Who's Who

[Last update 16 April 2004]
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CHAIR

  • Martin Cullen, T.D. – Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government (Ireland)


VICE-CHAIR


MINISTERS/ HEADS OF DELEGATIONS

OECD member countries

  • Ian Forsyth, Ambassador, Permanent Representative, Permanent Delegation (Australia)
  • Werner Wutscher, Secretary-General,Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water Management (Austria)
  • Régine de Clercq, Ambassador, Permanent Representative, Permanent Delegation (Belgium)
  • Jocelyne Bourgon, Ambassador, Permanent Representative, Permanent Delegation (Canada)
  • Libor Ambrozek, Minister for Environment (Czech Republic)
  • Per Nylykke, Head of Department, Ministry of Environment and Energy (Denmark)
  • Heikki Sisula, Environmental Counsellor, Ministry of the Environment (Finland)
  • Serge Lepeltier,  Ministère de l'Ecologie et du Développement Durable (France)
  • Margareta Wolf, Parliamentary State Secretary, Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (Germany)
  • Stavros Kaloyannis,Vice Minister for the Environment (Greece)
  • Miklos Persanyi, Minister of Environment and Water (Hungary)
  • Siv Fridleifsdottir, Minister for Environment (Iceland)
  • Altero Matteoli, Minister for Environment (Italy)
  • Shuichi Katoh, Senior Vice-Minister, Ministry of Environment (Japan)
  • Kyoo-Yong Lee,Deputy Minister, Ministry of Environment (Korea)
  • Hubert Wurth, Ambassador, Permanent Representative, Permanent Delegation (Luxembourg)
  • Alberto Càrdenas Jiménez, Minister for Environment and Natural Resources (Mexico)
  • Pieter van Geel, State Secretary (Netherlands)
  • Adrian Macey, Ambassador, Permanent Representative, Permanent Delegation (New Zealand)
  • Borge Brende, Environment Minister (Norway)
  • Krzysztof Szamalek, Secretary of State, Deputy Minister (Poland)
  • Amilcar Theias, Ministry for Urban Affairs, Territorial Planning and Environment (Portugal)
  • László Miklos,Minister of Environment, (Slovak Republic)
  • Elena Pisonero, Ambassador, Permanent Representative, Permanent Delegation (Spain)
  • Beat Nobs, Ambassador, Federal Office of the Environment, Forestry and Landscape (Switzerland)
  • Hasan Sarikaya, Undersecretary of the Ministry of Environment and Forest (Turkey)
  • Elliot Morley, Minister for Environment and Agri-Environment (United Kingdom)
  • Michael O. Leavitt, Administrator, US Environmental Protection Agency (United States)
  • Catherine Day, Director General, DG Environment, DG XI (European Commission)


Non-member countries

  • Argentina
  • Brazil
  • Xinfang Wang, Vice Minister, State Environmental Protection Administration (China)
  • Avraham Poraz, Minister of the Interior (Israel)
  • Aitkul Baygazievna Samakova, Minister of Environment (Kazakhstan)
  • Russia
  • Slovenia


Intergovernmental organisations

  • Gabriella Battaini-Dragoni, Director General for Education, Culture and Heritage, Youth and Sport, Council of Europe (COE)
  • Christina Von Schweinichen, Deputy Director, Environment and Human Settlements Division, UN Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE)
  • UN Environment Programme (UNEP)
  • World Bank
  • Kerstin Leitner, Assistant Director-General, Sustainable Development Cluster (World Health Organisation (WHO))
  • World Trade Organisation (WTO)


Civil society representatives
(see also the stakeholder consultation)

  • Business
  • Environmental NGOs
  • Trade unions
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Assisting countries in improving their environmental policies by providing policy advice based on sound analysis, cross-country experiences and reliable data.