15th European Forum on the Rights of the Child

23–24 Jun 2025 | Brussels, Belgium

Speakers

Sandra Aigner-Accardo

Project Manager

Bertrand BAINVEL

UNICEF Representative to the European Union Institutions

Leanda Barrington-Leach

Executive Director

Ally Dunhill

Director- Policy, Advocacy & Communications Eurochild, & the EU Alliance for Investing in Children

stela grigoras

Child Protection Advisor

Anita Hørby

Head of Division

Aagje Ieven

Secretary General

Ilija Jerković

Fundraising and Partnerships Manager

CHEGE JOHN NGUGI

Regional Director- Africa

Anne Kayser

Secretary of the Steering Committee for the Rights of the Child - CoE

Marta KULJON

policy assistant

Anne Mahrer

Co-présidente

Orla McGovern

PhD Researcher

ROBERTO OLLA

Head of Department, Council of Europe

Elina Pekkarinen

Ombudsman for Children in Finland, Chair of ENOC

Astrid Podsiadlowski

Head of Sector

Iryna Postolovska

Deputy Minister for European Integration

Marie-Cécile Rouillon

Commission's Coordinator for the Rights of the Child

Lisa Marie Schaumburg

Expert by Experience for Missing Children Europe, M.Sc. Psychology

Federica Toscano

Senior Advocacy Advisor

Benjamin Van Bunderen Robberechts

Climate and Children's Rights Activist

Benoit van Keirsbilck

Member of the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC)

Hannah Verstoep

Project Leader Young Netizens Programme

Tanya Ward

Eurochild President & CEO Children's Rights Alliance Ireland