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

Member States
A B C DEF
A
- Afghanistan
ICGEB Appointed Governor and ICGEB Liaison Officer
Dr. Najibeh Ataei, Director General for Agricultural Research Institute of Afghanistan (ARIA)
Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock, General Directorate ARIA
Badam Bagh, Kabul, Afghanistan
Tel: +93-020-2922700
Email: [email protected] - Algeria
ICGEB Appointed Governor and ICGEB Liaison Officer
Dr. Ammar Azioune, Directeur
Centre de Recherche en Biotechnology (CRBT) de Constantine, Nouvelle ville Ali Mendjili, UV 03 BP E73, Constantine 25000, ALGERIA ICGEB Affiliated Centre
Tel: +213-31-775035/36
Email: [email protected]
Dr. Mohamed Mahlous (Delegate), Deputy Director, Nuclear Sciences, Techniques and Applications, Algerian Commission of Atomic Energy (COMENA) - Angola
ICGEB Appointed Governor and ICGEB Liaison Officer
Dr. Madalena Chimpolo, Deputy Director, National Institute for the Evaluation, Accreditation and Recognition of Higher Education Studies (INAAREES), Luanda, ANGOLA
Tel: +244-925-340999 or 340 0999
Email: [email protected] - Argentina
ICGEB Appointed Governor
Lic. Karina Pombo, Directora Nacional de Promoción de la Política Cientifíca, Ministerio de Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación, Godoy Cruz 2320 4º C1425 FQD, ARGENTINA
Tel: +54-11-48995000
Email: [email protected]
ICGEB Liaison Officer
Dr. Eduardo Arzt, Biomedicine Research Institute of Buenos Aires, National Scientific and Technical Research Council (CONICET), Buenos Aires
ARGENTINA ICGEB Affiliated Centre
Email: [email protected]
B
- Bangladesh
ICGEB Appointed Governor and ICGEB Liaison Officer
Dr. Md. Salimullah, Director General, National Institute of Biotechnology (NIB), Ganakbari, Ashulia, Sava,, Dhaka 1349, BANGLADESH ICGEB Affiliated Centre
Tel: +880-2-7789458; Fax: +880-2-7789636
Email: [email protected] - Bosnia and Herzegovina
ICGEB Appointed Governor and ICGEB Liaison Officer
Prof. Kasim Bajrovic, Scientific Advisor, Institute for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, University of Sarajevo
Zmaja od Bosne 8, Kampus 71000 Sarajevo, BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA ICGEB Affiliated Centre
Tel: +387-33-220926; Fax: +387-33-442891
Email: [email protected] - Brazil
ICGEB Appointed Governor
Prof. Dr. Márcia Cristina Bernandes Barbosa, Secretary of Strategic Policies and Programmes, Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation of Brazil, Brasilia D.F.
ICGEB Liaison Officer
Dr. Thiago de Mello Moraes
General Coordinator for Health and Biotechnology, Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation, Esplanada dos Ministérios, Bloco “E”, sala 256
CEP 70.067-900 Brasília, DF, BRAZIL ICGEB Affiliated Centre
Tel: +55-61-20337623, 20338003; Fax: +55-61-20337766
Email: [email protected], [email protected] - Bulgaria
ICGEB Appointed Governor and ICGEB Liaison Officer
Dr. Dimitar Djilianov, AgroBioInstitute, 8 Dragan Tsankov Blvd., 1164 Sofia, BULGARIA ICGEB Affiliated Centre
Tel: +359-2-9635413; Fax: +359-2-9635408
Email: [email protected], [email protected]
See also: Plant Biotechnology Information Center - Burkina Faso
ICGEB Appointed Governor and ICGEB Liaison Officer
Dr. Oumar Traoré
Agence Nationale de la Biosécurité du Burkina Faso, Ministère de la Recherche Scientifique et de l’Innovation, 01 BP 5933, Ouagadougou 01,
BURKINA FASO
Tel: +226 70254651, +226 25378854
Email: [email protected] - Burundi
ICGEB Appointed Governor
Min. Prof. François Havyarimana, Ministre de l’Education et de laRechereche Scientifique, Bujumbura
ICGEB Liaison Officer
Dr. Samson Musonerimana,Director of Research Support Services , Burundi Institute of Agronomic Sciences (ISABU), Rohero 1, Boulevard du Japon, Bujumbura, BURUNDI
Email: [email protected]
C
- Cameroon
ICGEB Focal Point
Dr. Eddy Léonard Ngonkeu Mangaptche, Conseiller Technique
Ministry of Scientific Research and Innovation, BP 1457 Yaoundé, CAMEROON
Tel: +237-22232412
Email: [email protected] - Chile
ICGEB Appointed Governor
to be appointed
ICGEB Liaison Officer
Dr. María Inés Barría Cárcamo, Departamento de Microbiología, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Centro de Biotecnología, Universidad de Concepción, P.O. Box 160C, Concepción, CHILE ICGEB Affiliated Centre
Tel: +56-2-2661448
Email: [email protected] - China
ICGEB Appointed Governor and ICGEB Liaison Officer
Prof. Xinmin Zhang, Director-General, China National Center for Biotechnology Development (CNCBD), 16 Xisihuan Zhong Road, HaiDian District, Beijing 100039, P.R. CHINA ICGEB Affiliated Centre
Tel: +86-10-88225100
Email: [email protected] - Colombia
ICGEB Appointed Governor
Dr. Luisa Fernanda Echeverría-King, Internationalization Leader, Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation, MINCIENCIAS, Av. Calle 26 No. 57-83 Torre 8, Piso 2 al 6, Bogotá, COLOMBIA
ICGEB Liaison Officer
Dr. Claudia Patricia Tinjacá Espinel, Assessor, Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation, MINCIENCIAS, Av. Calle 26 No. 57-83 Torre 8, Piso 2 al 6, Bogotá, COLOMBIA ICGEB Affiliated Centre
Email: [email protected]; [email protected] - Costa Rica
ICGEB Appointed Governor and ICGEB Liaison Officer
Dr. José Alberto Bonilla, Centro de Investigación en Biologia Celular y Molecular (CIBCM), Universidad de Costa Rica, Ciudad Universitaria “Rodrigo Facio”, San Pedro, San José, COSTA RICA
ICGEB Affiliated Centre
Tel: +506-25112275; Fax: +506-25113190
Email: [email protected] - Côte d’Ivoire
ICGEB Appointed Governor and ICGEB Liaison Officer
Dr. Koffi II Nazaire Kouassi, Molecular Virology and Genetic Engineering Technical Expert at UFHB-WAVE-CI, Pôle Scientifique et d’Innovation Bingerville, BP V 34, Abidjan, COTE D’IVOIRE
Tel: +225-02-021116, Fax: +225-02-07917009
Email: [email protected] - Croatia
ICGEB Appointed Governor
Prof. Dr. Kristian Vlahovicek, Group Leader, Tenured Professor, University of Zagreb, Faculty of Science, Department of Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics Group, Zagreb, CROATIA
ICGEB Liaison Officer
Dr. Hrvoje Fulgosi, Head of Lab, Permanent Scientific Advisor, Division of Molecular Biology, Rudjer Boskovic Institute, Bijenicka cesta 54, P.O. Box 1016
10000 Zagreb, CROATIA
ICGEB Affiliated Centre
Tel: +385-1-4680238, 4561019; Fax: +385-1-4561177
Email: [email protected] - Cuba
ICGEB Appointed Governor and Liaison Officer
Dr. Jorge Valdés Hernández
Vice Director, Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology
Ave. 31 e/ 158 y 190, Cubanacan, Playa, P.O. Box 6162 – Habana, 10600 CUBA ICGEB Affiliated Centre
Tel: +53-7-2504441
Email: [email protected]
DEF
- 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 ElAiny 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
GH
- Hungary
ICGEB Appointed Governor
Dr. Gábor Toth, Head of Unit, National Research, Development and Innovation Office, Budapest
ICGEB Liaison Officer
Ms. Nóra Jeney, National Research, Development and Innovation Office, Kéthly Anna tér 1, 1077 Budapest, HUNGARY ICGEB Affiliated Centre
Tel: +36-1-7955301
Email: [email protected]
I
- India
(Host Country)
ICGEB Appointed Governor
Dr. Alka Sharma, Senior Advisor/Scientist ‘H’, Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India
Block 2, CGO Complex, Lodhi Road, New Delhi 110 003, INDIA
Tel: +91-11-24363057
Email: [email protected]
ICGEB Liaison Officer
Dr. Kalaivani Ganesan, Scientist ‘E’, Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India,
Email: [email protected] - Iran (Islamic Republic of)
ICGEB Appointed Governor
Dr. Javad Mohammadi, Director General, National Institute of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (NIGEB), Tehran
ICGEB Liaison Officer
Dr. Reza Zolfaghari Emameh, Director, Scientific and International Relations Office, National Institute of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (NIGEB), Shahrak-e Pajoohesh, km 15 Tehran-Karaj Highway, P.O. Box 14965/161, Tehran, IRAN ICGEB Affiliated Centre
Tel:+98-21-44787301 to 310; Fax: +98-21-44787399;
Email: [email protected] - Iraq
ICGEB Appointed Governor
Dr. Sumaya Talib Yousif, Department of Animal Resources, Ministry of Agriculture, Baghdad
ICGEB Liaison Officer
Dr. Nadia Al-Zahery, Department of Biology and Biotechnology, University of Pavia, ITALY
Tel: +39-0382-985544 ; Fax: +39-0382-528496
Email: [email protected] - Italy
(Host Country)
ICGEB Appointed Governor and ICGEB Liaison Officer
Min. Plen. Giuseppe Pastorelli, Deputy Director General/Principal Director for integrated promotion and innovation, Directorate General for Country Promotion, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Piazzale della Farnesina 1 , 00135 Rome, ITALY
Email: [email protected]
JKL
- Jordan
ICGEB Appointed Governor
Dr. Bilal Azab, The University of Jordan, School of Medicine, Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Forensic Medicine, Amman
ICGEB Liaison Officer
Prof. Nabil A. Bashir, Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Jordan University of Science and Technology, School of Medicine, P.O. Box 3030, Irbid 22110, JORDAN ICGEB Affiliated Centre
Tel: +962-2-7201000, +962-795545602; Fax: +962-2-7095010, +962-64889671
Email: [email protected] - Kenya
ICGEB Appointed Governor and ICGEB Liaison Officer
Prof. Walter O. Oyawa, Director General, National Commission for Science, Technologyand Innovation, off Waiyaki Way, Upper Kabete, P.O. Box 30623, 00100 Nairobi, KENYA ICGEB Affiliated Centre
Tel: +254-20-2630518, 4007000, 2673550
Email: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected] - Kuwait
ICGEB Appointed Governor and ICGEB Liaison Officer
Dr. Sabah Al Momin, Biotechnology Program, Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research (KISR), P.O. Box 24885, 13109 Safat, KUWAIT ICGEB Affiliated Centre
Tel: +965-24989110, 99103555; Fax: +965-24989067
Email: [email protected], [email protected] - Kyrgyzstan
ICGEB Appointed Governor and ICGEB Liaison Officer
Dr. Zhainagul Isakova, Director, Research Institute of Molecular Biology and Medicine, National Centre for Cardiology, Togolok Moldo Str.3, Bishkek, KYRGYZ REPUBLIC
Email: [email protected] - Liberia
ICGEB Focal Point
H.E. Amb. Andrew W. Kronyanh, Ambassador Plenipotentiary, Embassy of the Republic of Liberia in Rome, Ple Medaglie d’Oro 7, II Piano, Scala a., int. 5, 00136 Rome, ITALY
Tel: +39-06-35453399; Fax: +39-06-35344729
Email: [email protected] - Libya
ICGEB Appointed Governor and ICGEB Liaison Officer
Prof. Adam Elzagheid, General Director, Libyan Center for Biotechnology Research (LBTRC)
P.O. Box 5060, Twisha, Tripoli, LIBYA
Tel: +218914461615
Email: [email protected]
MN
- 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 Officer
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]
OPQ
- Pakistan
ICGEB Appointed Governor and ICGEB Liaison Officer
Dr. Zahid Mukhtar, Director, National Institute for Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering (NIBGE), P.O. Box 577, Jhang Road, Faisalabad, PAKISTAN ICGEB Affiliated Centre
Tel: +92-41-2651471; Fax: +92-41-9201322, 2651472
Email: [email protected], [email protected] - Panama
ICGEB Appointed Governor and ICGEB Liaison Officer
Dr. Carmenza Spadafora, Principal Investigator, Instituto de Investigaciones Científicas y Servicios de Alta Tecnología (INDICASAT), Edificio 219, Ciudad del Saber (City of Knowledge), Clayton, Panama, PANAMA
Tel: +507-5170700; Fax: +507-5170020
Email: [email protected] - Peru
ICGEB Appointed Governor and ICGEB Liaison Officer
Dr. Cristina Guerra-Giraldez, Vice-President of the ICGEB Board of Governors, Full Professor, Director for Institutional Relations and Internationalisation, Facultad de Ciencias y Filosofia, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Av. Honorio Delgado 430 Urb. Ingeniería S.M.P., Lima 15102, PERU ICGEB Affiliated Centre
Tel: +51-1-4824279
Email: [email protected] - Qatar
ICGEB Appointed Governor
Mr. Masoud Jarallah Al-Marri, Director, Agricultural Research Department, Ministry of Municipality and Environment, Doha
ICGEB Liaison Officer
Mr. Saad Mohammad Abdullah, Research Officer, Hamad Medical Corporation, P.O. Box 3050, Doha, QATAR
Tel. +974-44396168/44392440
Email: [email protected]
RS
- 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, Nationalinstitute 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]
- Syrian Arab Republic
ICGEB Appointed Governor and ICGEB Liaison Officer
Prof. Ibrahim Othman, Director General, Atomic Energy Commission of Syria (AECS), P.O. Box 6091, Kafar Souseh, 17th Nissan Str., Damascus, SYRIA ICGEB Affiliated Centre
Tel: +963-11-6111926, 7, 2132580; Fax: +963-11-6112289
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]
UVWXYZ
- 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
ABC
- 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 Extraordinaryand 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]
DEF
- 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
GHIJ
- 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]
LMNO
- 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 andPlenipoltentiary , 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]
PQRSTU
- 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, Vialedelle 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]