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ESPO
ANNUAL REPORT 2006-2007

7. ESPO membership and structure

ESPO membership consists of the port authorities, port administrations and port associations of the seaports of the European Union. The organisation is furthermore open to observer members from countries neighbouring the EU.

The membership structure is organised on national level and finds its reflection in the General Assembly of the organisation where each EU member country has three official delegates (and in some instance official proxies or alternates) with voting right. Non-EU countries have one observer delegate each.

The General Assembly sets the overall policy of the organisation and meets twice a year. It elects the Chairman and two Vice-Chairmen of ESPO. For the period 2007-2008 ESPO is chaired by Giuliano Gallanti (Italy), assisted by Vice-Chairmen Maria Nygren (Sweden) and Victor Schoenmakers (Netherlands).

The General Assembly mandates the daily policy-making of the organisation to the Executive Committee which consists of one representative per EU member country and a number of observers. It meets about five times a year.

A series of Technical Committees provide technical recommendations to the Executive Committee on specific subjects which fall within their scope of competence. Currently four committees exist, dealing with transport, marine, environment and statistics. In addition, the Marine Committee has a specific expert group on port security under its umbrella.

Finally, the ESPO Secretariat is responsible for the overall coordination of the organisation's activities, including policy advice, communication, representation and administrative management. The Secretariat is based in Brussels and consists of Patrick Verhoeven (Secretary General), Lieselot Marinus and Roel Hoenders (Policy Advisors), Cécile Overlau (Office Manager and PA) and Jeanette Voosen (Consulting Accountant).

OVERVIEW OF ESPO MEMBERSHIP
COUNTRY	NATIONAL PORTS BODY	GENERAL ASSEMBLY REPRESENTATIVES	EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE REPRESENTATIVE
FULL MEMBERS
Belgium		Eddy Bruyninckx (Port of Antwerp) Pierre Kerckaert (Bruges-Zeebrugge Port Authority) Eugeen Van Craeyvelt (Port of Ghent)	Kate Verslype (Port of Ghent)
Bulgaria	Executive Agency Port Administration / Bulgarian Ports Infrastructure Company	To be confirmed	To be confirmed
Cyprus	Cyprus Ports Authority	Christos Assimenos (Cyprus Ports Authority) Yiannakis Kokkinos (Cyprus Ports Authority) Chrysis Prentzas (Cyprus Ports Authority)	Christos Assimenos (Cyprus Ports Authority)
Denmark	Danish Ports Association	Hans Berthelsen (Danish Ports Association) Bjarne Mathiesen (Port of Aarhus) Peter Jens Peters (Associated Danish Ports)	Tom Elmer Christensen (Danish Ports Association)
Estonia		Allan Kiil (Port of Tallinn) Karin Kiviste (Port of Tallinn) Sven Ratassepp (Port of Tallinn)	Alan Kill (Port of Tallinn)
Finland	Finnish Port Association	Matti Aura (Finnish Port Association) Henry Lindelöf (Finnish Port Association) Heikki Nissinen (Port of Helsinki)	Matti Aura (Finnish Port Association)
France	French Ports Association	UPACCIM Patrick Fourgeaud (CCI de Calais) Antoine Jourde (CCI de Sète-Frontignan-Mèze) Jean-Marc Lacave (Port Autonome du Havre) Jean-Marcel Piétri (C.C.I. de Dieppe) Michel Quimbert (Port de Nantes St-Nazaire) Bruno Vergobbi (UPACCIM)	Bruno Vergobbi (UPACCIM)
Germany		Ernst Jagl (Niedersächsisches Ministerium für Wirtschaft) Bettina Linkogel (Senator für Wirtschaft und Häfen Bremen) K. Richter (Wirtschaftsministerium des Landes Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) Jana Schiedek (Hamburg Port Authority) Wolfgang Zeichner (Ministerium für Wirtschaft, Arbeit und Verkehr Schleswig-Holstein)	Jana Schiedek (Hamburg Port Authority)
Greece		Stavros Hatzakos (Piraeus Port Authority) Apostolos Kamarinakis (Igoumenitsa Port Authority) Yiannis Tsaras (Thessaloniki Port Authority)	Yiannis Tsaras (Thessaloniki Port Authority)
Ireland	Irish Ports Association	Enda Connellan (Dublin Port) Brendan Keating (Port of Cork Company) Pat Keenan (Irish Ports Association)	Pat Keenan (Irish Ports Association)
Italy	Italian Ports Association ASSOPORTI	Francesco Nerli (ASSOPORTI) Luigi Robba (ASSOPORTI)	Francesco Nerli (ASSOPORTI)
Latvia		Irina Gorbatikova (Freeport of Riga Authority) Leonids Loginovs (Freeport of Riga Authority) Vladimirs Makarovs (Freeport of Riga Authority)	Leonids Loginovs (Freeport of Riga Authority)
Lithuania		Sigitas Dobilinskas (Klaipéda State Seaport Authority) Viktoras Lukocevicius (Klaipéda State Seaport Authority)	Sigitas Dobilinskas (Klaipéda State Seaport Authority)
Malta	Malta Maritime Authority	Charles Abela (Malta Maritime Authority) David Bugeja (Malta Maritime Authority) Charles Schembri (Malta Maritime Authority)	Charles Schembri (Malta Maritime Authority)
Netherlands		Hans Gerson (Port of Amsterdam) Peter Mollema (Port of Rotterdam) Victor Schoenmakers (Port of Rotterdam) Hans van der Hart (Zeeland Seaports)	Victor Schoenmakers (Port of Rotterdam)
Poland		Janusz Catewicz (Port of Szczecin-Swinoujscie) Przemyslaw Marchlewicz (Port of Gdynia Authority) Julian Skelnik (Port of Gdansk)	Krzysztof Gromadowski (Port of Gdynia Authority)
Portugal	Association Ports of Portugal	Manuel Frasquilho (Port of Lisbon) Antonio Ricardo de Oliveira Fonseca (APDL - Admin. Portos do Douro e Leixoes) Lidia Sequeira (Association Ports of Portugal)	Manuel Frasquilho (Port of Lisbon)
Spain	Puertos del Estado	Ramon Gomez-Ferrer Boldova (Port Authority of Valencia) Manuel Moron Ledro (Port Authority of Algeciras Bay) Mariano Navas Guttierrez (Puertos del Estado)	Mariano Navas Guttierrez (Puertos del Estado)
Sweden	Ports of Sweden	Lars Karlsson (Copenhagen Malmö Port) Eric Nilsson (Göteborgs Hamn) Maria Nygren (Ports of Sweden)	Maria Nygen (Ports of Sweden)
United Kingdom	British Ports Association / UK Major Ports Group	Paul Davey (Port of Felixstowe) John Dempster (UK Major Ports Group) Martin Putman (Portsmouth Commercial Port) David Whitehead (British Ports Association)David Whitehead (British Ports Association) and John Dempster (UK Major Ports Group (alternates)
OBSERVER MEMBERS
Croatia	Croatian Ports Association	Bojan Hlaca (Port of Rijeka Authority)
Iceland		Gisli Gislason (Associated Icelandic Ports)
Norway	Norwegian Ports Federation	Odd Gerhard Andreassen (Norwegian Ports Federation) Anne Sigrid Hamran (Oslo Port Authority)	Rune Mjös (Norwegian Ports Federation)
Romania	National Maritime Administration	Mircea Marius Banias (Port of Constantza)	Mircea Marius Banias (Port of Constantza)

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