If you want to be an ambassador, and are active to assist your country to solve its obsolete and POPs pesticides problem, you can apply to us to become ambassador of IHPA. Please send your mail with CV showing your activities related to Obsolete Pesticides to john.vijgen@ihpa.info. We are glad to have a new committed partner in our network.

• P.C. Abhilash, Institute for Environment & Sustainable Development, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, INDIA, pcabhilash@gmail.com,
  pca.iesd@bhu.ac.in,pcabhilash@hotmail.com
• Dr.Mohammad R Al-Agha, The Islamic University, Gaza, Palestine, malagha@mail.iugaza.edu
• Ms. Khatuna Akhalaia, Milieukontakt International, Georgia, khatunaakhalaia1@yahoo.com
• Dr Gulchehra Aliyeva, UNEP-ECORES National Committee, Azerbaijan, g.aliyeva1@gmail.com
• Ms. Suzana Andonova, POPs Unit, Ministry of Environment and Physical Planning, The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, s.andonova@pops.org.mk
• Prof. Ivan Atanassov, Institute for Sustainable Development, Sofia, Bulgaria, Email:sasho@bgnet.bg
• Prof. Hmayak Avagyan, National Institute of Health, Yerevan, Armenia, havagyan@ipia.sci.am
• Ayman Al-Sayyed, Royal Scientific Society, Environmental Research Center, Amman Jordan, Email: ayman_march@yahoo.com
• Alin Constantin DIRTU, “Al.I. Cuza” University, Iasi, Romania, alin.dirtu@chem.uaic.ro
• Prof. Ahmed Khider Bashir, Environment Research and Wildlife Development Agency, United Arab Emirates, abashir@erwda.gov.ae
• Ion Barbarasa, Ministry of Ecology, Moldova, ibarbarasa@moldovapops.md
• Melisbek Bekkoenov, Kyrgyzstan, pops_kg@mail.ru
• Yene T. Belayneh, Ph.D., Senior Technical Advisor and Specialist,  USAID/DCHA/OFDA, ybelayneh@ofda.gov
• Tristan Bellingham, New Zealand, tristan.bellingham@aut.ac.nz
• Jan van de Berg, drsFILM, The Netherlands, info@drsfilm.nl
• Jan Betlem, MSc, ing., Task Manager POPs Pesticides, UNEP Division of GEF Coordination
• Oleg Bogdevich, Academy of Science of Moldova, ,Chisinau, Moldova, bogdevicholeg@yahoo.com
• Bram de Borst, Ir., Tauw bv, Deventer, The Netherlands, adb@tauw.nl
• Mattijs Bouwknegt, Tauw bv, The Netherlands, matthijs.bouwknegt@tauw.nl
• Peter Bukovec, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Ljubjana, Slovenia, Peter.Bukovec@uni-lj.si
• Prof. Lucila Candela, Universidad Politécnica de Catalunya, Dep. de Ingenieria del Terreno, Barcelona, Spain, Lucila.Candela@upc.es
• Dr. Arcadie Capcelea, environment consultant, World Bank,  acapcelea@worldbank.org
• Alverd Chankseliani, Georgia, Geo.waste@yahoo.com
• Dr. Marta Ciraj, Secretary EU Affairs and International Relations Office, Ministry of Health, Ljublana, Slovenia, marta.ciraj@gov.si
• Berto Collet, Tauw bv, The Netherlands,  bertocollet@hotmail.com
• Victor Covaliov, Moldova State University, Moldova, olga196cov@yahoo.com
• Ms. Sivia Chitimiea, Agency of Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania, silvch@dr.com
• Valentin Ciubotaru, NGO BIOS, Moldova ngobios@moltelecom.md
• Ms. Anna Cumanova, Laboratory Soil Quality, Hydrometeorological Service, Moldova, cumanova@yahoo.com
• Ms. Larissa Cupcea, WB/GEF Project “Sustainable POPs Stockpiles Management in Republic of Moldova, lcupcea@yahoo.com
• Ms. Nune Darbinyan, EcoGlobe, Armenia, nuneemil@yahoo.com
• Ms. Stela Dezsy, RAMBØLL, Romania, Email: stela@ramboll.ro
• Ms. Tzvetanka Dimcheva, Ministry of Environment and Water, dimcheva@moew.government.bg
• Jerphaas Donner, Milieukontakt international, The Netherlands,  j.donner@milieukontakt.nl
• Branko Druzina, Public Health Institute, Ljubjana, Slovenia, branko.druzina@vsz.uni-lj.si
• Prof. Oktay Erbatur, Department of Chemistry of Cukurova University, erbatur@cu.edu.tr
• Ms. Ebtesam Elbestawy, Alexandria, Egypt, eelbestawy@yahoo.com
• John Fairweather, BCD CZ, Prague, Czech Republic, john.fairweather@bcdcz.cz
• Boudewijn Fokke, Tauw bv, Industries, Soil & Groundwater, The Netherlands, boudewijn.fokke@tauw.nl
• Dr. Leonardo Fernandes Fraceto, Institute of Science and Technology of Sorocaba, São Paulo State University (UNESP), Brazil, leonardo@sorocaba.unesp.br
• Dr.Christine Fűll, Email: cfuell@web.de
• Anatolii Gamera, Ukraine, angamera@gmail.com
• Ms. Anna Golubovska-Onisimova, President, MAMA-86, Ukraine, anna@mama-86.org.ua
• Ms. Gabriella Gref-Innes, Canadian Commercial Corporation, Ottawa, Ontaria, Canada, gabriela.gref-innes@ccc.ca
• Ms. Mariana Grama, Project Coordinator, Mariana.Grama@gmail.com
• Dr. S.K.Gupta, Swiss Federal Institute for Agroecology and Agriculture (FAL) and Institute of Terrestrial Technology (ITO) Zűrich, Switzerland, satish.gupta@gmx.net
• Ketil Haarstad, Jordforsk, Bioforsk, the Norwegian Institute for Agricultural and Environmental Research, Aas, Norway, ketil.haarstad@bioforsk.no
• Morten Hansen, Hansen Medier, journalist.morten.hansen@gmail.com
• Michael Hansen, Niras Chemcontrol, 5000 Odense, Denmark,MDH@NIRAS.DK
• Dr. Maria Haralanova, WHO Regional Office for Europe, Copenhagen, Denmark, MAH@who.dk
• Prof. Dr. Emanuel Heinisch, fax +49-9191-729864, Forchheim, Germany, wenzeljournal@t-online.de
• Prof. Dr. Ivan Holoubek, RECETOX – TOCOEN & Associates, Brno, Czech Republic, holoubek@recetox.muni.cz
• Dirk Jan Hoogendoorn, Orion b.v., Drachten, The Netherlands, d.j.hoogendoorn@orionun2315.nl
• Ms. Nekane Ibargüen, IHOBE S.A., Bilbao, Basque Country, Spain, Email: nekane.ibarguen@euskalnet.net
• Ms Ensaf Shiekh Idris, Agricultural Research Corporation, Khartoum, Sudan, ensaf@hotmail.com
• Ms. Rodica Iordanov, Milieukontakt international, Moldova,  iordanca@gmail.com
• Andrei Isac, Executive Director, Regional Environmental Centre Moldova, Chisinau, Moldova, Andrei.Isac@rec.md
• Ms. Janice Jensen, United States, Jensen.Janice@epamail.epa.gov
• Abdusalim Juraev, National Project Coordinator on implementation of Stockholm Convention on POPs in the Republic Tajikistan, Poffice@pops.tj
• Ms. Veska Kambourova, National Centre of Hygiene, Sofia, Bulgaria, V.KAMBOROVA@NCHMEN.GOVERNMENT.BG
• Kaare Helge Karstensen, Research Director SINTEF Environmental Technology, Oslo, Norway, khk@sintef.no
• Don Kinsey, NCP Chlorchem (Pty) Ltd., Kempton Park, South Africa, Email: donk@ncp.co.za
• Otar Kiria, 24 Hours, UNDP/MOE POPs Project, Tiblisi, Georgia, okiria@caucasus.net
• Prof. Dr. Dürdane Kolankaya, Hacettepe University Science Faculty, Ankara, Turkey, durdane@hacettepe.edu.tr
• Marco Kortland, Moers Groep, Netherlands, mkortland@meursgroep.nl
• Ms. Alesgerova Khoshgadam, Senior Officer, State Phytosanitary Control Centre, Ministry of Agriculture, Baku,  Azerbaijan, xosha58@yahoo.com
• Marin Kocov, Manager POPs Unit, Ministry of Environment and Physical Planning, The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, ozonunit@unet.com.mk
• Walter W. Kovalick, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Chicago, United States Kovalick.walter@epa.gov
• Ms. Marie Kranendonk, former President of Women for Europe for a Common Future (WECF), wecf@antenna.nl
• Wieslaw Stefan Kuc, Poland, iwonka.wiesio@wp.pl
• Peter Kulakow, PhD, USA, peter.kulakow@gmail.com
• Ahmad Mahdavi, University of Tehran, Iran, bugmahda@gmail.com
• Ms. Tatjana Markov Milinkovic, Department for Chemicals, Ministry of Environment and Spatial Planning, Republic of Serbia, tatjana.markov@ekoserb.sr.gov.yu
• Prof. Jiri Matousek, DSc, Masaryk University, RECETOX, Brno, Czech Republic, matousek@recetox.muni.cz
• Ms. Sandra Molenkamp, Milieukontakt international, The Netherlands, s.molenkamp@milieukontakt.nl
• Prof. Rup Lal, Department of Zoology, University of Delhi, Delhi, India,duzdel@vsnl.com
• Dr. Rolaf van Leeuwen, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, the Netherlands, fxr.van.leeuwen@rivm.nl
• Ms. Victoria Lokhanska, Deputy Director Ukrainian Laboratory of Quality and Safety, dep_director@quality.ua
• Judith Lowe(Denner), Professor, United Kingdom, JudithLowe@cs.com
• Dr. Elena Manvelyan, President, AWHHE, Armenian Women for Health and Healthy Environment, elena@awhhe.am
• Ms. Liudmila Marduhaeva, Stockholm Convention Focal Point, Environmental Impact and Waste Management Division, Ministry of Ecology, Moldova, liudmila@moldovapops.md
• Marius Matache, University of Bucharest, Centre for Environmental Research and Impact Studies Bucharest, Romania, media@portiledefier.ro
• Michael Müller, Environmental Consultant, Germany,  michael.mueller@enviro-consultant.com
• Iain Muse, Chairman, CEO , EMonument, Brugge, Belgium, contact@environmonument.com
• Martin Murin, Slovak Republic,  ekotoxil@stonline.sk
• Dr. Corneliu A. L. Negulescu, Bucharest, Romania, office@aquaproiect.ro
• Dr. Bakhriddin Nishonov, Hydrometeorological Research Institute, Tashkent, Uzbekistan, bnishonov@mail.ru
• Tomáš Ocelka, Institute of Public Health, Ostrava, Czech Republic, tomas.ocelka@zuova.cz
• Willem Tjebbe Oostenbrink, Coordinator LNV-DLG, Government Agency for Land and Water Development, Groningen Area, The Netherlands w.t.oostenbrink@minlnv.nl
• Valentin Plesca, World Bank/GEF Project Moldova, Chisenau, Republic of Moldova, vplesca@moldovapops.md
• Charles Pijls, Soil Remediation Consultant, Tauw bv, Industries, Soil & Groundwater, The Netherlands, charles.pijls@tauw.nl
• Prof. Valentyna Pidlisnyuk, Kremenchug Tech University, SDEEC, Kremenchug, Ukraine, pidlisnyuk@gmail.com
• Wouter Pronk, Milieukontakt international, The Netherlands, w.pronk@milieukontakt.nl
• Stefan Pruszynski, Professor, former Director Plant Protection Institute, Poznań, Poland, tjk@ior.poznan.pl
• Dr. Noman F. Qadir, Chief Executive, GET, Islamabad, Pakistan, get@isb.paknet.com.pk
• Md. Mahbubar Rahman, PhD, Professor, Department of Entomology & Dean, Faculty of Fisheries, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Agricultural University (BSMRAU) Salna, Gazipu, Bangladesh
• Ms. Valentina Radjenovic, Head of Chemicals Department, Ministry of Environment and Spatial Planning, Republic of Serbia, valentina.radjenovic@ekoserb.sr.gov.yu
• Alexander de Roo, The Netherlands, alexanderderoo@gmail.com
• Dr. Stephan Robinson, Switzerland, International Coordinator Green Cross. Legacy-Programme, stephan.robinson@greencross.ch
• Ott Roots, Estonian Environmental Research Centre, Tallinn, Estonia, Ott.Roots@klab.ee
• Wim Rulkens, Professor, Head of Sub-dept. Environmental Technology. Wageningen University, Research Center, The Netherlands, Wim.Rulkens@algemeen.mt.wau.nl
• Omor Rustembekov, Ecological Control Department of the State Agency on Environment Protection & Forestry, Kyrgyzstan,   Ecolog.kg@mail.ru
• Ms. Tania Santivanes, Bolivia, tsantina@entelnet.bo
• Wolfgang A. Schimpf, GTZ Convention Project Chemical Safety, Germany, wolfgang.schimpf@gtz.de
• Ms. Karine Schnyder, Lausen, Switzerland, karinejoelle@yahoo.com
• Vladimir Shevtsov, Green Cross Belarus, shevtsov@greencross.by
• Andrzej Siłowiecki, Head Chemical Laboratory, Sosnicowice Branch, Plant Protection Institute, Poland, a.silowiecki@ior.gliwice.pl
• Dr. Olga Speranskaya, Head, Eco-Accord, Russia, speransk2004@mail.ru
• Sjef Staps, Louis Bolk Instituut, Driebergen, The Netherlands,S.Staps@louisbolk.nl
• Stefan Stasiev, Division for Pollution Prevention and Improvement of Environment, Ministry of Environment, Moldova, egreta@medium.gov.md
• Assoc. Prof. Tatyana R. Stefanovska, National Agricultural University of Ukraine, Agroecological Department, steftat@hotmail.com
• Stanislaw Stobiecki, Head Sosnicowice Branch, Plant Protection Institute – National Research Institute, Poland, stocki@ior.gliwice.pl
• Tomasz Stobiecki, Plant Protection Institute – National Research Institute Sosnicowice Branch, Poland, t.stobiecki@ior.gliwice.pl
• Ms. Neel Strobaek, Project Director, Ramboll group, Denmark, nes@ramboll.dk
• Ms. Svitlana Sukhorebra, National Academy of Sciences Gas Institute, Kyiv, Ukraine sukhorebra@ukrpost.ua
• Bala S. Sugavanum, Vienna, Austria, bsugavanam@yahoo.co.uk
• Ms. Zulfia Suleymanova, State Specialized Inspection of Analytical Control (SSIAC) of the State Committee for Nature Protection of the Republic of Uzbekistan, ppssiac@ssiac.org.uz
• Wojciech Śliwinski, Plant Protection Institute – National Research Institute Sośnicowice Branch, Poland
• Ms. Lindita Tafaj, Institute of Public Health, Tirana, Albania, LTafaj@ishp.gov.al
• Dr. Anatolie Tarita, Laboratory Ecopedology and Agrocenology, National Institute of Ecology, Moldova, environment@ozon.mldnet.com
• Ms. Archalus Tcheknavorian, Vienna, Austria, afide@chello.at
• Konstantin Terytze, Professor, Umweltbundesamt, Berlin, Germany, konstantin.terytze@uba.de
• Moedio Tirtotaroeno, Environmental, Health & Safety Consultant, Suriname, moedio@tirtotaroeno.com
• Ms. Ivanka Todorova, Executive Agency at the Ministry of Environment and Waters , Sofia , Bulgaria , tsodorova@nfp-bg.eionet.eu.int
• Rakhmanbek Toichuev, Institute of Medical Problems of National Academy of Sciences of the Kyrgyz Republic, Kyrgyzstan, impnankr@rambler.ru
• Prof. Joao PM Torres, Biophysisc Institute – UFRJ – Brazil , Rio de Janeiro , Brazil, jptorres@biof.ufrj.brjptorres@biof.ufrj.br
• Dr. K. Theo von der Trenck, Landesanstalt für Umweltschutz Baden-Württemberg, Referat Biologische UmweltbeobachtungKarlsruhe, Germany, theo.v.d.trenck@lfuka.lfu.bwl.de
• Leon Urlings, The Netherlands, l.urlings@chello.nl
• Michael G. Valentine, Senior Project Manager, ISTC, Moscow Russia, valentine@istc.ru
• Dr. Hans Gerhard Varbelow, Chemical expert office, varbelow@t-online.de
• John Vijgen, IHPA, Denmark, john.vijgen@ihpa.info
• Alan Watson, IPEN, alanwatson@p-i-c.org
• Roland Weber, POPs Environmental Consulting, Göppingen , Germany , roland.weber10@web.de
• Paul Whylie, Secretariat of Stockholm Convention, PWhylie@unep.ch
• Alemayehu Wodageneh, Rome, Italy, alemu_w@yahoo.co.uk
• Ms. Dilbar Zainutdinova, Environmental Law Center “Armon“, Tashkent, Uzbekistan, armonuz@yandex.ru
• Igor Zaporojan, Ministry of Environment, Moldova, codru@mediu.moldova.md
• Dr. Barbara Zeeb, Royal Military College of Canada, Environmental Sciences Group, Kingston, Canada, zeeb-b@rmc.ca
• Ms. Indira Zhakipova, Milieukontakt International, Kyrgyzstan, indira@ekois.net
• Prof. Gennady Zharikov, Research Centre for Toxicology and Hygienic Regulation of Biopreparations, Serphukhov, Moscow Region, Russian Federation, toxic@online.stack.net
• Ms. Agata Zyntek, Polish Crop Protection Association, Warsaw, Poland, AGAT.ZAGORSKA@PSOR.PL

New IHPA Ambassadors (updated 26.02.2015):

• Shahin M. Panahov, PhD, ECORES Information-Analytic Environmental Agency, Baku, Republic of Azerbaijan, spanahov1@yahoo.com or s.panahov@dedrx.gov.az
• Arastun Hasanov, Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources, Republic of Azerbaijan, erestun-hesenov@rambler.ru
• Rashad Allahverdiyev, Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources, Republic of Azerbaijan, az.mineco@gmail.com
• Emin Garabaghli, Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources, Republic of Azerbaijan, emin.garabaghli@gmail.com
• Faizan Haider Khan, Department of Zoology, University of Lucknow, India, E-mail: mbt.110@gmail.com And mbt_110@rediffmail.com
• Richard Thompson, Pesticide Risk Reduction Group, AGP, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome, Italy, Richard.Thompson@fao.org
• Robert Bechtloff, robert.bechtloff@gmail.com
• Ms. Veronica Tertea, Ministry of Agriculture, Moldova, sandras56@rambler.ru or veroter@gmail.com
• Moedio Tirtotaroeno, Environmental Health & Safety Consultant, Suriname, moedio@tirtotaroeno.com
• Margret Schlumpf, Green Tox, Switzerland, Margret.Schlumpf@access.uzh.ch
• Kazkan Orazalina, Republican State Enterprise “Kazakhskii research institute of ecology and climate” of Environment Ministry Kazakhstan, k_orazalina@mail.ru
• Asil A. Nurzhanova, Institute of Plant Physiology, Genetics and Bioengineering, Almaty, Kazakhstan, gen_Asil@mail.ru
• Russell Coban, United Kingdom, russell.cobban@gmail.com
• Irma Tskvitinidze, Food safety, Veterinary and Plant protection National service, Georgia, irmatskvitinidze@yahoo.com
• Mihaela Ciobanu Paun, Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development, Impact Assessment, Pollution Control and Air Protection General Directorate, Romania, mihaela.ciobanu@mmediu.ro
• Daniela Lud, Tauw Germany, daniela.lud@tauw.de
• Elena Karabach, Ministry of Agriculture Belarus, lenaKarabach@tut.by
• Amina Beibitova, National Coordinator of UNDP/GEF. UNDP Kazakhstan, Astana. Kazakhstan, Amina.Beibitova@undp.org
• Dr. Urs K. Wagner, ETI Environmental Technology Int. Ltd., Switzerland, Urs Wagner wagnerurs@yahoo.de
• Prof. Maurice Jutz, University of applied science, Institute for Ecopreneurship (IEC), Switzerland, m.jutz@sunrise.ch
• Mikhail Malkov, Engineering Center for Environmental Security, Kiev, Ukraine, eces.mm@gmail.com and mmalkou@gmail.com
• Jésus Fernández Cascán, Dirección General de Calidad Ambiental y Cambio Cimático, Sección de Autorizaciones, Gobierno de Aragon, Zaragoza, Spain, jfernandezc@aragon.es
• Carlos Cacho Nerin, Jefe de Servicio de Control Ambiental, Dirección General de Calidad Ambiental y Cambio Climático, Gobierno de Aragon, Zaragoza, Spain, ccachon@aragon.es
• Raquel Martinez Andrés, Jefe Dpto. Estudios y Proyectos, Area de Calidad Ambiental, Sodemasa, Zaragoza, Spain, rmartinez@sodemasa.com
• Sergio San Agustín, Departamento de Estudios y Proyectos, Sodemasa, Zaragoza, Spain, ssanagustin@sodemasa.com
• Francisco Javier Jiménez Sánchez, Director Area de Calidad Ambiental, Sodemasa, Zaragoza, Spain, fjimenez@sodemasa.com
• Silvia Hernández Ugencio, Departamento de Estudios y Proyectos, Sodemasa, Zaragoza, Spain, shernandez@sodemasa.com
• Miguel Ángel Arjol, Sodemasa, Zaragoza, Spain, marjol@sodemasa.com
• Volodymr Kuznietsov, journalist, Ukraine, kuzn78@gmail.com
• Mr. Vishal Tripathi, Institute for Environment & Sustainable Development, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, INDIA, vishalbiotechbhu@gmail.com

It should be noted that all ambassadors are responsible for their contact information in case of changes and should forward such changes to the secretariat: john.vijgen@ihpa.info