GF LEADERSHIP: STEERING COMMITTEE, SECRETARIAT

The Global Forum is composed of experts from governments, intergovernmental and international organizations, and nongovernmental organizations (environmental, scientific/technical, industry, and foundations) with the common goal of encouraging the sustainable development of oceans, coasts, and islands.

Steering Committee,
Global Forum on Oceans, Coasts, and Islands*

Co-Chairs

Biliana Cicin-Sain**, Director, Gerard J. Mangone Center for Marine Policy, University of Delaware

Patricio A. Bernal**, Executive-Secretary, Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission, UNESCO, Paris, France

Veerle Vandeweerd**, Director, Environment and Energy Group, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

GOVERNMENTAL

David Balton, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Oceans and Fisheries, Bureau of Oceans, U.S. Department of State

Phil Burgess, Director, Cetacean Policy and Recovery, Department of the Environment and Water Resources, Australia

Nguyen Chu Hoi, Director, Institute of Fisheries Economics and Planning, Ministry of Fisheries, Vietnam

Aldo Cosentino, Director-General, Directorate for Nature Protection, Sea Protection, Ministry for Environment and Protection of the Territory, Italy

Margaret Davidson, Director, Coastal Services Center, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), USA

Antonio Diaz de Leon, Director-General, Environmental, Regional Integration and Sectoral Policy, Environment and Natural Resources Ministry (SEMARNAT), Mexico

Caroline Hart, Department of Conservation, New Zealand

Elie Jarmache, Charge de Mission, Secretariat General de la Mer, France

Magnus Johannesson, Secretary-General, Ministry for the Environment, Iceland

Ambassador Jagdish Koonjul, Mauritius, former Chair, Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS)

Tom Laughlin, Deputy Director, International Affairs Office, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), USA

Haiqing Li, Director, International Affairs, State Oceanic Administration (SOA), China

John Low, Adviser to the Minister of Marine Resources for the Cook Islands

Rejoice Mabudafhasi, Deputy Minister of Environmental Affairs and Tourism, South Africa

Jan Mees, Director, Flanders Marine Institute, Belgium

Guillermo Garcia Montero, President, National Aquarium, Havana, Cuba

Magnus Ngoile**, Team Leader, Marine and Coastal Environmental Management Project (MACEMP), Ministry of Natural Resources and Tourism, Tanzania"

Lori Ridgeway, Director-General, International Coordination and Policy Analysis, Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Canada, and Camille Mageau, Director, Marine Ecosystems Conservation Branch, Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Canada

Mario Ruivo, Intersectorial Oceanographic Commission, Ministry of Science, Technology and Higher Education, Portugal

Gi-Jun Han and Won-Tae Shin, Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, Republic of Korea

Indroyono Soesilo, Chairman, Agency for Marine and Fisheries Research, Department of Marine Affairs and Fisheries, Indonesia

Ambassador Enele S. Sopoaga, Tuvalu, former Vice-Chair, Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS)

Chris Tompkins, Policy Adviser, Marine and Waterways Division, Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA), UK

INTERGOVERNMENTAL

Julian Barbiere and Stefano Belfiore, Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission, France

Chua Thia-Eng**, Regional Programme Director, Partnership in Environmental Management for the Seas of East Asia (PEMSEA), IMO/UNDP/GEF, Philippines

Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary, Convention on Biological Diversity

Al Duda, Senior Advisor, International Waters, Global Environment Facility (GEF)

Serge Garcia, Director, Marine Fisheries Resources Division, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)

Marea E. Hatziolos, Senior Coastal and Marine Specialist, Environment Department, The World Bank

Indumathie Hewawasam**, Senior Environmental Specialist, The World Bank

Andrew Hudson, Principal Technical Advisor, International Waters, UNDP/GEF

David Johnson, Executive Secretary, OSPAR Convention, London

Vladimir Mamaev, GEF Regional Technical Advisor, UNDP, Europe and the CIS, Slovak Republic

Franklin McDonald, Adviser, United Nations Environment Programme, Caribbean Environment Programme (UNEP/CEP), and former Director, National Environmental Policy Agency, Jamaica

Vaclav Mikulka, Director, UN Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea

Ali Mohamed, Coordinator, Coastal and Marine Secretariat, New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD), Kenya

Satya Nandan, Secretary-General, International Seabed Authority, Jamaica

Tiago Pitta e Cunha, Member, Cabinet of Fisheries and Maritime Commissioner, European Commission

Cristelle Pratt, Director, and Mary Power, Program Manager for Oceans and Islands, Pacific Islands Applied Geoscience Commission (SOPAC), Fiji

Diane Quarless, Chief, Small Island Developing States Unit, UNDESA

John Richardson, Head, Maritime Policy Task Force, European Commission

Anne Rogers, United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA)

Jean-Claude Sainlos, Director, Marine Environment Division, International Maritime Organization

Eduard Sarukhanian, Director, World-Weather-Watch-Applications, World Meteorological Organization (WMO), Switzerland

Dann Sklarew, Director and Chief Technical Advisor, GEF, IW:LEARN

Asterio Takesy, Director, Secretariat for the Pacific Regional Environment Programme

Khulood Tubaishat, Advisor, The Regional Organization for the Conservation of the Environment of the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden (PERSGA)

Marjo Vierros, Visiting Professor, Institute of Advanced Studies, United Nations University, Vancouver

Eugenio Yunis, Chief, Sustainable Development of Tourism, World Tourism Organization

A.H. Zakri, Director, Institute of Advanced Studies, United Nations University, Yokohama, Japan

NONGOVERNMENTAL

Milton Asmus, International Representative, Brazilian Agency for Coastal Management

Awni Behnam, President, International Ocean Institute, Malta

Charles A. Buchanan, Administrador Luso-American Development Foundation, Portugal

Simon Cripps, Director, Global Marine Programme, World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF) International

Richard Delaney**, Executive Director, Center for Coastal Studies at Provincetown, USA

Annick de Marffy, former Director, UN Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea

Sylvia Earle, Chair, Deep Ocean Exploration and Research (DOER), and Explorer-in-Residence, National Geographic Society

Charles Ehler, Consultant to UNESCO

Julius Francis, Executive Secretary, Western Indian Ocean Marine Science Association, Tanzania

Matthew Gianni, Political Advisor, Deep Sea Conservation Coalition, Netherlands

Vladimir Golitsyn, former Director, UN Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea

Lynne Hale, Director, Marine Strategy, The Nature Conservancy

Art Hanson, former Ministerial Ocean Ambassador, Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Canada, member of the Canadian Foundation for Innovation (CFI)

Gregor Hodgson, Director, Reef Check

Paul Holthus, Executive Director and President, Marine Aquarium Council, Hawaii

Gunnar Kullenberg, Independent Consultant and former Director, Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC)

Carl Lundin, Head, IUCN Marine Programme

Dawn Martin, President, Sea Web, USA

Gerald Miles, The Nature Conservancy, Pacific Region, Brisbane, Australia

Iouri Oliounine, Executive Director, International Ocean Institute, Malta

Pietro Parravano, President, Institute for Fisheries Resources, World Fisheries Forum

Sian Pullen, Independent Consultant, New Zealand, and former Head of European and Middle East Marine Program, World Wildlife Fund for Nature (WWF) International, UK

Victoria Radchenko, Director, International Ocean Institute, Ukraine

Tony Ribbink, Director, African Coelacanth Ecosystem Programme (ACEP) Secretariat

Evelia Rivera-Arriaga, Centro de Ecologia, Pesquerias y Oceanographia del Golfo de Mexico (EPOMEX), Mexico

Nirmal Jivan Shah, Chief Executive, Nature Seychelles

Alan Simcock, former Executive Director, OSPAR, and former Co-Chair, UN Openended Informal Consultative Process on Oceans and the Law of the Sea

Kristian Teleki, International Coral Reef Action Network, Switzerland

Hiroshi Terashima, Executive Director, Institute for Ocean Policy, Ocean Policy Research Foundation, Japan

Grant Trebble, African Marine and Coastal Resource Over-exploitation Prevention Strategy (AMCROPS), South Africa

Philippe Vallette** and Manuel Cira, NAUSICAA (Centre National de la Mer), France, and the World Ocean Network

David VanderZwaag, IUCN Specialist Group on Ocean Law and Governance

* Please note: Members of the Steering Committee participate in their individual capacities.
** Member, Board of Directors, Global Forum International Coastal and Ocean Organization (Secretariat of the Global Forum)

Global Forum Secretariat

The International Coastal and Ocean Organization (ICO) is the Secretariat of the Global Forum on Oceans, Coasts, and Islands. ICO is an international nongovernmental organization (NGO) accredited to the United Nations roster for the UN Commission on Sustainable Development since 1993, is dedicated to advancing the global agenda on oceans, coasts, and small island developing States (SIDS) through policy analyses, multistakeholder dialogues, and public education and outreach.

Head of Secretariat
Dr. Biliana Cicin-Sain, President
International Coastal and Ocean Organization, and
Professor and Director,
Gerard J. Mangone Center for Marine Policy
University of Delaware
E-mail: bcs@udel.edu

Contributors
Dr. Miriam C. Balgos, Global Forum Program Coordinator (mbalgos@udel.edu)
Shelby M. Hockenberry, Center Coordinator (smhocken@udel.edu)
Kateryna M. Wowk, Research Assistant (kmw@udel.edu)
Kathryn A. Semmens, Research Assistant (kalese@udel.edu)
Peter T. Edwards, Research Assistant (pedwards@udel.edu)
Neal D. Goldstein, Website Designer & Developer (ngoldstein@cms.udel.edu)


International Coastal and Ocean Organization
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Newark, Delaware 19716, USA
Telephone: 1-302-831-8086
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Briefing Book, Steering Committee Meeting, June 22, 2008