ALBANIA

Arben Cico

Head of Economic Department and Sectoral Analysis Department, Ministry of Finance.

Leke Gjiknuri

Chairman Protection and Preservation of Nature and Environment (PPNEA).

Baki Hoxha and Petraq Krastafillaku

Safety and Environmental Department, Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources.

Shaban Kamberi

Chief Environmental Office, Municipality of Tirana City.

Alexander Kolaci

Head of Department of Plant Protection, Ministry of Agriculture and Food.

Sokol Kongoli

Office of Tourism Policy, Ministry of Tourism.

Fatos Lulo

Member Committee for Environmental Preservation and Protection, Lawyer.

Pascal Milo

Member of Parliament; Deputy Chairman of Social-Democratic Party; Chairman Committee for Education, Science and Social Problems.

Etheni Ruka

Member of Parliament; member of Socialist Party, member Committee for Education, Science and Social .

Lirim Selfo

Chairman Committee for Environmental Preservation and Protection (within the Ministry of Health).

Jani Vangjeli

Director of the Institute of Biological Research, Faculty of Natural Science, University of Tirana.

BULGARIA

Ada Bainova

Professor of environmental toxicology; Board Member of the Environmental Management Training Center; Member of the Environmental Advisory Council to the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development

Venko Beschkov

Bulgarian Academy of Science; former Deputy Minister of Environment.

Simeon Bozhanov

Environmental Advisor to the President of Bulgaria

Ivan Filipov

Director of EC PHARE Program in Bulgaria.

Oreola Ivanova

Director of International Cooperation at the Ministry of Environment

Dimitar Mandadjev

President of the National Water Council.

Kliment Mindjov

President of Borrowed Nature Association.

Belin Mollov

Head of Department of Territorial Administrative Structure and Local Authority, Ministry of Regional Development and Construction; member of Sofia City Council.

Pencho Penchev

Professor at the University of National and World Economics; Vice-President of the Institute for Sustainable Development (Sofia)

Elena Petkova

In-country Coordinator for the Environmental Training Project of the University of Minnesota; In-country Representative of the Institute for Sustainable Communities, Vermont.

Evgueni Popov

Consultant on market instruments and environmental issues; Coordinator of Environment and Sustainable Development Project of University of Minnesota.

Michail Stainov

Head of the Populated Areas Department, Ministry of the Environment of Bulgaria.

Krassen Stanchev

Director of the Institute for Market Economies.

Antoni Tonchevski

Assistant Professor at the Institute of Chemical Technologies; in-country coordinator for Community Based Environmental Project of Ecoglasnost, held by the Institute for Sustainable Development, Vermont USA.

CROATIA

Damir Brlek

Environmental Inspector, Ministry of Civil Engineering and Environmental Protection.

Boris Cavrak

INA Oil Industry.

Paula Durbesic

President, Croatian Ecological Society; Department of Zoology, University of Zagreb.

Franjo Gasparovic

Environmental Economist.

Goran Granic

President, Parliamentary Committee for Environmental Protection.

Duro Huber

Croatian Ecological Society, Member of the Board; University of Zagreb, Faculty of Veterinary.

Valerija Kelemen-Pepeonik

Head of Section for Environment, City Bureau for Development Planning and Protection of Environment, Assembly of the City of Zagreb.

Zdenka Konrad

Scientist, Institute "Ruder Boskovic".

Vladimir Lay

President, Green Action, Zagreb.

Roman Nota

Ministry of Economy

Inge Perko-Separovic

Professor, Faculty of Political Science; President, Green Alliance.

Viktor Simoncic

Vice Minister, Ministry of Civil Engineering and Environmental Protection.

CZECH REPUBLIC

Martin Branis

Director, Institute for Environmental Studies, Faculty of Science, Charles University.

Fedor Bruoth

Deputy Director, International Relations Department, Ministry of the Environment of the Czech Republic.

Milan Caha

Director, National Center for Environmental Education.

Antonin Kment

Chairperson, Commission of the Environment of the Union of Towns and Communities.

Miroslav Kotaska

Head of the Group for Foreign Contacts, International Relations Department, Ministry of the Environment of the Czech Republic.

Eva Kruzikova

Executive Director, Institute for Environmental Policy

Radomir Matyas

President, Czech Environment Management Center.

Bedrich Moldan

Director, Center for Environmental Scholarship, Charles University; former Minister of the Environment of the Czech Republic.

Ales Sulc

Deputy Minister Responsible for Nature and Landscape Protection, Ministry of Environment of Czech Republic.

Josef Vavrousek

Chairman, Society for Sustainable Development; Director, Human Ecology, Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University; former Federal Environmental Minister of Czechoslovakia

Ivan Zika

Environmental Advisor to the Management and Head of the Environmental Division, Spolana a.s. chemical plant.

Milan Zezulka

Landfill specialist, Waste Management Department of the Czech Inspection of Environment Protection.

HUNGARY

Arpad Bakay

Chairman of the Board, Hungarian Power Companies Ltd.

Gyula Bandi

Scientific Director, Copernicus Environmental Law Program in the Danube Region, ELTE University Faculty of Law,

Katalin Csorba

Director, PHARE Program, Minsitry for Environment and Regional Policy

Peter Farkas

Chairman Environmental Committee, Christian Democratic Party

Zoltan Illes

Adviser, Commission of the European Communities Delegation in Budapest

Laszlo Janossy

Environmental Manager, National Institute of Hygiene, Environmental Hygiene, Water Depoartnment

Mihaly Kadar

National Institute of Hygiene

Sandor Kerekes

Co-Director Head of Department, Hungarian Center for Conflict Resolution, Traning and Research, University of Economics

Robert Kiss

Member of Parliament, Deputy Chairman Commitee of the Environment Parliamentary Office

Vilmos Kiszel

Honorary President, Gšncšl Alliance

Miklos Koloszar

Chief Councellor for Environment, Ministry of Finance

Endre Kovacs

Head of Department, Institute for Environmental Protection

Karoly Marialigeti

ELTE University, Department of Microbiology

Miklos Poos

Deputy Head, Department of Energy Startegy, Ministry of Industry and Trade

Nandor Rott, MP

Chairman, Commitee of Environmental Protection

Harri Suominen

Managing Director, Tetra Pak Hungaria

Judit Vasarhelyi

Executive Director, Independent Ecological Center

Zoltan Verraszto

Director Central Danubian Environmental Inspectorate

Elek Woynarovich

Project Officer, Ministry for Environment and Regional Policy, PHARE Environmental Unit

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Peter Fath

Executive Director, American Chamber of Commerce in Hungary

Zsuzsa Foltanyi

Environmental Partnership

Peter Kaderjak

Budapest University of Economics, Deptartment of Business Economics

Attila Kemeny

Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Environment & Regional Policy

Istvan Tokes

Head of the Department for International Cooperation & Information, Ministry for Environment & Regional Policy

Jozsef Varga

Director, Institute for Environmental Protection (KGI-KVI)

FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA

Biljana Aleksievska

Horticultural engineer in the firm "Parks and Vegetation"

Georgi Chepuinovski

Economists specializing in environmental issues at the University of Skopje

Beba Djekova

Architect responsible for environmental protection on the Skopje City Commission for Urbanism, Traffic and Environment

Kostadin Grekovski

Doctor of medicine specializing in occupational health; currently a health and sanitary inspector for the Ministry of Health

Aleksandar Grizo

Chemical engineer; formerly a professor in the Technology Department of the University of Skopje

Ljupcho Grupche

Biologist specializing in ecology; President of the Macedonian Society for Professional Ecologists; Expert Advisor to the Parliamentary Committee on the Environment

Ivan Ilievski

Technical manager responsible for environmental protection at the cement plant "Usje"

Tomislav Ivanov

Geologist; formerly a professor in the Technology Department of the University of Skopje

Toma Karamiha

Forestry engineer at the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Waters

Kostadina Korneti

Medical doctor and professor at the University of Skopje

Aleksandar Nastov

Senior Advisor for Ecology at the Ministry for Urbanism, Civil Engineering, Traffic and Ecology

Pece Nedanovski

Economists specializing in environmental issues at the University of Skopje

Toma Nicota

Mechanical engineer at the "IPIS" engine factory specializing in engine emissions

Liljana Oncevska

Architect responsible for environmental protection on the Skopje City Commission for Urbanism, Traffic and Environment

Lazo Pekevski

Physicist at the Seismological Observatory at the University of Skopje

Jaglika Siljanovska

Civil engineer; sanitary and health inspector for the Ministry of Health

Vlado Spridonov

Physicist specializing in air pollution modelling at the Hydro-meteorological Institute

Nikola Srbinovski

Agricultural/forestry engineer; Deputy Minister for Ecology at the Ministry for Urbanism, Civil Engineering, Traffic and Ecology

Mihail Tokarev

Architect at the University of Skopje specializing in the protection of the cultural and historical environment; Expert Advisor to the Parliamentary Committee on Environment; former President of the Macedonian Ecological Movement

Josif Tanevski

President of the Macedonian Ecological Movement; owner and manager of a laboratory and pharmacy supply firm

Trajko Trajkovski

Architect specializing in noise and heat isolation; creator of several television programs on energy efficiency

Gordan Veljanovski

Deputy Minister for Forestry in the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Waters

Milos Zmejkovski

Hydrologist and professor of ecology at the University of Skopje; Vice President of the NGO "Opstanok".

POLAND

Leszek Banaszak

Director, Foreign Cooperation Department of the Ministry of Environmental Protection, Natural Resources and Forestry.

Wojciech Beblo

Director, Katowice Province Department of Environmental Protection; member of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development's Environmental Advisory Council; member of the Katowice City Council.

Przemyslaw Czajkowski

Board Member, Center for Environment and Development.

Radoslaw Gawlik

Member of the Polish Parliament since 1989; Vice-chairman, Parliamentary Commission for Environmental Protection; Chairman of the Democratic Union's Ecological Fraction.

Maria Guminska

Professor of Bio-chemistry, Medical Academy of Jagiellonian University; Vice-President, Polish Ecological Club; Member of Poland's Presidential Environmental Advisory Council.

Andrzej Kassenberg

President, Institute for Sustainable Development Warsaw; Chairman of Poland's Environmental Impact Assessment Commission; Member of Poland's Presidential Environmental Advisory Council; Member of the Polish Ecological Club.

Stefan Kozlowski

Environmental Advisor to the President of Poland; former Minister of Environmental Protection, Natural Resources and Forestry; Professor, Institute of Geology in Warsaw.

Jerzy Kwiatkowski

Director, Project Implementation Unit of the Ministry of Environmental Protection, Natural Resources and Forestry.

Maciej Nowicki

President, ECOFUND Foundation; former Minister of Environmental Protection, Natural Resources and Forestry.

Grzegorz Peszko

Cracow Group of the Green Federation, Doctoral student at the Cracow Academy of Economics.

Tomasz Zylicz

Professor of Environmental Economics, Warsaw University; Advisor to Poland's Ministry of Environment; Member of the ECOFUND Supervisory Board.

ROMANIA

Nicolae Botnariuc

Professor of Ecology at the Romanian Academy; President of the Nature Conservation Commission

Mircea Ciumara

President of the Parliamentary Commission for Ecology; Director of the National Institute for Economic Research

Valentina Ene

Industrial chemical engineer responsible for environmental issues at Celulosys and Paper Company

Klaus Fabritus

Vectors Control Unit Chief at the Hygiene and Public Health Institute; Vice-President of the NGO "Environment and Nature Protection Association"

Dan Florescu

Director of the Currency Operations Division of the National Bank of Romania

Ica Giurgiu

Vice-President of the National Youth Tourist Club

Lascu Ilie

Prefect of Braila County; Member of Parliament

Cristina Ioan

Expert in the Ecological Research and Development Division at the Ministry of Industries

Ioan Jelev

Secretary of State, Department of Environment Protection

Paul Lizac

Director of the Bucharest Environmental Protection Agency

Gheorghe Manea

Environmental specialist at the National Institute for Economic Research; member of the academic NGO "Romanian Association for Ecological Management and Sustainable Development"

Dan Manoleli

Associate Professor of Taxonomy at the Faculty of Biology; President of the "Ecological Group of Cooperation," and Expert Advisor to the Parliamentary Commission on Environment

Bogdan Paranici

Coordinator of the NGO Danube Forum; Program Manager for the Ecological Youth of Romania

Istvan Sido

Environmental section coordinator for the AIDRom Foundation; Vice-President of the NGO "Rhododendron"

Nicolae Toniuc

Senior Researcher at the Institute of Biology; Scientific Secretary of the Nature Monuments Commission

SLOVAK REPUBLIC

Mary Arndsten

Legal Advisor, Ministry of Environment of Slovak Republic.

Peter Benuska

Deputy Mayor and Chief Architect of Bratislava; member of the European team of the International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives (ICLEI).

Miroslav Bohus

Department for Ecological Conservation, Comenius University.

Robert Brenak

Ministry of Environment of Slovak Republic.

Robert Ficzo

Member of the Slovak Parliament; member of Constitutional Committee.

Daniel Geisbacher, Alojz PetrIk, Roman Biel, Mr. Loboda

Responsibles in the Departments of Water Pollution and Air Pollution, Slovak Inspection of Environment.

Mikulas Huba

Researcher, Institute of Geography, Academy of Science; Chairman, Society for Sustainable Living in Slovak Republic; former member of the Slovak Parliament and Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee for Environment.

Lubos Hrivnak

WWF Environmental Education Programs Coordinator, Strom Zivota Bratislava.

Ladislaw Miklos

Landscape ecologist, Academy of Science, Bratislava; member of the External Advisory Board of the President of Slovak Republic; member of the presidium of the Slovak Commission of UNESCO; former Deputy Minister of the Slovak Commission for Environment.

Vlasta Pastusakova

Air Protection and Wastes Manager, SLOVNAFT chemical factory, Bratislava.

Jozef Skultety

Head of the International Relations Department, Ministry of Environment of Slovak Republic.

Elena VartIkova

International Coordinator of GREENWAY.

Lubomira Zimanova

State Secretary, Ministry of Environ ment of Slovak Republic.

SLOVENIA

Bostjan Anko

Biotechnical Faculty, University of Ljubljana.

Fedor Cerne

PRO-ECO, Management Consulting, Ljubljana.

Jorg Hodalic

Director, Institute of Environment and Water Management, Ministry of Environment and Regional Planning.

Andrej Klemenc

Slovenian E-Forum, Ljubljana.

Mojca Logar

Adviser of Kamnik, Secretariat for Environmental Protection and Urbanism.

Andrej Luksic

Researcher, Center for Political Science, University of Ljubljana.

Zarko Pregelj

Chairman, Parliament Comity for the Environment.

Joze Samu

Chief Inspector, Inspectorate of Health.

Leo Seserko

Member of Parliament.

Jernej Stritih

Deputy Minister of Environment, Ministry of Environment and Regional Planning.

Stojan Tramte

Junior Legal Adviser, Agency of Privatisation.

Gorzad Trpin

Director, Institute of Public Administration, University of Ljubljana.