We proudly present the members of our stakeholder panel!
The Co-VAL stakeholder panel consists of about 25 stakeholders working together with Co-VAL consortium members, with a high interest and expertise on issues related to the research areas of Co-VAL. Members were selected on the basis of their interest in the topic and the experience and expertise they can bring to the panel. Knowledge is shared from stakeholders to Co-VAL researchers, giving Co-VAL’s research a practice-led perspective and helping to increase the applicability and sustainability of Co-VAL’s policy recommendations.
The main goals of the panel are to facilitate knowledge sharing between the research and policy community based on peer to peer mechanisms; to enrich Co-VAL’s research findings with a practice-led perspective; to engage stakeholders in a co-creation process around Co-VAL’s research; to get feedback from stakeholders for focusing future research; and to promote applicable and sustainable policies.

Jean Bruijnzeels
Account Manager, Municipality of Maastricht
Karim Cherroud
Founder ‘Urban Connector’
Gerhard Embacher-Köhle
Innovation Manager, Federal Computing Center Austria
Herbert Leitold
Secretary-General of A-SIT
Fiorenza Lipparini
Director of Research & PlusValue Advisory
Fernando de Pablo Martín
Digital Office Director – Madrid City Hall
Francesco Molinari
Independent Researcher and Policy Advisor
Erik Oftedal
Director, Norwegian labour and welfare organization (NAV)
Metka Stare, PhD
Research Professor & Senior Adviser
Marc Blau
Director, Human Resources Dept. of the State Finance (Luxembourg)
Concepción Campos
Secretary of the Municipal Government of Vigo
Elisa Cassinadri
Head of Economic Planning Unit, Municipality of Milan
Henrik Finsrud
Manager for innovation, The Norwegian association of local and regional authorities
Olivier Garry
Project leader for digital strategy, CGDD - Commission for Sustainable Development (French Government)
Tuija Hirvikoski
President of EnOLL (European Network of LivingLabs)
Katalin Kiszely
Chief Political Advisor, Hungarian government
Matija Kodra
Head of Quality Unit, Ministry of Public Administration (Slovenia)
Marietta Le
Senior Advisor of the Mayor of Budapest on citizen participation
Salvatore Marras
Innovation Manager, Formez PA
Gianluca Misuraca
Chief PoliEuropean Commission – JRCtical Advisor, Hungarian government
Marie Ramón-Dare
UX Designer, CGDD – Commission for Sustainable Development (French Government)
Paz Sánchez
Head of the Innovation Department, Anadalucía Public Administration Institute
Francesco P. Schiavo
Director of Innovation and Information Systems, Ministry of Economy and Finance (Luxembourg)
Antonis Stasis
Head of the Directorate of e-Government, Hellenic Ministry of Interior and Administrative Reconstruction
Klaudia Pataki Szemereyne
Mayor of Kecskemét (Hungary)
Dimitri Tartari
Public Policy Consultant, Regione Emilia-Romagna