European Board

The governing body of CIVICUS in Europe is its Board with 8 elected members

  • Stuart Etherington, Chair
    National Council for Voluntary Organisations, UK
  • Christiana Weidel, Treasurer
    The World of NGOs, Austria
  • Nina Belyaeva
    Interlegal Foundation, Russia
  • Gojko Bezovan
    Centre for Development of Non-Profit Organisations, Croatia
  • Bam Björling
    Foundation of Women's Forum, Sweden
  • Pasquale Ferraro
    International Development Law Institute, Italy
  • Katarina Kostalova
    SAIA-SCTS, Slovakia
  • Ognian Lipovski
    Union of Bulgarian Foundations and Associations, Bulgaria

The Board is elected for a 3 year period and holds regular meetings

  • London, UK, 26-27 May, 2000
  • Budapest, Hungary, 18 November, 2000
  • Rome, Italy, 18-19 February, 2001
  • Vancouver, Canada, 22 August, 2001
  • Zagreb, Croatia, 22 February, 2002

The next Board elections will take place later in 2002. Further information will be disclosed in the Members Only section of this website.


London, UK, 26-27 May, 2000
The first meeting of the elected European Board was hosted by NCVO
(from l to r) Mr Stuart Etherington, Mr Pasquale Ferraro and Mr Michael Brophy

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