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Meet the EPR Secretariat

Based in Brussels, the Secretariat acts as the interface with EPR member organisations and with external stakeholders.

Alicia Gómez Campos
Secretary General

Spoken languages: Spanish, English and French
 

Alicia serves as the influential voice of our organization in Brussels and across Europe. She is responsible for maintaining strong member relationships, expanding our network across Europe, developing strategic programs, empowering our members, and representing EPR’s interests in policy domains. With her leadership, EPR continues to shape European policies and regulations, making a positive impact in the social services sector.

 
 
 
 

Roberto Zanon
Head of Projects (50%)

Spoken languages: English, French and Italian
 

Roberto leads EPR’s funding support service. He leads on EPR’s project development and management activities in cooperation with members. He is responsible for mutual learning and training activities related to funding and projects, including the Digital Skills Task Force. He manages funding alerts and partner searches.

 

Ronald Schollaart
Finance and Human Resources Manager (85%)

Spoken languages: Dutch, English, French and German
 

Ronald is responsible for the invoicing, bookkeeping and accountancy of EPR and EQUASS, including preparing budgets and reports. He leads direct audits for EQUASS and supervises the organisation of the training sessions. He is responsible for HR, contracts with externals, liaising with payroll and managing the organisation’s statutes. He also acts as the Office Manager.

 

Panita Ball
Projects and Events Officer

Spoken languages: English and French
 

Panita co-ordinates the TransitAction project, leads work packages in the Equal Treatment project and leads EPR’s involvment in the SESK project. She contributes to the delivery of 2 projects in which EPR is a partner, Video Online Learning and Training (VOLT) and Supported Apprenticeship Scheme (SAS). She works on project development and applications. She co-leads the Annual Conference, and runs the Digital Skills Working group, as well as providing input to other key EPR events.

 

Eberhard Lueder
Community and Service Manager

Spoken languages: English and German
 

Eberhard has a background in social affairs and education and previously worked with various local, national and European networks of civil society organisations and social service providers. He support EPR’s community of members on capacity building, mutual learning and training, leading working groups of our network on different themes such as skills or mental health, and contributes to developing innovative services. He serves as facilitator for the EPR working groups and task forces, leads the Centre Coordinators meetings and supports specific policy development activities and strategic partnerships. He contributes to EU projects concerned with labour market inclusion, supported apprenticeships, and quality assurance in social services. 

 

Benedetta Pesce
Project and Events Officer

Spoken languages: Italian, English and French.
 

Benedetta supports the EQUASS team with the coordination of administrative procedures related to certification and manages EQUASS-related enquiries. She supports EPR’s projects in administration, reporting, dissemination and research.

 

 

 

Loredana Martínez
Communications and Events Officer

Spoken languages: English, Spanish, French and Catalan
 

Loredana has a background in corporate communications and events in both the non-profit and private sectors. She supports the organization’s communications by managing and monitoring EPR’s social media content, Newsbulletin, website, and designing graphic materials. She also supports the organization of key events such as the EPR Annual Conference and the Public Affairs event. Loredana is responsible for EPR’s Communications Network and facilitates the communication among the members of the network. She also coordinates the communication and dissemination strategy of European funded projects.

 

Greta Giardi
Community Services and Events Assistant

Spoken languages: English and Italian
 

Greta is supporting EPR projects, community activities and events organisation. She assists in maintaining and developing partnerships with current and potential member organisations, attends external meetings on relevant policy issues, assists project management, and external communication and writes reports and publications. Ultimately, she assists in the organisation of EPR events and in other activities of the Secretariat.