About the Ramsar Convention

The Staff of the Ramsar Secretariat

The Secretariat of the Convention on Wetlands is housed by The World Conservation Union (IUCN) in its headquarters building in Gland, Switzerland, on Lac Léman (Lake Geneva). Although the treaty secretariat is an independent body answering to the Contracting Parties to the Convention, and to the Standing Committee, Ramsar staff receive the benefits and services that IUCN staff members do and are legally considered as IUCN personnel. Cooperation between Ramsar and IUCN staff is extraordinarily close. The Convention on Wetlands is not part of the UN or UNEP system of environmental treaties, with many of the secretariats of which, however, Ramsar has established collaborative agreements.

IUCN-the World Conservation Union, home of the Ramsar Secretariat, Gland, Switzerland

The Ramsar Secretariat staff in Gland, Switzerland, includes at present 14 permanent positions and four internship positions (of 12-18 months duration) covered by the core budget, one project-funded post, and one secondment. In addition, there are five staff members at the Coordination Unit of the Mediterranean Wetlands Initiative in Athens, Greece, all of them funded by the Government of Greece.

The Staff of the Ramsar Convention Secretariat
with nationality and direct e-mail addresses

How to find us: 1) Go to Gland; 2) Follow the map below; 3) Look for the flags above.

Hotels in nearby Nyon

For further information about the Convention on Wetlands, please contact the Ramsar Convention Secretariat, Rue Mauverney 28, CH-1196 Gland, Switzerland (tel +41 22 999 0170, fax +41 22 999 0169, e-mail ). Posted 20 October 1996, updated 1 September 2008, Dwight Peck, Ramsar.