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Committees
Participatory Guarantee System Committee
Members
Eva Torremocha (Spain), Ron Khosla (USA), Chris May (New Zealand), Mathew John (India), Janet Villanueva (Peru) and Konrad
Hauptfleisch (South Africa). Joelle Katto-Andrighetto, Program Manager at the IFOAM Head Office, acts as secretary of the PGS
Committee. Members were nominated for a 3-year term in August 2009.
Objectives
According to the PGS Committee Terms of Reference approved by the IFOAM Executive Board in July 2009, the PGS Committee:
• Assists the development of PGS;
• Provides the World Board with advice on how to develop, facilitate and encourage PGS around the world;
• Participates in mid-term and long-term strategic planning for IFOAM’s activities on PGS; and
• Identifies and systemizes PGS concepts and tools appropriate for the facilitation and promotion of PGS.
PGS Committee members meeting in Bhutan, January 2010, with Gunnar Rundgren. From left to right: Vanaja Ramprasad (India),
Chris May (New Zealand), Janet Villanueva (Peru), Mathew John (India), Eva Torremocha (Spain), Konrad Hauptfleisch (South Africa),
Ron Khosla (USA), Joelle Katto-Andrighetto (France/IFOAM Head Office), Gunnar Rundgren.
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Directory of IFOAM Affiliates 2011