Steering Committee

The steering committee, which includes a representative of each FriEnt member, sets the political guidelines and is responsible for the overall strategic management. Two chairmen are elected by the steering committee and represent it between meetings. Currently these are Dr. Martin Schuldes (BMZ) and Silke Pfeiffer (Bread for the World).

Member organization	Member	Deputy
Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development	Dr. Martin Schuldes Head of Peace and Security Department	Falko Lorenzat Peace and Security Department
Brot für die Welt	Silke Pfeiffer Head of the Human Rights and Peace Department
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH	Dr. Markus Mayer Head of Competence Center for Peace and Emergency Aid in the Methods Department
Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung	Konstantin Bärwaldt Head of Department for Global and European Politics
Konsortium Ziviler Friedensdienst	Bernd Rieche Speaker Action Group Service for Peace (AGDF)	Irene Mukasa-Erben Teamleitung Ziviler Friedendsdienst von AGIAMONDO
Misereor / Katholische Zentralstelle für Entwicklungshilfe	Dorothee Klüppel Head of the Africa and Middle East Department	Dr. Ulrich Füsser Abteilungsleiter Asien
Plattform Zivile Konfliktbearbeitung / Berghof Foundation	Ginger Schmitz Managing Director of the Civil Conflict Management Platform	Beatrix Austin Head of Conflict Transformation Research