MP Steering Committee to meet in October
30.09.2015
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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Photo: MPS/Mia Rowan
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