‘The role of the Monitoring Committee is not just to oversee activities. It exists to understand in depth the many and varied projects of Vinyl 2010 and to provide a healthy balance of social, political, environmental and ethical views'

Professor Alfons Buekens, Chairman of the Vinyl 2010 Monitoring Committee.

Established in 2003, the Monitoring Committee is the independent body which guarantees openness and transparency in Vinyl 2010's initiatives.

The Monitoring Committee meets at least twice a year and currently includes representatives from the European Commission, the European Parliament, trade unions, consumer associations and the European PVC Industry. Vinyl 2010 continues to seek the participation of environmental NGOs.

Members:

Professor Alfons Buekens - VUB¹, Chairman of the Monitoring Committee
Mr Gwenole Cozigou - European Commission, Directorate General Enterprise and Industry
Mr Alexandre Dangis - Managing Director of EuPC
Mr Jean-Pierre De Grève - General Manager of Vinyl 2010
Dr Brigitte Dero - Director Cefic Plastic Additives Platform
Mr Joachim Eckstein - Vice Chairman of Vinyl 2010
Mr Timo Mäkelä - European Commission, Directorate General Environment
Mr Reinhard Reibsch - General Secretary EMCEF²
Mr Ashley Reed - Chairman of Vinyl 2010
Mr Karim Sajjad - Member of the European for the North West of England European Parliament
Mr Carlos Sanchez-Reyes de Palacio - President of OCU³

1 VUB: Free University of Brussels (www.vub.ac.be)

2 EMCEF: European Mine Chemical and Energy Workers Federation (www.emcef.org)

3 OCU: Organización de Consumidores y Usuarios (Spanish Consumers and Users Organisation) (www.ocu.org)

In order to ensure maximum transparency, the minutes of the Monitoring Committee meetings are public and published on this website.

To review meeting minutes, please click on the appropriate sections below:

Minutes 
Note: the minutes are published after formal approval at the following Monitoring Committee meeting.