The Steering Committee governs the overall framework, policies, procedures and activities of the Partnership. It provides strategic guidance to the Partnership and periodically review the programme of collaborative activities undertaken by the Partnership, including a review of the organizational structure if necessary, and provide direction and instructions for actions to the Secretariat. Decisions on accepting new partners are taken by the Steering Committee.

The Committee meets usually twice a year, at times and places to be determined by its appointed representatives.

Current Chair and Co-Chair of the Partnership are namely:

Corrado Clini Dr Clini has been appointed Italian Minister of Environment Land and Sea in 2011. He is Chairman of the Global Bioenergy Partnership and project leader of national and international cooperation programmes on environment, energy and sustainable development. He is chairman of the National Sustainable Development Strategy and of the Task Force for the implementation of the Kyoto Protocol in Italy. He is Senior Research Fellow at Harvard’s Center for International Development, an Associate of the Harvard University Center for the Environment, and a Visiting Professor at the Tsinghua University in Beijing in the Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering. He trained as a medical doctor and holds a PhD in both Hygiene and Public Health, and Occupational Health.

Mariangela Rebuá Ambassador Rebuá is a diplomat in the Brazilian Foreign Services since 1981. She has worked with Environmental issues, Social Development and Human Rights agenda as well as Brazilian communities abroad. She was also a member at the Brazilian National Commission for the Implementation of the Millenium Development Goals. Ambassador Rebuá has also served as Brazilian Consul General in Caracas, from 2008 to 2010. She is Director of the Department of Energy at the Ministry of External Relations since 2011 and the Co-Chair of the Global Bioenergy Partnership. She graduated in Economic Sciences from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro and has a Master Degree on Environmental Policy Studies at Columbia University, New York.

 

Relevant documents:

Chair Summary of the 12^th Steering Committee meeting
17 November 2011

Chair summary of the 11^th Steering Committee meeting
20 May 2011

Chair summary of the 10^th Steering Committee meeting
19 November 2010

Chair summary of the 9^th Steering Committee meeting
7 May 2010

Co-Chair summary of the 8^th Steering Committee meeting
18 November 2009

Chair summary of the 7^th Steering Committee meeting
14 May 2009

Chair summary of the 6^th Steering Committee meeting
15 December 2008

Chair summary of the 5^th Steering Committee meeting
18 June 2008

Chair summary of the 4^th Steering Committee meeting
12 November 2007

Chair summary of the 3^rd Steering Committee meeting
8 May 2007

Chair summary of the 2^nd Steering Committee meeting
17-18 October 2006

Chair summary of the 1^st Steering Committee meeting
12 May 2006