Founding of FiBL International

Nuremberg, Germany, 19. February 2010: Founding of FiBL.international. From left to right: Martin Ott (President, Foundation Council Switzerland), Jiri Urban (Board member, Bioinstitut Organic Institute in the Czech Republic and Vice Minister for Agriculture), Raymond Aendekerk (Secretary, IBLA, Luxemburg), Anamarjia Slabe (Director, Institute for Sustainable Development, Slovenia), Urs Niggli (Director, FiBL Switzerland), Alexandra Pohl (Board Member, FiBL Austria), Robert Hermanowski (Director, FiBL Germany), Andreas Kranzler (Director FiBL Austria).

FiBL International was launched on February 19, 2010 at the BioFach Conference in Nuremberg, Germany

The founding members are as follows:

FiBL International is a registered association under German law with its seat in Frankfurt.

FiB International has a Members’ Meeting (currently with seven members), a Council (Urs Niggli, President, Robert Hermanowski, Vice President, and Andreas Kranzler, Member), and a permanent Advisory Council.

The objectives of FiBL International are:

to officialize and structure the cooperation between the concerned groups
to regulate the rights and duties of using the FiBL name
to secure the long-term strategic direction and content focus of the cooperation