The Countdown 2010 initiative was closed in 2010. This website and all information it contains may not be up to date.

Countdown 2010 is guided by a core Advisory Board, whose members are appointed by the Secretariat, based on proposals from the Partners’ Assembly. The Advisory Board performs the following functions:

• give strategic guidance to the Secretariat and oversee the achievement of the programme;
• provide evaluation and quality control;
• decide on themes to be promoted during each EU Presidency;
• identify future Countdown 2010 activities;
• advise and assist the Secretariat on communication and on financial aspects;
• when requested by the Secretariat, decide on the use of the Countdown 2010 logo for activities by Countdown Partners and other organizations;
• revoke the partnership status of organizations that no longer meet partnership criteria or have misused the Countdown logo;
• serve as ambassadors for Countdown 2010.

The Members of the Advisory Board serve for one year in their personal capacity and may be invited by the Secretariat to serve for further terms. The numbers of members may change if instrumental in the achievement of the Countdown 2010 goal. The first Advisory Board meeting took place in April 2004 in Brussels and since then the Board meets regularly 2-3 times a year. Members are expected to attend all its meetings at their own expense.

Members of the Countdown 2010 Advisory Board

(as of July 2010)

• Sue Collins, Butterfly Conservation Europe
• Peter Carter, European Investment Bank
• Ahmed Djoghlaf, Secretariat of Convention on Biological Diversity
• Rolf Hogan, WWF
• Robert Lamb, MoE Switzerland
• Ignace Schops, Regionaal Landschap Kempen en Maasland
• Rob Wolters, ECNC
• Kobie Brand, ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability
• Despina Symons, EBCD
• Gerald Plattner, Austrian Federal Forests Enterprise
• Marta Kaczynska, DG Environment
• Damiano Luchetti, Italian Ministry of the Environment
• Hans Friederich, IUCN ROfE