– 10YFP National Focal Points List updated 20/11/2014

– 10YFP National Focal Points List updated 20/11/2014

National Focal Points – 10YFP
List updated 20/11/2014
AFRICA
Algeria
TOLBA TAHAR
Directeur General, Ministère de l’Aménagement,
du Territoire de l’Environnement et de la Ville
Alternate: DENDANI DJAMEL
Inspecteur
Angola
MR. CARLOS CADETE
Director of the Office of Planning and Statistics
Studies
Ministry of Environment
Botswana
MS. DOROTHY KGATHI-THITE
Deputy Director General for Multilateral
Economic Affairs
Ministry of Environment, Wildlife and Tourism,
Department of Environmental affairs
Alternate: Mr. Khalekani Mpofu
Principal Natural Resources Officer
Burkina Faso
OUEDRAOGO RASMANE
Directeur Politiques environnementales
Ministère de l'Environnement et du
Développement Durable (MEDD)
Burundi (République du Burundi)
MR. NDAYISHIMIYE REMY
Conseiller au cabinet du Ministre Chargé de la
Communication et Porte-Parole du Ministère
Ministry of water environment, land and urban
planning
Alternate: Ndayikeza Willy
Adviser
Cameroun (République du Cameroun)
Adama Saidou
Director of the Promotion of sustainable
development
Ministry of Environment, Protection of Nature
and Sustainable Development
Alternate: Wanie Marcel
Sub director
Chad
MR. MAHAMAT ABDOULAYE ISSA
Focal of Chad for Rio+20
Ministry of Environment
Alternate: Mr. Mahamat Hassane Idriss
Coordinator REDD+/MDP
Assistant au PF Climat Chad
Expert Négociateur Climat
Ministry of Environment
Alternate: Traore Louis Blanc
Directeur DCIME au SP/CONEDD
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Comores
Guinée (République de Guinée)
ALI MOHAMED SOILIHI
Secretary General
Vice-Présidence en charge du Ministère de la
Production, de l'environnement de l'énergie, de
l'industrie et de l'Artisanat
Mamadou Saliou DIALLO
Conseiller juridique
Ministère de l'Environnement des Eaux et des
Forêts
Alternate: Youssouf HAMADI
Chief de service agriculture et expert
environnement
Alternate: Daouda KANTE
Directeur Général Adjoint du Centre
d'Observation, de Surveillance et d'Information
Environnementales (COSIE)
Côte d'Ivoire (République de Côte d'Ivoire)
Lesotho
Dr. Alain Serges Kouadio
Directeur de l'économie verte et de la
responsabilité sociétale
Ministère de l'Environnement, de la Salubrité
Urbaine et du Développement Durable
THABO TSASANYANE
Senior Environment Officer
Department of Environment
Alternate: Mr. Aboubakari DOSSO
Chargé d'étude à la Direction Générale du
Développement Durable
République Démocratique du Congo
GILBERT KILOLA LUTSWAMBA
Chef de Division
Ministère de l'Environnement, conservation de la
nature et tourisme
Alternate: Fabien Fazili Mukuba
Chef de bureau
Ethiopia
Mr. Yared Shumete Asfaw
Officer
The Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
Environmental Protection Authority
Alternate Thabiso Leballo
Senior Environment Officer
Libya
YOUSEF ARIBE DOUGHA
Member of EGA Secretary
Environment General Authority (EGA)
Alternate: Yousef A. MADHUN
Member of EGA Secretary
Madagascar
MR. RANDRIAMASIMANANA DÉSIRÉ
Staff, Service of International Convention on
Environment
Ministry of Environment
Alternate: Mr. MAMINIAINA NARINDRA Tiana
Marc
Chief of service of environmental affairs, Ministry
of Foreign Affairs
Alternate: Mr. Yohannes Ameha Assefa
Officer
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Mali
MAIGA AGALYOU ALKASSOUM
Chef du Département Environnement et
Développement / AEDD
Agence de l'Environnement et du
Développement Durable (AEDD) S/C Ministère
de l'Environnement et de l'Assainissement
Alternate: BARRY Moussa
Coordonateur National IPE/PNUD/PNUE
Ministère de l'Environnement et de
l'Assainissement
Mauritius
NG YUN WING Ms. Sin Lan
Director of Environment
Ministry of Environment and Sustainable
Development
Alternate: RAJKOOMAR Ms. Davetee
Divisional Environment Officer
Morocco
MR. MOHAMED BENYAHIA
Directeur du Partenariat, de la Communication et
de la Coopération
Ministère de l'Energie, des Mines, de l'Eau, de
l'Environnement, Département de
l'Environnement
Alternate: Mr. Idrissa Mamoudou
Counselor at the CNEDD
Nigeria
MR. MOMOH TAHIR ABU
Director, Department of Planning, Research and
Statistics
Department of Planning, Research and Statistics
(PRS)
Federal Ministry of Environment.
Alternate: Mr. Salomon Wazari
Assistant chief admin. Officer
Rwanda
MR. REMY NORBERT DUHUZE
Rwanda Environment Management Authority
Sao Tome and Principe
GELSA MARILA CARVALHO VERA CRUZ
General Directorate for Environment (legal dir.
Administration, cooperation, Evaluation and
Environmental Impacts Assessments)
Head of Department of Studies and projects
Alternate: Madival Alva Das Neves
Coordinator DNA to CDM
Sierra Leone
Alternate: Mme Selwa AMAZIANE
Chef de division du Partenariat
AHMED AKAR AHMED
Chief Director and Professional head
Ministry of Trade and Industry
Niger (République du Niger)
DR. KAMAYER MAAZOU
Executive Secretary of the Environment National
Council for a Sustainable Development
(CNEEDD)
Secrétariat Exécutif du conseil national de
l'environnement pour un développement durable
Alternate: Mickail Nickson Turay
Deputy Director of industries
South Africa
Mr. Tlou Ramaru
Chief Policy Advisor: Sustainable Development,
Department of Environmental Affairs
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Alternate: Ms Elise Haber
Deputy Director, Department of International
Relations and Cooperation
Togo
MR. FÉLICIEN BAMOUDNA BAGDOUGOUA
National focal point of sustainable development
Ministry of Environment and Forest Resources
Alternate: Mr. Agbossoumonde Koffi
Environmentalist
United Republic of Tanzania
DR. JULIUS K. NINGU
Director of Environment
Division of environment
Vice President's office
Alternate: Ms. Magdalena J. Mtenga
Assistant Director - pollution control
Zimbabwe
Uganda
Dr. TOM O. OKURUT
Executive Director
National Environment Management Authority
(NEMA)
Alternate: Mr. Ronald Kaggwa
Environmental Economist
MR. IRVIN DOUGLAS KUNENE
Director, Environment
Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources
Management
Alternate: Mrs. Mutsa Chasi
Director, EMA
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ASIA
Bahrain (Kingdom of Bahrain)
ENG. ZAHWA MOHAMMED SALEM AL
KUWARI
Director of Environment assessment and
planning Directorate
The Supreme Council for Environment
Alternate: Eng. Suzan Mohammed AlAjjawi
Head of Environmental Planning
Cambodia (Kingdom of Cambodia)
H.E. DR. CHHUN VANNAK
Secretary General of NCGG and Senior
Minister's Advisor
National Council on Green Growth, General
Secretariat for Green Growth
Ministry of Environment
Mr. Voun Vannarith
Senior Official in charge of Administrative and
Financial department
Cyprus (Republic of)
CHARALAMBOS HAJIPAKKOS
Senior Environment Officer
Department of environment, Ministry of
Agriculture, Natural Resources and
Environment
Alternate: Irene Constantinou
Environment Officer A
Indonesia
DR. HENRI BASTAMAN
Deputy Minister for Technical Infrastructure
and Capacity Building
Ministry of Environment
Alternate: Adi Wardojo
Assistant Deputy Minister for Standardization
and Technology
Iran (Islamic Republic of Iran)
SHAHIN MOHAMMADNEJAD
Director General, Office of HSE Affairs
Ministry of Industry, Mine and Trade, Office of
HSE Affairs
Iraq (Republic of)
MS. ELAF DHIA AL-DEEN BAHA AL-DEEN
Chief of Industrial Planning Department
Ministry of Planning, Industrial Department
Alternate: Ms. BAN ALI AL-OGAILI
Sustainable Development Chief of Dept
Japan
Alternate: Ms. Yuki TAKAHASHI
Global Environment Division, International
Cooperation Bureau
Jordan (the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan)
MR. MOHAMAD AFANA
Director of Policy and development
Ministry of Environment, Policy and
Development Directorate
Alternate: Hiba Issam Khalib Zaabalawi
Sustainable Consumption and Production
expert
Korea (Republic of)
MR. YOUNG-JU KIM
Deputy Director, Ministry of Environment
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Alternate: Ms. Hyunju Lee
Associate researcher
Korea Environmental Industry & Technology
Institute
Kuwait (State of Kuwait)
HUDA A AL MUNAYES
Head of Reasearch and studies department
Research and studies department
Alternate: Hossain Grolom
Coordinator - Strategic Office
Lebanon
BASSAM SABBAGH
Head of Urban Environment Service
Urban Environment Service
Ministry of Environment
Myanmar (the Republic of the Union of
Myanmar)
MR. TIN TUN
Director General
Planning and Statistics Department, Ministry of
environmental Conservation and Forestry
Alternate: Mr. Sein Htoon Linn
Director, Planning and Statistics Department
Nauru
MICHAEL AROI
Acting Secretary for Foreign Affairs and Trade
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Alternate: Michael Bryde
Deputy Secretary for Planning and Aid
Oman (Sultanate of Oman)
Alternate: Olfat Hamdan
Head of department
Malaysia
MR. AZHAR NORAINI
Director Environment and Natural Resource
Economic section, Economic Planning Unit
Prime minister's department
Maldives
MS. AISHATH AILEEN NIYAZ
Environment Analyst
Ministry of Environment and Energy
Alternate: Mr. Midhath Abdul Rasheed
Environment Analyst
MR. MOHAMED RASHID AL SINAIDI
Managing Director of International Cooperation
Department
Ministry of Environment and Climate Affairs
Pakistan
Mr. Syed Iftikhar-ul- Hasan Shah Gillani,
Joint Secretary International Cooperation
Alternate 1: Mr. Muhammad Irfan Tariq
Director (UA)
Alternate 2: Mr. Zaheer Gillani
NPM MEAS Secretariat
Philippines
Dr. Mercedita A. Sombilla
Director
National Economic and Development Authority
Agriculture Staff
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Alternate: Atty Juan Miguel T. Cuna
OIC Director
Environmental Management Bureau
Alternate: Mr. Karunatilaka Amunugama
Secretary
Ministry of External Affairs
Qatar
MR. ABDULHADI AL MERY,
Climate Change Coordinator,
Ministry of Environment Qatar
State of Palestine
Alternate: Mr. Abdulla Al-Ibrahim
Head of Hazardous Waste Section,
SAMER IBRAHEM MAHMOUS DWAKAT
Director
Ministry of Environment Affairs, Environmental
Economics Dept.
Alternate: Nabil A. Y. Zakout
Director
Saudi Arabia
DR. SAMEER GHAZI
Deputy President
Presidency of Meteorology and Environment
Alternate: Mr. Ziyad Al Yahiya
Director of Safety and Environment
Ministry of Commerce and Industry
Singapore
Mr Hazri Hassan
Director, International Policy Division
Ministry of the Environment and Water
Resources
Alternate 1: Mr. LIM Wei Da
Senior Executive
Alternate 2: Ms. Mary-Anne PAN
Senior Assistant Director
Syrian Arab Republic
ENG. ROUIDA NAHAR
Director of Cleaner Production and renewable
energy Directorate and Syrian National cleaner
Production Center
Ministry of State for Environmental Affairs
Alternate: Eng. Manal Kalloumeh
Eng in Cleaner Production and renewable
Energy directorate
Thailand
DR. ASDAPORN KRAIRAPANOND
Director
Office of International Cooperation on Natural
Resources and Environment
Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment
Alternate: Dr. Rungnapar Pattanavibool
Environmentalist, Expert Level
Sri Lanka
MR. BASNAYAKE MUDIYANSELAGE
UTHAPALA DAYANANDA BASNAYAKE
Secretary
Ministry of Environment and Renewable
Energy
Timor Leste
DEMETRIO DO AMARAL DE CARUALHO
National advisor to S.E. for Environment
Ministry of Commerce, Industry and
Environment
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United Arab Emirates
Yemen
ENG. FATIMA ALQAYDI
Chemical Engineer
Ministry of Environment and Water
Dr. MOHAMMED SAEED ALMASHJARI
Chairman
Environment Protection Authority
Alternate: Marwa Ahmed AlAwadhi
Climate Change Coordinator
Alternate: Mr. Ahmed Abdullah Al-Aroumi
National Coordiantor of Global Action for SCP
(10YFP)
EPA
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EASTERN EUROPE
Azerbaijan
MR. VUQAR ABDULLAYEV
Head of Intersections and review division
Economic Policy, Analysis and Forecasting
Department
Ministry of Economic Development
Alternate: Ms. Konul Ahmadova
Leading Advisor
Environmental Policy division
Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources
Bulgaria
MR. HRISTO STOEV
State Expert, Environmental Policies
Directorate
Ministry of Environment and Water
Alternate: Mrs. Svetlana Iordanova
Diplomat
UN and Development Cooperation
Department
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Czech Republic
PAVLA TUMPACHOVÁ
Expert, Department of Economic and
Voluntary instruments
Ministry of the Environment
Alternate: Jiri Bendl
Expert
Estonia
ULLE VAHT
Counsellor
Environmental Management Department
Ministry of the Environment
Georgia
MS. NINO TKHILAVA
Head of the Environmental policy and
international relations department
Ministry of Environment Protection
Alternate: Ms. Nino Gokhelashvili
Head of the Division of International relations
Croatia (Republic of)
Ph.D. BRANKA PIVCEVIC NOVAK
Head of the Department for General
Environmental policies
Ministry of Environmental and Nature
Protection
Hungary
Alternate: Blanka Grahovac Guberina
Senior Advisor
Alternate 1: Ms. Krisztina PRÉM
Department of Environmental Development
Ministry of Agriculture
Ms. MARTINA MAKAI
Head, Department of Environmental
Development
Ministry of Agriculture
Alternate 2: Ms. Petra PÉNTEK
Ministry of Agriculture, Department of
Strategy
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Alternate 3: Ms. Zita GELLER
Unit for Project and Strategic Coordination
Ministry of Agriculture
Alternate: Jolanta RAWSKA-OLEJNICZAK
Minister Counselor, Department of
Sustainable Development
Ministry of the Environment
Latvia
ILZE PRŪSE
Director of Climate and Environmental Policy
Integration
Ministry of Environmental Protection and
Regional Development
Alternate: Fricis Rūmnieks
Senior official
Lithuania
MR. DEIVIDAS CESNAS
Chief Desk Officer
Ministry of the Environment
Alternate: Ms. Akvile BALZEKAITE
Chief Desk Officer
Moldova (Republic of)
MARIA NAOGORNII
Head of the Policy Analysis Monitoring and
Evaluation department
Ministry of Environment
Alternate: Iurie Raileanu
Senior Consultant of the Division for
Energetic efficiency and regenerable energy
Poland (Republic of)
JAROSLAW KLONOWSKI
Senior Expert, Innovation and Industry
Department
Ministry of Economy
Romania
ELENA DUMITRU
Minister Counsellor
Embassy of Romania to Republic of Kenya
Alternate 1: Luminita Ghita
Senior Adviser
Ministry of Environment and climate change
Alternate 2: Ms. Gabriela Tanjala
Diplomatic counsellor in charge with
Sustainable development issues, Ministry of
Foreign Affairs
The Russian Federation
MS ELENA VIKULOVA
Chief of Division
Department of International Cooperation
Ministry of Natural Resources and
Environment of the Russian Federation
Serbia (Republic of)
PROF. VLADAN ZDRAVKOVIC, PH.D
State Secretary
Ministry of Energy, Development and
Environmental Protection
Alternate: Miroslav Tadic
Head of Department for European Integration
and International Cooperation in the field of
Environment
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Slovak Republic
MGR. SLAVKA JURKOVICOVA
Specialist for Environmental Technology
Centre of Waste and Environmental
Management
Slovak Environmental Agency
Slovenia
MRS TATJANA ORHINI VALJAVEC
General Directorate for the Environment
Ministry of Agriculture and the Environment
Alternate: Ing. Ondrej Surina
Expert
Ministry of the Environment
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LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARRIBEAN
Argentina
MR. EMILIO AM NADOUR
Director de Producción Limpia y Consumo
Sustentable
Dirección de Producción Limpia y Consumo
Sustentable - Grupo ad hoc Competitividad y
Medio Ambiente- MERCOSUR
Alternate: Mrs. Alicia Moreno
Barbados
MRS. GAYLE FRANCIS-VAUGHAN
Permanent Secretary
Ministry of Environment and Drainage
Government of Barbados
Alternate: Travis Sinckler
Senior Environmental Officer
Alternate: Licenciada Claudia Layas
Ministerio del Poder Popular para Comunas y
Protección Social - Directora de la Oficina de
Asuntos Internacionales
Bolivia
SRA. ALEXANDRA MOREIRA LOPEZ
Jefa de Unidad de la Madre Tierra y Agua
Ministerio de Relaciones exteriores
Alternate: Sr. Roberto Salvatierra Zapata
Director General de Planificacion
Ministerio de Medio Ambiente y Agua
Brazil
MARIANA MEIRELLES NEMROD
Secretary of Institutional Coordination and
Environmental Citizenship
Ministry of Environment
Belize
MS. FELICIA CRUZ
Fisheries officer
Belize Fisheries Department
Ministry of Forestry, fisheries and Sustainable
Development
Alternate: Rigoberto Quintana
Fisheries officer
Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela
LICENCIADO RUBEN DARIO MOLINA
Director General de la Oficina de Asuntos
Multilaterales y de Integración
Oficina de Asuntos Multilaterales y de
Integración
Ministerio del Poder Popular para Relaciones
Exteriores
Alternate: Julio Cesar Baena
Adviser on bilateral and regional cooperation
Chile
Mr. RODRIGO PIZZARO
Chief of Division of Information and
Environmental Economics,
Ministry for the Environment
Alternate 1: Julio Cordano
Head, Department of Sustainable
Development, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Alternate 2: Antonia Biggs
Departamento de Economía Ambiental de la
División de Información y Economía Ambiental
Ministry for the Environment
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Colombia
FRANCISCO JOSÉ GÓMEZ MONTES
Director de Asuntos Ambientales, Sectorial y
Urbana
Ministerio de Ambiente y Desarrollo
Sostenible
Alternate: Paula Caballero
Directora de Asuntos Económicos, Sociales y
Ambientales
Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores
Alternate: Elizabeth Jimenez
Analista de gestion
Ecuador
MSC. WALTER GARCIA
Consultant of the Ministry
Ministry of Environment, Sub-secretary of
environment quality
Alternate: Ing. Irma Suarez
Coordinator for sustainable consumption
affairs
Costa Rica
MS. SHIRLEY SOTO-MONTERO
Director Dirección de Gestión de Calidad
Ambiental (DIGECA)
Ministry of Environment and Energy
Alternate: Mr. Roberto Azofeifa-Rodriguez
Chief of Sustainable Producion Deparment,
Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock
Honduras
FRANCIS RAFAEL CONTRERAS RIVERA
Secretario Ejecutivo del CONADES Consejo
Nacional de Desarrollo Sostenible
(CONADES) del Gobierno de la República de
Honduras
Alternate: Ruth Xiomara Cubas
Coordinadora técnica del CONADES
Cuba
LIC. ORLANDO REY SANTOS
Head of the Environment Department
Ministry of Science, technology and
Environment, Environment department
Alternate: Lic. Hector Conde Almeida
Deputy head of the Division of International
Affairs
Dominican Republic
OLGA ROSARIO
Encargada Programa Nacional de Producción
Mas Limpia
Ministerio de medio ambiente y recursos
naturales Viceministerio de gestión ambiental
Jamaica
Mr. ANTHONY MC KENZIE
Director, Environmental management and
conservation
National Environment and Planning Agency
Alternate: Mr. Michael Myles
Policy Analyst
Mexico
SYLVIA DEL CARMEN TREVINO MEDINA
General Director of Industry
Ministry of Environmental and Natural
Resources (SEMARNAT)
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Alternate: Jorge Laguna Celis
Delegate to the 2nd Committee Environment
and sustainable Development, permanent
mission of Mexico to the UN
Panama
EDWIN PINZON
Jefe del departamento de medio Ambiente y
desarrollo sostenible
Dirreccion de Organismos y Conferencias
Internationales del Ministerio de Relaciones
exteriores
Alternate 1: Lic. Abraham Herrera
Jefe, Oficina de la Planificación de la Politica
Ambiental
Alternate 2: Alexis Rodriguez,
Jefe Encargado de la Oficina de Asuntos
Internacionales, Autoridad nacional del
ambiente
Paraguay
LIC. BIOL. MARIA CRISTINA MORALES
PALAREA
Directora Tecnica Ambiental Ministerio de
industria y comercio (miembro titular conam)
Alternate: C.P. José Domingo Penayo Godo
Tecnica - Direccion Tecnica Ambiental
Peru
MARIANO CASTRO SANCHEZ-MORENO
Vice Minister of Environmental Management
Ministry of Environment
Saint Lucia
MARY ISAAC
Chief Complaints and Investigation Office
Department of Consumer Affairs, Ministry of
Commerce, Business Development,
Investment and Consumer Affairs
Alternate: Pariet Herman
Deputy Director for Consumer Affairs
Suriname
HENNA JOAN UITERLOO
Permanent Secretary
Directorate of Environment
Ministry of labour, technological development
and environment
Alternate: Haidy Brigitta Aroma
Senior Policy Officer
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WESTERN EUROPEAN AND OTHER GROUPS
Andorra
MR. JUANJO LOPEZ LAVADO
Department of Multilateral Affairs and
Cooperation
Ministry of Foreign Affairs - Department of
Multilateral Affairs and Cooperation
Canada
MS. GEORGINA WAINWRIGHT KEMDIRIM
Manager, Policy Development, Sustainability
Industry Canada
Denmark
Australia
MR. DAMIEN HALL
Director
UN, Trade & Regional Partnerships Section
Department of the Environment
Austria
MR. JOSEF BEHOFSICS
Senior Advisor
Federal Ministry of Agriculture Forestry
Environment and Water Management, Division
V/9 International Environmental Affairs
Alternate: Ms. Andrea Nouak
Senior Advisor
Belgium
MRS. ZUINEN NATACHA
Head of the Sustainable Development
Department
Secretariat-General, Public Service of Wallonia
Alternate: Nadine Gouzée
Head of the Task Force on Sustainable
Development of the Federal Planning Bureau
MIKKEL STENBAEK HANSEN
Deputy Head of Department, Environmental
Strategies
Danish Environmental Protection Agency
Alternate: Ida Sondergaard
European Union
DOROTHEE CONVENS-BILLERBECK
Policy officer
Directorate-General for the Environment, Unit
ENV E.2: Multilateral environmental
agreements, processes and trade issues
European Commission
Alternate: Peter Czaga
Policy Officer, Unit ENV C.1: Sustainable
Consumption and Production
Finland
MS. TAINA NIKULA
Ministerial adviser
Environment Protection Department,
Sustainable Materials Economy
Ministry of the Environment
Alternate: Ms. Annika Lindblom
Ministerial Adviser, Unit for International and
EU Affairs, Ministry of Environment
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France
Italy
MS. SOPHIE TALIERE
Coordination et pilotage
Affaires Internationales et Européennes
Commissariat Général au développement
durable
Ministère de l'Ecologie, du Développement
durable et de l'Energie
MR. PAOLO SOPRANO
Director for sustainable development and
NGOs.
Ministry for the Environment, Land and Sea
Alternate: Mr. Andrea Innamorati
Policy adviser
Alternate: Ms. Claire Vancauwemberge
Chargée de mission
Netherlands
Germany
MR. CUNO VAN GEET
Senior Expert SCP
RWS Environment
Netherlands Agency
DR. ULF JAECKEL
Head of Division `Product-related
Environmental Protection, Standardisation,
Green Procurement´
Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature
Conservation and Nuclear Safety
Alternate: Dr. Jan Berger
Deputy Head of Division
Ireland
MR. KEVIN GREENE
Assistant Principal Officer,
Environment International and Sustainable
Development Unit
Department for the environment community
and local government
Israel
MR. YUVAL LASTER
Director, Environmental Policy Division
Ministry of Environmental Protection
Alternate: Ms. Shuli Davidovich
Director of Department for International
Organizations, Specialized Agencies & Global
Issues
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Alternate: Ms. Hester de Boer
International policy advisor
Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment
Norway
MS. HELENE HOGGEN
Senior Adviser EEA and trade Section
Ministry of the environment, Department for
Oceans and Pollution
Alternate: Mr. Solfrid Foss
Senior Adviser EEA and trade section
Portugal
Mr. Antonio Alvarenga
Director of Department - Strategy and
Economic Analysis
Portuguese Environment Agency
Alternate: Alexandra Ferreira de Carvalho
Director of Department - European Affairs and
international Relations
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Spain
United Kingdom
MRS. TERESA BARRES BENLLOCH
Head of Unit, Subdirectorate on Waste,
Directorate on environmental Quality and
assessment and Nature, State Secretariat on
Environment
Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Environment
NEIL FOURIE
Head of Resource Efficiency Team, Resource,
Atmosphere and Sustainability Directorate
Department for Environment, Food and Rural
Affairs (DEFRA)
Sweden
MS. EVA AHLNER
Principal Technical Officer
Swedish Environmental Protection Agency
Alternate: Ms. Gunilla Blomquist
Deputy Director
Switzerland
ANIK KOHLI
Senior Policy Advisor Federal Office for the
Environment FOEN, Federal Department of the
Environment, transport, Energy and
Communications DETEC
Alternate: Simon Johnson
Senior Policy Adviser on Resource Efficiency
United States of America
MS. HODAYAH FINMAN
Senior Advisor Office of International and
Tribal Affairs
US Environment Protection Agency
Alternate 1: Michael Latham. .
Foreign Service Officer
Bureau of Oceans, Environment and science
US Department of State
Alternate 2: Ted MacDonald
Senior Program Manager,
EPA
Alternate: Mehmet Bulut
Acting Head of Department, Deputy
Directorate General for Multilateral Economic
Affairs
Turkey
N. GÖKÇEN KAYA
Deputy Director General for Multilateral
Economic Affairs
Ministry of Foreign Affairs / Multilateral
Economic Affairs
Alternate: Mehmet Bulut
Acting Head of Department, Deputy
Directorate General for Multilateral Economic
Affairs
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