EFTA National Experts

There are approximately 1 000 national experts seconded to the European Commission from the 28 EU Member States, the EFTA States and other countries. See the full list and contact details of the EEA EFTA national experts in this section.

The aim of the arrangement is to supply the Commission with expertise that is not available internally and to be a tool for the European Union to increase and spread knowledge of the European institutions and decision-making process. For the employers seconding experts, the arrangement is an opportunity for international training and hands-on experience in policy areas of the EU that are important to their staff. The experts remain employees of their national employers throughout the secondment period and can stay at the Commission between six months and four years.

The obligations of all EEA EFTA national experts towards the EU institutions in which they are seconded are identical. From an administrative and legal point of view, however, the EEA EFTA national experts fall into two categories depending on their connection to the EEA Agreement:

EFTA in-kind experts are directly linked to the EEA Agreement as they are part of the EEA EFTA States’ annual contribution to the administrative costs of the EU budget, within the framework of EEA EFTA participation in various EU programmes, agencies and undertakings. All administrative procedures linked to their recruitment, prolongation and replacement are handled by the EFTA Secretariat in Brussels, with the exception of the experts seconded to Eurostat in Luxembourg.
Bilateral experts are seconded by each EFTA State to the EU outside the EEA EFTA budget. All administrative procedures linked to their recruitment, prolongation and replacement are handled by the EFTA States' respective missions in Brussels.

EEA EFTA experts

National experts seconded to the European Commission within the framework of the EEA Agreement and EEA EFTA participation in EU programmes and agencies.

National experts seconded to the European Commission on a bilateral basis are marked with an asterisk.

DG CLIMATE ACTION (CLIMA)
Ragnhild Borke* (to start 16 April 2017)	Norway	Governance and Effort Sharing
DG COMMUNICATION NETWORKS, CONTENT & TECHNOLOGIES (CNECT)
Anders Gjøen	Norway	ICT for Government and Public Services	+32 2 298 1292
Thomas Nortvedt	Norway	Digital Policy Development and Coordination	+32 2 298 5666
Kristina Kjerstad	Norway	Data Value Chain	+352 4301 36579
Jesper Bæverfjord	Norway	Learning, Multilingualism and Accessibility	+352 4301 35481
VACANT	Norway	MEDIA programme and media literacy - MEDIA
Åse Marit Meyer	Norway	Audiovisual Industry and Media Support Programmes	+32 2 298 3209
DG EDUCATION & CULTURE (EAC)
Ingveig Koht Astad	Norway	Culture: Creative Europe Programme	+32 2 296 4808
Sumathi Subramaniam	Norway	Higher Education, Erasmus: Transparency Tools and Programme Impact	+32 2 296 5209
Geir Ottestad	Norway	Erasmus +: Studies, impact assessments, analysis and statistics	+32 2 295 7593
Oyvind Bjerkestrand	Norway	Erasmus +: Schools and Educators; multilingualism	+32 2 296 5173
Bodil Agasøster	Norway	International cooperation in education	+32 2 298 0564
Anita Tøien Johansen	Norway	Erasmus +; Youth in Action	+32 2 298 3039
VACANT	Iceland	Higher Education; "Erasmus"
DG EMPLOYMENT, SOCIAL AFFAIRS & INCLUSION (EMPL)
Marinella Van Welsenes	Norway	Mobility & Employment Services, EURES	+32 2 296 5229
Bent-Ole Grooss	Norway	Social policies, Innovation and Governance	+32 2 295 5176
Siri Stangeland	Norway	Labour Law & Working conditions	+32 2 298 9352
Sigve Soldal Bjorstad	Norway	Vocational training and adult education; Erasmus +	+32 2 295 4563
DG ENERGY (ENER)
Erik Just Olsen	Norway	Energy Efficiency	+32 2 296 4581
Linn Johnsen	Norway	Energy Efficiency	+32 2 295 7062
Olav Sem Berg*	Norway	Retail Markets; coal & oil	+32 2 298 5303
DG EUROSTAT (ESTAT)
Vidar Lund	Norway	Transport	+352 4301 37620
Ole Villund	Norway	Crime Statistics	+352 4301 38550
Håvard Lien	Norway	Labour market	+352 4301 35226
Salah Eddine Ziade	Norway	Structureal Business Statistics: Quality assurance and Financial Annexes	+352 4301 37397
Marius Andersen*	EFTA/Norway	Statistical cooperation - EU Enlargement	+352 430 137 501
Paul Camenzind*	Switzerland	Income and Living Conditions: Quality of Life	+352 4301 33221
Steinn Kári Steinsson *	EFTA/Norway	Statistical Cooperation - European Neighbourhood Policy	+352 4301 33067
Fritz Gebhard*	Switzerland	Environmental Statistics; sustainable development	+352 430 134 864
DG HEALTH & FOOD SAFETY (SANTE)
Valgerður Gunnarsdottir	Iceland	Health Determinants and inequality	+352 430 130 689
Martin Rutherfurd	Norway	Cross border healthcare, eHealth	+32 2 295 0854
Knut Roenningen*	Norway	Animal Health (Diseases in Aquatic Organisms)	+32 2 226 0708
Sevala Malkic*	Norway	E-Health and Health Technology Assessment	+32 2 296 67 48
Halvard Kvamsdal	Norway	Bilateral International Relations (Antimicrobial Restistance)	+32 2 295 1418
DG HUMANITARIAN AID & CIVIL PROTECTION (ECHO)
Camilla ELSETH	Norway	Civil Protection - Emergency Response	+32 2 296 94 58
DG INTERNAL MARKET, INDUSTRY, ENTREPRENEURSHIP & SMEs (GROW)
Martin Blom*	Norway	Defence, Aeronautic and Maritime Industries	+32 2 299 2569
Karl Ivar Jahr*	Norway	Galileo and Egnos - Applications, Security, International Cooperation	+32 2 299 2328
Kjell Arne Aarmo*	Norway	Galileo and EFNOS - Service Provision and Exploitation	+32 2 298 9394
Ola Nordbeck*	Norway	Copernicus Infrastructure	+32 2 298 5307
DG JUSTICE & CONSUMERS (JUST)
Joachim Nilsen*	Norway	Consumer and Marketing Law	+32 2 295 9883
DG MOBILITY & TRANSPORT (MOVE)
Astrid Nordahl*	Norway	Aviation Policy	+32 2 297 5575
DG NEIGHBOURHOOD & ENLARGEMENT NEGOTIATIONS (NEAR)
Stine Andresen*	Norway	Western Balkans Investment Framework	+32 2 295 5523
DG REGIONAL & URBAN POLICY (REGIO)
Odd Godal*	Norway	Competence Centre Macro-regions and Territorial Cooperation; Baltic Sea Strategy	+32 2 296 44 37
DG RESEARCH & INNOVATION (RTD)
Tobias Strom*	Norway	Socio-economic Sciences and Humanities	+32 2 298 95 47