Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 1922/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 December 2006 on establishing a European Institute for Gender Equality(1), and in particular Article 10 thereof,

| Official Journal of the European Union | EN C series ---|---|--- * * * | C/2025/2802 | 19.5.2025 ---|---|--- COUNCIL DECISION of 13 May 2025 appointing members and alternates of the Management Board of the European Institute for Gender Equality (C/2025/2802) THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 1922/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 December 2006 on establishing a European Institute for Gender Equality (1), and in particular Article 10 thereof, Whereas: (1) | Regulation (EC) No 1922/2006 provides that the Council is to appoint 18 members, as well as alternates, to the Management Board of the European Institute for Gender Equality for a period of three years. For each term of office, the members and alternates appointed by the Council are to represent eighteen Member States in the order of the rotating Presidencies, one member, as well as one alternate, being proposed by each Member State concerned. ---|--- (2) | Regulation (EC) No 1922/2006 further provides that the members of the Management Board, as well as the alternates, are to be appointed in such a way as to secure the highest standards of competence and a broad range of relevant and transdisciplinary expertise in the area of gender equality, and that the Council is to aim to achieve a balanced representation between men and women on the Management Board. ---|--- (3) | Croatia, Germany, Portugal, Slovenia, France, Czechia, Sweden, Spain, Belgium, Hungary, Poland, Denmark, Cyprus, Ireland, Lithuania, Greece, Italy and Latvia have submitted nominations to the Council for the members and alternates to be appointed to the Management Board for the period from 1 June 2025 to 31 May 2028, ---|--- HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION: Article 1 The following persons are hereby appointed to the Management Board of the European Institute for Gender Equality as members and alternates for the period from 1 June 2025 to 31 May 2028 to represent the Member States concerned: Member State | Member | Alternate ---|---|--- Croatia | Ms Dijana ĆURKOVIĆ | Ms Irena SARTA Germany | Ms Petra FOLLMER-OTTO | Ms Birgit SCHWEIKERT Portugal | Ms Sandra RIBEIRO | Mr Manuel ALBANO Slovenia | Ms Helena VALAS | Ms Pia AŽMAN KLUKOVIČ France | Ms Stéfania CHIRU | Ms Catherine PETIT Czechia | Mr Radan ŠAFAŘÍK | Ms Monika ŠAMOVÁ Sweden | Ms Lenita FREIDENVALL | Ms Cecilia ASKLÖF Spain | Ms Cristina HERNÁNDEZ MARTÍN | Ms María VÁZQUEZ SELLÁN Belgium | Ms Liesbet STEVENS | Ms Carine JOLY Hungary | Mr Gábor JAROSS | Ms Lilla MIKLÓS Poland | Ms Katarzyna SZKUTA | Ms Magdalena DROPEK Denmark | Ms Kira UITTERDIJK APPEL | Mr Jeppe HOLM NIELSEN Cyprus | Mr Stavros CHRISTOFI | Mr Alexandros ALEXANDROU Ireland | Ms Jane Ann DUFFY | Ms Lisa HUGHES Lithuania | Ms Jolanta SAKALAUSKIENĖ | Ms Milda JANEIKAITĖ Greece | Ms Eleni NTALAKA | Mr Dimitrios PLATIS Italy | Ms Laura MENICUCCI | Mr Stefano PIZZICANNELLA Latvia | Ms Agnese GAILE | Article 2 This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its adoption. Done at Brussels, 13 May 2025. For the Council The President A. DOMAŃSKI * * * (1) OJ L 403, 30.12.2006, p. 9, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2006/1922/oj. * * * ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/2802/oj ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition) * * *