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PRESIDENT: Frank
GASKELL
Scotland, Highland and Islands Enterprise
Frank has been the President of Euromontana since 2000. He is employed
as Head of International Affairs within Highlands and Islands
Enterprise, the UK Government's economic development and training
agency for the whole of the North of Scotland. He is a member of the
Monitoring Committee for the Northern Periphery Interreg III Programme
and of the Management Committee of the Highlands and Islands Special
Transitional Programme . He was the Chairman of the LEADER II
Monitoring Committee for the Highlands of Scotland. Frank is also a
Board Member and past-President of EURADA, the European Association of
Development Agencies.
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VICE-PRESIDENT: Dominique BARRAU
France, National Farmers' Union
Farmer (dairy and veal of Lucs). Secretary General of FDSEA 1991-1996.
Deputy President of FDSEA 1996-1998. President of FDSEA since 1999.
Deputy Secretary-General of FNSEA, elected 2002. President of the
Mountain Group of FNSEA. President of FRSEA
Midi-Pyrénées, elected 2002. President of ADAR,
appointed 2004. Vice-President of the Board of the Chamber of
Agriculture in charge of SAME (Department of Spatial Planning and the
Environment). President of CUMA-Luc-Lax until 1999. Vice-President of
the Association of Veal Producers of Lucs. Town Councillor in Luc 1977
and 2001.
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VICE-PRESIDENT: Domenico MASTROGIOVANNI
Italy, National Farmers' Union (CIA)
Vice-president of Euromontana, coming from Abruzzo in Italy, Forestry
economist by education, Member of the National Management Board of
Italian Farmers Confederation and Management Board of Research
Institute for Mountain and Forest. Extensive working experience in the
field of sustainable management of mountain areas and their
environmental and socio-economic aspects (Structural Fund programmes,
Leader and Interreg projects) at different levels.
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VICE-PRESIDENT: Danut GITAN
Romania, CEFIDEC, Training and development agency of the Carpathians
Director of CEFIDEC Vatra Dornei - Training and Innovation Center for
Development in the Carpathians. Candidate for a doctor's degree in
agricultural economy. 2001-2003 post-graduate studies on agri-food
management with the Faculty of Economy and Business Management, "A.I.
Cuza"University, Iasi. Prior working experience: 1997-1999 specialty
inspector D.G.A.A. Bistrita Nasaud; 1996-1997 PHARE expert , DLG
Agriservice, Germany; 1990-1996 specialty inspector D.G.A.A. Bistrita
Nasaud (Mountain area division Commission); 1987-1990 Head of Division
for Agricultural Mechanics Station, Orhei-Bistrita County.
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VICE-PRESIDENT: Tor BREMER
Norway, County council of Sogn og Fjordane
Born in Sogndal 9 February 1955. Farmer by profession, producing milk
and meat. Currently the vice chairman of The County Council of Sogn og
Fjordane. Leader of The Labour Party of the county of Sogn og Fjordane.
Member of the board of The Regional Council for Western Norway, an
organization for co-operation consisting of 4 County Councils on the
Western coast of Norway.
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VICE-PRESIDENT: Juan Andrès GUTIERREZ
Basque Country, Department of agriculture of the Basque Country
Geographer, with studies at the Autonomous University of Barcelona, DEA
in Geography, ecology and development of mountain areas at the
University of Grenoble and Interuniversity Degree in cartography and
teledetection at the Universities of Louvaine-La-Neuve, Liège and the
Free University of Brussels. Professional experience in spatial
teledetection at the laboratory "Surfaces" of the University of Liège.
Since 1989 works at IKT (public participation enterprise by the
Department of Agriculture and Fisheries of the Basque Government).
Currently responsible for the Department for Agricultural Analysis and
Studies at IKT. Also a member of the Committee of Directors of the
World Rural Forum (NGO working in the field of cooperation) and
Naturgintza (private environmental foundation).
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TREASURER: Thomas EGGER
Switzerland, SAB, multisectoral national mountain organisation
Dipl. Geographer. 1991 - 1996: Scientific collaborator ARW, Dr. Peter
Furger AG in Visp. 1996 - 2001: Head of regional office of the Swiss
center for mountain regions (SAB) in Brig. From 2002: Director of the
Swiss center for mountain regions in Berne. Observer at the Alpine
Convention on behalf of Euromontana. Member of the board of directors
of Schweizerische Beratungsgruppe für Regionen und Gemeinden.
Member of the board of directors of Schweizerische Studiengesellschaft
für Raumordnungs- und Regionalpolitik. Secretary of the
Parliamentary Group Mountains . Secretary of the Conference of Heads of
Municipalities from tourism villages in mountain areas. Committee of
the Eggiwiler Symposium (partnership cities - rural areas). Committee
Chance BeO (Berner Oberland). Committee Pro Val Lumnezia (regional
development). Committee Pro Safiental (regional development). Committee
Landschaftspark Binn (regional development).
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MEMBER: Jean-Louis CAZAUBON
France, APCA National Network of the Agricultural Chambers
Mr Jean-Louis CAZAUBON is President of the Chambre Régionale
d'Agriculture de Midi-Pyrénées and President of
the Chambre d'Agriculture des Hautes-Pyrénées. He
is in charge of the Mountain group in the Office of the
Assemblée Permanente des Chambres d'Agriculture and chairs
the "Organic" Group in COPA-COGECA. Advisor of the European Economic
and Social Committee. Vice-President of Crédit Agricole
Pyrénées-Gascogne. He is also the Mayor of
Poueyferre (since 1995). Farmer, dairy producer.
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MEMBER: Thierry PERCIE DU SERT
France, ARPE regional environmental agency
Mr Thierry PERCIE DU SERT manages environment and sustainable
development issues as a Deputy Director in Agence Régionale
Pour l'Environnement. He is also in charge of the ARPE office in
Bagnère de Bigorre (Hautes-Pyrénées).
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MEMBER: Marco BELLION
Italy, Province de Turin
Assessor of the Province of Milan (General Council of Turin) for
Agriculture, Rural Development and Mountains with Supervisory Authority
on Fauna and Flora since 1999. Born on 02 December 1955, was Town
Councillor in Torre Pellice (1975-2004), Vice-President of the "Val
Pellice" Mountain Community (1991-1995) and Regional Councillor of
Piemonte (1995-1999).
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MEMBER: Drew McFARLANE SLACK
Scotland, The Highlands Council
Elected Member Highland Council Glencoe Ward and Chairman of Lochaber
Enterprise. Born in Glasgow, Scotland in 1951 and moved to the
Highlands in 1973 to retail fruit and vegetables in Ballachulish. In
1976 he began 7 years as a fisherman on the West Coast of Scotland.
When he came ashore in the early 1980's he spent some time shipping
fish and shellfish to London markets. From 1985 until 1992 he
manufactured Ice axes and other mountaineering equipment in Glencoe
before beginning his full time political career.
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MEMBER: Pier Carlo ZINGARI
OEFM, European Observatory of Mountain Forests
Background in Forestry, MSc, and Environmental Economics and Planning
(PhD), and research experience on the ecology and management of
mountain agro-silvo-pastoral systems. He has also worked in Costa Rica,
Central America, with FAO. He initiated, together with representatives
of forest communities, the European Observatory of Mountain Forests
(EOMF) that aims to bring together different views, experiences and
sectors in the sustainable management of environmental and
socio-economic fragile areas.
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