Countries

The ICGEB counts 68 Members and an additional 17 countries that are Signatories and/or pending full membership. Collaboration is also underway with numerous countries that are not yet Members.

The ICGEB was launched in 1983 with the signing of its Statutes by 26 countries. In 1994, the Statutes of the Centre entered into force, with 35 full Member States in its constituency. The ICGEB Member States now include 22 countries in Africa, 9 in the Middle East, 13 in Europe, 5 in Central America and the Caribbean, 8 in South America and 8 in Asia.

Nationals of Member States throughout the world are eligible to participate in ICGEB’s funding and training programmes. A representative from each Member State government sits with right of vote on the Board of Governors and a scientific Liaison Officer in each country disseminates the scientific activities of the organisation.

Member States

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  • Ecuador
    ICGEB Appointed Governor
    Ms. Andrea Montalvo Chedraui, Secretaria de Educación Superior, Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación, SENESCYT, Quito
    ICGEB Liaison Officer
    Dr. Diego Javier Inclán Luna, Director, Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad del Ecuador INABIO y Secretario Permanente de la Red Bio – Red de Investigación de Biodiversidad del Ecuador, Quito, ECUADOR
    ICGEB Affiliated Centre Email: [email protected]
  • Egypt
    ICGEB Appointed Governor and ICGEB Liaison Officer
    Prof. Mahmoud M. Sakr, President of the Academy of Scientific Research and Technology (ASRT), 101 Kasr El Ainy Street , Cairo, EGYPT ICGEB Affiliated Centre
    Tel: +20-2-27921285/6/7; Fax: +20-2-27921270
    Email: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected] cc: [email protected]
  • Eritrea
    ICGEB Appointed Governor and ICGEB Liaison Officer
    Prof. Tadesse Mehari, Hamelmalo Agricultural College, National Commission for Higher Education (Eritrea) P.O. Box 1220 Asmara, ERITREA
    Tel: +291-1-161935/38; Fax: +291-1-201538
    Email: [email protected]
  • Ethiopia
    ICGEB Appointed Governor and ICGEB Liaison Officer
    Prof. Kassahun Tesfaye, Director-General, Bio and Emerging Technology Institute, Ministry of Innovation and Technology, Addis Ababa, ETHIOPIA
    E-mail: [email protected]
    Tel: +251-118-619695
  • Dominican Republic
    ICGEB Appointed Governor and Liaison Officer
    to be appointed

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  • Malaysia 
    ICGEB Appointed Governor Mdm Aidawati Misdar, Undersecretary, Technology Strategic and S&T Applications Division, Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (MOSTI), Putrajaya, MALAYSIA
    ICGEB Liaison Officer Mr. Mohd. Fauzi Mohd. Said, Deputy Undersecretary, Technology Strategic and S&T Applications Division, Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation, Level 3, Block C4, Complex C, 62662, Putrajaya, MALAYSIA
    Tel: +603-88858296, Fax: +603-88855969, Email: [email protected]
  • Mauritius
    ICGEB Appointed Governor and ICGEB Liaison Officer
    Mrs. Padmini Seebun, Acting Head, National Plant Protection Office, Ministry of Agro-Industry and Food Security, Level 8 & 9 Rengananden Seeneevassen Bldg, Maillard St., Port Louis, MAURITIUS
    Tel: +230-4668960, Email: [email protected], [email protected]
  • Mexico
    ICGEB Appointed Governor and ICGEB Liaison Officer
    to be appointed
  • Montenegro
    ICGEB Appointed Governor
    Dr. Bojan Adžić, DVM, PI Diagnostic Veterinary Laboratory of Montenegro, Podgorica, MONTENEGRO
    ICGEB Liaison Officer Dr. Jelena Zindovic, University of Montenegro, Biotechnical Faculty, Mihaila Lalica 1, 81000 Podgorica, MONTENEGRO
    Tel: +382-20-268437; Mobile: 382-68255501, E-mail: [email protected]
  • Morocco
    ICGEB Appointed Governor
    Dr. Mustapha Labhilili, Research Coordinator, Biotechnology Unit Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Rabat, MOROCCO
    ICGEB Liaison Officer Prof. Jamila El Alami, Interim Director, Centre National pour la Recherche Scientifique et Technique – CNRST, Angle Avenue Allal El Fassi et Avenue des FAR, Quartier Er-Ryad, B.P. 8027 Nations Unies, 10102 Rabat, MOROCCO ICGEB Affiliated Centre Tel: +212-537-569810; Fax: +212-537-569834, E-mail: [email protected]
  • Namibia
    ICGEB Appointed Governor
    Dr. Natasha Cheikh Youssef, Chief Science and Technology Officer, Ministry of Higher Education, Technology and Innovation Windhoek, NAMIBIA
    ICGEB Liaison Officer Mr. Paulus Mungeyi, Manager for Biotechnology, National Commission on Research Science and Technology (NCRST), Cnr Louis Raymond & Grant Webster Street, Olympia, Windhoek, NAMIBIA Tel: +264-61-4317000; Fax: +264-61-235758; E-mail: [email protected]
  • Nigeria
    ICGEB Appointed Governor and Liaison Officer
    Prof. Mustapha Abdullahi , Director-General / CEO, National Biotechnology Development Agency (NABDA), Umar Musa Yardua Way, Former Airport Road, Lugbe PMB 518, Wuse, Abuja, NIGERIA ICGEB Affiliated Centre
    Tel: +234-70-39863496
    E-mail: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected]
  • North Macedonia (Republic of)
    ICGEB Appointed Governor and Liaison Office    r
    Prof. Zivko Popov, Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts, bul. “Krste P. Misirkov” 2, 1000 Skopje, REPUBLIC OF NORTH MACEDONIA ICGEB Affiliated Centre
    Tel: +389-2-3235400
    E-mail: [email protected]

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  • Republic of Moldova
    ICGEB Appointed Governor
    Dr. Ghenadie Curocichin
    Head of the Family Medicine Desk, Head of the Genetics Laboratory State University of Medicine and Pharmacy “N. Testemitanu”, Chisinau, REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA
    ICGEB Liaison Officer
    Dr. Sergiu Porcescu, Knowledge Hub Moldova Association, Nicolae Testemițanu State University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Chisinau, REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA
    Email: [email protected]
  • Romania
    ICGEB Appointed Governor
    Dr. Manuela Elisabeta Sidoroff, Director General, National Institute of Research and Development for Biological Sciences, Bucharest
    ICGEB Liaison Officer
    Mrs. Anca Oancea, Senior Researcher, National institute of Research and Development for Biological Sciences, Splaiul Independentei nr. 296, sector 6, cod 060031, C.P. 17-16, Bucharest, ROMANIA ICGEB Affiliated Centre
    Tel: +40-21-2207780, +40-72-2432919; Fax: +40-21-2207695
    Email: [email protected], [email protected]
  • Russian Federation
    ICGEB Appointed Governor
    Mr. Victor M. Smirnov, President of the ICGEB Board of Governors, Leading Expert, Department of science of the National University of Science and Technology “MISIS”, Moscow, Russian Federation
    ICGEB Liaison Officer 
    Prof. Alexander A. Makarov, Representative Academician, Engelhardt Institute of Molecular Biology of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Vavilova st. 32, 119991 Moscow, RUSSIAN FEDERATION ICGEB Affiliated Centre
    Tel: +7-985-7769897; Fax: +7-499-1354105
    Email: [email protected]
  • Rwanda
    ICGEB Appointed Governor
    Eng. Michael Hughes, Science and Technology Advisor to the Minister, Ministry of Education, Kigali, RWANDA
    ICGEB Liaison Officer 
    Dr. Dieudonne Mutangana, Head of Biology Department, University of Rwanda, Kigali, RWANDA
    Email: [email protected]
  • Saudi Arabia
    ICGEB Appointed Governor
    Dr. Bader Obaid Almutairi, Professor, Faculty of Sciences, King Saud University College of Science, Riyadh
    ICGEB Liaison Officer 
    Mr. Mohammed Al-Badrani, Director, Directorate of International Cooperation, KACST – King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology 
    P.O. Box 6068, Riyadh 11442, SAUDI ARABIA
    Tel: +966-1-4813384; Fax: +966-1-4813441 
    Email: [email protected]
  • Senegal 
    ICGEB Appointed Governor
    Prof. Salif Gaye, Directeur, La Direction de l’Innovation, de la Valorisation, de la Propriété Intellectuelle et du Transfert Technologique (DIVPITT), DGR – Ministère de l’Enseignment Supérieure MESR, Dakar, SENEGAL
    ICGEB Liaison Officer 
    Dr. Alioune Fall, Director General, Institut Sénégalais de Recherches Agricoles (ISRA) , Route des Hydrocarbures Bel Air, BP 3120 
    Dakar, SENEGAL ICGEB Affiliated Centre 
    Tel: +221-33-8591725; Fax: +221-33-8322427
    Email: [email protected]
  • Serbia
    ICGEB Appointed Governor and ICGEB Liaison Officer 
    Dr. Jelena Begovic, Minister of Science, Innovation and Technological Development, Government of the Republic of Serbia, Nemanjina 22-26, 11000 Belgrade, SERBIA ICGEB Affiliated Centre
    Tel: +381 11 363 3701
    Email: [email protected]
  • Slovakia
    ICGEB Appointed Governor 
    Prof. Mangesh Bhide, Assoc. Prof. DVM., Institute of Neuroimmunology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Dubravska Str. 9, 845 10 Bratislava 45, SLOVAKIA
    ICGEB Liaison Officer
    Prof. Norbert Žilka, Institute of Neuroimmunology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Dubravska Str. 9, 845 10 Bratislava 45, SLOVAKIA
    ICGEB Affiliated Centre 
    Email: [email protected]
  • Slovenia 
    ICGEB Appointed Governor
    Prof. Radovan Komel, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana, Vrazov trg 2, SI-1000 Ljubljana, SLOVENIA
    ICGEB Liaison Officer 
    Dr. Mirjana Liović, Medical Center for Molecular Biology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana, Vrazov trg 2, SI-1000 Ljubljana, SLOVENIA
    Tel: +386-1-543-7643 ICGEB Affiliated Centre
    Email: [email protected]
  • South Africa
    (Host Country)
    ICGEB Appointed Governor
    Dr. Nhlanhla Msomi, South African Governor to the ICGEB, Westville
    ICGEB Liaison Officer
    Mr. Dowelani Ndiitwani, Assistant Director, Multilateral Cooperation, Department of Science and Technology, Private Bag X894, Meiring Naude Road, CSIR Bld 54, DST Building, 0001 Pretoria,
    SOUTH AFRICA
    Tel: +27-12-8436832; Fax: +27-86-6810173;
    Email: [email protected]
  • Sri Lanka 
    ICGEB Appointed Governor
    Dr. Ranjith Senaratne, Chairperson, National Science Foundation, Colombo
    ICGEB Liaison Officer 
    Dr. J. G. Shantha Siri, Head, International Affairs Division, National Science Foundation, 47/5 Maitland Place, Colombo 07, SRI LANKA ICGEB Affiliated Centre
    Email: [email protected], [email protected]
  • Sudan
    ICGEB Appointed Governor
    Prof. Zeinab Osman, Director General, The National Centre for Research, Ministry of Education and Scientific Research, Khartoum
    ICGEB Liaison Officer 
    Prof. Dr. Elham Abdelgadir Hassan Eldaw, Director, Commission for Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering, National Center for Research, Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Mohamed Nageeb Street, P.O. Box 2404, Code 11111, Khartoum, SUDAN ICGEB Affiliated Centre
    Tel: +249-910269177, Email: [email protected]

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  • Trinidad & Tobago
    ICGEB Appointed Governor
    Prof. Christine Carrington, Professor of Molecular Genetics and Virology, Department of Preclinical Sciences, Faculty of Medical Sciences, The University of the West Indies
    ICGEB Liaison Officer 
    Mrs. Joanne Leong Poi, Project Officer III (Ag.), Innovations Department, National Institute of Higher Education, Research, Science and Technology (NIHERST), National Science Cnetre, Churchill Roosevelt Highway and Old Piarco Road, D’Abadie, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
    Tel: +1-868-6256437 ext. 2304; Fax: +1-868-6278272
    Email: [email protected]
  • Tunisia
    ICGEB Appointed Governor and ICGEB Liaison Officer
    Prof. Slim Tounsi, General Director, Centre of Biotechnology at Sfax, Route Sidi Mansour, Km 6, P.O. Box “1177”, 3018 Sfax, TUNISIA ICGEB Affiliated Centre
    Tel: +216-74-875817, 87186; Fax: +216-74-875818
    Email: [email protected]
  • Türkiye
    ICGEB Appointed Governor
    Prof. Dr. Hilal Yazıcı Malkoçoğlu, Medical Biotechnology Research Group Leader, TÜBİTAK Marmara Research Center, Pharmaceutical Technology Research Team, Gebze/Kocaeli
    ICGEB Liaison Officer
    Dr. Müslüm Güzel, Chief Expert, International Cooperation Department, Bilateral and Multilateral Relations Division, Scientific and Technological Research Council of Türkiye (TUBITAK), Tunus Caddesi No. 80, 06100 Kavaklidere, Ankara
    TURKEY ICGEB Affiliated Centre
    Tel. +90 312 298 17 94
    Email: [email protected]

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  • United Arab Emirates
    ICGEB Focal Point
    Mr. Ahmad Abdulhamid Abdulfattah K. Almulla, First Secretary, Chargé d’Affaires, Embassy of the United Arab Emirates in Rome, Piazza della Croce Rossa, 3, 00161 Rome, ITALY
    Tel: +39-6-36306100; Fax: +39-6-36306155
    Email: [email protected]
    ICGEB Liaison Officer To be confirmed
  • United Republic of Tanzania
    ICGEB Appointed Governor
    Dr. Bugwesa Zablon Katale, Director of Research Coordination and Promotion, Tanzania Commission for Science and Technology, COSTECH, Dar es Salaam
    ICGEB Liaison Officer
    Dr. Amos Nungu, Director General, Tanzania Commission for Science and Technology (COSTECH), P.O. Box 4302, Ali Hassan Mwinyi Road, Kijitonyama (Sayansi) COSTECH Building, Dar es Salaam,
    UNITED REPUBLIC OF  TANZANIA ICGEB Affiliated Centre
    Tel: +255-22-2927543/39
    Email: [email protected], [email protected]
  • Uruguay 
    ICGEB Appointed Governor
    Dr. Sonia Rodriguez, Cátedra de Microbiología, Facultad de Química, Universidad de la República, Ministerio de Educación y Cultura, Montevideo
    ICGEB Liaison Officer 
    Mrs. Graciela Guadalupe, Programa de Desarrollo de las Ciencias Basicas PEDECIBA, Ministerio de Ecudación y Cultura – Universidad de la República, Facultad de Quimica, Isidoro de Maria 1614, Edif. Anexo J.P. Saenz, 11800 Montevideo, URUGUAY ICGEB Affiliated Centre
    Tel: +598-4184603, ext. 1612, Fax: +598 2 4137718
    Email: [email protected]
  • Venezuela (the Bolivarian Republic of)
    ICGEB Focal Point: Ministro Consigliere, Signora Maria Elena Uzzo Giannattasio, Incaricato d’Affari a.i., Embassy of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, via Nicolò Tartaglia, 11 int. 5/6, 00197 Rome, ITALY ICGEB Affiliated Centre
    Tel: +39-6-8079464, 8084410; Fax: +39-6-080844
    Email: [email protected]
  • Viet Nam 
    ICGEB Appointed Governor and ICGEB Liaison Officer 
    Prof. Dr. Do Nang Vinh, Chairman of Scientific Council, Institute of Agricultural Genetics (AGI), Co-Director of the International Joint Laboratory Rice Functional Genomics and Plant Biotechnology, Institute of Agricultural Genetics, Phan Van Dong Street, Tu Liem, Hanoi, VIET NAM ICGEB Affiliated Centre
    Tel: +84-4-7544711; Fax: +84-4-7543196 
    Email: [email protected]
  • Zimbabwe
    ICGEB Appointed Governor
    Dr. Deckster T. Savadye, CEO and Registrar, National Biotechnology Authority (NBA), Harare
    ICGEB Liaison Officer
    Miss Annah R. Takombwa, Acting Technical Affairs Manager, National Biotechnology Authority (NBA), 21 Princess Drive, Newlands, Harare, ZIMBABWE
    Tel: +263-242-782856
    Email: [email protected]

Signatories and Countries pending full Membership

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  • Armenia (pending full Membership)
    ICGEB Focal Point 
    H.E. Amb. Victoria Baghdasaryan,
    Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
    Embassy of the Republic of Armenia
    Via XX Settembre, 98E sc.A int. 9
    00187 Rome
    Italy
    Tel:+063296638
    Email:[email protected]
  • Benin (pending full Membership)
    ICGEB Focal Point 
    H.E. Amb. Evelyne Togbe-Olory 
    Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
    Embassy of the Republic of Benin
    Via XX Settembre, 26, primo piano, int. 3
    00187 Rome
    ITALY
    Tel:0679846567
    Email: [email protected]
  • Bolivia (Signatory)
    ICGEB Focal Point
    H.E. Amb. Carlos Aparicio Vedia, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Embassy of the Plurinational State of Bolivia
    Via Civitavecchia, 1, 00198 Rome, ITALY
    Tel: +39-6-8841001
    Email: [email protected]
  • Congo (Signatory)
    ICGEB Focal Point 
    H.E. Amb. Jeanne Dambendzet, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Embassy of the Republic of Congo
    Via Ombrone, 8/10
    00198 Rome
    ITALY
    Tel: +39-6-8417422
    Email: [email protected]

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  • Democratic Republic of the Congo (Signatory)
    ICGEB Focal Point 
    Mr. Tochi Kabuzamba Lubinga, Second Counsellor, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, P.O. Box 7100 Kinshasa/Gombe, Democratic Republic of the Congo
    Tel: +243-98-207906, +243-85-1408989
    E-mail: [email protected]
  • Dominican Republic (pending full Membership)
    ICGEB Focal Point 
    H.E. Amb. Alba Maria Antonia Cabral De Pena
    Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
    Embassy of the Dominican Republic
    Via Giuseppe Pisanelli ,1
    00196 Roma
    ITALY
    E-mail: [email protected]
    Tel: +39-6-45434789

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  • Georgia (pending full Membership)
    ICGEB Focal Point 
    H.E. Amb. Konstantine Surguladze, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Embassy of Georgia, Corso Vittorio Emanuele II, 21 secondo piano, 00186 Rome, ITALY
    Tel: +39-6-45540280/1/2/3; Fax +39-6-69941942
    E-mail: [email protected]
  • Ghana (pending full Membership)
    ICGEB Focal Point 
    Hon. Min. Prof. Kwabena Frimpong Boateng, Ministry of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation MESTI, P.O. Box M. 232, Ministries, Accra, GHANA 
    Tel: +233-302-666049
    Email: [email protected]
  • Greece (Signatory)
    ICGEB Focal Point 
    Mr.Charilaos Nikokavouras, Ministry of Environment and Energy, General Directorate of Environmental Policy, Directorate of Biodiversity Protection, Soil and Waste Management Biodiversity and Protected Areas Department
    147 Patission Str, 112 51 Athens GREECE
    Tel: +30-210-8642276
    E-mail: [email protected]
  • Indonesia (Signatory)
    ICGEB Focal Point
    H.E. Ms. Esti Andayani, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
    Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia
    Via Campania, 55
    00187 Rome ITALY
    Tel: 064200911
    E-mail: [email protected]
  • Jamaica (pending full Membership)
    ICGEB Focal Point
    H.E. Amb. Wayne McCook, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Permanent Representative to the UN Office and Specialised Agencies, Permanent Mission of Jamaica
    36, Rue de Lausanne 1201 Geneva SWITZERLAND 
    Tel: +41-229080760, +41-227315780
    E-mail:  [email protected]

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  • Lesotho (pending full Membership)
    ICGEB Focal Point 
    H.E. Amb. Lineo Irene Molise Mabusela,
    Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
    Embassy of the Kingdom of Lesotho, Via Serchio, 8 00198 Rome ITALY
    Tel: 068542419, 068542496,
    E-mail: [email protected]
  • Mauritania (Signatory)
    ICGEB Focal Point 
    H.E. Amb. Mariem Aouffa, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania
    Via Antonio Bertoloni, 29, 3rd floor, int. 7 00197 Rome ITALY 
    Tel: 06853531530, 068557949
    E-mail: [email protected]
  • Nepal (pending full Membership)
    ICGEB Focal Point
    H.E. Mr. Deepak Dhital, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipoltentiary, Embassy of the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, Rue de la Servette, 81 1202 Geneva SWITZERLAND
    tel: +41-227-332600, 332621
    E-mail: [email protected]

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  • Paraguay (pending full Membership)
    ICGEB Focal Point 
    H.E. Amb. Roberto Carlos Melgarejo Palacios, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Embassy of the Republic of Paraguay, Via Firenze, 43 Sc.A int. 17 00184 Rome ITALY
    Tel: 064741715
    E-mail: [email protected]
  • Philippines (pending full Membership)
    ICGEB Focal Point 
    H.E. Amb. Domingo P. Nolasco, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Embassy of the Republic of the Philippines, Viale delle Medaglie d’Oro, 112/114, 00136 Rome, ITALY 
    Tel: +39-6-39746621; Fax: +39-6-39740872
    E-mail: [email protected]
  • Spain (Signatory)
    ICGEB Focal Point
    H.E. Mr. Alfonso María Dastis Quecedo, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, The Embassy of Spain in Rome
    Palazzo Borghese Largo Fontanella Borghese, 19 00186 Rome, ITALY
    Tel: +39 06 6840401
    E-mail: [email protected]
  • Thailand (Signatory)
    ICGEB Focal Point 
    H.E. Amb. Tana Weskosith, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Royal Thai Embassy in Rome
    Via Nomentana, 132 00162 Rome, ITALY
    Tel: +39-6-68622051
    E-mail: [email protected]
  • Ukraine (pending full Membership)
    ICGEB Focal Point
    H.E. Mr. Yevhen Perelygin, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Embassy of Ukraine
    via Guido d’Arezzo, 9 00198 Rome, ITALY
    Tel: +39-6-68412630
    E-mail: [email protected]

The ICGEB promotes collaborations and partnerships with non-Member countries across all world regions, including, but not limited to, Australia, Canada, Germany, Japan, the UK and the USA.

For more information:
Marianna Maculan, Chief, External Relations
Email: [email protected]