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Our Steering Committee

The Steering Committee, which is composed of one representative from each FriEnt member organisation, sets the political guidelines and advises on the overall strategic direction. Two co-chairs are elected by the Steering Committee and represent it between meetings.

Currently, these are Christiane Hieronymus (BMZ) and Beatrix Austin (Berghof Foundation).

Christiane Hieronymus
Head of Peace and Security Department

Deputy:
Matthias Dalig
Department Peace Policy

Silke Pfeiffer
Head of the Human Rights, Peace, and Sustainability Department

Dr. Markus Mayer
Sectoral Department, Competence Centre Crisis Response and Peacebuilding

Konstantin Bärwaldt
Head of Department for Global and European Politics

Irene Mukasa-Erben
Team Leader Civil Peace Service AGIAMONDO

Bernd Rieche
Speaker Action Group Service for Peace (AGDF)

Dorothee Klüppel
Head of the Africa and Middle East Department

Ginger Schmitz
Managing Director of the Civil Conflict Management Platform

Beatrix Austin
Head of Conflict Transformation Research

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