I cannot register them at school or any
hospital. I have only the two boys. I only
want to register my two boys...
OUR STAFF
& TRUSTEES
ELSA, MUM TO ERALDO AND ELISI LIVING IN ALBANIA
ENS has a small but dedicated
Secretariat based at our London
office, tasked with coordination
and development of the Network.
STAFF
•• CHRIS NASH – Director
•• NINA MURRAY – Head of
Policy & Research
•• JAN BRULC – Head of
Communications
•• ELIZABETH ODETTE –
Operations Manager
•• KHADIJA BADRI – Advocacy
and Engagement Officer
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
1000+
Children in Albania will have their birth
registered, reducing the risk of statelessness.
OUR WORK ON THE GROUND: REMOVING
BARRIERS TO BIRTH REGISTRATION IN ALBANIA
In Albania, more than a thousand children are
growing up unregistered and stateless. Our
member, Tirana Legal Aid Society (TLAS), has
been working tirelessly to help parents secure
a nationality for their children.
Last October, following years of concerted efforts to change the law, the
Albanian parliament adopted amendments which remove barriers to birth
registration. This reduces the risk of childhood statelessness, in particular
for children of Albanian parents born outside the country and for children
of the minority Roma and Egyptian communities. The amendments follow
a recent mapping study by UNHCR done jointly with TLAS, as well as our
#StatelessKids campaign which focused on Albania, and our #RomaBelong
project to tackle Roma statelessness in the region.
ENS has an active Board of
Trustees currently made up of
eight members, responsible for
overseeing the governance of
the charity. They are:
•• STEFANIE GRANT –
An experienced human
rights lawyer
•• GÁBOR GYULAI – Refugee
Programme Manager at the
Hungarian Helsinki Committee
•• JACK HERIZ-SMITH –
Corporate Partnerships &
Engagement Manager at Shelter
•• IVANKA KOSTIC – Founder
and Executive Director of
Praxis, Serbia
•• ALLAN LEAS (CHAIR) –
An experienced human rights
professional, formerly ECRE
Secretary General
•• DANIEL O’CONNOR
(TREASURER) –
An experienced banker,
recently Deputy Treasurer
for HSBC Offshore
•• JAMES WOODESON –
Founder & Coach, Woodeson
Kesby Organisational Coaching
•• MAURICE WREN –
Chief Executive of the British
Refugee Council