Steering Board Elections

Please start by voting for two of the suggested candidates running for a seat in the Steering Board of the Swiss Water Partnership. 
Continue then to approve or disapprove the re-election of the current 6 Steering Board members. Thank you!

We will need to identify you organization, in order to make sure that you are eligible to vote. Your organization's voting choice will not be published anywhere. The final results of the elections will be announced at the General Assembly.

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* 1. Please enter the name of your organization.

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* 2. Are you member of the Swiss Water Partnership?

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* 3. Election of 2 new Steering Board Candidates

Please choose 2 out of the 3 candidates below.

In 2018, two out of the 12 Steering Board (SB) seats are open to election. Jean-Benoît Charrin (FarmStrong Foundation) and Ulrich Steiner (Holinger AG) have decided to not represent themselves for an additional mandate. The Steering Board and the Secretariat regret their decision and thank them both warmly for their engagement and advice over the last years.


Three candidatures for his succession have been submitted, all persons active in the private sector:  Derko Kopitopoulos (Ecopsis Sa), Roland Metzler (IBG Ltd.) and Andreas Zysset (EBP Schweiz AG).
Read more about the candidates HERE.

Each member organisation has one vote per vacant seat. This means you can vote for 2 candidates from the list below. You may also vote for a candidate, which is not an official candidate. In this case please indicate the first and last name, as well as the affiliated organisation.

According to the SWP Statutes the Board shall be representative of the different stakeholder groups. To learn more about the current Steering Board composition click HERE.

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* 4. Re-Election of Olga Darazs, CSD Engineers | Co-Chair of the Swiss Water Partnership

In 2018, 6 out of the 8 current Steering Board members would like to run for another term and need to be re-elected. Please give your vote to the person to confirm his/her term. 

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* 5. Re-Election of Johannes Heeb, Cewas / Seecon

In 2018, 6 out of the 8 current Steering Board members would like to run for another term and need to be re-elected. Please give your vote to the person to confirm his/her term.

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* 6. Re-Election of Eric Plan, CleantechAlps

In 2018, 6 out of the 8 current Steering Board members would like to run for another term and need to be re-elected. Please give your vote to the person to confirm his/her term.

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* 7. Re-Election of Chris Zurbrügg, Eawag

In 2018, 6 out of the 8 current Steering Board members would like to run for another term and need to be re-elected. Please give your vote to the person to confirm his/her term.

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* 8. Re-Election of Nidal Salim, GIWEH

In 2018, 6 out of the 8 current Steering Board members would like to run for another term and need to be re-elected. Please give your vote to the person to confirm his/her term.

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* 9. Re-Election of Edi Medilanski,  State Secretariat for Economic Affairs SECO

In 2018, 6 out of the 8 current Steering Board members would like to run for another term and need to be re-elected. Please give your vote to the person to confirm his/her term.

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