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THE NORMS MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE:

Chair:    Johan Cejie (Sweden), Email: johan.cejie@krav.se
Members:    Jorge Casale (Argentina), Antonio Compagnoni (Italy), Ong Kung Wai
(Malaysia), Mildred Steidle (Germany)
Coordinator:    Diane Bowen (USA), Email: d.bowen@ifoam.org

THE STANDARDS COMMITTEE:

Chair:     Rod May (Australia), Email: capck@netconnect.com.au
Members:     Brian Baker (USA), Alexander Beck (Germany), Jorge Casale (Argentina), Eckhard Reiners (Germany), Hui-lian Xu (Japan), Richard Plowright (United Kingdom), Tali Revital Berner (Israel)
Coordinator:    Diane Bowen (USA), d.bowen@ifoam.org

The CRITERIA COMMITTEE:

Chair:         Ken Commins (USA), Email: info@ioas.org
Members:    Paddy Doherty (Canada), P V S M Gouri (India), Mwatima Abdulla Juma (Tanzania), Eva Mattsson (Sweden), Coen van Beuningen (Netherlands), Mildred Steidle (Germany)

Coordinator:     Diane Bowen (USA), d.bowen@ifoam.org

THE PROGRAM STRATEGY COMMITTEE OF “IFOAM-GROWING ORGANIC (I-GO)”
“STRENGTHENING ORGANIC AGRICULTURE IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES”

Chair:     Liz Clay, (Australia) Email: L.clay@ifoam.org
Members: Oscar Castañeda (Guatemala), Maheswar Ghimire (Nepal), Hay Soree (India), Diana Callear (South Africa), Joseph Ngugi Mutura (Kenya)
Global Programme Coordinator:     Anne Boor, IFOAM Head Office, Email: a.boor@ifoam.org

THE GOVERNMENT RELATIONS COMMITTEE:

Chair:         Prabha Mahale (India), Email: prabhamahale@vsnl.com
Coordinator:    Diane Bowen (USA), d.bowen@ifoam.org
Members:    Liz Clay (Australia), Katherine Di Matteo (USA), Peter Einarsson (Sweden), Boudewijn van Elzakker (Netherlands)

THE DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE

Chair:   Prabha Mahale, Email: prabhamahale @vsnl.com

Members: 
Holger Kahl (New Zealand), Patricia Wangong'u (Kenya), Zhou Zeijang (China), Johannes Kotschi (Germany), Carlos Escobar (Colombia)

Coordinator:       
Louise Luttikholt, IFOAM Head Office, Email l.luttikholt @ifoam.org

APPROVED REGIONAL GROUPS

Asia:
Coordinator:    Vaheesen Saminathan, c/o Gami Seva Sevana, Office Junction, Galaha, (Sri Lanka) Tel: +94-1-2827324, Fax: +94-1-2827325, Email: hslvaheesan@eureka.lk

The Asian members of IFOAM will meet at September 24th, 2005 at Adelaide to define the needs, developing strategies and ideas for (a) workable structure(s) for IFOAM members in Asia.

German speaking countries:
Coordinator:    Helga Willer, c/o Research Institute of Organic Agriculture FiBL, Ackerstrasse, Postfach, CH-5070 Frick, (Switzerland), Tel:+41-62-8657-207, Fax: +41-62-8657-273, Email: helga.willer@fibl.ch, Web: www.ifoam.de
Board Members:    Raymond Aendekerk (Luxembourg), Roland Einsiedel (Germany), Immo Lünzer (Germany), Minou Yussefi (Germany)

Mediterranean countries:
Secretary:  
Ranko Tadic, c/o Eko Liburnia, Jelacicev trg 1/III, 51000 Rijeka, (Croatia), Tel: +385-51-331184, Fax: +385-51-212074, Email:eko-liburnia @ri.tel.hr, Web: www.ifoam-abm.com

Coordinator:
Christina Serpentzidaki, c/o Agricultural Service Region of Crete, GR-Heraklion (Greece)Tel: Tel: +30-2810-370587, Fax: +30-2810-314953 Email: abmifoam @crete-region.gr

Board members:  
Fabio Piccioli (Italy), President
Yousri Hashem (Egypt), Vice-president
Guy Rilov (Israel), Vice-president
Aktham Badran (Palestine), Training Working Group Coordinator
Paola Migliorini (Italy), Research and Development  Working Group Coordinator
Karen Hoberg (Spain), Market Working Group Coordinator
Drazen Lusic (Croatia), Standards and Certification Working Group Coordinator

European Union:
President:    Francis Blake, c/o Soil Association, Bristol House, 40-56 Victoria Street, Bristol BS1 6BY (UK)Tel:+44-117-9142400, Fax: +44-117-9252504, Email: fblake@soilassociation.org
Board Members:    Raymond Aendekerk (Luxembourg), Gerald Altena (Norway), Alexandra Costa (Portugal), Dimitris Dimitriadis (Greece), Thomas Dosch (Germany), Olafur R. Dyrmundsson (Iceland), Sabine Eigenschink (Austria), Victor Gonzalvez (Spain), Joost Guijt (Netherlands), Anne Konsti (Finland), Jos Maes (Belgium), Mette Meldgaard (Denmark), Anton Pinschof (France), Marianne Schönning (Sweden), Helen Scully (Ireland), Otto Schmid (Switzerland), Alessandro Triantafyllidis (Italy)

IFOAM EU Group

Rue Commerce 124
BE - 1000 Bruxelles
Phone: +32 2 735 27 97; Fax: +32 2 735 73 81
Internet:
www.ifoam.org/eu
E-Mail: info@ifoam-eu.org


National Group - Japan:
Coordinator:    Tokishi Imai, c/o IFOAM Japan, Office 3-19-14 Kudan Minami City Bldg. 2F Office 3-19-14 Kudan Minami, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-0074, Tel: +81-3-5447-8161, Fax: +81-3-5447-8162 Email: imai.t@polan.net
   
REGIONAL INITIATIVES
   
Latin America – GALCI Committee (Grupo Regional de America Latina y Caribe de IFOAM):
Coordinator:    Patricia Flores Escudero, Guachipas Lote 9 - El Tipal, 4400 Salta (Argentina), Tel: +54-387-4362597, Email: pflorese@uolsinectis.com.arFor Local Market issues: Silvia Wu (Peru), Email: ecologic@telefonica.net.peFor GMO issues: Anne Piepenstock (Bolivia), Email: anne@agrecolandes.orgFor Research issues: Jürgen Queitsch (Mexico), Emails: caepa_mex@hotmail.com Email List Coordinator: Carlos Escobar (Colombia), Email: biotropi@colomsat.net.coFor Brazil contacts: Maria Fernanda Fonseca (Brazil), Email: mfernanda@pesagro.rj.gov.br

SECTOR SPECIFIC INTEREST GROUPS

IFOAM Forum of Consultants:
Coordinator: Birgitt Boor, c/o Bioherb - Consulting for International Organic Agriculture (Germany),Tel: +49-5542-6466, Fax: +49-5542-72891, Email: info @bioherb.de

Board:
Bo van Elzakker (Netherlands), Treasurer , Johannes Kotschi (Germany), Vice-Chair, Tadeu Caldas (United Kingdom), Uwe Hofmann (Germany)

Aquaculture Group:
Coordinator:Board:    Deborah Brister, c/o ISEES, 186 McNeal Hall 1985 Buford Ave, St.Paul, MN 55108-6142 (USA), Tel: +1-612-624-7723, Fax: +1-612-625-8153, Email: djb@fw.umn.eduStefan Bergleiter (Germany), Vitoon Panyakul (Thailand)

INTEREST GROUP INIATIVES

IFOAM Trade Forum:

Coordinator:  Maria Gardfjell, c/o Coop Sverige AB, Box 15200, 104 65 Stockholm(Sweden)Tel: +46-8-743-1505, Fax: +46-8-7431622, Email: maria.gardfjell@coop.se

Board:
Helmy Abouleish (Egypt), Robert Duxbury (UK), Carl Haest (Belgium), Mark Retzloff (USA), Marteen Rijninks (Netherlands)

IFOAM Farmers Group:
Coordinator: Inger Kalländer, Ekologiska Lantbrukarna, Sagargatan 10A, 753 18 Uppsala (Sweden)Tel: +46-11-70093, Fax: +46-18-101066, inger.kallander @ekolantbruk.se

Secretary:
Joanne Warren, P.O. Box 1658, Lillooet, BC V0K 1V0 (Canada), Tel: +1-250-256-4906, Fax: +1-250-256-4969, Email: askom @telus.net

Action Coordinators and Steering Committee Members:
For Agriculture Policy: Inger Kallander (Sweden), inger.kallander @ekolantbruk.se
For Certification and Standards: Maria Fernanda Fonseca (Brazil),  mfernanda @pesagro.rj.gov.br
For Education and Training: Elba Rivera Urbina (Nicaragua), elbarivera40@yahoo.com
For Funding (and SCM): David Owusu (Ghana), owusuyd @yahoo.ca
For Gender Sensitivization and Training: Asha Kachru (India), akach_2000 @yahoo.com
For Land and Livelihoods: Rob Sacco (Zimbabwe), farmbidzanai @mango.zw  and Elizabeth Henderson (USA), ehendrsn @redsuspenders.com
For Production, Processing and Research: Joy Greenall (UK), Email: mark.ecom @btinternet.com
For Seeds and Breeds: Joanne Warren (Canada), Email: askom @telus.net
For Trade and Market: Alexis Naraval-Bantiles (Philippines), Email: leclec @i-manila.com.ph
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