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List of Participants Cavtat, DUBROVNIK CROATIA 17­19/ 03/ 2010 LIST OF PARTICIPANTS Member National Society Name Position ALBANIAN RED CROSS ZAMIR MUCA Secretary General SEIT MANCAKU Member of the Board ALGERIAN RED CRESCENT ANDORRAN RED CROSS DELFINA ARAUS FORGAS Member of the Board of Directors ALFONS CODINA PUJOL Volunteer in the Social Department CROATIAN RED CROSS NENAD JAVORNIK Executive President VESNA IVANČIĆ Vice President ZDRAVKO ŽIDOVEC Vice President DUBRAVKA HORVAT Deputy Executive President CHRISTOPHER LAMB Honorary Member BRANKA ARLOVIĆ Assistant Executive President NIKOLA JAGIĆ Assistant Executive President, Head of International Relations Department KATIJA DAMJANOVIĆ Assistant Executive President, Head of Executive President's Office LJERKA ČAČIĆ Assistant Executive President, Head of Youth Department SANJA PUPAČIĆ Assistant Executive President, Head of Migrations Department MAJA ANTONIĆ Officer in International Relations Department MARTINA HEĆIMOVIĆ Youth Representative EGYPTIAN RED CRESCENT SOCIETY MAMDOUH GABR Secretary General MOEMENA KAMEL Member of the Board YAHYA TOMOUM Consultant AMAL ABOELENIN Youth Representative 1 Cavtat, DUBROVNIK CROATIA 17­19/ 03/ 2010 Member National Society Name Position FRENCH RED CROSS JEAN‐FRANÇOIS MATTEI President ANTOINE PEIGNEY Head of International Relations and Operations VIRGINIE STREIT GUÉRINEL In charge of Relations with the Movement MARYAM RAFII Refugee's Programme Coordinator CAMILLE MORTREUX Youth Representative HELLENIC RED CROSS ANDREAS POTAMIANOS Member of the Board ANGELIKI KANATA Acting Head of International Relations Department DORA PAPADOPOULOU Head of Social Welfare Division KONSTANTINOS TZIATZIAS Rescuer ‐ Instructor in Samaritans Corps ITALIAN RED CROSS LEONARDO CARMENATI Head of Operations Division MARCELLO GUERRA Head of General Affairs and Governance Support Department VITTORIO LELLI Head of Office of the Standing Commission Chairman FLAVIO RONZI General Affairs and Governance Support Department ROSARIO VALASTRO National Youth President FLAVIA PUGLIESE Youth Deputy for International Cooperation LEBANESE RED CROSS LIBYAN RED CRESCENT SAAD MUSSA AMROUNI Deputy Secretary General MOHAMED IDRIS EL BANUNI Director of International Relations Department SALWA SALIH ABEID ALLAH RIHAN Gender Activities Programme OMAR M. MOHAMED ATIG Director of Sahat Branch MAGEN DAVID ADOM IN ISRAEL SHOSHANA RIBA Senior Member of MDA Executive Committee DAVID ABADI MDA Movement Cooperation Coordinator MALTA RED CROSS SOCIETY GLEN CACHIA Humanitarian Support Officer 2 Cavtat, DUBROVNIK CROATIA 17­19/ 03/ 2010 Member National Society Name Position MOHAMED ASSOUALI National Programme Coordinator MOROCCAN RED CRESCENT ALI AMZIANE Youth Representative MADALENA PEREIRA Member of National Board PORTUGUESE RED CROSS IRINA VICENTE Head of Youth MARIELLE REISS Programme Coordinator RED CROSS OF MONACO MARINE RONZI Programme Coordinator SLOBODAN KALEZIĆ Secretary General RED CROSS OF MONTENEGRO MOMČILO MARTINOVIĆ Organization and Development coordinator MILICA KOVAČEVIĆ Programme Coordinator, Information Officer RED CROSS OF THE REPUBLIC OF SAN MARINO RAIMONDO FATTORI President SLOVENIAN RED CROSS MANUELA CABERO National Vice President SÁNCHEZ SPANISH RED CROSS JOSÉ JAVIER ESPINOSA Deputy Director JAIME BARÁ Deputy Director/Head of Africa Unit AITOR MURCIANO Youth Director SYRIAN ARAB RED CRESCENT SALAM KHORSHID Youth Representative YOUNIS AL KHATIB President THE PALESTINE RED CRESCENT SOCIETY SAMEEH ABUAISHA Secretary General ‐ President of Hebron Branch HANAN HANNOON Executive Committee Member ‐ President of Tulkarem Branch DRAGAN RADOVANOVIĆ President THE RED CROSS OF SERBIA LJUBOMIR MILADINOVIĆ Head of International Relations Department MILAN MIRKOVIĆ President of Youth Commission 3 Cavtat, DUBROVNIK CROATIA 17­19/ 03/ 2010 Member National Society Name Position THE RED CROSS SOCIETY OF BOSNIA AND DUŠAN KULUŠIĆ Secretary General HERZEGOVINA TUNISIAN RED CRESCENT TAHER CHENITI Secretary General AHMET LUTFI AKAR Vice President TURKISH RED CRESCENT SOCIETY DENIZ SOLEN Coordinator for Governance Services and International Relations MARÍA AMELIA MARZAL TORRES Director CENTRE FOR THE COOPERATION IN THE MEDITERRANEAN MARÍA MARTA CORACHAN CUYAS Vice President ROBERTA FUSACCHIA Youth Officer Observers MASSIMO BARRA Chairman STANDING COMMISSION HELENA KORHONEN Head of Secretariat PAUL BIRECH Vice President ANITTA UNDERLIN Director of Europe Zone ABDEL KARIM BENSIALI Director of Middle East and North Africa Zone KATRIEN BEECKMAN Head of Principles and Values Department CONSTANTIN ZIBI ZIBI Senior Regional Advisor for Africa, Governance Support Department Geneva IFRC THOMAS LINDE Special Representative on Migration ANNE ELISABETH LECLERC Head of North Africa Office TORE SVENNING Special Adviser / Humanitarian Diplomacy, Europe Zone Office NATHALIE LATRÉMOILLE Migration Coordinator, Sahel Regional Office VERA RANGELOVA Migration Coordinator, Europe Zone Office 4 Cavtat, DUBROVNIK CROATIA 17­19/ 03/ 2010 CHRISTINE BEERLI Vice‐President PHILIP SPOERRI Director for IHL and Cooperation in the Movement ICRC STÉPHANE HANKINS Adviser for Movement Meetings and Strategy JEAN‐CHRISTOPHE SANDOZ Adviser on Migration Issues MARCO JOHANNES EMERY Regional Cooperation Delegate AUSTRIAN RED CROSS WOLFGANG KOPETZKY Secretary General BULGARIAN RED CROSS HRISTO GRIGOROV President PRESLAVA LILOVA Expert, International Cooperation Department HUNGARIAN RED CROSS GEORG HABSBURG President NORWEGIAN RED CROSS BØRGE BRENDE Secretary General ØISTEIN MJAERUM Chief of Staff VENEZUELAN RED CROSS MARIO VILLARROEL President PERCO DEJAN UKROPINA Member of PERCO Executive Board RED CROSS/RED CRESCENT CLIMATE CENTRE MADELEEN HELMER Head YOUTH COMMISSION CAMILLA HELGESEN Member Guests BARCELONA CITY COUNCIL CARLES GIL Coordinator Social Participation DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, AUTONOMOUS GOVERNMENT OF CATALONIA JOAN COLOM Director of the Programme on Substance Abuse EURO‐MED YOUTH PLATFORM MARVIC DEBONO Programme Officer IEMED SENÉN FLORENSA PALAU General Director IOM PETER SCHATZER Regional Director for the Mediterranean GUEST MIRKO JELENIČ GUEST ATIF SALAH GUEST OSCAR ZULUAGA 5 Cavtat, DUBROVNIK CROATIA 17­19/ 03/ 2010 Support CROATIAN RED CROSS ŽELJKO ANTOLOVIĆ ANA‐MARIJA BUJIĆ SELMA GOLUBOVIĆ ANDREA HOTUJAC DUBRAVKO KASTRAPELI RENATA KOPORČIĆ ERIKA KOPORČIĆ TOMISLAV KOREN VESNA KRIVOŠIĆ TOMISLAV MARJANOVIĆ DARKO MOHAČ SANJA POLJAK SILVANA RADOVANOVIĆ LEONARDO ROGIĆ DRINKA SOPTA VLASTA VIDOVIĆ‐ŠAŠA DANIJELA VRANIĆ NIVES VUDRIĆ TOMISLAV ŽURKULA 08/06/2010 17:33 6 .
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