The Board

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):

Two representatives from each of the five UN regional groups;
One representative of the small island developing states;
One representative of the least developed country Parties;
Two other representatives from Annex I Parties; and
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

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