Steering Group

The Steering Group consists of regional officials from as many different Member States as possible and is voluntarily involved with the day-to-day responsibilities of ENCORE. The Steering Group is Co-chaired by the Region that will host the next Conference together with the Region that has hosted the last Conference.

At present, the Steering Group counts 36 representatives from 26 regions (18 countries).

Co Chairs

• The Netherlands, Gelderland, Rebecca Heye
• Ireland, Eastern & Midland Regional Assembly, Jim Conway and Travis O'Doherty

Members

• Austria, Styria, Gerhard Rupp
• Belgium, Wallonia, Charlotte Bouvier
• Czech Republic, Pilsen, Martin Plihal and Veronika Jirkova
• Denmark, Central Denmark, Rolf Johnsen
• Denmark, Southern Denmark, Jacob Pedersen
• Estonia, Hiiu-Lääne-Saare (Western Estonia), Kaia Lotman
• Finland, Kymenlaakso, Kaisa Leino
• Finland, North Karelia, Vilma Lehtovaara
• France, Occitanie, Simon Woodsworth
• Germany, Bavaria, Sabine Islebe and Ulrike Schaefer
• Germany, North Rhine-Westphalia, Lydia Nöggerath
• Italy, Emilia-Romagna, Emanuele Cimatti
• Italy, Lombardy, Mita Lapi , Lorenzo Cozzi and Alessandro Corrado
• Italy, Tuscany, Vincenzo Naso
• The Netherlands, Drenthe, Martin Haasjes
• The Netherlands, Gelderland, Melanie van den Hoek and Jurjen van Dijk
• The Netherlands, North Brabant, René Beijnen
• Poland, Warmia-Mazury, Marcin Proniewicz, Hanna Wisniewska
• Slovenia, Klemen Bizjak
• Spain, Basque Country, Alexander Boto Bastegieta and Marisa Oleaga, Lorena Vega
• Spain, Catalonia, Susana Rivero Baughman
• Sweden, Värmland, Katarina Nordmark
• Sweden, Västra Götaland, Sven Swedberg and Olle Jonang
• United Kingdom, Sommerset, Steve Dury