New coordination committee
The General meeting of More and Better held in Rome the 7th and 8th October made some important decisions on the political platform, the main tasks for the two coming years were outlined and a new, strong international coordination committee was elected.
The General meeting also agreed to have two international coordinators instead of one which we have had until now. The co-coordinators are Elisabeth Atangana and Aksel Nærstad.
Below is the list of representatives in the renewed coordinating committee of More and Better:
- Elisabeth Atangana, Co-coordinator of More and Better, President of Plateforme Sous-Régionale des Organisations Paysannes d’Afrique Centrale - PROPAC (Central Africa / Cameroon)
- Aksel Nærstad, Co-coordinator of More and Better, senior policy adviser in the Development Fund (Norway)
- Margaret Nakato, Co-president of World Forum of Fish Harvesters and Fish Workers - WFF (International)
- John Mutunga, Chief Executive Officer, Kenyan Federation of Agricultural Producers – KENFAP, Kenya, and representative of International Federation of Agricultural Producers- IFAP (International)
- Claudia Gimena Roa, Director, Fundaexpresión (Columbia)
- Maria Noel Salgado, Coordinator Región Cono Sur, Movimiento Agroecológico de América Latina – MAELA (Latin America)
- Suranjan Kodithuwakku, Chief Organizer of the Green Movement of Sri Lanka - GMSL
- Wilhelmina Pelegrina, Executive director of SEARICE (Philippines)
- George Fernandez, President of MIJARC/IMCARY, the International Movement for Catholic Agricultural and Rural Youth.
- Patrick Mulvany, UK Food Group (United Kingdom)
- Nora McKeon, Terra Nuova (Italy)
- Karim Akrout, Association Pour le Développement Durable - ADD (Tunisia)
- A representative from La Via Campesina (International)
The International secretariat of More and Better is hosted in Rome by the Italian NGO Terra Nuova since 2004.
