Council on International Development Cooperation and Development Cooperation committee

According to the law No 121/2008 on Icelandic International Development Cooperation, a Council on International Development will operate, based on Article 4 of Act No 121/2008. The council will be responsible for professional debate on Icelandic ODA and hold 17 members, thereof one chairman, five members from Icelandic aid agencies, two from the academic society and two from the social partners. The seven remaining members are Parliament representatives who also comprise the Development Cooperation Committee whose main role is, according to the new Act, to secure the role of Parliament in policy and decision-making in regard to long-term international development cooperation.  

 

The Parliament elected the seven members of the Development Cooperation Committee in November 2008. These are:

Ms. Ásgerður Jóna Flosadóttir, Liberal Party

Ms. Drífa Hjartardóttir, Independence Party

Ms. Guðrún Ögmundsdóttir, Social Democratic Alliance                                                                      

Mr. Haukur Már Haraldsson, Social Democratic Alliance                          

Mr. Hjálmar Jónsson, Independence Party                                            

Ms. Katrín Ásgrímsdóttir, Progressive Party                                                             

Mr. Sigfús Ólafsson, Left-Green Movement

 

Alternate members are:

Ms. Margrét Sigurgeirsdóttir

Ms. Guðrún Erlingsdóttir                                                                   

Ms. Maríanna Traustadóttir

Ms. Anna Þóra Baldursdóttir

Ms. Helga Sigrún Harðardóttir

Mr. Árni Gunnarsson 

Mr. Pétur Bjarnason

 

The remaining 10 members of the Council on International Development Cooperation are:

 

On behalf of the Social Partners:

Ms. Guðrún Eyjólfsdóttir, Confederation of Icelandic Employees

Mr. Þorbjörn Guðmundsson, Icelandic Federation of Labour Uninons

 

Alternate:

Mr. Pétur Reimarsson, Confederation of Icelandic Employees

 

On behalf of Icelandic Aid Agencies:

Mr. Jónas Þ. Þórisson, Icelandic Church Aid

Mr. Ragnar Gunnarsson, Association of Icelandic Missionaries

Ms. Steinunn Gyðu- og Guðjónsdóttir, UNIFEM

Ms. Ulla Magnússon, SOS Childrens Villages

Mr. Þórir Guðmundsson, Icelandic Red Cross

 

On behalf of the Academic Society:

Mr. Páll Jensson, University of Iceland

Mr. Geir Gunnlaugsson, Reykjavik University

 

Alternate:

Ms. Hafdís Hanna Ægisdóttir, the Agricultural Universitu of Iceland

Ms. Jónína Einarsdóttir, University of Iceland

 

The Chairman of the Council, appointed by the Minister for Foreign Affairs:

Valgerður Sverrisdóttir