Contacts CSO-CEMAT

[last update: February 2012]

 

  ALBANIA

 

Representation permanent of Albania for the Council of Europe

mission.coe@mfa.gov.al

 


  ANDORRA

 

Mr Eron ESTANI VIDAL

Directeur de l'urbanisme et de l'aménagement du territoire

+376 875 701

+376 875 757

eron_estany@govern.ad

 

Curriculum Vitae

 


  ARMENIA

 

Mr Vardan VARDANYAN

Minister of Urban Development of the Republic of Armenia

Ministry of Urban Development of the Republic of Armenia

+(375 10) 589080

+(375 10) 523200

info@mud.am

 


 

Mrs Ruzan ALAVERDYAN

Deputy Minister of Urban Development of the Republic of Armenia

Ministry of Urban Development of the Republic of Armenia

+374 1 56 01 45

+374 1 52 32 00

ruzan_a@yahoo.com

 

Curriculum Vitae

Deputy Minister of Urban Development of the Republic of Armenia from 2000 – up to now.The main area of responsibilities is spatial planning, urban development and landscape policies. According to the Order of the President of the Republic of Armenia in 2005 is awarded by “Anania Shirakaci” medal for effective work in state administration system. Architect, graduated from Faculty of Architecture, Yerevan Polytechnic Institute. 25 years experience in the field of architectural design and spatial planning, the author of more than 40 projects. Before appointment as a Deputy Minister worked in National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia as Head of division of the Economic Analysis Department. Member of the Board of Management of the Union of Architects of Armenia and the Urban Council of Yerevan. Beginning from 2001 Member of the Committee of Senior Officials – European Conference of Ministers Responsible for Regional/Spatial Planning (CEMAT), beginning from 2009 the responsible person in the Council of Europe Conference on the European Landscape Convention.


  AUSTRIA

 

Mr Werner FAYMANN

Bundeskanzler

Bundeskanzleramt

+ 43 1 53 11 52 222

+ 43 1 53 10 92 222

werner.faymann@bka.gv.at

 


 

Mr Michael ROTH

Bundeskanzleramt

+ 43 1 53 11 52 931

+ 43 1 53 10 92 931

michael.roth@bka.gv.at

 

Curriculum Vitae

Michael Roth studied Regional Planning and Development at the University of Dortmund, the Technical University Vienna and the University of Amsterdam. He holds a Master degree in Civil Engineering for Spatial Planning. Since 1999 he has been working with several Spatial Planning and Development Institutions on regional, national and supranational level, as well as for the European Commission (DG Regio). He was policy advisor and deputy Head of Cabinet of the Austrian Minister for Regional Policy. Currently he is in charge of managing EU territorial cooperation programmes, coordination between Structural funds and EU rural policies in Austria, coordination of territorial cohesion issues and the National Committee for Building Culture.

 


 AZERBAIJAN

 

Mr Abbas ALASGAROV

Chairman of the State Committee of Urban Planning and Architecture

+994 12 498 77 24

+994 12 493 34 67

arxcom@mail.ru

 


 

Mr Ilgar ISBATOV

Directeur of the  Baku State Institute of Projecting

+994 12 493 34 67

+994 12 498 14 14

 

Curriculum Vitae

 


 

Mr Azer KHANLOROV

Deputy Director, Research and Development

+994 50 216 48 80

+994 12 512 20 55

khanlarov@bakililar.az

 

Curriculum Vitae

 


 BELGIUM

 

Mr Philippe HENRY

Ministre de l'Environnement de l'Aménagement du Territoire et de la Mobilité

+32 81 32 34 11

+32 81 33 34 29

philippe.henry@gov.wallonie.be

 


 

Mr Ghislain GERON

Directeur général du service public de Wallonie

+32 81 33 21 11

+32 81 33 21 10

ghislain.geron@spw.wallonie.be 

 

Curriculum Vitae

 


 

Mr Philippe MUYTERS

Ministre des finances Flamand

+32 25 52 67 00

+32 25 52 67 01

kabinet.muyters@vlaanderen.be

 

Curriculum Vitae

 


 

Mr Ir. Guy BRAECKMAN

Secrétaire général

+32 25 53 83 02

+32 25 53 83 05

guy.braeckman@rwo.vlaanderen.be

 

Curriculum Vitae


  BOSNIE AND HERZEGOVINA

 

Mr or Mrs

 

 

Curriculum Vitae

 


 BULGARIA

 

Mrs Lidya STANKOVA

Director

+ 359 29 40 53 01

+ 359 29.87 25 17

lstankova@mrrb.government.bg

 

Curriculum Vitae

 


 

Mrs Julia IONEVA

Expert

+359.29.40.54.55

+359.29.87.25.17

jioneva@mrrb.government.bg

 

Curriculum Vitae

 


  CROATIA

 

Mrs Marina MATULOVIC-DROPULIC

Minister

Ministry of Environmental Protection, Physical Planning and Construction

+385 1 3782 143 - 3782 145

+385 1 3772 555

ministrica@mzopu.hr

 


 

Mrs Ivana LOVIC

Senior Adviser

Ministry of Environmental Protection, Physical Planning and Construction

+385 1 378 21 98

+385 1 371 71 04

ivana.liovic@mzopu.hr

 

Curriculum Vitae

Graduated from the Faculty of Architecture-University of Zagreb (Croatia) in 1999. After obtaining architectural degree, spent some time working in the field of architectural design. From 2003 onwards employed with the Croatian Ministry of Environmental Protection, Physical Planning and Construction. Work covers different fora of international cooperation in spatial development. December 2009 obtained Advanced Master of European Studies Degree at the Faculty of Political Science in Zagreb (Thesis: EU and the Mediterranean). Currently - PhD study at the Faculty of Architecture in Zagreb. Fluent in English and Italian. Good knowledge of French and basic knowledge of Spanish language.

 


  CYPRUS

 

Mr Neoklis SILIKIOTIS

Minister of the Interior

Ministry of the Interior

+357 2 286 76 06

+357 2 267 67 09

mhadjida@tph.moi.gov.cy

 


 

Mrs Markella HADJIDA

Planning Officer A

Ministry of the Interior

+357 22 40 82 00

+357 22 40 82 68

mhadjida@tph.moi.gov.cy

 

Curriculum Vitae

Markella Hadjida was born in Nicosia, Cyprus in 1963, and is educated as an architect and a planner in the United States, under a full tuition scholarship from the Fulbright Program. She received a Master of Architecture degree and a Master of City Planning degree from the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, USA, in 1988. She is fluent in Greek and English. Markella Hadjida worked as an architect and planner in the private sector for four years, both in Cyprus and the United States, and since 1992 is employed at the Department of Town Planning and Housing of the Ministry of the Interior of the Republic of Cyprus. Since 1997 she is a Planning Officer A’ at the Development Plans Sector of the Department, responsible for the Nicosia Local Plan, and various other Development Plans nationwide, as well as for Urban Design Master Plans and other planning studies. She is a member of the Committee of Senior Officials of the Member States of the Council of Europe Conference of Ministers responsible for Spatial / Regional Planning (CEMAT).

 


  CZECH REPUBLIC

 

Mr Petr KALIVODA

Directeur Adjoint du Département

+420 248.862.240

+420 224.862.262

kalpet@mmr.cz

 


 

Mrs Veronika SUPOVA

Conseillère of the Department

+ 420.224.862.126

+ 420 224.862.262

veronika.supova@mmr.cz

 

Curriculum Vitae

 


  DENMARK

 

Mrs Mette KRAGH

+45.72.54.48.00

kra@blst.dk

 

Curriculum Vitae

 


  ESTONIA

 

Mr Marko POMERANTS

+ 372 612 50 01

+ 372 612 50 10

marko.pomerants@siseministeerium.ee

 

Curriculum Vitae

 


  FINLAND

 

Mr Jan VAPAAVUORI

Minister of Housing

Ministry of the Environment

+358 0503 7156 94

+358 9160 393 11

jan.vapaavuori@ymparisto.fi

 


 

Mr Jussi RAUTSI

Counsellor

Ministry of the Environment

+358 50 371 5694

+358 91 603 9365

jussi.rautsi@ymparisto.fi

 

Curriculum Vitae

1968 - 1982 : Architecture Bureau Alvar Aalto

1982 - continuing : researcher, senior adviser, counsellor in the Ministry of the Environment. In charge of Baltic Sea Region and European spatial planning cooperation.

 


  FRANCE

 

Mr Michel MERCIER

Ministre de l'Espace Rural et de l'Aménagement du Territoire

Ministère de l'Espace Rural et de l'Aménagement du Territoire (MERAT)

+33 1 42 75 70 48

+33 1 42 75 73 64

sec.michel.mercier@pm.gouv.fr

 


 

Mr Didier MICHAL

Chargé de mission Europe

Ministère de l'Espace Rural et de l'Aménagement du Territoire / DIACT

+33 1 40 65 12 75

+33 1 40 65 12 19

didier.michal@diact.gouv.fr

 

Curriculum Vitae

Spécialiste des politiques publiques territoriales, après avoir travaillé sur des dossiers urbains au niveau européen tant pour le Gouvernement français (Délégation interministérielle à la ville) que pour la Commission européenne (Direction générale de la politique régionale), Didier MICHAL exerce aujourd’hui les fonctions de Chargé de mission Europe au sein de l’équipe « Développement régional et politiques européennes » de la DIACT (Délégation Interministérielle à l’Aménagement et la Compétitivité des Territoires). A ce titre, il a assumé le rôle de chef de projet pour le programme de la dernière Présidence française du Conseil de l’Union européenne dans le domaine de l’aménagement du territoire et de la cohésion territoriale. Il est responsable du suivi de la coopération intergouvernementale au niveau européen dans ces domaines, de dossiers de coopération territoriale européenne et de la prospective territoriale européenne (programme ESPON). Enfin, il représente les Autorités françaises au sein du Comité des Hauts Fonctionnaires de la CEMAT et en assume la vice-présidence depuis la prise de fonction de l’actuelle présidence russe après la dernière conférence de Lisbonne en octobre 2006

 


  GEORGIA

 

Mr Levan PATEISHVILI

Deputy Minister

+ 995 32 99 11 00

levani@economy.ge

 

Curriculum Vitae

 


  GERMANY

 

Dr. Katharina ERDMENGER

Chef de Division - Politique Européenne du Développement du Territoire / Cohésion Territoriale

Ministère Fédérale du Transport, de la Construction et du Développement Urbain

+49 30 18 300 6140

+49 30 18 300 6149

katharina.erdmenger@bmvbs.bund.de

 

Curriculum Vitae

Née à Bonn le 3.6.1971, Ecole Européenne à Bruxelles, Etudes en Histoire, Science Politique et Droit à Bonn et Oxford. Doctorat 1998, Attachée Parlementaire au Parlement Européen 1997-99, Conseiller d'Affaires Européenes au Diakonisches Werk (Aide Sociale Protestante) à Berlin 1999-2002, Chef de Division pour le Developpement Régional et Politique de Cohésion à la Confédération Allemande des Syndicats (DGB) 2002-2005, Directeur du Bureau  Européen du DGB à Bruxelles 2005-2009, depuis lors Chef de Division au Ministère Fédéral des Transports, de la Construction et du Developpement Urbain à Berlin

 


  GREECE

 

Mrs Maria KALTSA

General Secretary

Ministry of Environment, Energy and Climate Change

 


 

Mr Evangelos GOUNTANIS

Expert National
Ministère de l'Environnement, de l'Energie et du Changement Climatique

+30 210 6442917

+30 210 6458690

e.gountanis@dxor.minenv.gr

 

Curriculum Vitae

Urbaniste / Aménageur.
MSc PARIS I – PANTHÉON SORBONNE
Membre du Comité des Hauts Fonctionnaires de la CEMAT en tant qu’ Expert National. 1990-2001 : Direction de l’aménagement, de l’environnement et des constructions / canton Fribourg, Suisse. 2001-aujourd’hui : Ministère de l’ Environnement, de l’Énergie et du Changement Climatique, Direction de l’aménagement du territoire / Athènes, Grèce.

 


  HUNGARY

 

Mrs Erzsébet MAGO

Head of the Spatial Planning development

H-1903 Budapest

+361 441 77 50

+361 441 77 42

margo.erzsebet@meh.hu

 


 

Mr Csaba SOGOR

Expert

+361 441 77 48

+361 441 77 42

Csaba.Sogor@meh.gov.hu

 

Curriculum Vitae

 


  IRELAND

 

Mr John GORMLEY

Minister

Environment, Heritage and Local Government

+ 353 1 888 2000

minister@environ.ie

 


 

Mr David WALSH

Head of Planning and Spatial Policy

Environment, Heritage and Local Government

+ 353 1 888 24 46

david.walsh@environ.ie

 

Curriculum Vitae

Dave Walsh is Head of the Irish Department of the Environment’s Spatial Policy Unit, whose main area of responsibility is implementation of the National Spatial Strategy (NSS) and forward planning policies. Published in November 2002, the NSS is a planning framework for spatial development in Ireland over a 20-year horizon. It aims to achieve a better balance of social, economic and physical development across Ireland, supported by more effective planning at national, regional and local levels. The Section promotes and supports a policy framework for the planning system which seeks to achieve good spatial planning, through: strategic regional planning; clearly focused development planning at city, county and town level; better local area planning; retail planning; rural housing; and residential densities/towards sustainable communities.

 


  ICELAND

 

Mr Kristján SKARPHEDINSSON

Permanent Secretary

+354 (545) 8510

+354 (562) 1289

kristjan.skarphedinsson@ivr.stjr.is

 

Curriculum Vitae

 


  ITALY

 

Mr Massimo BOLDRINI PARRAVICINI PERSIA

Architecte

+ 39 06 44 12 24 90

+ 39 06 44 12 33 56

massimo.boldrini@infrastrutture.gov.it

 


 

Mrs Erminia SCIACCHITANO

+ 39 06 58 43 48 57

+ 39 06 58 43 48 80

esciacchitano@darc.beniculturali.it

 

Curriculum Vitae

 


  LATVIA

 

Mr Edgars ZALANS

Minister

Ministry of Regional Development and Local Government

+37 16 77 704 01

+37 16 77 704 79

pasts@raplm.gov.lv

 


 

Mrs Inguna URTANE

Director of Spatial Planning Department

Ministry of Regional Development and Local Government

+ 37 16 77 703 56

+ 37 16 77 704 79

inguna.urtane@raplm.gov.lv

 

Curriculum Vitae

M.Sc in Environmental Sciences. She has particular experience developing spatial/land-use plans for municipalities and regions, carrying out strategic environmental impact assessment, producing a pilot river basin management plan in the country. Her basic responsibility is development of national spatial planning policy and legislation. Also she is involved in international activities related to territorial development and spatial planning - CEMAT, ESPON, ICZM, VASAB etc. She has competences in management of spatial planning processes, consulting local municipalities on spatial planning, public consultations and environmental protection issues. She is author of several publications on spatial planning and environmental subjects.

 


 

Mrs Alda NIKODEMUSA

Head of Regional Planning Division, Spatial Planning Department

Ministry of Regional Development and Local Government

+ 37 16 77 704 23

+ 37 16 77 704 79

alda.nikodemusa@raplm.gov.lv

 

Curriculum Vitae

Her background is geography; she has also M.Sc in Environmental Sciences. Core skills and experience in strategic and regional planning, including transnational spatial planning. Particular experience in nature conservation issues. Besides CEMAT, long and varied involvement in other European and Baltic Sea Region planning and nature conservation initiatives, e.g., INTERREG, ESPON, ICZM, LIFE, VASAB, HELCOM, Baltic Agenda 21. She has organised and managed pilot spatial planning projects in Latvia, developed methodological materials for regional planners, contributed to the coordination of cross-sectoral interests into overall planning process. Wide experience in working internationally.

 


  LIECHTENSTEIN

 

Council of Europe Permanent Representation

14 rue Daniel Hirtz - 67000 Strasbourg

+33 03 88 37 11 77

+33 03 88 24 22 27

liechtenstein.coe@sxb.rep.llv.li

 

Curriculum Vitae

 


  LITHUANIA

 

Mr Aleksandras GORDEVIČIUS

Head of Spatial planning and Regional Development Division

+370 52663609

+370 52663667

a.gordevicius@am.lt

 

Curriculum Vitae

 


  LUXEMBOURG

 

Mr Claude WISELER

Ministre du Développement Durable et des Infrastructures

Ministère du Développement Durable et des Infrastructures

+352 2478 3301

 


 

Mr Jean-Claude SINNER

Conseiller de Gouvernement 1e Classe

Ministre du Développement Durable et des Infrastructures

(+ 352) 2478 6916

(+ 352) 2487 3506

jean-claude.sinner@mat.etat.lu

 

Curriculum Vitae

Jean-Claude Sinner est né en 1951. Il a étudié la géographie, l’économie et les sciences politiques à l’Université de Bonn en Allemagne. Après avoir travaillé quelques années dans le secteur bancaire, il a rejoint l’Etat en 1988. Il a travaillé depuis cette date dans le service de l’Aménagement du territoire, qui faisait partie de différents ministères. Depuis 1995, il s’occupe essentiellement de la coopération transfrontalière et depuis 2000 également d’Interreg A et d’autres programmes européen. Il était membre du Comité des Hauts-Fonctionnaires de la CEMAT de 1994 à 2003 et depuis automne 2009.

 


  MALTA

 

Dr Lawrence GONZI

Prime Minister

Office of the Prime Minister

+356 2200 1400

+356 2200 1467

lawrence.gonzi@gov.mt

 


 

Mrs Anja DELIA

Senior Planning Officer

Malta Environment and Planning Authority

+356 2290 00 00

+356 2290 22 95

anja.delia@mepa.org.mt ; cemat.malta@mepa.org.mt

 

Curriculum Vitae

Anja Delia is a planner who obtained her engineering degree in Environmental Planning from the Technical University of Berlin. During her university studies, she spent some time in Ireland and Australia, gaining environment-related work experience. In 2001, she moved to Malta and has been working at the Malta Environment and Planning Authority (MEPA) since then. Through her work she has become familiarized with various aspects of the Maltese landscape and planning system, having been involved in a number of projects, ranging from the Landscape Assessment Study for the Maltese Islands, the Gozo and Comino Local Plan, to the Monitoring of Landscaping Schemes. She has participated in several Maltese and Council of Europe conferences related to landscape. In 2009 she was appointed Malta’s National Focal Point for the European Landscape Convention and Malta’s member of the Committee of Senior Officials (CSO) of the Council of Europe Conference of Ministers responsible for Spatial / Regional Planning (CEMAT).

 


  MOLDOVA

 

Mr Radu CARUTA

Director

+ 373 22 200 176

rcaruta@gmail.com

 

Curriculum Vitae

 


 MONACO

 

Mr Gilles TONELLI

Conseiller

+ 377 98 98 89 00

gtonelli@gouv.mc

 

Curriculum Vitae

 


MONTENEGRO

 

Mr or Mrs

 

Curriculum Vitae

 


  THE NETHERLANDS

 

Mrs Jacqueline CRAMER

Minister of the Environment and Spatial Planning

Ministry of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment

 


 

Mrs Louisa CRIJNS-TAN

Senior Policy Officer

Ministry of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment

+31 70 33 90 221

+31 70 33 91 306

louisa.tan@minvrom.nl

 

Curriculum Vitae

Louisa Crijns-Tan has been working in the field of spatial planning for 2,5 years. As senior policy officer at the International Affairs Directorate of the Ministry of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment she is responsible for policy development in the field of territorial cohesion. As such, among others she is the author of the Dutch response on the Green paper on territorial cohesion and she represents the Netherlands in several meetings like the TCUM or the NTCCP.

 


  NORWAY

 

Mr Erik SOLHEIM

Minister of the Environment and International Development

Ministry of the Environment

+47 22 24 57 01

+47 22 24 60 34

MILJOVERNMINISTEREN@MD.DEP.NO

 


 

Mr Audun MOFLAG

Senior Adviser

Ministry of the Environment

+47 22 24 59 52

+47 22 24 27 59

AUDUN.MOFLAG@MD.DEP.NO

 

Curriculum Vitae

Basically trained as an architect (University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, 1971). Have been working with planning issues in various contexts – at municipal, county council and central government levels. For the last 13 years with the Ministry of the Environment, Department for Regional Planning, mainly with work on the regional planning system.
At present concentrating on the implementation of:
- regional planning, according to our new Planning and Building Act
- the European Landscape Convention
Representative of the ministry in two Council of Europe committees:
- the CEMAT Committee of Senior Officials (the European Conference for Ministers Responsible for Regional/ Spatial Planning)
- the Steering Committee for the Conventions on Cultural Heritage and Landscape (CDPATEP)

 


  POLAND

 

Mr Piotr ZUBER

Director

+48 22 461 39 07

+48 22 461 32 63

piotr.zuber@mrr.gov.pl

 


 

Mr Bogumila OLKOWSKA

Senior Specialist

+48 22 461 34 29

+48 22 461 32 63

bogumila.olkowska@mrr.gov.pl

 

Curriculum Vitae

 

 

Mrs Maciej BORSA

Deputy Director

+48 226 61 82 11

+48 226 29 43 57

mborsa@mb.gov.pl

 

Curriculum Vitae

 


  PORTUGAL

 

Mrs Maria José FESTAS

Chair of the CSO-CHF CEMAT

Senior Adviser

+351 21 782 5011

+351 21 782 50 03

gabdg@dgotdu.pt

 

Curriculum Vitae

 


  ROMANIA

 

Mrs Cristina HERTIA

Advisor

+ 40 372 114 524 / 515

+ 40 372 114 587

chertia1@yahoo.com

 


 

Mrs Irina ROTARU

Consilier

+40 0372 114 523

+40 21 212 61 02

inarot@mdlpl.ro

 

Curriculum Vitae

 


  RUSSIAN FEDERATION

 

Mr Sergey Yurevich YERPALOV

Chair of the CSO, Deputy Minister

+ 7 (495) 650 19 90

 


 

Mrs Olga SMIRNOVA

Deputy Director

+ (495) 980 25 47

+ (495) 650 13 10

Olga.Smirnova@minregion.ru

 

Curriculum Vitae

 

 

Mrs Nona LOMIYA

Leading expert

+ 7 (495) 980 2547

+ 7 (495) 650 1310

Nona.Lomiya@minregion.ru

 

Curriculum Vitae

 

 

Mrs Ekaterina GOLOULINA

Deputy Chairman of Committee for economic development of St Petersburg

+ 7 (812) 570 3571

+ 7 (812) 314 4166

e.goloulina@cedipt.spb.ru

 

Curriculum Vitae

 

 

Mrs Elena SADOVNIKOVA

Expert

+7 (499) 195 82 65

e.sadovnikova@list.ru

 

Curriculum Vitae

 


  SAN MARINO

 

Mr Marino RICCARDI

Monsieur le Secrétaire d'Etat

+ 003 78 88 24 70

+ 003 78 88 52 65

segretariodistato.territorio@gov.sm

 

Curriculum Vitae

 


  SERBIA

 

Mr Zoran RADOSAVLJEVIC

Minister Councilor

Head of Planning Departments

+381 11 36 40 331

+381 11 36 40 697

zoran.radosavljevic@ekoplan.gov.rs

 

Curriculum Vitae

 


  SLOVAK REPUBLIC

 

Mr Igor STEFANOV

Minister

Ministry of Construction and Regional Development of the Slovak Republic

+412 2 58317 254

+412 2 53410 114

klaudia.steinhubelova@build.gov.sk

 


 

Ms Ida REPASKA

Senior Adviser

Ministry of Construction and Regional Development of the Slovak Republic

+421 2 5936 4427

+421 2 5936 4408

ida.repaska@build.gov.sk

 

Curriculum Vitae

Date of birth: 26. 03. 1985

Education: Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of Natural Sciences

Degree in Regional Geography, Regional Development and European Integration (2008)

Working experience: 7/2009 – Ministry of Construction and Regional Development of the Slovak Republic - state adviser

5/2009 – 7/2009 – Comenius University in Bratislava - EU projects administration

8/2008 – 4/2009 – Vodné Zdroje Slovakia, s. r. o. - environmental specialist

Language skills : English – active, fluent, German – passive, Slovak – native language

 


  SLOVENIA

 

Mr Karl ERJAVEC

Minister

Ministry of the Environment and Spatial Planning

+386 1 478 73 00

+386 1 478 74 27

karl.erjavec@gov.si

 


 

Mrs Margarita JANCIC

Secretary

Ministry of the Environment and Spatial Planning

+386 1 478 7024

margarita.jancic@gov.si

 

Curriculum Vitae

- 34 years experience in spatial planning/development on national and international level - Ministry for Environment and Spatial Planning (MESP),

- 25 years experience in international spatial planning/development co-operation

- Head of the Landscape Department - MESP

- Head of the National Spatial Planning Department - MESP

- Head of the International Relations Department - MESP

- Head of the Department for spatial development projects and programmes - MESP

- Member of the Committee of Senior Officials – European Conference of Ministers Responsible for   Regional/Spatial Planning  (CEMAT),

- 2000-2003 Chair of the Committee of Senior Officials CEMAT

- Leader of Slovenian delegation to the Permanent Committee of the Alpine Convention

- Leader of the Working Group for Spatial Planning in the Alpe-Adria Working Community

- 2000 – 2006 - National Coordinator INTERREG III B and ESPON programmes in Slovenia + Monitoring and Steering Committee member (CADSES and Alpine Space programmes)

- 2007 – 2013 National coordinator for transnational territorial co-operation programmes and ESPON + Monitoring Committee member of Alpine Space, South East Europe, Central Europe and MED and Espon programme

 


  SPAIN

 

Mrs Margarita ORTEGA

Senor Adviser

+34 91 597 68 67

+34 91 597 68 60

mortega@mma.es

 

Curriculum Vitae

 


  SWEDEN

 

Mrs Ingrid HASSELSTEN

+46 8 405 2686

+46 8 14 09 87

ingrid.hasselsten@environment.ministry.se

 

Curriculum Vitae

 


  SWITZERLAND

 

Mrs Silvia JOST

Co-ordinateur pour les Affaires internationales

+ 41 31 32 20 625

+ 41 31 32 52 346

silvia.jost@are.admin.ch

 

Curriculum Vitae

 


  “THE FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC

     OF MACEDONIA”

 

Mrs Danica PAVLOVSKA

Head of Unit

+389 2 70 343 775

+389 2 30 611 52

cigipavlovska@yahoo.com

 

Curriculum Vitae

 


 TURKEY

 

Mr Musa OZALP

+90 312 41 02 461

+90 312 23 03 666

 


 

Mr Bulent UNCU

Division Chief

+90 312 410 26 39

+90 312 232 59 36

bulentu@bayindirlik.gov.tr

 

Curriculum Vitae

 


  UKRAINE

 

Mr Vyacheslav TOLKOVANOV

Director

+380 44 226 2208

+380 44 278 8390

tolkovanov@hotmail.com

 


 

Mrs Svitlana SOKOLYK

Head Chief

+380 44 278 6535

+380 50 514 3928

sokolyk@minregionbud.gov.ua

 

Curriculum Vitae

 


  UNITED KINGDOM

 

Mr John Denham MP

Secretary of State

020 7944 4344

020 7944 4539

 

Curriculum Vitae

 



 

 

OBSERVERS

 

 

BELGIUM

 

Mr Patrice COLLIGNON

Directeur

Association Internationale : Ruralité - Environnement - Développement

+32 63 230 490

+32 63 230 499

patrice.collignon@ruraleurope.org

 

Curriculum Vitae

Director of the international association Rurality-Environment-Development (R.E.D.) since 1988

- manager of European projects in rural development matters

- chief redactor of Eurobrèves and of the website www.ruraleurope.org

- representative of R.E.D. and stake-holder by various authorities of the European Union and of the Council of Europe (CEMAT, Landscape convention,..)

Founder and President from 1990 to 2008, of the European Centre for Rural and Environmental Interests, first Grouping of international NGOs enjoying participative status by the Council of Europe

Coordination, since 1997, of the European Countryside Movement, platform of international NGOs representing rural areas by the European Union

Civil engineer, born in 1953

 

 

 

FRANCE

 

Mr Luc-Emile BOUCHE-FLORIN

Honorary President of the European Council of Spatial Planner (ECTP/CEU)

+33 1 39 02 35 30

+33 1 39 02 72 77

boucheflorin@urban-concept.eu

 

Curriculum Vitae

Architect D.P.L.G. graduated from L’Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux Arts de Paris (state certified Architect).

Spatial Planner SFU /ECTP graduated from L’Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées (state certified opqu).

Master degree in Ethnology from Paris VII Jussieu University

Honorary President of the European Council of Spatial Planners (ECTP/CEU)

Lecturer – reader at the Spatial Planning Institute, Paris IV Sorbonne University.

Delegate (representing Loiret region, France) of the Society ‘La Demeure Historique’ for preservation of historic listed buildings.

Research skills: sustainable development, landscape planning, history and heritage conservation.

Personal information: Married, three children, 53 years old.

 

 

 

LUXEMBOURG

 

Mr Guy CLAUSSE

Director, Convergence & Environment Dept.

European Investment Bank

+352 4379 82580

+352 4379 63494

g.clausse@eib.org

 

Curriculum Vitae

CLAUSSE Guy (L) Director, Convergence and Environment Department, Projects Directorate, European Investment Bank. B. 18th may 1951. Esch sur Alzette, Luxembourg. M. Gisela Koppling-Clausse. Father of 3 sons. Education studies of economics and business administration Univesität zu Köln (1970); Diplom-Volkswirt (1975); Dr.rer.pol (1979). Career: teaching asst, Cologne University (1972-75); asst. prof., Cologne University (1975-80); Executive Secretary of Instituto de Estudos para o Desenvolvimento (IED) in Lisboa, Portugal, detached as member of research department of Friedrich Ebert Foundation, Bonn, Germany (1982-85); senior economist, coordinator and head of division, European Investment Bank, Economic Studies, lending Operations and Projects Departments (1985-2000); Head of the Operational Lending Policies, Policy Support Department (2000-24); Associate Director, Policy Support Department (2004-2007). Member: social and charitable associations (committee member).