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GOVERNANCE

STEERING COMMITEE

The steering committee provides the strategic orientation and approves the final grants decisions. Chaired by the Fondation CHANEL, the current members are the Bodossaki Foundation, Fondation RAJA-DAnièle Marcovici, JPMorgan Chase, King Baudouin Foundation and L’Oréal Fund for Women.

JPMorgan Chase exclusively partners with the Alliance on the Economic Opportunities Fund.

ADVISORY BODIES

The Alliance integrates in its work the perspectives of gender equality experts, from diverse backgrounds including CSOs representatives through advisory bodies.

The Advisory committee advises the Steering Committee on strategic choices. The members for the period Nov 2022-Dec 2025 are:

  • Caroline Brac de la Perrière, Director of Mediterranean Women’s Fund
  • Jana Stardelova, Grants and Engagement Manager at Ariadne
  • Sana Afouaiz, Founder and CEO of Womenpreneur Initiative
  • Sotiris Laganopoulos, Sector officer for civil society at EEA & Norway Grants
  • Xenia Kellner, Cofounder of Young Feminists Europe

 

Selection committees are created ad-hoc for each call of proposals and gathering specific experts of the calls’ focus to provide the selection committee with grants recommendations.

OPERATIONS

Established under the auspices of the Network of European Foundations (NEF), the Alliance is coordinated by a Programme Team who coordinate the donors collaborative and implement operational activities.
The team is composed by:

Nadège Lharaig

Senior Program Manager

Maria Cipriani

Program Officer

Iva Petkovic

Communications and Learning Manager