The NCCR North-South Board of Directors meets regularly to review the activities of the programme and to formulate overall policy and guidelines. The Board includes representatives from the Swiss Partner Institutions and all Regional Coordinators. It is chaired by progamme directors Hans Hurni and Urs Wiesmann.    

Chairpersons

Hans Hurni
Centre for Development and Environment
University of Bern
hans.hurni@cde.unibe.ch

Urs Wiesmann
Centre for Development and Environment
University of Bern
urs.wiesmann@cde.unibe.ch

Secretary

Thomas Breu
Centre for Development and Environment
University of Bern
thomas.breu@cde.unibe.ch

Swiss Partner Institution Members

Gilles Carbonnier
Graduate Institute of International
and Development Studies, Geneva
gilles.carbonnier@graduateinstitute.ch

Laurent Goetschel
Swiss Peace Foundation, Bern
laurent.goetschel@swisspeace.ch

Janet Hering
Department of Water and
Sanitation in Developing Countries
Swiss Federal Institut for Environmental
Science and Technology, Dübendorf
janet.hering@eawag.ch

Ulrike Müller-Böker
Department of Geography
University of Zurich
ulrike.mueller-boeker@geo.uzh.ch

Marcel Tanner
Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute (Swiss TPH)
University of Basel
marcel.tanner@unibas.ch

Jakob Zinsstag
Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute (Swiss TPH)
University of Basel
Jakob.zinsstag@unibas.ch
Christian Zurbrügg
Department of Water and
Sanitation in Developing Countries
Swiss Federal Institut for Environmental
Science and Technology, Dübendorf
christian.zurbruegg@eawag.ch

Regional Coordination Office Members

Mira Arynova
Regional Coordination Office Central Asia, Kyrgyzstan
mira.arynova@ucentralasia.org

Bassirou Bonfoh
Regional Coordination Office West Africa, Côte d’Ivoire
bassirou.bonfoh@csrs.ci

Berhanu Debele
Regional Coordination Office Horn of Africa, Ethiopia
nccrhorn@ethionet.et

Elizabeth Jimenez
Regional Coordination Office South America, Bolivia
ejimenezamora@gmail.com

Boniface Kiteme
Regional Coordination Office East Africa, Kenya
b.kiteme@africaonline.co.ke

Thammarat Koottatep
Regional Coordination Office Southeast Asia, Thailand
thamarat@ait.ac.th

Marian Perez
Regional Coordination Office Caribbean and Central America, Costa Rica
mperez@flacso.or.cr

Bishnu Raj Upreti
Regional Coordination Office South Asia, Nepal
bupreti@nccr.wlink.com.np

Karina Liechti
Regional Coordination Office Swiss Alps, Switzerland
karina.liechti@cde.unibe.ch

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