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AGE Governance

AGE is governed by the

General Assembly composed of all AGE's members, and by its elected representatives meeting in an Executive Committee and a Council of Administration. It is composed of a Brussels based Secretariat and different elected bodies.

Executive Committee members

Marjan Sedmak, President (SLO)
Louise Richardson, Vice President (IRL)
Peirens Willy, Vice President (BE)
Halina Potocka, Vice President (PL)
Jean-Pierre Bultez, Vice President (FR)
Maria Petkova, Secretary (BU)
Martin Van Rooijen, Treasurer (NL)

Executive Committee members are responsible for the daily management of the Platform and staff management.

Council of Administration members

Full Members

National Organisations

Austria: Kummer Walter (Senioren Verband)
Belgium: Willy Peirens (OKRA, trefpunt 55+)
Bulgaria: Petkova Maria (Charity Association Donka Paprikova)
Cyprus:
Czech Republic: Jan Lorman (Zivot 90)
Denmark: Johansen Ebbe
Finland: Norrback Ole (Association of SwedishSpeaking Pensioners in Finland)
France: Goulley Etienne (FNAR), Bultez Jean-Pierre
Germany: Ruth Brand (BAGSO) Scholl Annette (Kuratorium Deutsche Altershilfe)
Greece: Liz Mestheneos (50+ Hellas)
Ireland: Richardson Louise (OWN Ireland)
Italy: Perricone Ottaviano (Sindacato Nazionale Pensionati Della Confagricoltura), D'Orazio Elio
Lithuania: Juozas Satas (Lithuanian Pensioners' Union "BOCIA")
Malta: Azzopardi Moses (National Association of Pensioners)
Netherlands: Martin van Rooijen (Age Platform Netherlands)
Poland: Ewa Kominev (Foundation Samaritanu)
Portugal: Ferreira Ivone (VIDA)
Slovenia: Marjan Sedmak (MZU Ljubljana)
Spain: Carrascal Eduardo, Guillermo Marinas Losada
Sweden: Karl Erik Olsson (SPF)
UK: Jim Dunlop (Civil Service Pensioners' Alliance) Irene Kingston (Age NI)

European Federations

Koskas Alain (FIAPA)
Elisabeth Dispaux (ESU)
Curt Arne Persson (NOPO)
Dirk Jarre (EURAG)

European Organisations

Cluzel Angela (EDE)
Machiels Bruno (EZA)

Substitute Members

Austria: Hawlicek Hilde
Belgium: Hallet Jean
Cyprus: Paschalidou Androulla
Czech Republic: Oldrich Stanek
Denmark: Johansen Ebbe
Finland: Pirkko Karjalainen
France: Galibert Marie-Claire, Merle Jean-Christophe
Germany: Arenz Jeannette, Borchers-Siebrecht Ute
Ireland: Meehan Sylvia
Italy: D'Orazio Elio, Torrente Giuseppe
Malta: Mallia Carmel
Netherlands: Geveke Kees
Portugal: Santos Susana
Spain: Sanchez Belen, Jose Campo
Sweden: Ingela Lindberger
UK: Davidson Kate, Ashby Syd

National Organisations

Austria: Hawlicek Hilde
Belgium: Hallet Jean
Cyprus: Paschalidou Androulla
Czech Republic: Stanek Oldrich
Denmark: Ebbe Johansen
Finland: Karjalainen Pirkko
France: Galibert Marie-Claire, Merle Jean-Christophe
Germany: Borchers-Siebrecht Ute, Arenz Jeannette
Ireland: Meehan Sylvia
Italy: D'Antonangelo Claudio, Torrente Giuseppe
Malta: Mallia Carmel
Netherlands: Geveke Kees
Portugal: Santos Susana
Spain: Sanchez Belen, Campo Jose
Sweden: Ingela Linderberger
UK: Ashby Syd, Kate Davidson

European Federations

Guaragna Sonia (FIAPA)
Hermans An (ESU)
Friberg Ralf (NOPO)
Dana Steinove (EURAG)

European Organisations

Schlüter Wilfried (EDE)
Pauwels Léo (EZA)

Please click here for the list of the Substitute Members

The Council of Administration is responsible for the overall running of the Association, for the implementation of the programme set by the General Assembly, for the preparation of the annual budget, for General Assemblies and for the consultative examination of candidature files of full members or others prepared by the Accreditation Committee. The members of the Council of Administration represent each one of the European Countries, the European organisations, and the European Federations of older people. They are elected at the General Assembly by the organisation of their country.

Accreditation Committee

Chair:
Marjan Sedmak (MZU), Slovenia

Members:

Gérard Fouilloux (UFR), France
Halina Potocka, (Fundacja na Rzecz Kobiet JA KOBIETA), Poland

The Accreditation Committee is responsible for examining applications to membership. Applications to AGE must be sent to AGE's Secretariat at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

For more information, please read AGE internal rules

Expert Groups

Six expert groups inform AGE’s work in specific policy areas: age discrimination, employment, social inclusion, social protection, health, and new technologies and accessibility.

The expert groups are:

Anti-Discrimination Expert Group (ADEG)
Employment and Active Ageing Expert Group (EEG)
Health and Social Services Expert Group (HEG)
Social Inclusion Expert Group (SIEG)
Social Protection Expert Group (SPEG)
Working Group on Universal Accessibility and Independent Living (WGUAIL)

The terms of reference for the expert groups are available here.

The expert groups play a key role in helping AGE to implement its objectives and work programme in their respective policy field: they bring the national perspective into AGE's work and help draft common statements on the policy area they work on. These statements are then submitted to the AGE Executive Committee and Council for discussion and approval.

Last Updated on Thursday, 17 November 2011 11:40

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