Prgramme Advisory Committee

Welthungerhilfe's Programme Advisory Committee consists of 20 honorary members. It advises Welthungerhilfe's Board of Directors on matters concerning programme policy and the funding merits of programmes and projects abroad and in Germany which are in accordance with the charter. By this means, independent external expertise from science and practical technology contributes to the safeguarding of the quality of our project work.

In addition, in their role as central points of contact for regions, sectors and policy areas or for development policy public relations work, the advisors comment on individual projects in the form of immediate briefings.

Members of the Programme Advisory Committee

(specialist field in brackets)

• Prof. em. Dr. Winfried von Urff, former Professor of Agrarian Politics, Tu München, (Asia), Chairman
• Dr. Günter Schmidt, former Managing Director of GFA-Consulting Group, Hamburg (Latin America, public relations), First Vice Chairman
• Dr. Günther Bonnet, formerly Department Head, Planning and Principles in the Federal Ministry  for Economic Cooperation and Development (Africa, Politics), Second Vice Chariman
• Dr. Guido Ashoff, Department Head, Bilateral and Multilateral Development Policy at the German Institute for Development Politics (politics, Latin America)
• Dr. Karin Fiege, Seminar for Rural Development, Humboldt University, Berlin (Africa)
• Prof. Dr. Hartmut Gaese, Institute for Tropical Technology, Cologne Polytechnic (Latin America)
• Prof. Dr. Rolf Hofmeier, former Director of the Institute for African Affairs, Hamburg (Africa, politics)
• Dr. Harald Jähner; Department Head Feuilleton der Berliner Zeitung (public relations)
• Jochen Kenneweg, former Head of Division for India, Nepal, Sri Lanka in the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (Asia, politics)
• Lilli Löbsack, former Manager of the Programme Department, and Deputy Managing Director of the German Development Service (Asia, politics)
• Prof. Dr. h.c. Uwe Jens Nagel, Vice President of Studies and International Affairs, Humboldt University, Berlin (politics)
• Prof. Dr. Theo Rauch, Geographical Institute of the Free University of Berlin (Africa)
• Michel Reynaud, Vice President ECOCERT SA, (Afrika)
• Herbert Sahlmann, former Development Officer in the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (politics, Asia)
• Priv.-Doz. Dr. Conrad Justus Schetter, Senior Research Fellow Zentrum für Entwicklungsforschung (ZEF), University of Bonn (Asien)
• Stephanie Schmidt, Independent Consultant, author of specialist books, mediator (public relations, Latin America)
• Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Walter Schug, former Professor of Agrarian Politics, Market Research and Social Economics, University of Bonn (politics)
• Prof. Dr. Barbara Thomaß, Professor at the Institute for Media Sciences at the University of the Ruhr, Bochum (public relations)
• Thomas Voigt, Director of Economic Politics and Communication, Otto Group, Hamburg (public relations)
• Emeritus Professor Dr. Winfried von Urff, former Professor of Agrarian Politics, Munich Polytechnic (Asia), Chairman
• Prof. Dr. Manfred Zeller, Manager of Development Theory and Development Politics for Rural Areas Special Group at Hohenheim University, Stuttgart (Africa)