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Steering Committee

The Steering Committee is the administrative body of the Platform. It is composed of up to 9 elected representatives from its member networks. The Committee is in charge of the daily administrative tasks of the association and of the implementation of the work programme adopted by the General Assembly.

Elisa Gambardella

Elisa is the Education and Lifelong Learning Coordinator in SOLIDAR, and a Plenary member of the Conference on the Future of Europe on behalf of the Civil Society Convention. She is based in Brussels.

President
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Raffaela Kihrer

Raffaela represents the European Association for the Education of Adults and works at EAEA as Head of Policy.

General Secretary
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Jon Harding

Jon currently works as the External Funding & Bid Manager for European projects at Bridgwater and Taunton College. He is the UK national representative in the EfVET Steering Group Committee

Treasurer
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Caridad Alarcón

Caridad Alarcón is Board Member of OBESSU. She was the founder of ADEA, a student organisation in IES Alquibla, located in Murcia, Spain.

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Arja Krauchenberg

Arja Krauchenberg is the Project Coordinator of the European Parents’ Association. She has a background in adult learning and multilingualism.

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Marta Concepción Mederos

Marta is one of the External Representatives of the World Organization of the Scout Movement. She has a background in anthropology studies.

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Piotr Sadowski

Piotr has been Secretary General of Volonteurope since 2008. He was directly involved in the advocacy and implementation of the 2011 European Year of Volunteering.

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Monica Verzola

Monica represents the European Vocational Training Association (EVTA) as one of the board members and she is International Development Business Director for ENAIP NET, an Italian VET provider.

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Balázs Németh

Dr. habil Balázs Németh is an associate professor in ALE at the University of Pécs in policy studies and learning cities. He has participated in several European projects and beyond academic work, he is an EPALE Ambassador for Hungary. Dr. Németh represents the UniPécs in Erasmus+ KA3 PDS4BST project.

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General Assembly
The General Assembly is the highest body of the association. It defines the annual priorities and objectives of the Platform and its work programme. Headed by the President, its annual meeting is attended by all its members (May/June).
The Secretariat ensures the day-to-day management of the LLLPlatform
Brikena Xhomaqi
Director

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Andrea Lapegna
Deputy Director

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Maria Farruggia
Administrative and HR Manager

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Pauline Boivin
Project and Policy Manager

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Andrei Frank
Policy and Advocacy Coordinator

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Veronica Arduino
Project and Policy Coordinator

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Erika Maria Rodriguez Somlyay
Policy and Project Officer

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Maria Fernanda Arguedas
Communication Assistant

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Maria Gonçalves Ribeiro
Project and Communication Assistant

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