Full list of National Experts  

This list provides information on the National Experts seconded from the EEA EFTA States to the European Institutions. The list is updated continiously as EFTA receives new contact information from the European Institutions and the national ministries. To report changes, see EFTA contact information on the right-hand side of the page.

The obligations of all the EEA EFTA national experts towards the EU institutions where they are seconded, are identical. However, from an administrative and legal point of view, the EEA EFTA national experts fall into two categories depending on their link to the EEA Agreement:

  1. The EFTA in-kind experts are directly linked to the EEA Agreement as they are part of the EEA EFTA States’ yearly contribution to the administrative costs of the EU Budget in 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 exception of the experts seconded to Eurostat in Luxembourg.
  2. The 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' Missions in Brussels.

 

1. EEA EFTA in-kind experts

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

DG Economic and Financial Affairs (ECFIN)
Atle Bjørkheim Norway          CIP - Entrepreneurship and Innovation: Financial Operations - Venture Capital +352 430 138 895
DG Education and Culture (EAC)
Cecilie Cave Norway "Culture" Programme and Actions +32 2 298 7843
Lene Oftedal
Norway Lifelong Learning: Policies and Programme,Higher Education
+32 2 295 9267
Else Husa Norway Professional training; "Leonardo da Vinci" +32 2 297 4460
Vacant Norway Lifelong Learning: Horizontal Lisbon Policy Issues and International Affairs, Analysis and Studies +32 2 296 4098
Egil Eiene Norway Lifelong Learning: Tempus - School Education - Comenius +32 2 296 3892
Ragnhild Solvi Berg Norway International cooperation and programmes - ENPI Scholarship +32 2 295 2647
Frode Dal Fjeldavli Norway Youth, Sport and Citizenship - Youth in Action +32 2 296 2579
Maria Kristin Gylfadottir Iceland Higher Education/Erasmus +32 2 299 1919
Finn Yrjar Denstad Norway Youth, Sport and Citizenship - Youth Policy +32 2 296 6587
Kjersti Sjaatil Norway Media 2007: Media Programme and Media Literacy +32 2 295 3744
DG Enterprise and Industry (ENTR)
Tore Myhre Norway Coordination, Planning and International Affairs - CIP/EIP Coordination
+32 2 298 8259
Eva Camerer Norway Innovation Policy Development +32 2 295 8890
DG Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities (EMPL)
Anne Galand Norway Equality between women and men +32 2 298 4093
Lars Morten Årtun Norway EURES (European employment services): Employment, Services, Mobility
+32 2 295 2076
Øyvind Opland Norway Inclusion, Social Policy Aspects of Migration, Streamlining of Social Policies, Information and Communication - social inclusion +32 2 298 8716
Jirí Klaška Norway European Employment Strategy, CSR, Local Development +32 2 298 1357
DG Energy (ENER)
Tonje Haabeth Norway Energy efficiency of products +32 2 296 4581

Øyvind Vessia

Norway Regulatory Policy and Promotion of Renewable Energy +32 2 298 8140
Birgitte Andersen Norway Energy Efficiency +32 2 299 9624
DG Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection (ECHO)

Soleil Beaulieu

Norway Civil Protection - Disaster Response +32 2 296 3942
EUROSTAT (ESTAT)
Geir Martin Pilskog Norway Business statistics - coordination and registers  - MEETS programme +352 430 137 460
Julie Hass
Norway Environment Statistics and Accounts +352 430 138 988
Lars Svennebye Norway National Accounts +352 430 133 870
Sadiq Kwesi Boateng Norway Education, Science and Culture Statistics +352 430 131 530
DG Justice, Freedom and Security (JLS)

Jens Thomas Thommesen

Norway Contract and Consumer Law +32 2 295 9883
DG Health and Consumers (SANCO)
Vacant Public Health and Risk Assessment, Health Information
Camilla Sandvik Norway Public health and Risk Assessment, Health determinants +352 430 137 096
Anders Tysse Norway Health Strategy and Health Systems +32 2 295 5764
DG Information Society and Media (INFSO)
Kjell Hansteen Norway ICT addressing Societal Challenges - ICT for Government and Public Services +32 2 295 1257

Fred Arne Ødegaard

Norway Lisbon Strategy and Policies for the Information Society - Lisbon Strategy and i2010 +32 2 298 5666
Espen Dennis Kristoffersen Norway ICT addressing Societal Challenges - ICT for Inclusion +32 2 296 4433

 

2. EEA EFTA bilateral experts

National experts seconded to the European Commission on a bilateral basis

DG Development (DEV)

Alf Friiso

Norway Aid effectiveness and relations with EU Member States and EEA States +32 2 2992650
DG Enterprise (ENTR)
Frank Udnæs Norway EU Satellite Navigation Programmes - Infrastructure +32 2 299 2419
DG Maritime Affairs and Fisheries (MARE)
Kathrine Angell-Hansen Norway Maritime Policy Task Force +32 2 298 7678
Jan Fredrik Danielsen Norway Structural Policy and Economic Analysis +32 2 296 9485
Stefán Ásmundsson  Iceland Structural Policy and Economic Analysis  +32 2 295 7377
DG Mobility and Transport (MOVE)
Tor Simonnæs Norway F.2 - Single Sky & Modernisation of Air Traffic Control +32 2 295 9658 
DG Justice, Freedom and Security (JLS)
Giulia Paglione Norway Migration and Borders, Common Project Infrastructure +32 2 299 4373
DG Health and Consumers (SANCO)
Sigrid Cabot Norway Animal Health and Standing Committees +32 2 298 4954
Jostein Dragset Norway Animal Welfare and Feed +32 2 298 6636
Lennart Johanson Norway Food Hygiene, Alert System and Training +32 2 298 1104
Line Bøystad Norway Food Law, Nutrition and Labelling +32 2 298 8342
Espen Andresen (will start on 1 September 2010 Norway Health Threats
DG Regional Policy (REGIO)
Jan Edøy Norway Coordination, Solidarity Fund +32 2 299 7991
DG Research (RTD)
Rolf Egil Tønnessen Norway Small and Medium-seized Enterprises (SME) +32 2 298 79 86
Thomas L. Myhrvold-Hanssen Norway Climate Change and Environmental Risks +32 2 298 5054

Eurostat

Claude Macchi  Switzerland  Structural Business Statistics  +352 430 136 987
Andrea Scheller  Switzerland  Key indicators for European policies  +352 430 138 983
Janne Utkilen EFTA/Norway Western Balkans and Turkey +352 430 131 766
Vebjørn Aalandslid EFTA/Norway Statistical cooperation with European and Mediterranean countries +352 430 136 640 

 

National experts seconded to other European Institutions and Agencies on a bilateral basis

CEDEFOP - European Center for Vocational Training

Grete Haugøy

Norway Area Enhanced Cooperation in VET and LLL +30 2310 490055
External Border Agency (Warsaw, Poland)
Einar Dale Norway Frontex +48 22 516 2500
Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (OHIM - Alicante, Spain)
Thomas David Nicholson Norway
+34 965 138 731