Structure & Governance

GENERAL STRUCTURE

Agrinatura is a European Alliance on Agricultural Knowledge for Development, an entity established jointly by European Research and Education organisations. It is based on two pillars – Agrinatura Association regrouping all members and Agrinatura-EEIG, which is its operational arm. Activities are managed by the Joint Management Unit, with one office in Cork, Ireland (Information & Communication, Association secretariat) and one office in Greenwich, UK (Business Management, Administration, EEIG secretariat).

Board of Directors

The Agrinatura Association is administered by a Board of Directors consisting of the President and the Vice-President and Board members. Directors are the representatives of the members of the General Assembly elected by it upon proposition by President.

Stephen Onakuse

President

University College Cork

S.Onakuse@ucc.ie

Ioannis Dimitriou

Vice-President

Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

Jannis.Dimitriou@slu.se

Secretary-General

The Board of Directors appoints a Secretary General and approved by the next General Assembly. He (she) is responsible for the development and execution of the projects of the Agrinatura network. The Secretariat shall regularly report the execution of its delegations to the Board of Directors. Currently, the secretariat is hosted by University College Cork in Cork, Ireland.

J. Mabel Hernández Altamirano

Secretary General

University College Cork

secretariat@agrinatura-eu.eu

Board Members

Guido Bonati

Board member

Director of Research at CREA

guido.bonati@crea.gov.it

Miguel de Porras

Board member

Research Institute of Organic Agriculture FiBL

miguel.deporras@fibl.org

Frederic Francis

Board member

Gembloux Agro-Bio-Tech – Liège Université

frederic.francis@uliege.be

Carolin Callenius

Board member

University of Hohenheim

carolin.callenius@uni-hohenheim.de

Ludovic Andres

Board member

Graduate school in International Agro-Development (ISTOM)

l.andres@istom.fr

Susanna Rokka

Board member

Natural Resource Institutie Finland (LUKE)

susanna.rokka@luke.fi

Pascal Boeckx

Board member

Ghent University

pascal.boeckx@ugent.be

Agrinatura EEIG

Incorporated as a European Economic Interest Grouping governed by the European Regulation 2137/85 and the provisions of French law 89.377 of 13 June 1989 modifying the bylaws 67.821 of 23 September 1967;

the Articles of Association, are the agreement entered into by the Members, setting the terms for its incorporation;

The Bylaws of the Grouping, specify and supplementing the undertakings which they have set forth in the Articles of Association, as well as the terms of their relations with the Grouping and the Grouping’s relationship with third parties.

Its governance is organized as follows:

The Members Assembly is the main decision-making body of the EEIG;
The President chairs the Members’ Assembly and is the EEIG’s representative and spokesperson; Agrinatura Association and Agrinatura-EEIG have joint President, who is currently Stephen Onakuse.
The Business Manager and Director (BMD)

Is the natural person acting as manager and administrator, responsible for the implementation of the annual Work plan. He/she is in charge of programming and promoting of scientific activities, representation, information and exchange activities. The Director is the main contact point for external parties. The Director Business Manager identifies new business opportunities, manages, administers and delivers EEIG projects, delivers the annual business plan.

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