::International Cooperative fisheries Organisation::

ICFO Board
International Cooperative fisheries Organisation

Tel: +82(2)-2240-0432
Fax: +82(2)-2240-0420

Mr. No Dong Jin was elected as the esteemed president of the Korea National Federation of Fisheries Cooperatives in February of 2023, based on his extensive experience and leadership abilities in the cooperative sector. He envisions a world where fishermen can achieve financial prosperity, and has earned the trust and confidence of many cooperative members.
In addition, NFFC has been ICFO Chairman since 2009, and has continued to do so far. Mr. No Dong Jin has been the ICFO Chairman since June 2023.

Tel: +84-903266947

Mr. Nguyen Ngoc Bao was born in 1963, he holds a Dr. Degree of Economics and he used to be in different positions from 1986 to 2013: Head of Planning Department of the Bank for Agricultural and Rural Development (AGRIBANK) of Thai Binh province; Vice Director and then Director of Monetary Policies Department, State Bank of Vietnam; Chairman of the Board, AGRIBANK of Vietnam. From 2014 up to September 2017, he used to be Deputy Head of the Central Economic Committee of Vietnam. He has been elected as the President of VCA at the 4th Executive Committee Meeting of VCA, session IV in the term of 2016 - 2020.
With the responsibility of his position, he realize that cooperatives are confirmed to be one and only organization to implement the SDGs and UN toward the trends of globalization and integration. As a role of leader of the organization to represent the legistimate rights and benefits of cooperatives in Vietnam, VCA is opening and ready to cooperate with all the members of the Alliance globally and regionly, contributing to the prosperity of the international cooperative movement.

Tel: +977-01-4464421
Fax: +977-01-5010154

Mr. Saroj Kumar Sharma was born in 1973. in Mahottari district of Nepal, which is extreme rural area of country. He comes from farmer’s family. His father is chairman of Nepal farmer’s federation of Mahottari district and over 20 years he dedicated on cooperative movement as a managerial role. He has a Bachelor of Engineering from Malviya Regional Engineering College of Rajsthan University, Rajsthan, India. Since 2011, he has been member of Birat fisheries cooperative Ltd, Nepal and President of Nepal Central Fishery Co-operative Union Ltd. (NCFCU) since 2012 and executive member of ICFO. Currently, he has been working as a Co-chairperson of National Cooperative Development Board (NCDB), Nepal since 2009 appointed by the Government of Nepal. NCDB is a high level organization which is statutory body under Ministry of Cooperatives and Poverty Alleviation. He was convener of committee of "National Cooperative Policy 2012" of Nepal and also convener of the reviewing of existing "Cooperative Act", as well as he is convener of Twenty years long term Strategic plan of Cooperatives. He has participated in numerous meetings and seminars of ICA and ICFO all over the world.

Tel: +970-2-298-9909
Fax: +970-2-298-9851

Mr. Akram Altaher has been the General Manager for the Economic & Social Development Centre of Palestine (ESDC). He has 25 years of experience in the Socio-Economic sector in Palestine. Within his experience he has been improving the production environment for the small and medium enterprises and cooperatives, also facilitate the agricultural market system and specific value chain level. He has the Master degree in the “International Studies” since 1997. He’s been an active participant in the ICFO since 2015 and is now the auditor of the ICFO.