ABOUT US
We are one of the world’s leading organizations in understanding drinking water and quality.
As a non-profit organization, we aim to promote the development and understanding of quality drinking water worldwide and co-create new global trends in water safety and versatility.
Safe and high-quality water for all is at the heart of our action plan, and we are implementing it with expertise, enthusiasm and positivism.
In collaboration with experts from around the world, we want to provide a platform that will allow each of us to achieve a new understanding of how water affects our bodies, lives and the world.
In collaboration with partners, we seek and reward innovative solutions and projects that help preserve water resources and the aquatic environment.
With the European Association of Water Sommeliers program, we are giving water new dimensions.f
BWF TEAM
Marko and Mario Gajić, Patricija Mencingar
Founders
Milin Patel
Adviser
Danijel Galjot
Head of Gastronomy
Satja Sajko
Head of BWF Youth
Renata Lovrak
Chief Operating Officer
Žiga Pretnar
Registrations Manager
Artjom Bajdak
Adviser
Daniel Kostadinov
Logistics Manager
Jan Remec
Bartender
Dejan Pavlovič
Adviser
Katja Prkič
International Relations
Klavdija Vidic
Marketing
Dr. Marko Maver
Diplomatic relations
EXPERT COUNCIL
Nataša Milič
Acting Director
of Water Directorate
Republic of Serbia
Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Management
dr. Mojca Šraj
Slovenian National Committee for IHP UNESCO
Konrad Stania
Republic of Austria
Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Regions and Tourism
Directorate-General Water Management
Veronika Matuszná
Head of the International Cooperation, Planning and Flood Protection
Deputy Director of the Water Protection Department
Czech Republic
Ministry of the Environment
Alistair Boxall
Professor of Environmental Science
University of York
United Kingdom
Tanja Miškova
Ambassador
Republic of Slovenia
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Department for International Organisations
Prof. dr. Mihael Jožef Toman
Full Professor
Univesity of Ljubljana, Biotechnical Faculty
Department of Biology
Chair of Ecology and Environment Conservation
Dóra Gere
National Public Health Center, Hungary
Susanne Brandstetter
Republic of Austria
Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Regions and Tourism
Department for Water Management Public Relations
Mag. Eva Tomič
Climate Policy and Human Rights Adviser to the President of the Republic of Slovenia
dr. Nataša Sovič
Director
State of the Environment Office
Ministry of the Environment, Climate and Energy
Slovenian Environment Agency
Elizabeta Kos
Director
Republic of Croatia
Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development Co-founder
Romain Ciarlet
Secretary General
Fondation Prince Albert II de Monaco
Bonia Miljavac
Head of OU Novo Mesto
National Institute of Public Health
Gonzalo Meschengieser
Foreign Affairs Manager
Agua y Saneamientos Argentinos S.A. (AySA), Agrentina
Henrique Gustavo da Costa
Director of the Smart Water Solutions Business Unit
Iskraemeco Group
Sigrún Tómasdóttir
Resource leader for water and wastewater utility,
Reykjavik Energy
SUPPORTING COMMITTEE
Annukka Lipponen
Adviser
Čedomir Kolar
Film producer
Dr. Janez Potočnik
International Resource Panel (IRP)
Co-chair
Rade Šerbedžija
Actor, director and musician
Dr. Kingsley Ogie Obasohan
CBDA, FCIEP, AWCA
Director for Africa Region
(IIPL , UN GENEVA)
Nikola Kojo
Actor
Yogesh Joshi
Saffron Branding Management LLP, CEO
Akshay Foundation, Managing Trustee
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