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
Raffaela Kihrer
Raffaela represents the European Association for the Education of Adults and works at EAEA as Head of Policy.
General Secretary
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
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.
Chiara Piccolo
Chiara is the Head of European Affairs of the Learning for Well-being Foundation where she oversees the advocacy work and strategy for EU policies on social welfare, well-being, child rights and participation.
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.
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.
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.
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.