Steering Committee

The Steering Committee of the EPEA is elected by the members of the EPEA by means of regular allots (see schedule below). It meets every 6 months in some part of Europe, and convenes with the General Council every two years.
It works on behalf of the membership, providing leadership, promoting and administering the association. It meets to achieve progress within a strategic plan of development and to carry through the policy decisions identified by the Officers and Regional Representatives, the General Council and the membership of the association.
At present (July 2012) the committee is made up of

Chairperson
Lena Axelsson (Sweden)

Prison and Probation Administration
Slottsgatan 78
S - 601 80 Norrköping
Sweden
Phone: +46 11 496 30 31
Cell Phone: +46 70 23 37 097
e-mail: lena.axelsson@kriminalvarden.se

Secretary
Astrid Utgard (Norway)

Furuskogveien 3
N - 7713 Steinkjer
Norway
Phone: +47 74 12 17 91
e-mail: astrid.utgard@ntfk.no

Treasurer
Per Sneeggen (Norway)

Otto Skirstadsvei 22
N - 7022 Trondheim
Norway
Phone: +47 92 23 69 95
E-mail: per.sneeggen@stfk.no

Regional Representatives

Central Region
Péter Ruzsonyi (Hungary)

Police Academy
1121 Budapest,
Farkasvølgyi utca 12
Hungary
Phone/fax + 36 1 392 3526
E-mail: peter.ruzsonyi(at)vipmail.hu

Eastern Region
Ioana Morar (Romania)

Ministry of Justice
Administratia Nationala a Penitenciarelor
Social Reinsertion Department
Str. Maria Chiculeasa nr. 47
Sector 2, Bucuresti
Romania
E-mail: ioannamorar(at)dgp.ro

Northern Region
Kerstin Ekholm-Erestam (Sweden)

Anstalten Hinseberg
Pl 1005
718 92 Frövi
Phone: +46 581 797858
E-mail: kerstin.ekholm-erestam(at)kvv.se

Southern Region
Petros Damianos (Greece)

Secondary school of juvenile prison in Avlona
Chlois 8
Gr ? 15126 Maroussi, Athens
Greece
Phone, school: +302295029926
Phone, cel: +306945853170
E-mail: dampes1(at)yahoo.gr

Western Region
Mr Anthony Busser (United Kingdom)

Kensington & Chelsea College
HMP Brixton
Jebb Avenue
London SW2 5XF
Phone: +442085886368
E-mail: epea.western@epea.org


Co-opted persons

Following persons are co-opted by the Steering Committee:


Advisor to the Council of Europe (COE),
and member of COE INGO Liaison Committee
Lena Axelsson

Prison and Probation Administration
Slottsgatan 78
S - 601 80 Norrköping
Sweden
Phone: +46 11 496 30 31
Cell Phone: +46 70 23 37 097
e-mail: lena.axelsson@kriminalvarden.se


Project Coordinator
Valentina Petrova (Bulgaria)

Box 65,
5500 Lovech
Bulgaria
Phone: +359 68 604 330
Fax: +359 68 600 360
E-mail: seec_vp(at)hotmail.com


Advisor for Communication and Webmaster,
Per Thrane (Denmark)

Statsfængslet på Søbysøgård,
Skolen
Søvej 27,
DK ? 5792 Aarslev
Job phone: ++5 72553825
Phone (cellular): + 45 51807127
E-mail: webmaster(at)epea.org