EYCS COUNCIL 23-24.11.2015 - REV1 (*)

PARTICIPANTS

Belgium: Ms Hilde CREVITS Vice-Minister-President of the Flemish Government and Flemish Minister for Education Ms Isabelle SIMONIS Minister for Social Advancement Education, Youth, Women's Rights and Equal Opportunities Mr René COLLIN Minister for Agriculture, Nature, Rural Affairs, Tourism and Sports Infrastructure Mr Philippe MUYTERS Flemish Minister for Employment, the Economy, Innovation and Sport Mr Olivier BELL Deputy Permanent Representative Bulgaria: Mr Todor TANEV Minister for Education and Science Mr Asen MARKOV Deputy Minister of Youth and Sports Mr Boil BANOV Deputy Minister at the Ministry of Culture Czech : Mr Daniel HERMAN Minister of Culture Mr Jakub DURR Deputy Permanent Representative : Ms Ellen TRANE NØRBY Minister for Children, Education and Gender Equality Mr Bertel HAARDER Minister for Culture and Ecclesiastical Affairs Germany: Ms Monika GRÜTTERS Minister of State to the Federal Chancellor and Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media Mr Georg SCHÜTTE State Secretary, Federal Ministry of Education and Research Mr Ralf KLEINDIEK State Secretary, Federal Ministry of Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth Mr Ole SCHRÖDER Parliamentary State Secretary to the Federal Minister for the Interior Estonia: Mr. Jûrgen LIGI Minister of Education and Research Mr Indrek SAAR Minister for Culture Ireland: Mr James REILLY Minister for Children and Youth Affaires Mr Damien ENGLISH Minister of State with special responsibility for Skills, Research and Innovation (Department of Education and Skills and Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation) Mr Tom HANNEY Deputy Permanent Representative Greece: Mr Nikolaos FILIS Minister of Education, Research and Religious Affairs Mr Eleftherios KRETSOS Secretary General of Information and Communication Mr Stavros KONTONIS Minister of State of Sports Spain: Mr Íñigo MÉNDEZ DE VIGO State Secretary for the European Union Mr Juan ARISTEGUI Deputy Permanent Representative France: Ms Najat VALLAUD-BELKACEM Minister for Education, Higher Education and Research Ms Fleur PELLERIN Minister for Culture and Communication Mr Patrick KANNER Minister for Urban Affairs, Youth and Sport Mr Thierry BRAILLARD Minister of State for Sport Croatia Mr Berislav ŠIPUŠ Minister for Culture Mr Goran ŠTEFANIĆ Deputy Permanent Representative Italy: Ms Stefania GIANNINI Minister for Education, Universities and Research Mr Giovanni PUGLIESE Deputy Permanent Representative Cyprus: Ms Maria HADTJITHEODOSIOU Deputy Permanent Representative Latvia: Ms Mārīte SEILE Minister for Education and Science Mr Juris ŠTĀLMEISTARS Deputy Permanent Representative Lithuania: Ms Audroné PITRĖNIENĖ Minister of Education and Science Mr Šarūnas BIRUTIS Minister for Culture Mr Gintaras KLIMAVIČIUS Deputy Minister for Social Security and Labour Mr Elvinas JANKEVIČIUS Deputy Minister for the Interior Luxembourg: Ms Maggy NAGEL Minister for Culture, Minister for Housing Mr Claude MEISCH Minister for National Education, Children and Young People, Minister for Higher Education and Research Mr Romain SCHNEIDER Minister for Social Security, Minister for Development Cooperation and Humanitarian Affairs, Minister for Sport Hungary: Mr István ÍJGYÁRTÓ Minister of State for Cultural Diplomacy, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade Mr Tibor STELBACZKY Deputy Permanent Representative Malta: Mr Neil KERR Deputy Permanent Representative Netherlands: Ms Jet BUSSEMAKER Minister for Education, Culture and Science Ms Edith SCHIPPERS Minister for Health, Welfare and Sport Austria: * Mr Josef OSTERMEYER Federal Minister for Arts and Culture, Constitution and Media * Mr Gerald KLUG Federal Minister for Defence and Sport Mr Thomas OBERREITER Deputy Permanent Representative Poland: Mr Sebastian BARKOWSKI Deputy Permanent Representative Portugal: Ms Margarida MANO Minister for Education and Science Ms Teresa MORAIS Minister for Culture, Equality and Citizenship Mr Nuno VASSALO E SILVA Secretary of State of Culture Ms Rosa BATORÉU Deputy Permanent Representative Romania: Mr Adrian CURAJ Minister of National Education and Scientific Research Mr Adrian Călin BUZGĂU Undersecretary of State, Ministry of Youth and Sports Mr Cristian BĂDESCU Deputy Permanent Representative

Slovenia: Ms Maja MAKOVEC BRENČIČ Minister for Education, Science and Sport Ms Julijana BIZJAK MLAKAR Minister for Culture Ms Metka IPAVIC Deputy Permanent Representative Slovakia: Ms Romana KANOVSKA Deputy Minister of Culture * Mr Alexander MICOVČIN Deputy Permanent Representative Finland: Ms Sanni GRAHN-LAASONEN Minister for Education and Culture Sweden: Ms Aida HADZIALIC Minister for Upper Secondary School and Adult Education and Training Ms Alice BAH KUHNKE Minister for Culture and Democracy Mr Gustav FRIDOLIN Minister for Education Ms Åsa WEBER Deputy Permanent Representative United Kingdom: Ms Fiona HYSLOP Cabinet Secretary for Culture and External Affairs Ms Shan MORGAN Deputy Permanent Representative

Commission: Mr Tibor NAVRACSICS Member