Detail of my expertise:

* Administered the International Seed Federation (ISF) for last 7 years as Secretary-General.
Achievements:
* Doubled both the amount of new members per year and communication output to ISF members.
* 15 position papers adopted unanimously from 2007 to 2013 including a complete revision of the ISF View on Intellectual Property and a complete revision of the ISF Trade Rules.
* Moved ISF into the area of the social media (Facebook, Twitter and YouTube).
* Relations with the intergovernmental and international organizations (UN, FAO, OECD, UPOV, WIPO, ISTA, CBD, IT-PGRFA, IPPC, WFO, World Bank, FIFA etc.) further strengthened, resulting in recurring speaking invitations and requests for cooperation.
* Oversaw organizations of annual World Seed Congress (1600 participants in different countries across the globe). The last 2013 Congress in Athens was rated by 98.8% of the participants as ‘good’ to ‘excellent’.
 

Availibility:

  Short term assignments
    in the region where I live
    outside of the region where I live