ERGO Advisory Board

The Advisory Board is formed of senior representatives of our partner organisations. The Board has the remit to critically appraise the ‘practice relevance’ of Ergo as well as to inform its strategic direction. One member of the Board is from outside of the EU, to ensure the project benefits from broader evaluation.

The following are the members who have agreed to represent their country in the advisory board:

	Belgium	Koen De Budt , Cordinator of the Higher Institute of Emergency Planning, Belgium Crisis Center, Brussels.
	Bulgaria	Svetlin Stanev, Emergency and Rescue Recovery Activities Unit, Directorate-General Civil Protection, Sofia
	Denmark	Birgitte Buch, Senior Legal Adviser
	Germany	Dr Peer Rechenbach, Head of Emergency Planning, Hamburg.
	Iceland	Guðrún Jóhannesdóttir, Project Manager, Department of Civil Protection & Emergency Management, Office of the National Commissioner of Police, Iceland.
	Japan	Professor Haruo Hayashi, Director of the Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto.
	Poland	Pawel Karnas, International Police Co-operation and Training, Voivodeship Headquarters of Police, Krakow
	Spain	Dr Alvaro Pemartin, Medical Coordinator for the Public Utility for Healthcare Emergencies, Cadiz.
	Sweden	Mats Ardbreck, Strategist - Nuclear Emergency Preparedness, Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency, Karlstad.
	United Kingdom	Chief Supt Simon Lewis , Head of Emergency Preparedness, The Metropolitan Police, London.