National Committee Focal Points

International Year of Cooperatives International Year of Cooperatives International Year of Cooperatives

        AFRICA

    Algeria

    • Mr. Maamar Attatfa
      Assistant Manager, Programmes for community development and solidarity,
      Ministry of National solidarity and the family
      Tel:                  00 213 21 54 0528
      Tel Mobile:     00 213 771 63 5115
      Fax:                 00 213 21 44 9762
      E-mail: m.attatfa@hotmail.com

    Benin

  • Mrs. Omonlara Adjadi
    Director of Rural Promotion and Legislation
    c/o Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock Farming and Fishing
    Republic of Benin
    Tel : (229) 97 54 28 63 / (229) 95 79 26 99 / (229) 98 21 36 43
    E-mail: aomonlara@yahoo.fr
    Burkina Faso
  • Mr. Moumounou Gnankambary
    Director of DGTCP (Direction Générale du Trésor et de la Comptabilité Publique)
    Government Department in charge of public finance
    Burkina Faso
    Tel : (226) 50 32 49 41 / 51 / 87 / 89 / 92
    Fax: (226) 50 20 57 61
    Website: www.tresor.bf

Central African Republic 

  • Mr. Patric Nambeanre Ngaguene
    Goverment Department in charge of issues related Youth, Sports and Culture
    Tel: (236) 75 50 50 24 or (236) 70 10 72 72
    E-mail: nambeanre@yahoo.fr
    Ethiopia 
  • Mr. Bedru Dedgeba
    Deputy General Director
    Cooperative Agency of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
    Tel: (251) 911253332 or (251) 115150998
    Fax: (251) 115156810

Ghana 

  • Ms. Fati Lily Soale
    Ministry of Local Goverment and Rural Development
    Tel: (233) 208 164 864
    E-mail: fatisoale@yahoo.co.uk

    Madagascar

    • Mr. Henri Rakotaorisoa
      Director of the Partnership and of the Promotion of Partnership
      Direction du partenariat et de la promotion de l’entreprenariat
      Batiment Immeuble Commerce, 5eme étage, porte 512
      Ambohidahy Antananarivo 101
      Madagascar
      Tel : (261) 20 24 371 23
      E-mail: dppe@mei.gov.mg

    Mauritius

    • Mrs. Asha Burrenchobay
      Permanent Secretary
      Ministry of Business Enterprise, Cooperatives and Consumer Protection (Cooperatives Division)
      Tel:  +230 504 3104
      Fax:  +230 213 9176
      E-mail: aburrenchobay@mail.gove.mu
    Nigeria 
  • Mrs. Sarah A. Pane
    Special Adviser to the President on Social Development
    The Presidency, State House Abuja-Nigeria
    Tel:: +234-8098618668/+234-8023618668
    E-mail: sapsdev@gmail.com

top


ASIA


Brunei Darussalam

  • Mr. Pengiran Sharifuddin Pengiran Matali
    Director
    Brunei Industrial Development Authority (BINA)
    Ministry of Industry and Primary Resources
    Brunei Darussalam

    Tel: +6732 444 100
    E-mail: sharifuddin.matali@bina.gov.bn

  • Ms. Nur Amani Haziqah Abdullah Yawang
    Economic Officer
    Department of Policy and Coordination
    Department of Economic Planning and Development
    Prime Minister’s Office
    Brunei Darussalam
    Tel: +6732 233 344 ext 663
    E-mail: haziqah.yawang@jpke.gov.bn

Japan

  • Ms. Kana Hanabusa
    Official
    Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs Division
    Foreign Policy Bureau
    Ministry of Foreign Affairs
    2-2-1 Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda-ku Tokyo 100-8919 Japan
    Tel: +81-3-5501-8240
    Fax: +81-3-5501-8239
    E-mail: kana.hanabusa@mofa.go.jp
    Website: http://www.iyc2012japan.coop/ 

Mongolia

  • Mr. U.Otgonbayar
    Deputy Director, Agency of Small and Medium Industry
    Governmental implementing agency
    Tel: 976-11-264552
    Fax: 976-11-320918
    Cell: 976-91992264
    E-mail: gops78@yahoo.com

Philippines

  • Hon. LECIRA V. JUAREZ - National Focal Point
    Chairperson
    Cooperative Development Authority
    5th Floor Ben-lor Building,
    1184 Quezon Avenue, Quezon City 1100 Philippines
    Tel Nos. (632)373-6894, 373-6906
    Fax No. (632)371-207
  • Atty. NIEL A. SANTILLAN - Alternate
    Executive Director
    5th Floor Ben-lor Building,
    1184 Quezon Avenue, Quezon City 1100 Philippines
    Tel No. (632)372-3818
    Telefax No. (632)373-6905
  • Cherryl Catrina M. Bides
    Executive Assistant
    Office of the Chairperson
    Cooperative Development Author
    CDA Central: cda_oc@yahoo.com
    Website: www.cda.gov.ph/

Singapore 

Thailand 

  • Mrs. Arunee Ekatan
    Director, Planning Division, Cooperative Promotion Department
    Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives of Thailand
    Tel: 662-281-0107
    Fax: 662-281-0107
    E-mail: cpd_pnd@cpd.go.th
  • Mr. Preecha Wongsgulgeard
    Chief, Foreign Relations Section
    Planning Division, Cooperative Promotion Department
    Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives of Thailand
    Tel: 662-281-0107
    Fax: 662-281-0107
    E-mail: prakrian@yahoo.com

top

CARIBBEAN ISLANDS

 

Saint-Vincent and the Grenadines

    Trinidad and Tobago

      • Ms. Marcia Rampersad
        Programme Co-ordinator, International Affairs Unit
        Ministry of Labour and Small and Micro Enterprise Development
        Level 16, International Waterfront Complex
        1A Wrightson Road
        Port of Spain
        Trinidad and Tobago
        Tel: (868) 624 7076
        Fax: (868) 624 4091
        E-mail: rampersadm@labour.gove.tt / Marcia.rampersad@hotmail.com

      top

EUROPE


    Belgium
  • Mr. Fabrice Wiels,
    SPF Economy, Middle-Class, "PME and Energie Direction générale de la Régulation et l'Organisation du Marché Service Droit Comptale-Audit-Cooperatives" (Executive Management for the regulations and organization of the Market - Legal Accounting Service - audit Cooperatives)
    Boulevard du Roi Albert II, 16
    1000, Brussels, Belgium
    Tel: (32) 2 277.84.41
    E-mail: Fabrice.Wiels@economie.fgov.be
    Website: www.Belgium.2012.coop

Bulgaria  

  • Mr. Petar Stefanov
    Chairman, Central Cooperative Union (CCU) of Bulgaria
    Tel: + 11359 -2 - 987 5010
    E-mail: stefanov@ccu-bg.com

Croatia  

  • Ms. Zdenka Mesic
    Croatian Ministry of Economy, Labour and Entrepreneurship
    Tel: + 385 1 610 6923
    Fax: + 385 1 610 9882
    E-mail: zdenka.mesic@mingorp.hr

Cyprus

  • Mr. Constantinos L. Lyras
    Commissioner of the Authority for the Supervision and Development of Cooperative Societies
    7B Gr. Afxentiou Av.
    1423 Nicosia, Cyprus
    Tel: +357 2240 1500       
    Fax: +357 2240 1591
    E-mail: commissioner@cssda.gov.cy
    Finland
  • Mr. Shimelles Tenaw,
    Researcher, University of Helsinki
    Department of Economics and Management
    PO Box 27 (Latokartanonkaari 9)
    FIN-00014
    University of Helsinki, Finland
    Tel: + 358 9 191 58987
    cell number: + 358 50 415 1193 / + 358 41 467 3632
    E-mail: shimelles.tenaw@helsinki.fi
    France

Germany

Greece  

  • Ms. Evagelia Zerva
    Adviser, Department of International Relations of the Greek Ministry of Employment and Social Security
    Tel: +30 213 151 6386
    Fax: +30 210 529 5422  
    E-mail: ezerva@ypakp.gr

Malta

  • Mr. Michael Mercieca AMASI(qs) ACIOB,
    Chairman Malta National Committee and Focal Point
    for the UN International Year of Cooperatives
    Cavalier House, Old Mint Street
    Valletta VLT 2000, Malta
    Tel: + 356 2 298 5108
    fax: + 356 2 298 5111
    E-mail: michael.c.mercieca@gov.mt
    Website: http://www.malta2012.coop/ 

Montenegro

  • Ms. Ivana Sucur
    Adviser at the Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare
    Rimski trg br. 46, P Vektra
    81000 Podgorica, Montenegro
    Tel: + 382 20 482 465
    Fax: + 382 20 234 227
    mobile: + 382 63 239 138

Slovakia

  • Slovak Cooperative Union
    Bajkalska 25
    827 18 Brarislava
    Slovakia
    Tel: +42 125 810 3911
    Fax: +42 125 341 4966
    E-mail: cerny@dusr.sk

Spain

  • Council for the Promotion of Social Economy

Turkey

top

    LATIN AMERICA

     

Costa Rica

  • Sr. Li. Martín Robles Robles
    Executive Director,

    Instituto Nacional de Fomento Cooperativo
    (National Institute for the Promotion of Coopératives)
    phone number:(506) 22256-2944
    fax number: (506) 2256-2889
    E-mail: dejecutivo@infocoop.go.cr
    Website: http://costarica2012.coop/

Honduras 

  • Sr. Marcial Lopez Murillo
    Executive Director,

    IHDECOOP
    c/o Permanent Mission of Honduras
    phone number:(212) 752-3370 or -3371
    fax number: (212) 223 0498
    E-mail: honduras_un@hotmail.com

Mexico 

  • Sr. César Escalona Fabila
    Dirección General de Evaluación y Planeación
    Secretaría de Economia
    Fondo Nacional de Apoyos para Empresas en Solidaridad (FONAES)
  • Sr. Jesús Mario Garza Guevara
    Asesor de Secretario
    Secretaría de la Reforma Agraria (SRA)
  • Sr. José Miguel Moto del Hoyo
    Director General de Servicios Profesionales para el Desarrollo Rural

    Secretaría de Agricultura, Ganaderia, Desarrollo Rural, Pesca y Alimentación (SAGARPA)
  • Sr. Javier Morales Gauzin
    Subcoordinador de Política Laboral Internacional

    Unidad de Asuntos Internacionales
    Secretaría del Trabajo y Previsión Social (STyPS)
  • Sra. María Antonieta Paz Rotunno
    Directora Jurídica de Regulación Financiera

    Secretaría de Hacienda y Crédito Público (SHyCP)

    c/o Permanent Mission of Mexico
    Two United Nations Plaza, 28th Floor
    New York, NY 10017
    tel: (212) 752 0220
    E-mail: mexico@un.int

Panama

  • Sra. Francesca Ameglio
    Work phone: 011-507-501-4400 Exts. 132, 134, 135
    Mobile phone: 011-507-5573-1929
    E-mail: fameglio@ipacoop.gob.pa
  • Sr. Oscar A. Monteza
    Work phone: 011-507-501-4400 Ext. 150
    Mobile phone: 011-507-6734-2963
    E-mail: Oscar_monteza@hotmail.com

Peru

  • Econ. Ricardo Pérez Luyo
    Director de Cooperativas
    Dirección General de MYPE y Cooperativas
    Ministerio de la Producción
    Piso 9
    Directo: (511) 616 22 32
    Central Telefónica: (511) 616 22 22 Anexo:  1857
    Cel: (511) 9 9878 38 97
    LIMA – PERU
    E-Mail: "Ricardo Perez Luyo" rperezl@produce.gob.pe,
    “Rosa Ana Balcazar Suarez'"   jbalcazar@produce.gob.pe ,
    "'Odette Herbozo Nory'" oherbozo@produce.gob.pe

top

MIDDLE EAST


Jordan

  • The Jordan Cooperative Corporation (JCC)
    P.O. Box 6240
    Amman
    Tel: +962 6 6651 76
    Fax: + 962 6 695803

Lebanon

  • Ms. Randa Chaitani
    Head of Accounting Division, Directorate General of Cooperaties
    Ministry of Agriculture
    Lebanon
    Tel: +961 1 842622
    Fax: +961 1 842622
    E-mail: randachaintani@hotmail.com

Qatar

  • Mr. Ahmad Abdullah Al-Mulla
    Director, Department of Private Associations and Institutions
    Ministy of Social Affairs of the State of Qatar
    Doha, Qatar
    Tel: +974 5555 5278
    E-mail: ammulla@mosa.gov.qa

top

    NORTH AMERICA


Canada

  • Ms. Christine Burton
    Acting Executive Director
    Rural and Co-operatives Secretariat
    Government of Canada
    1341 Baseline Road, Tower 7, Floor 2, Room 126
    Ottawa, Ontario
    K1A 0C5 Canada
    Tel: 613-773-2955
    E-mail: Christine.Burton@agr.gc.ca
    Website: http://www.canada2012.coop/ 

top

    OCEANIA

 

Australia 

  • Secretariat, UN IYC 2012, Australian National Steering Committee
    Patron: Mr Bob Debus
    Chair: Mr. Greg Wall
    Contact: Ms Melina Morrison
    c/- Social Business Australia
    Locked Bag 436
    Victoria Park   Western Australia   6979
    Australia
    Tel: +61 410902656
    E-mail: iyc@socialbusiness.coop
    Website: http://www.australia2012.coop/

New Zealand 

Tuvalu

  • (awaiting details)

top