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Membership

Current membership, including alternates for Protocol matters (2024 - 2026)

Mr. Christian Baumgartner (Austria)
Ms. Yordanka Stoimenova (Canada)
Mr. Ralph Bodle (Germany)
Mr. Joe Ducomble (Luxembourg)
Ms. Brankica Cmiljanovic (Montenegro)
Ms. Susan Vernij (Netherlands)
Ms. Joanna Przybyś (Poland)
Ms. Natalia Zamfir (Republic of Moldova)
Ms. Barbora Pavlačič Doneva (Slovakia) 

In addition to the permanent members, the elected Parties appointed alternate members for the same term of office.

Ms. Ursula Platzer-Schneider (Austria)
Ms. Nana Kwamena (Canada)
Mr. Matthias Sauer (Germany)
Mr. Tom Uri (Luxembourg)
Ms. Maja Raičević (Montenegro)
Mr. Pascale van Duijse (Netherlands)
Ms. Marta Truszewska (Poland)

Membership 2005-2008

Committee at Espoo (Finland), March 2005
The Implementation Committee in Espoo (Finland), 3-4 March 2005, standing in front of the convention centre where the Espoo Convention was adopted in 1991. From left: Matthias Sauer (Germany), Wiek Schrage (secretariat), Seija Rantakallio (Finland, Chair), Menka Spirovska (the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia), Tomáš Cernohous (Slovakia), Margarita Korkhmazyan (Armenia), Dinara Kutmanova (Kyrgyzstan) and Vesna Montan (Croatia).

Membership 2008-2011

 

Chair

Mr. Matthias Sauer (Germany)

Vice-Chair

Ms. Tatiana Plesco (Republic of Moldova)

 

Ms. Vesna Kolar-Planinsic ( Slovenia)

Other Members

Ms. Tatiana Javanshir (Azerbaijan)

 

Ms. Nina Stoyanova ( Bulgaria)

 

Mr. Nenad Mikulic (Croatia)

 

Ms. Rakia Kalygulova (Kyrgyzstan)

 

Mr. Jerzy Jendroska (Poland)


Committee at Geneva, September 2010
Committee at Palais des Nations, Geneva, September 2010 (from left, front: Ms. Kolar-Planinsic, Ms. Stoyanova, Sandra Ruza (secretariat), Ms. Javanshir, Ms. Kalygulova; back: Ms. Plesco, Mr. Jendroska, Mr. Sauer (Chair),  Mr. Mikulic, Mr. Bonvoisin (Secretary))
Membership 2011-2014

 

Chair

Ms. Vesna Kolar-Planinsic ( Slovenia)

Vice-Chair

Mr. Felix Zaharia (Romania)

 

Ms. Lourdes Aurora Hernando (Spain)

Other Members

Ms. Elyanora Grygoryan (Armenia)

  Ms. Aysel Babayeva (Azerbaijan), with alternate Mr. Jorgen Brun (Norway)
 

Ms. Silviya Dimitrova ( Bulgaria)

 

Mr. Michel Prieur (France), with alternate Ms.  Lubica Papajova Majeska (Slovakia)

  Ms. Tatiana Plesco (Republic of Moldova), with alternate Mr. Jerzy Jendroska (Poland)
 
 

 

Membership 2014-2017

 

 
Chair Mr. Felix Zaharia (Romania)
Vice-Chairs First - Ms. Lourdes Aurora Hernando (Spain), 
Second - Mr. Romas Švedas (Lithuania)
Other members Ms. Elyanora Grigoryan (Armenia)
  Ms. Nadezhda Zdanevich (Belarus), with alternate on Protocol matters Mr. Jerzy Jendroska (Poland)
  Mr. David Catot (France), with alternate on Protocol matters Ms. Ilda Shahu (Albania)
  Ms. Zsuzsanna Pocsai (Hungary)
  Mr. Vladimir Buchko (Ukraine), with alternate on Protocol matters Mr. Kaupo Heinma (Estonia)

The alternate members for the same term of office.
Ms. Larisa Kharatova (Armenia)
Ms. Tatjana Laguta (Belarus)
Mr. Marc Clément (France)
Mr. Szabolcs Péter Orosz (Hungary) 
Ms. Jūratė Usevičiūtė (Lithuania)
Ms. Elena Dumitru (Romania)
Ms. Almudena Casanueva Canamero (Spain)
Ms. Maryna Shymkus (Ukraine)
Alternates on Protocol matters:
Ms. Katarzyna Twardowska (Poland)
Ms. Borana Antoni (Albania)
Mr Rainer Persidski (Estonia)

 

Membership 2017-2020

Ms. Tatiana Kuhtenkova (Belarus) replacing Ms. Nadezhda Zdanevich since the Committee's 47th session, with an alternate on Protocol matters Mr. Libor Dvorak (Czechia)

Ms. Zsuzsanna Pocsai (Hungary)
Mr. Romas Švedas (Lithuania)
Mr. Vladimir Buchko (Ukraine)
Mr. Kaupo Heinma (Estonia)
Ms. Maria do Carmo Figueira (Portugal)
Mr. Anders Bengtsson (Sweden)
Ms. Aysel Babaeva (Azerbaijan), with an alternate on Protocol matters Mr. Lasse Tallskog (Finland)

In addition to the permanent members, the elected Parties appointed an alternate member for the same term of office.

Ms. Leyla Aliyeva (Azerbaijan)
Ms. Larissa Lukina (Belarus)
Mr Rainer Persidski (Estonia)
Mr. Szabolcs Péter Orosz (Hungary)
Mr. Juozas Steponėnas (Lithuania)
Ms. Águeda Silva (Portugal)
Ms. Christina Olson Lundh (Sweden)
Ms. Maryna Shymkus (Ukraine)

Alternates on Protocol matters:
Ms. Eliska Dvorska (Czechia)
Ms. Charlotta von Troil (Finland)

Membership 2021-2023

Mr. Christian Baumgartner (Austria)
Ms. Aysel Rzayeva (Azerbaijan)
Mr. Lasse Tallskog (Finland)
Mr. Ralph Bodle (as of September 2022, succeeded Ms. Heidi Stockhaus) (Germany)
Ms. Zsuzsanna Pocsai (Hungary)
Mr. Joe Ducomble (Luxembourg)
Ms. Maria do Carmo Figueira (Portugal)
Ms. Barbora Pavlačič Doneva (Slovakia)
Mr. Anders Bengtsson (Sweden)     

In addition to the permanent members, the elected Parties appointed alternate members for the same term of office.

Ms. Leyla Aliyeva (Azerbaijan)
Ms. Charlotta von Troil (Finland)
Mr. Christof Sangenstedt (Germany)
Ms Evelyn Fábián-Mayer (Hungary)
Mr. Tom Uri (Luxembourg)
Ms. Águeda Silva (Portugal)
Mr. Roman Skorka (Slovakia)
Ms. Christina Olson Lundh (Sweden)