COASTLINE 07-1 Coastal management in Germany - EUCC

EUCC - Germany Executive and Advisory Board
EUCC
EUCC-Germany is an association and pays special attention
to the involvement of its members. The election and
the composition of the Executive and Advisory Boards is
illustrative.
The Executive Board is the major body of EUCC-Germany.
Besides a representative function, the executive is responsible
for financial and strategic decisions. Every 4 years,
the six Board members are elected by the members of
EUCC-Germany, who have the possibility to vote on-line,
if they cannot attend the members’ assembly. Each coastal
state of Germany (Land) must have at least one representative
in the Board. This geographical partition permits
EUCC-Germany to promote its actions on a national level
and to have a good knowledge of regional coastal management
policies. The Board consists of academics, private
consultants, engineers and representatives of authorities.
This diversity permits the strengthening of the link between
scientists and practitioners.
A new Executive Board has been elected in 2006. Gerald
Schernewski (IOW, Warnemünde) has been re-elected as
president and is supported by new vice-presidents, Kerstin
Kruivenga-Kreitsmann (Lower-Saxonia) and Gabriele
Gönnert (Port Authority, Hamburg). The three other
Board members are Bastian Schuchardt (BioConsult,
Bremen), Andreas Kannen (FTZ Büsum) and Horst Sterr
(University of Kiel). The practical management is the responsibility
of Nardine Löser, who was appointed to
Executive Director (for an overview of the staff see
www.euccd.de/plugins/eucc_deutschland/mitarbeiter.php).
Similar to EUCC-International, EUCC-Germany established
an Advisory Board in November 2006. The honorary
Advisory Board members are EUCC members and known
experts in specific coastal areas. Their task is to support
the Executive Committee and the major concrete activities
in EUCC as well as to assist with the strategy and policy
development.
Aude Körfer, EUCC-Germany, Baltic Sea Research Institute
(IOW); contact: koerfer@eucc-d.de
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