Study Team and Committees

Japanese Side

JICA Study Team
Name Assignment
Mr. Hirofumi Sadamura Team Leader
Dr. Itaru Okuda Deputy Team Leader/Environmental Conservation
Mr. Masayuki Fujii Sewage Management
Mr. Kaoru Yajima Water Management/Hydrology
Mr. Hideki Wada Solid Waste Management
Mr. Kengo Naganuma Water and Sediment Quality Analysis
Mr. Tomoo Aoki Socio-economy
Dr. Moslem Akbarinia Wetland Ecosystem
Dr. James Hindson Environmental Education
Dr. Paul Driver Institutional Development
Mr. Shinichiro Tanimoto Mr. Shinichiro Tanimoto
Mr. Tetsuo Kuyama Environmental conservation (Assistant)
The JICA Study Team is contracted from Nippon Koei Co., Ltd.

JICA Advisory Committee
Name Assignment/Title
Mr. Kenichi Tanaka Chairperson of Advisory Committee
Mr. Koji Miyatake Watershed Management
Mr. Nobuhiko Miwa Environmental Administration

JICA
Name Assignment/Title
Mr. Izumi Tanaka JICA Official, Embassy of Japan in Iran
Ms. Ai Yamazaki Project Coordinator, JICA Tokyo

Iranian Side

National Steering Committee
Roles The role of the National Steering Committee is to guide the general direction of the Study, and to share the information among relevant national level organizations. It is the highest decision making body concerning the operation of the Study on the Iranian side.
Members To be decided
Chairperson
Co-chairperson
 Mr. Anoshrivan Najafi, Department of the Environment
Dr. Forood Sharifi, Ministry of Jihad-e-Agriculture
Operation
 - At the submissions of Inception Report, Progress Report (1), Progress Report (2), Interim Report and Draft Final Report.
- As requested by the JICA Study Team or the Local Steering Committee

Local Steering Committee
Roles The Local Steering Committee is to assist the daily operation of the Study in Guilan.
Members Dr. Shaban Ali Nezami, General Director, Department of the Environment, Guilan
Mr. Mahyar Sakari, Department of the Environment, Guilan
Mr. Mohammad Reza Taherzadeh, Ministry of Jihad-e-Agriculture, Guilan
Mr. Rasoul Mohammadi, Ministry of Jihad-e-Agriculture, Guilan
Mr. Mohammad Hossein Mehdizadeh, Water and Wastewater Company,Guilan
Mr. Morteza Haghighat, Regional Water Organization,Guilan
Mr. Hossein Arami, Management and Planning Organization, Guilan
Dr. Khanipour, Bony Fisheries Research Center
Mr. Hadi Haghshenas, Port and Shipping Organization, Guilan
Dr. Davoud Ahmadi Dastjerdi, Guilan University
Dr. Ali Mohammadzadeh, Guilan University
Mr. Mehrdad Lahooti, Government of Guilan
Mr. Gholamhosein Ahadi, Industrial and Mining Organization, Guilan
Dr. Hossein Ali Atefi, Iran Touring and Tourism Organization, Guilan
Mr. Ali Meraji, Guilan Jihad-e-University
Mr. Gholam Hossein Kordafshari, Director of NRGO, Ministry of Jihad-e-Agriculture, Guilan
Mr. Adili, Manager, Cultivation and Horticulture Department, Ministry of Jihad-e-Agriculture, Guilan
Mr. Hadi Rafiee, Deputy of Livestock Affair, Ministry of Jihad-e-Agriculture, Guilan
Dr. Mir Hosseini, Natural Resource and Livestock Research Center, Ministry of Jihad-e-Agriculture, Guilan
Mr. Kazerooni, Director, Fishery General Office, Ministry of Jihad-e-Agriculture, Guilan
Mr. Hamid Nasri, Extension and Cooperative Director, Ministry of Jihad-e-Agriculture, Guilan
Chairperson
Co-chairperson		 Dr. Shaban Ali Nezami, Department of the Environment, Guilan
Mr. Reza Sohrabi, Ministry of Jihad-e-Agriculture, Headquarters
Operation - Regular monthly meetings
- As requested by the JICA Study Team

Technical Committee
Roles The Technical Committee is under the National Steering Committee, and gives advice to the National Steering Committee on technical matters.
Members Dr. Shaban Ali Nezami, Department of the Environment, Guilan
Mr. Mahyar Sakari, Department of the Environment, Guilan
Mr. Seyyed Hojat Khodaparast, Bony Fisheries Research Center
Mr. Khorasani, Regional Water Organization, Guilan
Mr. Farhad Momenpour, Water and Wastewater Company, Guilan
Dr, Maryam Fallahi, Bony Fisheries Research Center
Dr. Kamran Taghavi, Guilan University
Mr. Babak Tavakoli, Guilan University
Mr. Javadi, Mining and Industrial Organization, Guilan
Dr. Mohammad Mahdavi, Tehran University
Dr. Farhang Ghasriani, Department of the Environment, Headquarters
Dr. Serajzadeh, Department of the Environment, Headquarters
Mr. Masoud Bagherzadeh Karimi, Department of the Environment, Headquarters
Chairperson
Co-chairperson		 Dr. Shaban Ali Nezami, Department of the Environment, Guilan Mr. Reza Sohrabi, Ministry of Jihad-e-Agriculture, Headquarters
Operation - At the submissions of Inception Report, Progress Report (1), Progress Report (2), Interim Report and Draft Final Report.
- As requested

Counterpart Personnel
JICA Study Team
 Iranian Counterpart Personnel
Title
 Name Name Organization
Team Leader
 Hirofumi Sadamura Shaban Ali Nezami
 Department of the Environment Guilan
Reza Sohrabi
 Watershed Management Deputy, Ministry of Jihad-e-Agriculture
Deputy Team Leader/Environmental Conservation
 Itaru Okuda
 Rasoul Mohammadi
 Watershed Manage. of Guilan, Ministry of Jihad-e-Agriculture
Mahyar Sakari
 Department of the Environment Guilan
Sewage Management
 Masayuki Fujii
 Mr. Safakar
 Department of the Environment Guilan
Farhad Momenpour
 Water and Wastewater Organization of Guilan
Water Management /Hydrology
 Kaoru Yajima
 Mr. Khorasani
 Regional Water Organization of Guilan
Freidoon Pooya Sefat
 Watershed Management Deputy in Guilan, Ministry of Jihad-e-Agriculture
Soil Erosion/Watershed Management
 Noboru Yokoyama
 Hossein Ali Mohammadi
 Watershed Management Deputy, Ministry of Jihad-e-Agriculture
Ali Jamali
 Watershed Management Deputy in Guilan, Ministry of Jihad-e-Agriculture
Asan Bagherzadeh
 Department of the Environment Guilan
Solid Waste Management
 Hideki Wada
 To be appointed
 Guilan Provincial Government, Rasht Municipality, Anzali Municipality
Balal Dayan
Karinpour
 Department of the Environment Guilan
Water and Sediment Quality Analysis
 Kengo Naganuma
 Seyed Hojat Kheda Parast
 Bony Fish Research Center
Mohammad Alizadeh
 Department of the Environment Guilan
Socio-economy
 Tomoo Aoki
 To be appointed
 Guilan Provincial Government
Mohammad Bager Rafati
 Watershed Management Deputy in Guilan, Ministry of Jihad-e-Agriculture
Wetland Ecosystem
 Moslem Akbarnia
 Shaban Ali Nezami
 Department of the Environment Guilan
Mahyar Sakari
Environmental Education
 James Hindson
 Mahmoud Farajpour
 Department of the Environment Guilan
Ali Asghar Ghasemi
 Extension Dept. of Watershed Management Deputy in Guilan, Ministry of Jihad-e-Agriculture
Institutional Development
 Paul Driver
 Fariborz Jamalzad
 Jihad-e-University
Azim Zarei
 Watershed Management Deputy in Guilan, Ministry of Jihad-e-Agriculture
Agriculture/Agricultural Chemical Administration
 Sinichiro Tanimoto
 Esmail Moshir Talesh
 Extension Dept. of Watershed Management Deputy in Guilan, Ministry of Jihad-e-Agriculture
Amir Akbarzadeh
 Department of the Environment Guilan
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