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 Meetings of the CEHAPE Task Force 
 This task force brings together Member States to share experience, progress and challenges as they implement the Children's Environment and Health Action Plan for Europe (CEHAPE) 
   
 

Country members designated by the 57th World Health Organization Regional Committee for Europe

Cyprus

Dr Stella Michaelidou-Canna
Senior Chemist
State General Laboratory
Ministry of Health of Cyprus
Nicosia

Estonia

Ms Heli Laarmann
Head, Chemical Unit
Ministry of Social Affairs of Estonia
Tallinn

Kyrgyzstan

Dr Sabyrjan Toktosunovich Abdikerimov
Deputy Minister ,
Ministry of Health of Kyrgyz Republic
Bishkek

Republic of Moldova

Dr Ion Bahnarel
Chief State Sanitary Physician
National Research Centre for Preventive Medicine
Ministry of Health of the Republic of Moldova
Chisinau

Norway

Dr Jon Hilmar Iversen
Director
Department for Primary Health Services
Directorate for Health and Social Affairs
Oslo

Country members designated by the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) Committee on Environmental Policy (CEP)

Austria

Mr Robert Thaler
Head of Division
Division V/5 - Transport, Mobility, Human Settlement and Noise
Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water Management
Vienna  

Finland

Dr Lea Kauppi
Director General
Finnish Environment Institute
Helsinki  

Italy

Dr Corrado Clini
Director General
Department for Environmental Research and Development
Ministry for the Environment Land and T Sea
Rome

Netherlands

Dr Julie Ng-A-Tham
Policy Adviser
DG-Environment-Chemicals, Waste radiation Protection directorate
Ministry of Housing,  Spatial Planning and the Environment, IPC645
The Hague

Uzbekistan

Mr Sergey Samoylov
Head, Economics and Rational Nature Use
State Committee for Nature Protection of the Republic of Uzbekistan
Tashkent 

Representatives of intergovernmental and international organizations

European Commission (EC)

Ms Chantal Bruetschy (Member)
Head of Unit, DG ENV/D4
DG Environment
Brussels
Belgium
Website: www.europa.eu.int/comm/environment/health/index_en.htm  

Mr Michael Hübel (Member)
Deputy Head of Unit, DG SANCO/C5
DG Health and Consumer Protection
Luxembourg
Luxembourg
Website: http://www.europa.eu.int/comm/health/index_en.htm

Ms Birgit van Tongelen (Alternate)
Policy Officer, DG ENV/B3
DG Environment
Unit B3, Biotechnology. Pesticides and Health,
Avenue de Beaulieu 9, Office 6/171
B-1160 Brussels

Mr Giulio Gallo (Alternate)
DG SANCO/Unit 4
DG Health and Consumer Protection
Luxembourg
Luxembourg

European Environment Agency (EEA)

Prof. Jacqueline McGlade (Member)
Executive Director
Copenhagen
Denmark
Website: www.eea.eu.int
  
Dr Dorota Jarosinska (Alternate)
Project Manager
Environment and Health
European Environment Agency
Copenhagen
Denmark
Website: www.eea.eu.int

Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)

Mr Rob Visser
Head
Environment, Health and Safety Division
Paris
France
Website: www.oecd.org

Regional Environmental Centre for Central and Eastern Europe (REC)

Ms Marta Szigeti Bonifert (Member)
Executive Director
Szentendre
Hungary
Website: www.rec.org

Dr Janos Zlinszky (Alternate)
Senior Adviser to the ED
Szentendre
Hungary
Website: www.rec.org

United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE)

Ms Christina von Schweinichen
Deputy Director
Environment and Human Settlements Division
Geneva
Switzerland
Website: www.unece.org

United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

Wondwosen (Wondy) K. Asnake
Outreach Officer
UNEP Regional Office for Europe
Chatelaine-Geneva
Switzerland
Website: www.unep.org/ www.unep.ch

Youth Delegates:

Mr Kyle Worgan
Youth delegate
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Ms Ildikó Almási
Youth delegate
Hungary

World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe (WHO)

Dr Marc Danzon (Member)
Regional Director
Copenhagen
Denmark
Website: www.euro.who.int / www.who.int

Dr Nata Menabde (Alternate)
Deputy Regional Director
Copenhagen
Denmark
Website: www.euro.who.int / www.who.int

Representatives of civil society

ECO-Forum

Ms Sascha Gabizon
Director
European ECO-Forum and Women in Europe for our Common Future (WECF)
Munich
Germany
Website: www.eco-forum.org

Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL)

Ms Genon Jensen
Director
Health & Environment Alliance
28 Boulevard Charlemagne
B-1000 Brussels
Website: www.env-health.org

International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC)

Mr Bjorn Erikson
Industrial Hygienist
Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions
Oslo
Norway
Website: www.ituc-csi.org

World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD)

Dr Gernot Klotz (Member)
Executive Director Research & Innovation
CEFIC - European Chemical Industries Council
Brussels
Belgium
Website: www.wbcsd.org