The European Wergeland Centre
Stensberggt 25
NO-0170 Oslo
Norway
Governing Board
Svein Lorentzen
Hanne Sophie Greve
Inger S. Enger
Theo Koritzinsky
Guido Bellatti Ceccoli
Gabriele Mazza
Viljana Lukas
Substitute Members:
Cesar Birzea
Vera Stastna
Loveleen Rihel Brenna
Arild Thorbjørnsen
Chair, Professor
Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)
Graduated from the University of Bergen 1973. Dr. Philos. from the University of Oslo 1986.
Teacher experience from elementary/secondary school. Teacher educator from 1975, from 1979 at the University of Trondheim/Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU). Professor of history/social science education from 1991. Study/research periods in England, France and USA.
Broad experience from national and international networks within educational research, among others The Council of Europe, the Georg-Eckert-Institut-für internationale Schulbuchforschung (Braunschweig), and the Körber-Stiftung (Hamburg).
Member of several programme boards in The Research Council of Norway (NFR). At present chair of the programme: Practice-based R&D in Pre-school through Secondary Schools and Teacher Education.
Vice Chair
Justice, Gulating High Court
Graduated from the University of Bergen 1976. Doctor Juris from the University of Bergen 1986. Now Justice at Gulating High Court, Norway.
Judge at the European Court of Human Rights 1998-2004. Worked several years as Associate Professor at the University of Bergen. Greve has broad experience from work nationally and internationally in the field of human rights, e.g. as election observer in 1990/91 in the Baltic States, as mediator in the United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia, and later as Expert Witness in the International Crime Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia.
Greve has also been a member of the board for different human rights related foundations, and has written several publications within the fields of international crime, human rights and refugee law.
School Head (from January, 2010)
Gausdal Upper Secondary School
Trained teacher with social science and Norwegian language and literature.
Former politician representing the Norwegian Centre Party, member of the Norwegian Parliament (Stortinget) 2001-2009, member of the Church, Education and Research Parliament Committee 2005-2009.
Worked as a teacher from 1970 to the early 1990s, Mayor in Gausdal 1993-2001, broad experience from different positions of trust and administrative duties.
Associate Professor
Faculty of Education and International Studies
Oslo University Collegee
MA degree (mag.art.) in political science from the University of Oslo 1968.
Since 1993 Koritzinsky has worked as an Assistant professor at Oslo University College, Faculty of Education and International Studies.
He has worked as a teacher, researcher and author in the social sciences since late 1960ies. Worked as Assistant professor at the University of Oslo 1969-75, Assistant, later associate professor at Sagene Teacher Training College in Oslo 1975-83, member of the Norwegian Parliament (Stortinget) 1985-93, serving four years in the standing committee for foreign policy and the four next years as leader of the standing committee for education, research and culture.
Koritzinsky also has broad experience from several voluntary and official/public organizations and institutions, and is a former member of the Parliamentary Assembly of The Council of Europe.
Ambassador of San Marino
Permanent representation of San Marino to the CoE
Chair of the Rapporteur Group on Education, Culture, Sport, Youth and Environment (GR-C)
Representing the Committee of Ministers' Deputies of the CoE
Doctorate in Philosophy (History of Catholic Church),
MA degree in Mediterranean Studies (Social Rights in Islam)
Barrister, Notary public.
Ambassador and the Permanent Representative of the Republic of San Marino to the Council of Europe since 2000. Representative of the Republic of San Marino in the Executive Council of the North-South Centre since 2008.
Ambassador of the Republic of San Marino to Tunisia since 2007. Co-Agent of the Government of the Republic of San Marino before the European Court for Human Rights since 1995. Member of the Delegation of the Republic of San Marino to the UNESCO from 1993 to 2009. President of the Committee of Ministers' Deputies from November 2006 to May 2007, and President of the Work of Art Committee of the Council of Europe from 2004 to 2006.
Mr. Ceccoli is also the Co-Chair of the "2009 Council of Europe Exchange on religious dimension of intercultural dialogue", to be held in Strasbourg on June 29-30. Theme of the Exchange: "Teaching religious and convictional facts. A tool for acquiring knowledge about religions and beliefs in education; a contribution to education for democratic citizenship, human rights and intercultural dialogue".
Former Director of Education and Languages, CoE.
After graduating from Italian, American and French universities in political science, sociology and education, Gabriele Mazza joined the Council of Europe in 1973.
Former Director of Education and Languages, he has focused his career on the sectors of youth, education and culture. Achievements under his stewardship include pan-European reforms at the institutional, policy and targeted assistance levels in the Council’s 47 member states. He has also been directly instrumental in the creation and development of Europe-wide cultural networks and institutions.
Mr Mazza has played a leading role in negotiating numerous educational accords in post-war ex-Yugoslavia, in particular in Eastern Slavonia and Bosnia and Herzegovina. More recently, he has pioneered efforts to support Euro-Arab co-operation with particular emphasis on the contribution of educational co-operation to intercultural dialogue.
Head of Office
Ministry of Education and Sport
At the University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Arts, Mrs. Lukas graduated in humanities – French and Italian language, Civilization and Literature.
The major part of Mrs. Lukas’ professional life has been devoted to international relations in the field of education. The beginning of her professional career focused on the education of minorities in Slovenia and Slovenian minorities in neighboring and other countries.
As Head of international affairs at the Ministry of Education, she has undertaken the task of bringing the newly established Slovenian state into all types of international cooperation in education (bilateral, regional, multilateral, and more recently EU related). In addition to this, Mrs Lukas took part in numerous governmental working bodies, enabling the insight to different international activities of Slovenia as a state.
Mrs. Lukas has also been Chair of the Steering Committee of Education for two terms (2003-2004).
Substitute members
Director
Institute for Educational Sciences
Director of the Institute of Education Sciences, Bucharest (Romania).
Member of the Steering Committee for Education (Council of Europe), former Chair of this Committee (2007-2009).
Active involvement in the CoE projects, notably the Education for Democratic Citizenship (EDC) Project (Chair of the project in 1997-2000) and the project on “Intercultural Education” (2005-2009).
Former Chair of the International Bureau of Education (IBE) Council (Geneva, 1998-2000). Main areas of interest: education policies, intercultural learning, education for democratic citizenship (EDC), European studies.
RNDr.
Higher Education Department
Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport
Graduated from the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics of Charles University in 1980; rigorosum in mathematical analyses (“Doctor of Natural Sciences” degree) from the Charles University in 1983. In 1996 Mrs Stastna graduated from the Pedagogical Faculty of Charles University (English language teacher training).
Mrs Stastna was working as a teacher at upper secondary and basic schools during the period 1980 – 1995. Since the end of 1996 she has been working at the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports in higher education, and from 2005 to 2006 as Director of the Higher Education Development Unit, and from 2007 to 2008 as Chief Advisor for European affairs. Since 2008 she has been working for the Charles University, Rector’s Office with responsibilities for university development (internationalisation).
Mrs Stastna has broad experience from national and international cooperation and networks within European Union (especially educational programmes as Socrates-Erasmus or Leonardo da Vinci), Council of Europe (Vice Chair to the Higher Education and Research Committee -“CD-ESR” in 2001-2003, Chair to the CD-ESR in 2003-2005). Since 2000 Mrs Šťastná has been active in the Bologna Process, and Chair of the Bologna Follow up Group in the first half of 2009.
President of The National Parents´ Committee
for Primary and Lower Secondary Education (FUG)
Bachelor in Educational Science from 2003, has also studied psychology and multicultural work.
At present she is working for the Norwegian State Housing Bank as a local project leader, and is president of The National Parents´ Committee for Primary and Lower Secondary Education in Norway.
From 1988-98 and 1998-2000 Loveleen Brenna was employed by the municipalities of Lillesand and Kristiansand, working in areas of teaching, child welfare and immigration. Mrs Brenna runs her own consultant company, giving speeches and arranging seminars, and she has published several books on multi-culturalism.
Mrs Brenna also has broad experience from positions of trust, e.g. as a member of the National Board for Red Cross and board member at the Institute for Adult Learning (VOX).
Education Consultant
MA Oslo University 1973
Teacher in upper secondary school (Norwegian language, culture and literature, history, social science) 1973–87. Deputy Headmaster 1987-91, Headmaster 1991-93.
Deputy Director of Upper Secondary Education 1993-96, Deputy Director General 1996–2008, author of textbooks in Norwegian language, culture and literature and social science 1978-97.
Hanne Sophie Greve
Inger S. Enger
Theo Koritzinsky
Guido Bellatti Ceccoli
Gabriele Mazza
Viljana Lukas
Substitute Members:
Cesar Birzea
Vera Stastna
Loveleen Rihel Brenna
Arild Thorbjørnsen
Svein Lorentzen
Chair, ProfessorNorwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)
Graduated from the University of Bergen 1973. Dr. Philos. from the University of Oslo 1986.
Teacher experience from elementary/secondary school. Teacher educator from 1975, from 1979 at the University of Trondheim/Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU). Professor of history/social science education from 1991. Study/research periods in England, France and USA.
Broad experience from national and international networks within educational research, among others The Council of Europe, the Georg-Eckert-Institut-für internationale Schulbuchforschung (Braunschweig), and the Körber-Stiftung (Hamburg).
Member of several programme boards in The Research Council of Norway (NFR). At present chair of the programme: Practice-based R&D in Pre-school through Secondary Schools and Teacher Education.
Hanne Sophie Greve
Vice ChairJustice, Gulating High Court
Graduated from the University of Bergen 1976. Doctor Juris from the University of Bergen 1986. Now Justice at Gulating High Court, Norway.
Judge at the European Court of Human Rights 1998-2004. Worked several years as Associate Professor at the University of Bergen. Greve has broad experience from work nationally and internationally in the field of human rights, e.g. as election observer in 1990/91 in the Baltic States, as mediator in the United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia, and later as Expert Witness in the International Crime Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia.
Greve has also been a member of the board for different human rights related foundations, and has written several publications within the fields of international crime, human rights and refugee law.
Inger S. Enger
School Head (from January, 2010)Gausdal Upper Secondary School
Trained teacher with social science and Norwegian language and literature.
Former politician representing the Norwegian Centre Party, member of the Norwegian Parliament (Stortinget) 2001-2009, member of the Church, Education and Research Parliament Committee 2005-2009.
Worked as a teacher from 1970 to the early 1990s, Mayor in Gausdal 1993-2001, broad experience from different positions of trust and administrative duties.
Theo Koritzinsky
Associate ProfessorFaculty of Education and International Studies
Oslo University Collegee
MA degree (mag.art.) in political science from the University of Oslo 1968.
Since 1993 Koritzinsky has worked as an Assistant professor at Oslo University College, Faculty of Education and International Studies.
He has worked as a teacher, researcher and author in the social sciences since late 1960ies. Worked as Assistant professor at the University of Oslo 1969-75, Assistant, later associate professor at Sagene Teacher Training College in Oslo 1975-83, member of the Norwegian Parliament (Stortinget) 1985-93, serving four years in the standing committee for foreign policy and the four next years as leader of the standing committee for education, research and culture.
Koritzinsky also has broad experience from several voluntary and official/public organizations and institutions, and is a former member of the Parliamentary Assembly of The Council of Europe.
Guido Bellatti Ceccoli (San Marino)
Ambassador of San MarinoPermanent representation of San Marino to the CoE
Chair of the Rapporteur Group on Education, Culture, Sport, Youth and Environment (GR-C)
Representing the Committee of Ministers' Deputies of the CoE
Doctorate in Philosophy (History of Catholic Church),
MA degree in Mediterranean Studies (Social Rights in Islam)
Barrister, Notary public.
Ambassador and the Permanent Representative of the Republic of San Marino to the Council of Europe since 2000. Representative of the Republic of San Marino in the Executive Council of the North-South Centre since 2008.
Ambassador of the Republic of San Marino to Tunisia since 2007. Co-Agent of the Government of the Republic of San Marino before the European Court for Human Rights since 1995. Member of the Delegation of the Republic of San Marino to the UNESCO from 1993 to 2009. President of the Committee of Ministers' Deputies from November 2006 to May 2007, and President of the Work of Art Committee of the Council of Europe from 2004 to 2006.
Mr. Ceccoli is also the Co-Chair of the "2009 Council of Europe Exchange on religious dimension of intercultural dialogue", to be held in Strasbourg on June 29-30. Theme of the Exchange: "Teaching religious and convictional facts. A tool for acquiring knowledge about religions and beliefs in education; a contribution to education for democratic citizenship, human rights and intercultural dialogue".
Gabriele Mazza (Italy)
Former Director of Education and Languages, CoE.After graduating from Italian, American and French universities in political science, sociology and education, Gabriele Mazza joined the Council of Europe in 1973.
Former Director of Education and Languages, he has focused his career on the sectors of youth, education and culture. Achievements under his stewardship include pan-European reforms at the institutional, policy and targeted assistance levels in the Council’s 47 member states. He has also been directly instrumental in the creation and development of Europe-wide cultural networks and institutions.
Mr Mazza has played a leading role in negotiating numerous educational accords in post-war ex-Yugoslavia, in particular in Eastern Slavonia and Bosnia and Herzegovina. More recently, he has pioneered efforts to support Euro-Arab co-operation with particular emphasis on the contribution of educational co-operation to intercultural dialogue.
Viljana Lukas (Slovenia)
Head of OfficeMinistry of Education and Sport
At the University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Arts, Mrs. Lukas graduated in humanities – French and Italian language, Civilization and Literature.
The major part of Mrs. Lukas’ professional life has been devoted to international relations in the field of education. The beginning of her professional career focused on the education of minorities in Slovenia and Slovenian minorities in neighboring and other countries.
As Head of international affairs at the Ministry of Education, she has undertaken the task of bringing the newly established Slovenian state into all types of international cooperation in education (bilateral, regional, multilateral, and more recently EU related). In addition to this, Mrs Lukas took part in numerous governmental working bodies, enabling the insight to different international activities of Slovenia as a state.
Mrs. Lukas has also been Chair of the Steering Committee of Education for two terms (2003-2004).
Substitute members
Cesar Birzea (Romania)
DirectorInstitute for Educational Sciences
Director of the Institute of Education Sciences, Bucharest (Romania).
Member of the Steering Committee for Education (Council of Europe), former Chair of this Committee (2007-2009).
Active involvement in the CoE projects, notably the Education for Democratic Citizenship (EDC) Project (Chair of the project in 1997-2000) and the project on “Intercultural Education” (2005-2009).
Former Chair of the International Bureau of Education (IBE) Council (Geneva, 1998-2000). Main areas of interest: education policies, intercultural learning, education for democratic citizenship (EDC), European studies.
Vera Stastna (Czech Republic)
RNDr.Higher Education Department
Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport
Graduated from the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics of Charles University in 1980; rigorosum in mathematical analyses (“Doctor of Natural Sciences” degree) from the Charles University in 1983. In 1996 Mrs Stastna graduated from the Pedagogical Faculty of Charles University (English language teacher training).
Mrs Stastna was working as a teacher at upper secondary and basic schools during the period 1980 – 1995. Since the end of 1996 she has been working at the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports in higher education, and from 2005 to 2006 as Director of the Higher Education Development Unit, and from 2007 to 2008 as Chief Advisor for European affairs. Since 2008 she has been working for the Charles University, Rector’s Office with responsibilities for university development (internationalisation).
Mrs Stastna has broad experience from national and international cooperation and networks within European Union (especially educational programmes as Socrates-Erasmus or Leonardo da Vinci), Council of Europe (Vice Chair to the Higher Education and Research Committee -“CD-ESR” in 2001-2003, Chair to the CD-ESR in 2003-2005). Since 2000 Mrs Šťastná has been active in the Bologna Process, and Chair of the Bologna Follow up Group in the first half of 2009.
Loveleen Rihel Brenna (Norway)
President of The National Parents´ Committee
for Primary and Lower Secondary Education (FUG)Bachelor in Educational Science from 2003, has also studied psychology and multicultural work.
At present she is working for the Norwegian State Housing Bank as a local project leader, and is president of The National Parents´ Committee for Primary and Lower Secondary Education in Norway.
From 1988-98 and 1998-2000 Loveleen Brenna was employed by the municipalities of Lillesand and Kristiansand, working in areas of teaching, child welfare and immigration. Mrs Brenna runs her own consultant company, giving speeches and arranging seminars, and she has published several books on multi-culturalism.
Mrs Brenna also has broad experience from positions of trust, e.g. as a member of the National Board for Red Cross and board member at the Institute for Adult Learning (VOX).
Arild Thorbjørnsen (Norway)
Education ConsultantMA Oslo University 1973
Teacher in upper secondary school (Norwegian language, culture and literature, history, social science) 1973–87. Deputy Headmaster 1987-91, Headmaster 1991-93.
Deputy Director of Upper Secondary Education 1993-96, Deputy Director General 1996–2008, author of textbooks in Norwegian language, culture and literature and social science 1978-97.
