MP Steering Committee to meet in October

The Mountain Partnership Steering Committee (SC) meeting will take place in Turin, Italy on 14-15 October 2015. The second meeting of the Steering Committee in 2015 will focus on the strategic positioning of the Mountain Partnership and its role in moving the mountain agenda forward.

The SC will provide an overview of issues and challenges facing mountain communities in their respective constituencies in order to enhance effectiveness of the Mountain Partnership.

The 16-member SC - representing governments, civil society and international organizations - provides strategic guidance for the MP Secretariat. MP members may wish to update the Steering Committee who represent their constituency with summaries of their issues and activities ahead of the meeting.

MP Steering committee has following members:

Governments

South America: Argentina (Chair) - Fabiana Loguzzo
Sub-Saharan Africa: Cameroon - Francis Dany Matip Nouga
North & Central America and the Caribbean: Mexico - Joaquín David Saldaña Herrera
Asia and the Pacific: Nepal - Purushottam Ghimire
Middle East and North Africa: Tunisia - Habib Abid
Europe: Turkey - Mahmut Temiz

Non-governmental organizations

North & Central America and the Caribbean: Aspen International Mountain Foundation - Karinjo DeVore
Sub-Saharan Africa: Albertine Rift Conservation Society (Vice Chair) - Sam Kanyamibwa
Europe: Euromontana - Martin Price
South America: Fundación Agreste - Marisa Young
Asia and the Pacific: International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development - Basanta Raj Shrestha
Middle East and North Africa: Mountain Environment Protection Society - Abdollah Ashtari Nakhaei

Global organizations
The Mountain Institute - Andrew Taber

Intergovernmental Organization
United Nations Environment Programme - Musonda Mumba

Donor Organization to the MPS
Italy - Grammenos Mastrojeni  

Host Institution of the MPS
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) - Eduardo Mansur


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