Apostolos Tzitzikostas's team

Email: anna [dot] panagopoulouec [dot] europa [dot] eu (anna[dot]panagopoulou[at]ec[dot]europa[dot]eu)

Phone number: +32 2 29 67894

Responsibilities

• Management of the Cabinet
• Strategic policy and interinstitutional issues
• Relations with COREPER
• Senior personnel matters
• Relations with the President’s and Executive Vice-Presidents’ Cabinets
• HEBDO
• Overall MFF Coordination
• G7/G20

Country coordinator: Greece, Cyprus

Email: pierpaolo [dot] settembriec [dot] europa [dot] eu (pierpaolo[dot]settembri[at]ec[dot]europa[dot]eu)

Phone number: +32 2 29 63014

Responsibilities

• Deputising for the Head of Cabinet
• Group of Interinstitutional Relations (GRI)
• Interinstitutional and legislative coordination
• Preparation of the Transport Council
• Commission Work programme
• Overall responsibilities for Rail and Aviation
• Single Digital Booking and Ticketing regulation – Rail operators
• High Speed Rail Network
• Cross-border car rental
• Dialogue on the Single European Sky
• Aviation package including Air services regulation
• Drones
• Implementation Dialogues
• European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA)
• European Union Agency for Railways (ERA)
• SESAR3
• EU Rail

Responsibilities outside the portfolio

• Crisis Management
• Simplification and Transparency
• Better regulation
• External relations: Latin America, Central Asia, India, South East Asia, rest of Asia

Country coordinator: Italy, France, Spain, Portugal

Email: anne [dot] bergenfeltec [dot] europa [dot] eu (anne[dot]bergenfelt[at]ec[dot]europa[dot]eu)

Phone number: +32 2 29 50850

Responsibilities

• EXCO
• Overall responsibility for international relations
• EU Port Strategy (transport side)
• Maritime Strategy
• Transport Community Treaty
• Overall responsibility for Maritime Transport Policy
• Global Gateway Forum
• Inland Navigation
• IMO
• European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA)
• UN

Responsibilities outside the portfolio

• Fisheries and Oceans
• Foreign affairs and Security Policy incl. hybrid threats
• International Partnerships, Enlargement
• Internal Affairs and Migration, Preparedness
• External relations: UK, Russia, Türkiye, Southern Caucasus, Western Balkans, US, Canada, Australia and New Zealand, Arctic

Country coordinator: Denmark, Belgium, Luxembourg, The Netherlands

Email: helena [dot] hintoec [dot] europa [dot] eu (helena[dot]hinto[at]ec[dot]europa[dot]eu)

Phone number: +32 2 29 69712

Responsibilities

• Trans-European networks for Transport
• Extension of TEN-T to neighbouring countries
• European Coordinators
• Connecting Europe Facility
• InvestEU-Sustainable Infrastructure Window
• Sustainable Transport Investment Platform (STIP)
• Alternative Fuel Infrastructure
• Military mobility
• CINEA

Responsibilities outside the portfolio

• Budget
• MFF implementation
• Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF)
• Strategic Technologies for Europe Platform (STEP)
• Solidarity lanes
• HDV
• Defence and Space
• Energy and Housing
• Economy and Productivity

Country coordinator: Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Ukraine, Moldova

Email: simone [dot] ritzek-seidlec [dot] europa [dot] eu (simone[dot]ritzek-seidl[at]ec[dot]europa[dot]eu)

Phone number: +32 2 29 65072

Responsibilities

• EU Port Strategy (economic security side)
• Maritime Strategy
• Automotive industrial action plan and overall coordination
• Passenger rights (all modes)
• Infringements
• State aid policy for transport
• Economic security for transport
• Autonomous driving
• Strategy on cutting edge technology

Responsibilities outside the portfolio

• Trade and Economic Security
• Competition policy
• Justice, Rule of Law, Consumer Protection
• European Competitiveness Fund
• Prosperity and industrial strategy
• Single Market
• Industry- Clean Industrial Deal
• Research & Innovation, Horizon Europe
• Health and Animal Welfare
• Anti-fraud, OLAF
• External relations: China

Country coordinator: Austria, Czechia, Slovakia, Hungary, Slovenia

Email: florian [dot] flacheneckerec [dot] europa [dot] eu (florian[dot]flachenecker[at]ec[dot]europa[dot]eu)

Phone number: +32 2 29 81283

Responsibilities

• European Sustainable Tourism Strategy
• European Tourism Agenda 2030
• Tourism and SMEs
• Relations with the European Investment Bank (EIB) 
• Relations with the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) 
• Relations with the European Court of Auditors (ECA)

Responsibilities outside the portfolio

• Climate, environment and the circular economy
• National and Regional Partnership Plans
• Financial services, and the savings and investments union
• European Semester
• Clean Industrial Deal
• Affordable Housing and short-term rental
• External relations: Japana, South Korea

Country coordinator: Germany, Ireland, EFTA countries (except Norway), Switzerland, Iceland and Lichtenstein

Email: aristotelis [dot] matsikasec [dot] europa [dot] eu (aristotelis[dot]matsikas[at]ec[dot]europa[dot]eu)

Phone number: +32 2 29 13223

Responsibilities

• Communication
• Speeches
• Relations with the Spokespersons’ Service
• Relations with the media
• Youth Policy Dialogue

Responsibilities outside the portfolio

• Media and democracy, disinformation

Email: kyriakos [dot] samartzidisec [dot] europa [dot] eu (kyriakos[dot]samartzidis[at]ec[dot]europa[dot]eu)

Phone number: +32 2 29 13306

Responsibilities

• Communication, social media manager
• Commissioner’s website
• Events management and coordination of Commissioner visits
• Audiovisual aspects and contacts with EC audiovisual service
• IT correspondent
• Digital Ambassador

Email: petra [dot] soderqvistec [dot] europa [dot] eu (petra[dot]soderqvist[at]ec[dot]europa[dot]eu)

Phone number: +32 2 29 88456

Responsibilities

• Multimodal digital mobility systems
• Overall responsibility of road transport
• Digitalisation of transport/paperless transport
• Driving licenses and disqualification
• Labour and Skills shortage for transport
• Road Safety
• Taxi and Private Hired Vehicles for hire (PHV) and micromobility
• Combined transport and logistics
• Intelligent transport
• Gender Equality in transport
• Clean corporate fleets
• Digital transport policy and AI
• Summertime

Responsibilities outside the portfolio

• Social Rights and Skills, Quality Jobs and Preparedness
• Equality
• Tech Sovereignty, Cybersecurity, AI
• External relations: Norway

Country coordinator: Sweden, Finland

Email: ilias [dot] iordanidisec [dot] europa [dot] eu (ilias[dot]iordanidis[at]ec[dot]europa[dot]eu)

Phone number: +32 2 29 58080

Responsibilities

• Relations with the European Parliament for Transport and Tourism
• Relation with National Parliaments
• Overall coordination of the Parliamentary questions and Petitions
• Structure Dialogue with regional and local authorities
• Relations with the Committee of Regions and European Economic and Social Committee
• Euro-Mediterranean Cooperation
• Cooperation with Africa
• Urban Mobility and European Cycling declaration
• Patronage
• Ethics and Transparency

Responsibilities outside the portfolio

• Framework agreement between the European Commission and the European Parliament
• Reforms and Cohesion Policy
• Mediterranean
• Agriculture and Food
• EU Taxation Policy
• External relations: Israel, Mediterranean Neighbouring Countries, Africa

Country coordinator: Bulgaria, Romania

Email: konstantina [dot] melanidiec [dot] europa [dot] eu (konstantina[dot]melanidi[at]ec[dot]europa[dot]eu)

Phone number: +32 2 29 13689

Responsibilities

• European sustainable tourism strategy
• European Tourism Agenda 2030
• Ombudsman
• Tourism and Cruise shipping
• Tourism and marketing
• Foresight

Responsibilities outside the portfolio

• Intergenerational Fairness, Youth, Culture and Sport Foresight
• External relations: Gulf Countries

Country coordinator: Croatia, Malta

Email: eleftheria [dot] voliotouec [dot] europa [dot] eu (eleftheria[dot]voliotou[at]ec[dot]europa[dot]eu)

Phone number: +32 2 29 86926

Responsibilities

• Commissioner’s agenda
• Commissioner’s missions and ATMOS
• Communication with the Protocol Service
• Human resources of the Cabinet (back- up)
• Cabinet Budget

Email: Ioanna [dot] TSAMOURAec [dot] europa [dot] eu (ioanna[dot]tsamoura[at]ec[dot]europa[dot]eu)

Phone number: +32 2 29 54848

Responsibilities

• Agenda of the Head of Cabinet
• Coordination of briefings for Head of Cabinet
• Coordination of missions of Head of Cabinet
• Jour fixe and CAB-DG meetings coordination
• Human resources of the Cabinet

Email: Anna [dot] PILIOURAec [dot] europa [dot] eu (anna[dot]pilioura[at]ec[dot]europa[dot]eu)

Phone number: +32 2 29 67781

Responsibilities

• Preparation of GRI
• Parliamentary Questions
• Petitions
• External Petitions
• EC Library Correspondent
• Document Management Officer (back-up)
• Consultative Committees
• EP Resolutions
• Briefing Coordinator
• Blue Book Trainees

Email: francisca [dot] von-hafe-garciaec [dot] europa [dot] eu (francisca[dot]von-hafe-garcia[at]ec[dot]europa[dot]eu)

Phone number: +32 2 29 80344

Responsibilities

• Preparation for EXCO
• Parliamentary Questions (back-up)

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Email: anastasia [dot] avramidouec [dot] europa [dot] eu (anastasia[dot]avramidou[at]ec[dot]europa[dot]eu)

Phone number: +32 2 29 55906

Responsibilities

• Preparation of the file for the meetings of the College of Commissioners (e-College)
• Coordination of Special Chefs Meetings
• Preparation of the file for weekly meetings of Heads of Cabinets (HEBDO)
• Coordination of legislative procedures (DECIDE)
• ARES/NOMCOM
• Courrier du Président (CdP)
• Archives and access to documents