Governance and statutes
The tasks, rights and obligations of the Donau Soja Association and its boards, bodies and members are set out in its statutes.
Acceptance of the statutes is a pre-requisite for membership of the Donau Soja Association.
Find the Donau Soja statutes here.
The Donau Soja Organisation comprises a non-profit association, a 100% non-profit subsidiary (Donau Soja gGmbH), and offices in Moldova, Serbia and Ukraine.
For details about the structure of the Donau Soja Organisation, please refer to the Donau Soja statutes.
ASSOCIATION
The Donau Soja bodies are the General Assembly, the Board, the Steering Committee (Presidium), the Treasurer, the Secretary, the Auditors, the Advisory Board and the Scientific Advisory Board.
GENERAL ASSEMBLY
The Ordinary General Assembly is the “members’ meeting” and is held annually, within nine months after the end of the fiscal year.
BOARD
The Board currently has 13 members. The Board meets six times a year and is responsible for decisions on the Donau Soja guidelines, as well as projects and strategies.
Matthias Krön (Chairman)
Donau Soja (AT)
Johann Schlederer (Deputy Chairman)
Verband Österreichischer Schweinebauern (Austrian Pork Farmers Union) (AT)
Johann Blaimauer (Deputy Chairman)
RWA Raiffeisen Ware Austria (AT)
Natalia Hordiichuk
Agritema (UA)
Ruud Tijssens
Agrifirm (NL)
Ingrid Schlichenmaier
BAG Ölmühle (BAG Oil Mill) (AT)
Lukas Wiesmüller
Spar Österreich (AT)
Cristina dalla Bona
Cereal Docks (IT)
Piero Ciriani
Soia Italia (IT)
Carsten Lentz Storm
Intergrain (LUX)
Rudolf Bühler
Bäuerliche Erzeugergemeinschaft Schwäbisch Hall (Farmers Union Schwäbisch Hall) (DE)
Natasa Pucar
Studen & Co Holding GmbH (BiH)
Hannah Mittner
Lidl Stiftung (DE)
The Board is supported by Stephan Dorfmeister as Treasurer.
The auditors are Ernst Ternon and Ernst Gauhs.
STEERING COMITTEE (PRESIDIUM)
The Steering Committee (Praesidium) considers suggestions offered by the Board. These may be accepted or rejected. The Steering Committee currently consists of 13 persons drawn from businesses and organisations.
Anna Seiwerth
Lajtamag Kft (HU)
Florian Faber
ARGE Gentechnik-frei (Platform for GMO-Free Food Products) (AT)
Michael Gohn
Fritz Mauthner Handelsges.m.b.H & Co KG (AT)
Vyacheslav Chuk
Astarta (UA)
Bogdan Zigic
Biofor (RS)
Rene van der Poel
ADM (DE)
Michael Wurzer
Geflügelwirtschaft Österreich (AT)
Amos Ramsauer
Agriprotein GmbH (DE)
Francois Paypou
Lidea (FR)
Andreas Grund
SAATBAU LINZ (AT)
Jakub Lunter
Alfa Bio (SK)
Gerald Gruber
Fixkraft-Futtermittel (AT)
ADVISORY BOARDS
Donau Soja Association has two advisory boards covering two different task areas: a Technical Advisory Board and a Scientific Advisory Board.
Technical Advisory Board
The Technical Advisory Board supports and counsels the Association on content-related decisions and consists of eleven persons drawn from both the private business sector and civil society.
Helmut Gaugitsch
Umweltbundesamt (Austrian Environmental Agency, AT)
Daniele Marcomin
Agroholism (IT)
Martin Greßl
Agrarmarkt Austria (AT)
Ursula Bittner
Greenpeace (AT)
Karl Fischer
Soja aus Österreich (AT)
Adolf Marksteiner
Landwirtschaftskammer Österreich (Chamber of Agriculture, AT)
Benedikt Haerlin
Zukunftsstiftung Landwirtschaft (Foundation for Agriculture of the Future, DE)
Andreas Lidauer
Hofer KG (AT)
Michaela Meyer
EDEKA (DE)
Wolfram Schaecke
Bavarian State Ministry of Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Tourism (DE)
Steffen Kemper
Global Nature Fund (DE)
Michael Duspiwa
Vimeksim International GmbH (AT)
Scientific Advisory Board
The purpose of the Scientific Advisory Board is to provide the Association with independent scientific advice in order to support the full range of Donau Soja’s activities. This includes advice on planning scientific investigations, and the positions the association should take on wider scientific matters. The overall goal of the Scientific Advisory Board is to support evidence-based decision making. It consists of nine persons drawn from a diverse range of scientific backgrounds, including universities and research institutes. Its composition is designed to cover a range of research disciplines and backgrounds which are relevant to the development of sustainable cropping systems using soya and related value chains.
The following Association and commercial authorised signatories have been registered as members of the Scientific Advisory Board.
Donal Murphy Bokern
(DE)
Johann Vollmann
Danijel Jug
Faculty of Agrobiotechnical Sciences, Osijek (HR)
Werner Sitzmann
Research Institute of Feed Technology (DE)
Helmut Feitzlmayr
Landwirtschaftskammer Oberösterreich (AT)
Reinhard Puntigam
University of Bonn (DE)
Thomas Nemecek
Jegor Milandinovic
Institute of Field and Vegetable Crops (RS)
Elisabeth Reiter
AGES Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety (AT)
Leonard Sagis
University of Wageningen (NL)
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