Ivan Ivanov
Executive Director
Ivan Ivanov is the Executive Director of the European Roma Information Office (ERIO).
Previously as an Attorney for the Budapest-based European Roma Rights Center, Ivan Ivanov was involved for five years in the research and building the legal strategy of ground-braking civil rights cases filed with the European Court of Human Rights and the domestic courts of several countries in Central and Eastern Europe. From 1996 to 1998 he has served as a legal adviser for the Human Rights Project a national human rights and legal defense organization based in Sofia, Bulgaria. In this period Ivan Ivanov has spearheaded the development of a number of strategic litigation cases and key advocacy initiatives.
Ivan Ivanov holds degrees in medicine and law. In 1999-2000 he was a visiting scholar at the Law School of Columbia University in New York, where he has specialized international human rights and anti-discrimination law. He has a number of publications focusing on issues related to discrimination and access to education and health care.
e-mail: ivan.ivanov@erionet.org
Adrien Elleboudt
Administration and Communication Officer
Adrien Elleboudt holds a BA in political science from the Catholic University of Louvain (Belgium, 2006) and an MA in International Relations and European Studies from the Central European University (Budapest, 2007). After his studies, he published a monograph on ethnically divided societies. Before joining ERIO in 2010, Adrien worked for the Regional Office of the International Organization for Migration in Budapest, and worked for a time in the private sector in the same city. He speaks English, French, Dutch and is learning Romanian. His areas of interest are minority protection and migrations. e-mail: adrien.elleboudt@erionet.org
Valery Novoselsky
External assistant Information program
Valery Novoselsky studied history in Dnipropetrovsk National University (Ukraine) and Christian theology in the Galilee Bible College in Haifa. Being from a Romani background Valery Novoselsky joined the international Roma movement in 1999 in his capacity of the founder and an editor of Roma Virtual Network. In 2006 he has obtained the post-graduate degree on Public Diplomacy being a graduate of Roma Diplomacy Programme (2005-2006). Valery Novoselsky is in cooperation with ERIO since 2003 and working as consultant of ERIO Information Programme since 2006. In addition to the participation in international Roma movement, he is involved into the activities of Russian diasporal and supporting the activities of Palestinian organizations.
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