Forty-eighth Regional Committee for Europe: Copenhagen, 14-18 September 1998: membership of the Executive Board and various other committees

W O R L D H E A LT H O R G A N IZ A T IO N Reg io nal O ffice for Europe Co penh ag en REGIONAL COMMITTEE FOR EUROPE F orty-eighth session, Copenhagen, 1 4 - 1 8 Septem ber 1998 Provisional agenda item 4(e) EUR/RC48/6 Add. 1 10 July 1998 07348 ORIGINAL: ENGLISH M e m b e r s h i p o f t h e M a n a g e m e n t A d v i s o r y C o m m i t t e e o f t h e A c t i o n P r o g r a m m e o n N a t i o n s f o r M e n t a l H e a l t h The Director-General has established an Action Programme on Nations for Mental Health and decided that a Management Advisory Committee will be operational from early 1999 (the terms o f reference of the Committee are attached as Annex 1, and a description o f its membership as Annex 2). Each o f WHO’s six regions has been requested to select two Member States for membership o f the Management Advisory Committee for a three-year term from early 1999. The Regional Director therefore invited Member States of the European Region to submit candidates for membership by 1 July 1998. The following nominations were received at the Regional Office by 1 July 1998, and curricula vitae in standard format are attached: Germany (Dr Hans Joachim Salize) Netherlands (Dr Dick Kaasjager) Turkey (Dr Selfuk Candansayar) N o m in a t io n f o r M e m b e r s h ip o f t h e M a n a g e m e n t A d v is o r y C o m m i t t e e o f t h e A c t i o n P r o g r a m m e o n N a t io n s f o r M e n t a l H e a l t h C u r r ic u l u m V it a e EUR/RC48/6 Add.l page 1 Family name............ SALIZE.................First/Other names.......Hans Joachim..................................... Present nationality... German.............. Male/Female...... M....... Date of birth.. 29 July 1954.............. Language abilities: please indicate in which of the Regional Committee working languages the nominee is able to function effectively Speak Read Write English X X X French X German X X X Russian Professional education: name (up to 5) most important professional degrees taken Year University degree (Diplom) in social sciences................................................................................ 1985 Doctorate in human sciences (Dr. scientarium humanarum)........................................................1998 Specialization in psychiatric care research and epidemiology Professional career: name (up to 5) most important positions held Year (start/end) Children’s and adolescents’ psychiatric hospital, Rheinhohe........................................... 1987-1989 Heidelberg university hospital................................................................................................ 1989-1991 Central Institute for Mental Health, Mannheim..................................................................1991 to date Experience of working for and with international organizations Coordinator, international multicentre studies (Mat. PKU, etc.) Member, Steering Committee, Ergos (European Research Group on Schizophrenia) Member, Enmesh (European Network for Mental Health Evaluation) Member, European Network for Mental Health Policy Experience of acting as Chairperson of high-level political and technical committees at national and/or international level Name and position of person making nomination Assistant Secretary Michael Debrus, Head of Division, International Cooperation in the Field of Health, Language Services, Federal Ministry of Health EUR/RC48/6 Add.l page 2 N o m in a t io n f o r M e m b e r s h ip o f t h e M a n a g e m e n t A d v is o r y C o m m it t e e o f t h e A c t io n P r o g r a m m e o n N a t i o n s f o r M e n t a l H e a l t h C u r r ic u l u m V it a e Family nam e...........KAASJAGER.........First/Other names....... Dick C................................................. Present nationality... Dutch....................Male/Female...... M .......Date of birth.. 18 February 1947.... Language abilities: please indicate in which of the Regional Committee working languages the nominee is able to function effectively Speak Read Write English XX XX X French X XX X German X XX Russian Professional education: name (up to 5) most important professional degrees taken Year Medical Doctor, University of Utrecht...............................................................................................1972 Master of Public Health, University of Utrecht ...............................................................................1981 Degree in Psychosynthesis, Institute of Psychosynthesis, London........................................... 1984 Advanced Course in Management................................................................................................... 1995 Professional career: name (up to 5) most important positions held Year (start/end) General Practitioner................................................................................................................ 1972-1985 Director of Municipal Health Service.................................................................................... 1985-1991 Departmental Director, Ministry of Health: a) Prevention, General Care and Education....................................................................1991-1996 b) Addiction Policy and Mental Health .......................................................................... 1996 to date Experience of working for and with international organizations WHO, Healthy Cities Project EU, High-level committee, Brussels UN, Commission on Narcotic Drugs Experience of acting as Chairperson of high-level political and technical committees at national and/or international level Served in the Netherlands None abroad Name and position of person making nomination G. Schneider Harm, M.D., Ph.D., Director General of Health EUR/RC48/6 Add.l page 3 N o m in a t io n f o r M e m b e r s h ip o f t h e M a n a g e m e n t A d v is o r y C o m m it t e e o f t h e A c t io n P r o g r a m m e o n N a t io n s f o r M e n t a l H e a l t h C u r r ic u l u m V it a e Family name.......... CANDANSAYAR.. First/Other names...... Selguk.................................................. Present nationality ...Turkish................Male/Female......M .......Date of birth.. 2 July 1964................ Language abilities: please indicate in which of the Regional Committee working languages the nominee is able to function effectively Speak Read Write English X X X French German Russian Professional education: name (up to 5) most important professional degrees taken Year Diploma in medicine, Medical Faculty of Hacettepe University, Ankara.....................................1988 Specialty in Psychiatry, Psychiatry Department, Medical Faculty of Gazi University...............1994 Professional career: name (up to 5) most important positions held Year (start/end) Psychiatry Resident, Psychiatry Department, Medical Faculty of Gazi University, Ankara.......................................................... Psychiatrist, Ministry of Health Antakya State Hospital, Hatay Chief of Mental Health Department, Ministry of Health, General Directorate of Primary Health C a re ........................... Experience of working for and with international organizations WHO, National counterpart for the European Alcohol Action Plan................................ 1997 to date WHO, National counterpart for the Third Action Plan for a Tobacco-free Europe.......1996 to date Experience of acting as Chairperson of high-level political and technical committees at national and/or international level National Coordinator of the National Education Programme on Prevention of Substance Abuse in Primary Health C are......................................................................... since 1998 Member of Preparatory Committee for Regulation of National Methadone Treatment Centers ................................................................................................................since 1996 National Coordinator of the National Education Programme Mental Health in Primary Health Care.......................................................................................................... since 1996 National Coordinator of the National Education Programme on Neurological Disorders in Primary Health Care.......................................................................................since 1996 Name and position of person making nomination Professor Yildiz Batirbaygil, Deputy Undersecretary, Ministry of Health ..1989-1994 ..1994-1996 1996 to date EUR/RC48/6 Add.l page 4 Annex 1 T e r m s o f r e f e r e n c e o f t h e M a n a g e m e n t A d v i s o r y C o m m i t t e e o f t h e A c t i o n P r o g r a m m e o n N a t i o n s f o r M e n t a l H e a l t h The Management Advisory Committee (MAC) will represent the interests and responsibilities o f W HO’s external partners collaborating with WHO in the Programme. It will also act as an advisory body to the Director-General, making recommendations on matters related to the policy, strategy, finance, management, monitoring and evaluation o f the Programme. It shall have the following functions: (a) review the programme o f work and related budget o f the Programme and make appropriate recommendations to the Director-General; (b) review arrangements envisaged by the Director-General for financing and managing the Programme; (c) review proposed longer-term plans o f action and their financial implications; (d) review financial statements o f the Programme; (e) review periodic reports evaluating the progress o f the Programme towards the achievement o f its objectives and submit its findings and recommendations to the Director-General; (f) recommend ways o f improving, as appropriate, coordination between the activities of the Programme and o f other relevant programmes and organizations; and (g) consider any other matters relating to the Programme referred to it by the Director-General, the Programme Manager o f the Programme or any member o f the MAC. EUR/RC48/6 Add. 1 page 5 Annex 2 M e m b e r s h i p o f t h e M a n a g e m e n t A d v i s o r y C o m m i t t e e o f t h e A c t i o n P r o g r a m m e o n N a t i o n s f o r M e n t a l H e a l t h The Management Advisory Committee (MAC) shall have the following membership: (a) the governments o f those countries which contributed funding to the general budget o f the Programme in the previous fiscal year; (b) two Member States from each o f WHO’s six Regions selected by the respective Regional Committees for three-year terms from among those Member States with which the Programme is collaborating, and; (c) international organizations o f the United Nations system collaborating in the implementation o f the Programme’s objectives. The identity of those countries contributing funding in support o f the Programme’s general budget and those providing bilateral support in the above manner, and hence their eligibility for membership in MAC, shall be ascertained annually. Members selected from the six Regions o f WHO may be reselected. The international organizations shall be considered to have permanent seats for as long as they continue to collaborate with the Programme.