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October 5, 2026

European Representatives Appointed to ICOM Standing Committees and Working Groups Network

ICOM Europe is pleased to congratulate the representatives of European National Committees who have been selected to serve on ICOM’s Standing Committees and Working Groups.

Their appointments reflect the strong expertise, commitment and active contribution of Europe’s museum community to ICOM’s international work and strategic development.

Standing Committees

European representatives account for 5 of the 8 Chairs and Co-Chairs and 15 of the 51 committee members.

ETHCOM – Ethics Committee

  • Chair: Kathrin Pabst – ICOM Norway
  • Members: Zsolt Sári – ICOM Hungary; Laura Zani – ICOM Switzerland

FIREC – Finance and Resources Committee

  • Chair: Alenka Černelič Krošelj – ICOM Slovenia
  • Members: Nick Boxem – ICOM Netherlands; Anne-Catherine Robert-Hauglustaine – ICOM France

LEAC – Legal Affairs Committee

  • Chair: Giuditta Giardini – ICOM Italy
  • Members: Henrietta Galambos – ICOM Hungary; Christel de Noblet – ICOM France; Robert Peters – ICOM Germany

SAREC – Strategic Allocation Review Committee

  • Members: Darko Babić – ICOM Croatia; Kate Seymour – ICOM Netherlands

SCD – Standing Committee on Decolonisation

  • Co-Chair: Hanna Pennock – ICOM Netherlands
  • Members: Abeer Eladany – ICOM UK; Suy Lan Hopmann – ICOM Germany; Polina Verbytska – ICOM Ukraine

SPC – Strategic Plan Committee

  • Co-Chair: Charalampos Chaitas – ICOM Greece
  • Members: Trudie Cole – ICOM UK; Juliette Raoul-Duval – ICOM France; Benedek Varga – ICOM Hungary

Working Groups

Representatives of European National Committees account for 3 of the 6 Chairs and Co-Chairs and 6 of the 24 Working Group members.

ICWG – Working Group on the Future of International Committees

  • Co-Chair: Gabriele Pieke – ICOM Germany
  • Members: Rosa María Hervás Avilés – ICOM Spain; Mário Antas – ICOM Portugal

NCWG – Working Group on National Committees

  • Co-Chair: Arja van Veldhuizen – ICOM Netherlands
  • Members: María del Carmen Valdés – ICOM Spain; Beate Reifenscheid-Ronnisch – ICOM Germany

WGSR – Working Group on Statutes and Rules

  • Co-Chair: María Auxiliadora Llamas Márquez – ICOM Spain
  • Members: Kiem Lian The – ICOM Netherlands; Giuliana Ericani – ICOM Italy

ICOM Europe warmly congratulates all the appointed representatives and wishes them every success in their new roles. We look forward to their valuable contributions to ICOM’s work and to the continued development of the international museum community.

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