Who are we?

EAZA is its Members. Organised in Annual General Meeting, Council, Executive Committee and nine other Committees, and supported by the EAZA Executive Office, the Members of the Association determine the building blocks needed for constant progression in animal care and welfare, conservation, conservation education, research and other domains.

How is EAZA organised?

The EAZA structure consists of its Members and their input into an Annual General Meeting, EAZA Council, the Executive Committee and several committees falling into the categories of Standing Committees and Specialist Committees. These committees are run by representatives from the EAZA Membership, on an unpaid basis.

The chart on the right outlines where each of these bodies is located in the overall structure of the organisation and what they do. 

EAZA Members

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EAZA Council

Country Name Affiliation
Austria Andreas ArtmannSchmiding Zoo
Belgium Linda Van ElsackerAntwerp Zoo
Croatia Davorka Maljković Zagreb Zoo
Czechia David NejedloLiberec Zoo
Miroslav Bobek Prague Zoo
Denmark Bjarne KlausenOdense Zoo
Estonia Kaupo HeinmaTallinn Zoo
Finland Sanna HellströmHelsinki Zoo
France Eric Bairrão RuivoBeauval Zoo
Xavier VaillantLyon Zoo
Brice Lefaux Mulhouse Zoo
Sébastien LaurentZoo Boissière du Doré
Angélique Chaulet Zoo de Guyane
Germany Andreas KnieriemBerlin Zoo/Tierpark
Theo PagelCologne Zoo
Jörg JunholdLeipzig Zoo
Thomas KölpinWilhelma Zoo
Greece Jean-Jacques Lesueur Attica Zoological Park
Hungary  Endre PappSóstó Zoo
Ireland Sean McKeown Fota Wildlife Park
Israel Nili Avni-MagenJerusalem Zoo
Italy Gloria SvampaLa Torbiera Zoo
Latvia Jānis RudzītisRiga Zoo
Luxembourg Guy WillemsParc Merveilleux
NetherlandsRembrandt SutoriusArtis Zoo
Robin de LangeOuwehands Zoo
NorwayKjetil AarsethÅlesund Atlantic Park
PolandIzabela KrauseGdańsk Zoo
PortugalTeresa GuedesSanto Inácio Zoo
RussiaSvetlana AkulovaMoscow Zoo 
Country Name Affiliation
SlovakiaErich Kočner Košice Zoo
SloveniaBarbara MiheličLjubljana Zoo
SpainAntoni Alarcón Barcelona Zoo
Javier AlmuniaLoro Parque
SwedenChristine KarmfalkKolmården Zoo
Jens LarssonVildriket
SwitzerlandSeverin DressenZürich Zoo
TurkeyCan BodurFaruk Yalçın Zoo
United Arab EmiratesJohannes ElsArabia's Wildlife Centre
United KingdomBrian ZimmermanBristol Zoo Project
Reggie HeyworthCotswold Wildlife Park
Ross SnippFlamingo Land
David FieldRoyal Zoological Society of Scotland
Becca BiddleTwycross Zoo
Malcolm FitzpatrickZoological Society of London 

Co-opted Committee Chairs

RoleNameAffiliation
Aquarium RepresentativeMax JanseRoyal Burgers' Zoo
Conservation Education CommitteeAntonieta CostaLisbon Zoo (observer status)
National Associations CommitteeVolker HomesAssociation of German-speaking Zoological Gardens (VdZ)
Research CommitteeZjef PereboomAntwerp Zoo
Technical Assistance CommitteeAndré StadlerAlpenzoo Innsbruck
Veterinary CommitteeMads Frost BertelsenCopenhagen Zoo

EAZA Executive Committee

RoleNameAffiliation
ChairEndre PappSóstó Zoo
Vice ChairRebecca BiddleTwycross Zoo
SecretaryBarbara MiheličLjubljana Zoo
TreasurerThomas KölpinWilhelma Zoo
Aquarium RepresentativeMax JanseRoyal Burgers' Zoo
Communications Committee ChairSanna HellströmHelsinki Zoo
EEP Committee ChairBrian ZimmermanBristol Zoo Project
Membership and Ethics Committee ChairBrice LefauxMulhouse Zoo
National Associations Committee ChairVolker HomesAssociation of German-speaking Zoological Gardens (VdZ)
Technical Assitance Committee ChairAndré StadlerAlpenzoo Innsbruck 

EAZA Executive Office

The EAZA Executive Office (EEO) is the hub of the Association's activities. Its permanent staff support and facilitate EAZA's activities. The EEO provides a range of services to EAZA Members including meeting and event logistics, membership administration, scientific and administrative support of conservation and species planning activities, representation, publications, campaign management, and a lot more.

EAZA follows the collective labor agreement for the leisure industry in relation to management of its paid employees.

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