EFEE Members
Within the EFEE member structure, each country of an EU Member State has one seat, one vote. However, within this structure, different levels of education can be represented (primary education, secondary education, private schools, higher vocational education, universities) by different national organisations (education councils, ministries, local and regional authority employers’ organisations).
The EFEE members are listed in alphabetical order as follows:
Belgium - AGPE and SeGEC
AGPE is part of the Education Ministry for the French speaking community which deals with the teacher trade unions.
http://www.cfwb.be/index.php?id=188
SeGEC is an association of independently managed Catholic schools in the French speaking community.
www.segec.be
SEGEC association of independently managed Catholic schools in the French speaking community
benedict.beauduin@segec.be
Bulgaria
Cyprus - Ministry of Education and Culture
Government ministry and direct employer of all staff in state schools.
www.moec.gov.cy
Permanent Representation of Cyprus to the EU (Audio Visual-Culture Attaché)
lsolomou@moec.gov.cy
Denmark - KL (Local Government Denmark)
National association of municipalities. The municipalities are the predominant employers of staff in primary and secondary schools.
www.kl.dk
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Finland - Commission of Local Authority Employers (KT)
National association of municipalities. The municipalities are the predominant employers of staff in schools.
www.kuntatyonantajat.fi
Association of Finnish Independent Education Employers
Association of Finnish Independent Education Employers
nina.parssinen@sivistystyonantajat.fi
Commission of Local Authority Employers (KT)
riikka-maria.yli-suomu@kuntatyonantajat.fi
Germany - TdL (Tarifgemeinschaft deutscher Lande)
National association of regional governments (Lande). The Lande employ teachers, some of them with the status of civil servants. TdL covers those teachers which are not Beamte (about 180,000). All Lande, except Hesse and Berlin, belong to TdL.
www.tdl-online.de
Hungary - KIMSZ (Association of School Headmasters)
Employers Association of Public Education Institution Leaders”. In Hungary, headmasters carry many of the responsibilities of employers in relation to school-based staff.
Ireland - IVEA (Irish Vocational Education Association)
National association of regional vocational education committees, which employ staff in vocational institutions, as well as secondary and a number of primary schools.
www.ivea.ie
Italy - ARAN (Representative Negotiating Agency of the Public Administration)
National representative agency for the public administration regarding the negotiation of public employee collective labour contracts.
www.aranagenzia.it
Latvia - MoES (Ministry of Education and Science)
Government ministry that employs some teachers directly . MoES conducts the negotiations with the Latvian teacher unions.
www.izm.gov.lv
Malta - MEEF (Ministry of Education, Employment and the Family)
Government ministry that employs some teachers directly and regulates the education system as a whole.
www.education.gov.mt
Ministry of Education, Employment and the Family (MEEF), Service Manager, Human Resources Developmen
joseph.c.micallef@gov.mt
Director General, Directorate for educational Services
micheline.sciberras@gov.mt
Netherlands - VO-Raad and PO-Raad
VO-Raad ( The Secondary Education Council)
National association of governing boards of secondary schools.
www.vo-raad.nl/english
PO-Raad ( The Primary Education Council)
National association of governing boards of primary schools.
www.poraad.nl
Norway - HSH
Association of private employers covering many sectors, including education..
www.hsh-org.no
HSH The Federation of Norwegian Commercial and Service Enterprises
vidar.l.haanes@mfo.no
Portugal - Ministry of Education and DGRHE
Minystry of Education
Government ministry on behalf of employers in education.
www.min-edu.pt
DGRHE (Direcção-Geral dos Recursos Humanos da Educação)
Department of the Ministry of Education in charge of the management of human resources on education.
www.dgrhe.min-edu.pt
Slovakia - Ministry of Education
Government ministry and national social partner on behalf of employers in education.
www.minedu.sk
Ministry of Education, Science, Research and Sports of the Slovak Republic
miroslav.repovsky@minedu.sk
Spain - Ministry of Education
Government ministry and direct employer of all staff in state schools.
www.educacion.es
Deputy - Director General for Guidance and Vocational Education and Training (V.E.T.)
Sweden - SALAR (The Swedish Association of local authorities and regions), Sveriges Kommuner och Landsting, SKL, Arbetsgivarverket
SALAR (The Swedish Association of local authorities and regions), Sveriges Kommuner och Landsting, SKL
The national association of municipalities, county councils and regions, which employ most teachers in Swedish schools. SALAR is a NGO and an employer’s organization for all the 290 local authorities, 18 county councils and two regions in Sweden. SALAR is responsible for term and conditions of teachers, school support staff in pre-school, primary, secondary and upper secondary education in Sweden.
http://skl.se/web/About_SALAR.aspx
Arbetsgivarverket - Swedish Agency For Government Employers
www.arbetsgivarverket.se
Arbetsgivarverket - Swedish Agency For Government Employers
robert.cloarec@arbetsgivarverket.se
United Kingdom - UCEA, AoC and NEOST/LGE (National Organisation of Schoolteachers’ Employers/Local Government Employers)
UCEA (Universities and Colleges’ Association)
National association of universities and colleges of Higher Education for the whole of the UK .
www.ucea.ac.uk/
AoC (Association of Colleges)
National association of universities and colleges of Higher Education for the whole of the UK .
www.aoc.co.uk/
NEOST/LGE
NEOST is responsible for the terms and conditions of teachers, and LGE for school support staff in primary and secondary education in England and Wales.
http://www.lge.gov.uk/lge/core/page.do?pageId=1
NEOST/LGE (National Organisation of Schoolteachers’ Employers/Local Government Employers
andy.inett@lge.gov.uk