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In accordance with decision 1/CMP.3 of the third session of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (CMP),

 

The Adaptation Fund Board was established as the operating entity of the Adaptation Fund with the mandate to supervise and manage the Adaptation Fund under the authority and guidance of the CMP.

 

The Board is composed of 16 members and 16 alternate members representing Parties, formally elected at a session of the CMP on the Adaptation Fund as follows (for both member and alternate):

  1. Two representatives from each of the five UN regional groups;
  2. One representative of the small island developing states;
  3. One representative of the least developed country Parties;
  4. Two other representatives from Annex I Parties; and
  5. Two other representatives from non-Annex I parties.

 

The members and alternates shall each serve for a term of two calendar years and shall be eligible to serve a maximum of two consecutive terms.

 

The Board shall elect the Chair and Vice-Chair from among its members, with one being from an Annex I party and the other being from a non-Annex I party. The term of office of the Chair and Vice-Chair shall be one calendar year. The office Chair and Vice-Chair shall alternate annually between a member from an Annex I Party and a member from a non-Annex I party.

 

 

Members

 

Name 

Country

Constituency

 Mr. Cheikh Ndiaye Sylla

 Senegal

 Africa

Mr. Zaheer Fakir

 South Africa

 Africa

Mr. Wang Zhongjing

 China

 Asia

Mr. Abdulhadi Al-Marri

 Qatar

 Asia

Mr. Jerzy Janota Bzowski

 Poland

 Eastern Europe

Ms. Medeia Inashvili

 Georgia

 Eastern Europe

Mr. Jeffery Spooner

 Jamaica

 Latin America and the Caribbean

Mr. Luis Santos

 Uruguay

 Latin America and the Caribbean

Mr. Hans Olav Ibrekk

 Norway

 Western European and Others Group

Mr. Jan Cedergren 

 Sweden

 Western European and Others Group

H.E. Peceli Vocea

 Fiji

 Small Island Developing States

Mr. Richard Muyungi

 United Republic of  

 Tanzania

 Least-Developed Countries

Mr. Julien Rencki

 France

 Annex I Parties

Mr. Hiroshi Ono (Vice-Chair)

 Japan

 Annex I Parties

Mr. Ricardo Lozano Picón

 Colombia

 Non-Annex I Parties

Mr. Farrukh Iqbal Khan (Chair)

 Pakistan

 Non-Annex I Parties

 

 

Alternates

 

Name 

Country

 Constituency

 

 

 

Mr. Richard Mwendandu

 Kenya

 Africa

Mr. Elsayed Sabry Mansour

 Egypt

 Africa

Mr. Damdin Davgadorj

 Mongolia

 Asia

Ms. Tatyana Ososcova

 Uzbekistan

 Asia

Mr. Valeriu Cazac

 Moldova

 Eastern Europe

Ms. Iryna Trofimova

 Ukraine

 Eastern Europe

Mr. Santiago Reyna

 Argentina

 Latin America and the Caribbean

Mr. Luis Paz Castro

 Cuba

 Latin America and the Caribbean

Mr. Anton Hilber

 Switzerland

 Western European and Others Group

Mr. Markku Kanninen

 Finland

 Western European and Others Group

Mr. Amjad Abdulla

 Maldives

 Small Island Developing States

Mr. Mirza Shawkat Ali

 Bangladesh

 Least-Developed Countries

 Ms. Ana Fornells de Frutos

 Spain

 Annex I Parties

 Ms. Kate Binns

 United Kingdom of Great

 Britain and Northern  

 Ireland

 Annex I Parties

 

 

 Non-Annex I Parties

 Mr. Bruno Sekoli

 Lesotho

 Non-Annex I Parties

 

 

 

Useful Links

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