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Chair: Susanne Barth Susanne.barth@teagasc.ie   Vice-Chair: Evelin Willner willner@ipk-gatersleben.de Vice-Chair: Anna Palmé anna.palme@nordgen.org
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Genebank Curator (21)Crop specialist (23)Information/Documentation (10)Plant breeder (25)Policy and law (6)Other expertise (0)Contact Persons (7)
Albania Mr Asllan Celami Agriculture Technology Transfer Center Fushe-Kruja (ATTC)

 Fushe Kruje
Albania		 Tel: (355) 682092364
asllancelami@yahoo.com		 Crop specialist  
Austria Mr Wilhelm Graiss Abteilung Vegetationsmanagement im Alpenraum
Hőhere Bundeslehr- und Forschungsanstalt für Landwirtschaft Raumberg-Gumpenstein
Altirdning 11
A-8952 Irdning
Austria		 Tel: (43) 3682 22451 346
wilhelm.graiss@raumberg-gumpenstein.at		 Genebank curator, Crop specialist  
Austria Mr Phillip Judex Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, Regions and Water Management
Stubenring 12
1010 Vienna
Austria		 Tel: (43) 171100 60 2955
phillip.judex@bml.gv.at		 Policy and law  
Austria Mr Bernhard Krautzer Abteilung Vegetationsmanagement in Alpenraum
Hőhere Bundeslehr- und Forschungsanstalt für Landwirtschaft Raumberg-Rumpenstein
Altirdning 11
8952 Irdning
Austria		 Tel: (43) 3682-22451-345
bernhard.krautzer@raumberg-gumpenstein.at		 Crop specialist  
Austria Ms Sylvia Vogl Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety (AGES)
Dept for Plant Genetic Resources
Wieningerstrasse 8
4020 Linz
Austria		 Tel: (43) 664 966 83 76
sylvia.vogl@ages.at		 Information/Documentation  
Azerbaijan Ms Ruhangiz Mammadova
Observer		 Genetic Resources Institute
155, Azadlig ave.
 Baku
Azerbaijan		 Tel: (994) 50 3316895
gene-res@mail.ru		 Information/Documentation  
Belarus Mr Alexandr Baravik Research and Practical Center of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus for Arable Farming
Timiryazeva Str. 1
222160 Zhodino, Minsk Region
Belarus		 Tel: (375) 29 9023647
belgenbank@mail.ru		 Genebank curator  
Belarus Mr Stanislau Grib Research and Practical Center of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus for Arable Farming
Timiryazev str. 1
222160 Zhodino, Minsk region
Belarus		 Tel: (375) 177545574
belgenbank@mail.ru		 Policy and law  
Belarus Ms Nadzeya Lis Research and Practical Center of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus for Arable Farming
Timiryazev str. 1
222160 Zhodino
Belarus		 Tel: (375) 292306112
belgenbank@mail.ru		 Information/Documentation  
Belarus Mr Petr Vasko Research and Practical Center of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus for Arable Farming
Timiryazev str. 1
222160 Zhodino
Belarus		 Tel: (375) 29 6634094
belgenbank@mail.ru		 Plant breeder  
Belgium Ms An Ghesquiere ILVO (Instituut voor Landbouw and Visserij Onderzoek)
Caritasstraat 39
9090 Melle
Belgium		 Tel: (32) 92722979
an.ghesquiere@ilvo.vlaanderen.be		 Scientist & Breeder  
Bosnia and Herzegovina Mr Željko Lakić
Observer		 Agricultural institute of Republic of Srpska
Knjaza Miloša 17
78000 Banja Luka, Republika Srpska
Bosnia and Herzegovina		 Tel: (387) 51 303 112
lakic.kiko@gmail.com		 Crop specialist, Plant breeder observer 
Bulgaria Ms Katya Uzundzhalieva Institute for Plant Genetic Resources
Druzhba str. 2
4122 Sadovo
Bulgaria		 Tel: (359) 32 629026
kspasova69@gmail.com		   
Croatia Ms Snježana Bolarić Faculty of Agriculture
University of Zagreb
Svetošimunska 25,
10 000 Zagreb
Croatia		 Tel: (385) 1 239 3628
sbolaric@agr.hr		 Genebank curator, Plant breeder  
Cyprus Ms Dionysia Fasoula Agricultural Research Institute
Ministry of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environment
P.O. Box 22016
1516 Lefkosia
Cyprus		 Tel: (357) 22403124
dfasoula@ari.moa.gov.cy		 Plant breeder  
Cyprus Mr Angelos Kyratzis Agricultural Research Institute
Ministry of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environment
P.O. Box 22016
1516 Lefkosia
Cyprus		 Tel: (357) 22 403131
akyratzis@ari.moa.gov.cy		 Genebank curator  
Czech Republic Ms Simona  Raab OSEVA PRO s.r.o., Výzkumná stanice travinářská
OSEVA PRO Ltd., Grassland Research Station
č. 698
756 54 Zubří 698
Czech Republic		 Tel: (420) 571658195-6
raab@oseva.cz 		Crop specialist  
Czech Republic Mr Tomáš Vymyslický Výzkumný ústav pícninářský s.r.o.
Research Institute for Fodder Crops
Zahradní 1
 Troubsko u Brna
Czech Republic		 Tel: (420) 547 138 824
vymyslicky@vupt.cz		 Genebank Curator  
Denmark Ms Birte Boelt University of Aarhus
Faculty of agricultural sciences
Forsøgsvej 1
4200 Slagelse
Denmark		 Tel: (45) 8999 3625
Birte.Boelt@agrsci.dk		   
Estonia Mr Rene Aavola
Contact person		 Centre of Estonian Rural Research and Knowledge (METK)
J. Aamisepa, 1
48309 Jõgeva
Estonia		 Tel: (372) 53292465
rene.aavola@metk.agri.ee		 Crop specialist, Plant breeder  
Estonia Ms Külli Annamaa Centre of Estonian Rural Research and Knowledge (METK)
J. Aamisepa 1
48309 Jõgeva
Estonia		 Tel: (372) 53451468
kylli.annamaa@metk.agri.ee		 Genebank Curator, , Information/Documentation  
Estonia Ms Sirje Tamm Centre of Estonian Rural Research and Knowledge (METK)
J. Aamisepa 1
48309 Jõgeva
Estonia		 Tel: (372) 7766916
sirje.tamm@metk.agri.ee		 Crop specialist, Plant breeder  
Finland Ms Merja Veteläinen Boreal Plant Breeding Ltd.
Boreal Kasvinjalostus Oy
Myllytie 10
31600 Jokioinen
Finland		 Tel: (358) 40 7053340
merja.vetelainen@boreal.fi		 Plant breeder Chair until 17 Dec 2014 
France Ms Aurélia Priet Institut national de recherche pour l’agriculture, l’alimentation et l’environnement (INRAE) - UR P3F - Unité de Recherche Pluri-disciplinaire Prairies et Plantes Fourragères
Le chêne - RD150 - CS 80006
86600 Lusignan
France		 Tel: (33) (0) 549556121
aurelia.priet@inrae.fr		 Genebank Curator  
France Mr Jean-Paul Sampoux
Contact person		 Institut national de recherche pour l’agriculture, l’alimentation et l’environnement (INRAE)
UR P3F - Unité de Recherche Pluri-disciplinaire Prairies et Plantes Fourragères
Le chêne - RD150 - CS 80006
86600 Lusignan
France		 Tel: 33 (0) 549556027
jean-paul.sampoux@inrae.fr		 Genebank Curator  
Germany Mr Ulf Feuerstein Euro Grass Breeding GmbH & Co. KG
Steimeker Weg 7
D-27330 Asendorf
Germany		 Tel: (49) 4253931111
Ulf.Feuerstein@dsv-saaten.de		 Plant breeder  
Germany Mr Frank Höppner Julius Kühn-Institute (JKI)
Institute for Crop and Soil Science
Bundesallee 50
38116 Braunschweig
Germany		 Tel: (49) 531 5962313
frank.hoeppner@julius-kuehn.de		 Crop specialist  
Germany Ms Evelin Willner
Contact person		 Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK)
Satellite Collections North
Inselstr. 9
23 999 Malchow/Poel
Germany		 Tel: (49) 3842520316
willner@ipk-gatersleben.de		 Genebank curator Vice chair until 12/07/2014.  
Greece Ms Photini Mylona
Contact person		 Hellenic Agricultural Organization - DIMITRA (ELGO - DIMITRA)
Institute of Plant Breeding & Genetic Resources
PO Box 60458
57001 Thermi
Greece		 Tel: (30) 2310471110 (0218) / (30) 6945151267
phmylona@elgo.gr		 Genebank Curator, Crop specialist, Information/Documentation, Plant breeder, Policy and law  
Greece Mr Ioannis Mylonas Hellenic Agricultural Organization - DIMITRA (ELGO - DIMITRA)
Institute of Plant Breeding & Genetic Resources
P.O. Box 238
57001 Thermi, Thessaloniki
Greece		 Tel: (30) 2310471110 (int 0 301)
ioanmylonas@yahoo.com		 Genebank curator  
Greece Ms Elissavet Ninou International Hellenic University
Theophrastou 1
41335 Larissa
Greece		 Tel: (30) 2410671300, 2410671285
lisaninou@gmail.com		 Crop specialist, Crop specialist, Plant breeder, Plant breeder  
Greece Mr Dimitrios Vlachostergios Hellenic Agricultural Organization - DIMITRA (ELGO - DIMITRA)
Institute of Industrial and Forage Crops
Theophrastou 1
 Laris
Greece		 Tel: (30) 2410 670320
vlachostergios@elgo.gr		 Plant breeder  
Hungary Mr Lajos Horváth National Centre for Biodiversity and Gene Conservation
Külsömezö 15
H-2766 Tápiószele
Hungary		 Tel: (36) 53 380070/071
horvath.lajos@nbgk.hu		 Genebank Curator  
Hungary Mr Lajos Horváth, Jr National Centre for Biodiversity and Gene Conservation
Külsőmező 15
H-2799 Tápiószele
Hungary		 Tel: (36) 53380070
ifj.horvath.lajos@nbgk.hu		 Information/Documentation  
Ireland Ms Susanne Barth
Chair		 Teagasc
Crops Research Centre
Oakpark
 Carlow
Ireland		 Tel: (353) 59 9170200
Susanne.barth@teagasc.ie		 Crop specialist  
Italy Ms Valeria Negri Dipartimento di Scienze Agrarie, Alimentari e Ambientali (DSA3); Unità di Ricerca - Genetica Agraria e Biotecnologie Genetiche
Facoltà di Agraria, Università degli Studi di Perugia
Borgo XX Giugno, 74
06121 Perugia
Italy		 Tel: (39) 075 5856218
valeria.negri@unipg.it		 Genebank Curator  
Latvia Ms Agnese Gailite Genetic Resource Centre, LSFRI Silava
Rigas 111
LV 2169 Salaspils
Latvia		 Tel: (371) 29359458
agnese.gailite@silava.lv		 Genebank curator  
Latvia Ms Sarmīte Rancāne Research Institute of Agriculture
Zemkopibas instituts 7
LV - 5125 Skriveri, Skriveru novads
Latvia		 Tel: (371) 65197524
sarmite.rancane@inbox.lv		 Crop specialist  
Latvia Mr Dainis Ruņģis Latvian State Forest Research Institute (LSFRI) Silava
111 Rigas St
LV-2169 Salaspils
Latvia		 Tel: (371) 28344201
dainis.rungis@silava.lv		 Genebank curator  
Lithuania Ms Vilma Kemesyte Forage Breeding Department, Lithuanian Centre for Agriculture and Forestry; Department of Grass Breeding
Instituto aleja 1
 Akademija, Kedainiai distr
Lithuania		 Tel: (370) 347 37293
vilma.kemesyte@lammc.lt		   
Lithuania Ms Eglė  Norkevičienė Department of Grass Breeding - Lithuanian Research Center for Agriculture and Forestry
Instituto aleja 1
58544 Akademija, Kedainiai distr
Lithuania		 Tel: (370) 672 52 173
egle.norkeviciene@lammc.lt		 Crop specialist/grass breeder  
Lithuania Ms Gražina Statkevičiūtė
LAMMC Institute of Agriculture
Instituto aleja 1
58344 Akademija, Kedainiai distr
Lithuania		 Tel: (370) 347 37638
grazina.statkeviciute@lammc.lt		   
Malta Mr Noel Azzopardi
Observer		 Department of Agriculture
Ministry for Rural Affairs and the Environment
Ghammieri
 Marsa
Malta		 Tel: (356) 25904113
noel.azzopardi@gov.mt		   
Netherlands Mr Wouter  Groenink Centre for Genetic Resources, the Netherlands (CGN); Wageningen University and Research Centre
P.O. Box 16
 Wageningen
Netherlands		 Tel: (31) 6 28376789
wouter.groenink@wur.nl		 Genebank Curator  
North Macedonia Ms Suzana Kratovalieva Agricultural Institute-Skopje
University "Ss Cyril and Methodius"
Aleksandar Makedonski blvd bb
1000 Skopje
North Macedonia		 Tel: (389) 77 632090
s.kratovalieva@zeminst.edu.mk		   
Poland Mr Bartosz Tomaszewski Plant Breeding and Acclimatization Institute
National Research Institute, Botanical Garden of National Centre for Plant Genetic Resources
Jezdziecka Str. 5
85-687 Bydgoszcz
Poland		 Tel: (48) 52 3813193
bartosz_tomaszewski@op.pl		 Information/documentation  
Portugal Ms Teresa Carita
Contact person		 Instituto Nacional de Investigação Agrária e Veterinária
Polo de Elvas
Estrada de Gil VazApartado 6
7351-901 Elvas
Portugal		 Tel: (351) 268637740
teresa.carita@iniav.pt		 Crop specialist  
Portugal Mr João Paulo Carneiro Instituto Nacional de Investigação Agrária e Veterinária (INIAV)
Polo de Elvas
Estrada de Gil Vaz. Apartado 6Apartado 6
7351-901 Elvas
Portugal		 Tel: (351) 268637773
joao.carneiro@iniav.pt		 Plant breeder  
Romania Ms Floare Moisa Agricultural Research and Development Station Livada
Baia Mare Street, No. 7 Satu Mare
447180 Livada
Romania		 Tel: (40) 261840001
scdalivada@yahoo.com		 Crop specialist  
Romania Mr Marius Dan Şandru Banca de Resurse Genetice Vegetale Suceava (Genebank)
B-dul 1Mai, nr 17
720224 Suceava
Romania		 Tel: (40) 744889328
dan.sandru@svgenebank.ro		 Genebank curator  
Romania Ms Silvia Strãjeru Banca de Resurse Genetice Vegetale Suceava
Bulevardul 1 Mai nr. 17
720224 Suceava
Romania		 Tel: (40) 230 521016
office@svgenebank.ro		 Policy and law  
Romania Ms Monica Alexandrina Tod Grassland Research Institute Brasov
Cucului Street No. 5
500128 Brasov
Romania		 Tel: (40) 268472704
office@pajisti-grassland.ro		 Plant breeder  
Romania Mr Paul Zevedei Grassland Research Institute Brasov
Cucului Street, No. 5
500128 Brasov
Romania		 Tel: (40) 268472704
office@pajisti-grassland.ro		 Plant breeder  
Serbia Mr Zoran Lugić institute for Forage Crops
Globoder
37251 Kruševac
Serbia		 Tel: (381) 37 442 590
zoran.lugic@ikbks.com		 Plant breeder  
Serbia  Mirjana Petrović Institute for forage crops
Globoder
37251 Kruševac
Serbia		 Tel: (381) 37442590
mirjana.petrovic@ikbks.com		 Plant breeder  
Serbia Ms Jasmina Radović
Contact person		 Institute for Forage Crops
Globoder
37251 Kruševac
Serbia		 Tel: (381) 37 442 590
jasmina.radovic@ikbks.com		 Plant breeder  
Serbia Mr Dejan Sokolović Institute for Forage Crops
Globoder
37251 Kruševac
Serbia		 Tel: (381) 37 442 590
dejan.sokolovic@ikbks.com		 Plant breeder  
Serbia Ms Sanja Vasiljević Institute of Field and Vegetable Crops
Maksima Gorkog 30
21000 Novi Sad
Serbia		 Tel: (381) 21 4898 378
sanja.vasiljevic@nsseme.com		 Plant breeder  
Slovakia Ms Miriam Kizekova National Agricultural and Food Centre - Grassland and Mountain Agriculture. Research Institute
Mládežnícka 36
974 21  Banská Bystrica
Slovakia		 Tel: (421) 48 3100226
miriam.kizekova@nppc.sk		 Crop specialist  
Slovenia Mr Jure Čop University of Ljubljana
Biotechnical Faculty
Jamnikarjeva 101P.O. Box 2995
1000 Ljubljana
Slovenia		 Tel: (386) 1 3203274
jure.cop@bf.uni-lj.si		 Crop specialist  
Slovenia Mr Branko  Lukač Agricultural Institute of Slovenia
Hacquetova ulica 17
1000  Ljubljana
 Tel: (386) 1 280 5413
branko.lukac@kis.si		 Crop specialist  
Slovenia Mr Vladimir Meglič Agricultural Institute of Slovenia
Hacquetova ulica 17
1000 Ljubljana
Slovenia		 Tel: (386) 1 2805180
vladimir.meglic@kis.si		 Genebank Curator  
Spain Mr Francisco  Galea Gragera Instituto de Investigación Agrarias Finca La Orden-Valdesequera
Centro de Investigaciones Científicas y Tecnológicas de Extremadura (CICYTEX)
Autovía V, km 372
06187  Guadajira (Badajoz)
Spain		 Tel: (34) 924 014 136
francisco.galea@juntaex.es		 Genebank Curator   
Sweden Mr Mohammad  El-Khalifeh Nordic Genetic Resource Center
Växthusvägen 12
234 56  Alnarp
Sweden		 Tel: (46) 0723 053 665
mohammad.el-khalifeh@nordgen.org		 Crop specialist  
Sweden Mr Kjell-Åke Lundblad Nordic Genetic Resource Center
PO Box 41
 Alnarp
Sweden		 Tel: (46) 40 53 66 47
kjellake.lundblad@nordgen.org		 Information/Documentation  
Sweden Ms Linda Őhlund Lantmännen Lantbruk
Lännäs
SE-881 95 Undrom
Sweden		 Tel: (46) 105561946
linda.ohlund@lantmannen.com		 Plant breeder  
Sweden Ms Anna Palmé Nordic Genetic Resource Center (NordGen)
Box 41
230 53 Alnarp
Sweden		 Tel: (46) 40 53 66 42
anna.palme@nordgen.org		 Genebank curator, Crop specialist Chair from 06.12.2014. Confirmed as Chair for Phase X in March 2019. Ended on 31.01.23  
Switzerland Mr Christian Eigenmann Federal Office for Agriculture FOAG
Schwarzenburgstrasse 165
3003 Bern
Switzerland		 Tel: (41) 58 465 17 04
genres@blw.admin.ch		 Information/Documentation, Policy and law  
Switzerland Mr Christoph Grieder
Contact person		 Agroscope
Reckenholzstrasse 191
8046 Zurich
Switzerland		 Christoph.grieder@agroscope.admin.ch Crop specialist, Plant breeder  
Switzerland Ms Christina Kägi Federal Office for Agriculture FOAG
Schwarzenburgstrasse 165
3003 Bern
Switzerland		 Tel: (41) 58 465 60 87
genres@blw.admin.ch		 Information/Documentation, Policy and law  
Türkiye Mr Huseyin Ozpinar Aegean Agricultural Research Institute
Canakkale Road No. 57P.O. Box 9, Menemen
35672 Menemen. Izmir
Türkiye		 Tel: (90) 232 8461331
huseyin.ozpinar@tarim.gov.tr 		Plant breeder  
Ukraine Mr Vasily Bugayov
Observer		 Institute of Forage Crops
16, Yonost str.
287100 Vinnitsa
Ukraine		 Tel: (380) 432 464116
zoolab@ukr.net		   
United Kingdom Mr Nigel Maxted School of Biosciences
University of Birmingham
Edgbaston
 Birmingham B15 2TT
United Kingdom		 Tel: (44-121) 4145571
nigel.maxted@dial.pipex.com		 Crop specialist  
United Kingdom Ms Lydia Smith NIAB
Huntingdon Road
CB3 0LE Cambridge
United Kingdom		 Tel: (44) (0) 1223 342242
lydia.smith@niab.com		 Crop specialist  
United Kingdom Mr Danny Thorogood IBERS

SY23 3EE Gogerddan, Aberystwyth
United Kingdom		 Tel: (44) 1970 823176
dnt@aber.ac.uk		 Plant breeder  
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