Organisation and staff

The association West Norway Brussels Office (Foreningen VNB) owns West Norway Brussels Office AS (VNB AS), which is responsible for the daily operations.

West Norway Brussels Office is organized with two boards and an administration in Brussels. The boards of the Association and the AS represent the members and provide the overall guidance for the work, while the administration is responsible for the daily operations and follows up on VNB's focus areas and activities.

VNB represents municipalities, county authorities and knowledge institutions in Western Norway. See an overview of our members .

Staff

Audun Lysbakken

Director
Mobile:
 Email: audun.lysbakken@west-norway.no

Kaia Dahl-Solheim

Intern
Mobile: +47 40749416
 Email: intern@west-norway.no

Anna Lygre Solvang

European Councillor
Mobile: +32 (0) 473 670 140
Email: anna.solvang@west-norway.no

Henning Norheim

Intern - Head of Administration, Faculty of Technology, Environmental and Social Sciences (HVL)
Mobile: +47 99 03 67 03
E-mail: henning.norheim@hvl.no

Board

The board of VNB AS is elected by the general meeting, while the board of Foreningen VNB is elected by the members at the annual meeting. In the current period, the two boards consist of the same members, but with Christine B. Meyer as chairwoman of VNB AS and Christine Øye as chairwoman of the Association.

Christine B. Meyer

Bergen municipality
Chairman

Timo Knoch

Eidfjord municipality
Board member

Christine Eye

Western Norway University of Applied Sciences
Deputy manager

Petter Sortland

Hoyanger municipality
Board member

Jessica Gartner

Møre og Romsdal County Council
Board member

Einar Arve Nordang

The beach municipality
Board member

Martin Kleppe

Vestland County Council
Board member

Resource group

The Resource Group plays a central role in the work of VNB. It is a link between the Brussels office and VNB members, and helps coordinate cooperation on projects, information and events.

The resource group consists of six representatives from the member organizations:

Einar Seime Stokka

Western Norway University of Applied Sciences
Leader

Camilla Stavnes Hisdal

Bergen municipality

Marianne Furheim

Øygarden municipality

Henning Wehde

Institute of Marine Research

Ingrid Gjelsvik

Møre og Romsdal County Council

Christopher Hammer

Vestland County Council