Rotterdam Convention Secretariat FAO team (Rome) and their responsibilities

 

Mr. Yurdi Yasmi
Executive Secretary of the Rotterdam Convention - FAO

Mr. Yasmi is the Director of Plant Production and Protection Division (NSP) of FAO. Before being named Director, he acted as the Special Coordinator, in NSP for just over one year. Prior to his time in FAO headquarters in Rome, he served as the FAO’s Deputy Regional Representative for Africa (RAF) and the FAO Representative to Ghana for two years. 

Mr. Yasmi has held various strategic leadership roles. He worked for the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) where he served as the Regional Representative for Southeast Asia based in Phnom Penh. He was the Coordinator for Sustainable Agriculture (SO2) at FAO Regional Office for Asia in Bangkok, the Coordinator for Mekong region at the World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF) in Hanoi, Vietnam, and Director at the Center for People and Forests (RECOFTC) in Bangkok. He has also worked as scientist at the University of Wageningen, the Netherlands and the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), Indonesia.

Throughout his career Mr. Yasmi has led multimillion-dollar projects in over twenty countries in Asia and Africa including in complex political settings e.g. Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Nepal, South Pacific, Timor-Leste, etc. He has managed multicultural international team and led institutional change and reform.

Mr. Yasmi holds a PhD and MSc (with distinction) from Wageningen University, Netherlands, as well as a Bachelor's degree from Bogor Agricultural University, Indonesia.

Telephone: +39 06 5705 3090
Email: Yurdi.Yasmi@fao.org
 

Ms. Christine Fuell
Senior Technical Officer

Responsibilities:
  • Coordination: Leading the FAO based part of the Rotterdam Convention (RC) Secretariat; supervising implementation of programme of work and budget, alignment of activities with FAO’s strategic framework;
  • Policy and technical advice: Provision of policy and technical advice on pesticides including risk assessment and management; supervision of technical assistance and normative work;
  • Management: Personnel management, financial management of FAO regular programme resources to the RC; member of BRS management team and FAO's Plant Production and Protection Division Management Team.

Tel: +39 06 5705 3765
E-mail:  Christine.fuell@fao.org
 

Mr. Mario Yarto
Agricultural Officer

Responsibilities:
  • Technical Assistance: Delivery of Technical Assistance with particular focus on Latin America and the Caribbean; preparation of project proposals for the resource mobilization strategy;
  • Capacity building: Development of technical and policy information for training materials related to pesticides risk reduction; dissemination of information on alternatives to hazardous pesticides;
  • Conference of the Parties (COP) and subsidiary bodies: support for the preparation and execution of COP and Chemical Review Committee (CRC) meetings.

Tel: +39 06 5705 0583
E-mail: mario.yarto@fao.org
 

Ms. Sarra Baccouri
Agricultural Officer

Responsibilities:
  • Technical Assistance: Coordination and technical support to Rotterdam Convention activities especially in the Middle East and African countries; collaborates to produce studies and database;
  • Capacity building: Development of technical and policy information for training materials related to pesticides risk reduction; dissemination of information on alternatives to hazardous pesticides;
  • COP and subsidiary bodies: Support for the preparation and execution of COP and Chemical Review Committee (CRC) meetings.

Tel: +39 06 5705 1850
E-mail: sarra.baccouri@fao.org
Mr. Gavin L. Wall  

Mr. Aleksandar Mihajlovski
Agricultural Officer

Responsibilities:
  • PIC Circular: Prepares the semi-annual PIC - collects, reviews and verifies the: Import Response (IR) for pesticides subject to the Prior Informed Consent (PIC) procedure;Notifications of final regulatory actions (FRA) to ban or severely restrict pesticidesand proposals for severely hazardous pesticide formulations (SHPF). In addition co-ordinates translation into English, Spanish and French, ensures consistency across language versions, and ensures its publication (CD and web);
  • Technical Focus: Facilitates information exchange and provides technical input and support to the implementation of the Rotterdam Convention and the operation of its Secretariat.

Tel: +39 06 5705 2801
E-mail: Aleksandar.Mihajlovski@fao.org

 

 

Ms. Saltanat Bayeshova
Agricultural Officer

Responsibilities:
  • COP and subsidiary bodies: Support for the preparation and execution of Conference of the Parties, Chemical Review Committee meetings and Compliance Committee meetings;
  • Technical Assistance: Coordination of technical assistance funded by FAO resources and impact assessment.
  • PIC Circular: Cooperation in the preparation of the semi-annual Prior Informed Consent (PIC) circular;

Tel: (+39) 06 5705 3765
E-mail: Saltanat.Bayeshova@fao.org


 

Mr. Richard Miesen
Agricultural Officer

Responsibilities:
  • Conference of the Parties (COP) and subsidiary bodies: Support for the preparation and execution of COP and Chemical Review Committee (CRC) meetings;
  • Communication and Partnership: Facilitate cooperation and information exchange with relevant international, intergovernmental, and inter-organizational entities and FAO-lead initiatives;
  • Technical Assistance: Provide support to technical assistance activities.

Tel: +39 06 5705 0124
E-mail: Richard.Miesen@fao.org
 

Ms. Chiara Pellegrini
Office Assistant

Responsibilities:
  • Data entry in database for PIC Circular;
  • Correspondence with stakeholders;
  • Recruitment of consultants, raising POs and follow up payments; raising travel authorizations;
  • Assistance in meeting preparation and logistics arrangements;
  • Formatting proceedings;
  • Compile, maintain, update and distribute inventory in various languages for RC publications;

Tel: + 39 06 570 52794
E-mail: chiara.pellegrini@fao.org
 

Ms. Emanuela Aquilini

Responsibilities:
  • Coordination of administrative and logistics arrangements for COP and CRC meetings and technical workshops in the field;
  • Financial reports and transactions;
  • Human Resources staffing actions (staff and
    consultants)
  • Liaison with experts, FAO offices and UN organizations;
  • Administrative focal point for the Rotterdam Convention team at FAO.

Tel: +39 06 5705 6766
E-mail: emanuela.aquilini@fao.org

 

Rotterdam Convention Secretariat UNEP team (Geneva)