Who We Are

INTERNATIONAL NGO/CSO PLANNING COMMITTEE
(As revised at ICP meeting, November 2001)


International NGO/CSO Planning Committee for the WFS:fyl

International Focal Point:
· Antonio Onorati, Coordinator of the Italian NGO Committee

Coordinator of case study preparation:
· Jean Marc von der Weid, AS-PTA

Regional Focal Points:

Africa:
· Ndiogou Fall, Réseau des Organisations Paysannes et de Producteurs Agricoles de l’Afrique de l’Ouest
· Mercy Karanja, Kenya National Farmers Union
· Elisabeth Atanga, Concertation Nationale des Organisations Paysannes du Cameroun


Asia-Pacific:
· Nathaniel Don Marquez, ANGOC
· Biplab Halim, IMSE/SANFEC
· Sarojeni Rengan, PAN

Near East:
· Fouad Chehat, AREA
· Dina Raouf Khalil, ICA
· Taghi Farvar, CENESTA

Europe (EU and East and Central European Countries):
· Daniel van der Steen, Liaison Committee of Development NGOs to the EU
· Anamarija Slabe, Institute for Sustainable Development

Latin America:
· Alberto Ercilio Broch, CONTAG br> · Rosaura Rodriguez, Union Estatal de Organizaciones Económicas y Mujeres Productoras de Guerrero
· Francisco Menezes, IBASE

North America:
· Stuart Clark, Co-Chair Canadian Consultative Group on Food Security

Major Constituency Group Focal Points:

Farmers:
· David King, IFAP
· Paul Nicholson, Via Campesina

Indigenous Peoples:
· Carol Kalafatic, International Indian Treaty Council

Sustainable Agriculture/Food Security NGOs:
· Linda Elswick, Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Development Working Group/NGO SAFS Caucus

Trade Unions:
· Peter Hurst, IUF, Geneva

Ad Hoc Group of International NGOs in Rome:
· Francesca Ronchi-Proja

Youth Organizations:
· Maria Wiggerthale, MIJARC (International Movement of Catholic Agricultural and Rural Youth)

Thematic Focal Points:
· Right to Food:

· Michael Windfuhr, FIAN International

Food Sovereignty:
· Paul Nicholson, Via Campesina
· Steve Suppan, Institute for Agriculture & Trade Policy

Agricultural Production Models:
· Jean Marc von der Weid, AS-PTA

Access to Productive Resources:
Genetic Resources:

· GRAIN
· ETC Group
· ITDG
Water:
Land:
· Peter Rosset, FOODFIRST


Democracy and Civil Society Involvement:
· Elena Mancusi-Materi, Society for International Development