelm Patri Ms Lackner-Strauss (not as Vice-President)
Ms Rosa Balas Mr Guillermo Fernández Vara (not as Vice-President)
Ms Els Piqueur Ms Riet Gillis (not as Vice-President)
Mr Jaroslav Zámečník Mr Pavel Branda (not as Vice-President)
Ms Claudine Ganter Mr Édouard Jacque (not as Vice-President)
Mr Jurjen Van Dijk Mr Peter van ‘t Hoog (not as Vice-President)
Ms Anthi Panagiotou Mr Stefanos Georgiadis (not as Vice-President) (Chamber of Xanthi)
Mr. Christoph Almering Mr Bengevoord (not as Treasurer)
Ms Nicole DePalmenaer Mr Oliver Paasch
Mr. Rüdiger Kubsch Mr Dirk Hilbert
Ms Dette Hughes Ms Pamela Arthurs
Mr. Andreas Greiter Dr Mr Fritz Staudigl
Ms Julia Schatte Mr Peter Hansen
Mr. Risto Poutiainen Ms Eira Varis
Mr Patrik Pizinger Mr Ralf Oberdorfer n.n. Mr Steffen Rubach
Dr Patrice Harster Mr. Frédéric Siebenhaar
Mr. Heikki Aalto Mr Eero Ylitalo
Mr. Johannes Moisio Mr Antti Rämä n.n. Ms Magdalena Fotek Kułak
Ms Katarina Nordmark Mr Pal Arne Oulie
Mr. Georg Riedl Mr Michael Fahmüller
Mr Enrique Millo Rocher Mr Juan Manuel Moreno Bonilla / Ms Celia Rosell
Ms Sandra Jorge Mr Roberto Grilo
Ms Karin Gschnitzer Dr Christoph von Ach n.n. Mr Manuel Friesecke n.n. Mr Michael Dejozé
Ms Andrea Gronwald Ms Irena Stróżyńska
Mr. Carsten Jacob Mr Harald Altekrüger
n.n. Ms Eszter Csókási
Mr Gerhard Obermair Mr Albert Ortig
Ms Barbara Inglot Mr Dawid Lasek
Ms Nataliia Gavkalova Mr Syromolot
n.n. n.n. (Kursk)
n.n. n.n. (Galicia-Norte)
Non-elected positions: Chairman of the Advisory Committee, observers and guests, regularly invited to AEBR Executive Committee, honorary members, CBA Jury, TF Coordinators
Advisory Committee
Mr Jens Gabbe Chairman
Observers
Mr Andreas Kiefer Secretary General, Congress of Local and Regional Authorities (Council of Europe)
Mr Christian Spahr Secretary General, Assembly of European Regions (AER)
Ms Eleni Marianou Secretary General, Conference of Peripheral and Maritime Regions (CPMR)
Guests
Mr Bernhard Bramlage Chairman of the Jury of the Cross-Border Awards Sail of Papenburg, Ems Dollart Regio
Mr Jens Gabbe Honorary Member, Chairman of the Advisory Committee, former Secretary General
Dr Reinhold Kolck Vice-Chairman of the Advisory Committee, Ems Dollart Regio
Mr Johannes Moisio Chairman of the Task Force External Borders (TFEB), South Karelia (FI)
Mr Rudolf Godesar Chairman of the Task Force CB Culture (T4CBC), Euregio Meuse-Rhine (BE/DE/NL)
Mr Joan Vallvé Honorary Member, former President of AEBR