Foreword by ibby president, Peter Schneck

TABLE 1: REPRESENTATIVES AND ORGANIZATION (as of June 2008)

National Section	Representatives	Contact details	Paid staff	Frequency of board & business meetings	Individual members	Organizations as members
Albania	Ms. Shpresa Vreto Mr Viktor Canosinaj	Home of Books for Children “Hermann Gmeiner” Rr. “Jordan Misja” Unazë, te Konvikti i Shkollës elektrike Tirana	No	2-3/yr	15	None
Argentina	Ms Susana Itzcovich Ms Cristina Thomson	ALIJA (Asociación de Literatura Infantil y Juvenil de Argentina) México 1320 - 2ºA. Buenos Aires [e-mail] martavernavá@hotmail.com [e-mail]	No	Monthly	300	None
Australia	Ms Margaret Zeegers Ms Linda Hale	School of Education University of Ballarat PO Box 663, Ballarat Victoria [e-mail]	No	Occasional virtual meetings by email	24	None
Austria	Ms Renate Welsh Ms Karin Haller Ms Sabine Fuchs	International Institute for Children’s Literature and Reading Research Mayerhofgasse 6 AT-1040 Vienna [e-mail] www.jugendliteratur.net	Yes	1/yr	0	10
Belgium (Flemish branch)	Ms Majo de Saedeleer Ms Eva Devos	IBBY Belgium, Flemish branch p/a Stichting Lezen Frankrijklei 130/4 BE-2000 Antwerpen www.stichtinglezen.be	Yes	3/yr	88	15 publishers, public libraries and book shops
Bolivia	Ms Gaby Vallejo Ms Lidia Coca	IBBY - Bolivia Box 5240 Cochabamba [e-mail]	No	Weekly with volunteers; Monthly with teachers; 2/yr with other members	Approx. 55	None
Brazil	Ms Gisela Zincone Ms Elizabeth D’Angelo Serra	Fundação Nacional do Livro Infantil e Juvenil Rua da Imprensa, 16 sala 1212 a 1215 20030-120 Rio de Janeiro RJ [e-mail] www.fnlij.org.br	Yes	Board of Directors: every 2 weeks Curator Board 2/yr	203	77 – mainly publishing houses
Canada	Ms Brenda Halliday Ms. Patricia Ocampo Ms Susan Shipton	The Canadian Children’s Book Centre 40 Orchard View Blvd, Suite 101 Toronto, Ontario, M4R 1B9 [e-mail] www.ibby-canada.org	No	5/yr	79	14
Colombia	Mr Juan Guillermo Giraldo Ms Carmen Barvo Ms María Cristina Rincón	Fundalectura Av. (Calle) 40 #16-46; Apartado 048902 Bogotá D.C [e-mail] www.fundalectura.org	Yes	12/yr	None	None
Croatia	Ms Davorka Bastić Ms Ranka Javor	Croatian Centre for Children’s Book Starčevićev trg 6 HR-10 000 Zagreb [e-mail] www.kgz.hr	1	4/yr	0	Unspecified number
Cyprus	Mr Costas Katsonis Ms Maria Ioannou Ms Elena Kyriakidou	Cyprus Association on Books for Young People 53, Xanthis Xenierou str CY-1015 Nicosia www.cybby.org	No	12/yr	430	0

Czech Republic	Ms Jana Čeňková Ms Karolina Hejdukova	Česká sekce IBBY c/o Obec spisovatelů Železná 18 CZ-110 01 Prague 1 [e-mail], [e-mail] www.ibby.cz	No	4-5/yr	117	37
Denmark	Mr Jan Tøth	Buddingevej 281.2.tv. DK-2860 Søborg [e-mail] www.ibby.dk	No	9-10/yr	173	61
Ecuador	Ms Leonor Bravo Velásquez Ms Liset Lantigua González	GIRANDULA, Asociación ecuatoriana del libro infantil y juvenil Box 17-21-1958 Quito [e-mail] www.girandula.com	Yes	2/yr	20	8
Egypt	Ms Suzanne Mubarak Ms Farida El Wakil Elreedy Ms Nadia El-Kohly	EBBY 42 Abdulla Diraz st., El Golf Area Heliopolis, Cairo [e-mail] www.ics.org.eg	1	12/yr	150	0
Estonia	Ms Anu Kehman Ms Viive Noor	c/o Estonian Children's Literature Centre Pikk 73 EE-10133 Tallinn [e-mail] www.eltk.ee/ibby	No	8/yr	35	5
Finland	Ms Kaarina Kolu Ms Maija Korhonen Ms Teresia Volotinen	c/o Kaarina Kolu, Kalatorppa 2 D 72 FI-02230 Espoo, [e-mail] www.ibbyfinland.fi	No	8-9/yr	14	162

France	Ms Laurence Kiefé Ms Viviane Ezratty Ms Nathalie Beau	Centre national de la littérature pour la jeunesse - la Joie par les livres 25 boulevard de Strasbourg. FR-75010 Paris [e-mail] www.lajoieparleslivres.com	Yes	2 or 3/yr	100	0
Germany	Ms Regina Pantos Ms Doris Breitmoser Ms Kristina Bernd	Arbeitskreis für Jugendliteratur e.V. (AKJ) Metzstrasse. 14 c DE-81667 Munich [e-mail] www.jugendliteratur.org	Yes	5/yr	200	40
Greece	Mr Vangelis Iliopoulos Ms Vassiliki Nika Ms Eva Kaliskami	Circle of the Greek Children’s Book Bouboulinas 28 GR-10682 Athens [e-mail] www.greekibby.gr	No	12/yr	360	0
Hungary	Mr Pál Békés Ms Katalin Kiss	Hungarian Section of IBBY 1, Szabó Ervin tér, HU-1088 Budapest [e-mail] or [e-mail] www.ibby.hu	No	2 executive meetings per year; 2 general assemblies per year	50	2
Iceland	Ms Gudlaug Richter Ms Thorbjorg Karlsdottir	P.O. Box 4103 IS-124 Reykjavík [e-mail] www.ibby.is	No	12/yr	127	145
India	Ms Nilima Sinha Ms Manorama Jafa Ms Ira Saxena	Indian BBY / Association of Writers and Illustrators for Children (AWIC) Nehru House, 4 Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg New Dehli. 110 002 [e-mail] www.awic.in	3	10/yr	528	1

Indonesia	Ms Murti Bunanta Ms Ida Farida	INABBY ITC Permata Hijau, Rukan Diamond No. 22 & 23, Jl. Arteri Permata Hijau, Jakarta 12210 [e-mail] www.kpba-murti.org	No	12/yr	Yes, not specified	Yes, not specified
Iran	Ms Noushin Ansari Ms Touran Mirhadi	69 Shahid Vahid Nazari, Aburayhan St. Enghelab Avenue, Tehran PO Box 13145-133 [e-mail] www.cbc.ir	26	2/month	900	8
Ireland	Ms Valerie Coghlan Ms Deirdre Shortall Ms Marian Keyes	17 North Great Georges Street IE-Dublin 1 [e-mail] www.ibbyireland.ie	No	12/yr	Yes, unspecified number	Yes, unspecified number
Japan	Mr Tadashi Matsui Ms Naoko Torizuka	JBBY 6 Fukuro-machi, Shinjuku-ku Tokyo 162-0828 [e-mail], www.jbby.org	2	Executive Board meeting: 12/yr; General Assembly: 2/yr	540	52 regular members and 15 supporting members
Republic of Korea	Mr Kang Woo Hyon Ms Kim Miseon	KBBY Office: 2F., 157 Insa-dong, Jongno-gu, Seoul 110-290 Korea President: 198 Bangha-ri, Namsan-myeon, Chuncheon City, Kangwon-do, Korea [e-mail], www.kbby.org	1	4/yr	21 committee members
Latvia	Ms Ilze Stikane Ms Silvija Tretjakova	LBBY Latvijas Bernu un jaunatnes literaturas padome (LBJLP) Terbatas iela 75, LV-1001 Riga [e-mail]		12/yr	780	0
Lebanon	Ms Julinda Abu Nasr Ms Aida Namaan Ms Huda Hammoud	LBBY c/o Lebanese American University P.O. Box 13-5053, Beirut [e-mail]	No	12/yr	35	1 Lebanese Library Association
Lithuania	Mr Kestutis Urba Ms Aldona Augustaitiene	Children’s Literature Centre of the Martynas Mazvydas National Library of Lithuania Gedimino Ave 51, LT- 01504 Vilnius [e-mail]	No	6/yr for Board meeting; 2/yr for members meeting.	88	0
Malaysia	Ms Shahaneem Hanoum Ms Suzliana Abdul Hamid	Majlis Buku Kanak-Kanak Remaja Malaysia Perbadanan perpustakaan Awam Selangor d/a Perspustakaan Raja Tun Uda 40572 Shah Alam, Selangor	No	6/yr	147	25
Mexico	Mr Bruno Newman Ms María del Mar Argüelles Ms Azucena Galindo Ortega	A Leer / IBBY México Parque España 13-A Col. Condesa C.P. 06140 DF México [e-mail] www.ibbymexico.org.mx	24	12/yr	817
Moldova	Ms Claudia Balaban Mr Vasile Romanciuc Ms Eugenia Bejan	National Children’s Library “Ion Creangă” 65 Şciusev street MD-2012 Chişinău [e-mail]	No	General Conference: every 2 years EC: 4/yr	10	65
Mongolia	Ms Sunjidmaa Jamba	P.O. Box 421, Ulaanbaatar 2106-46 [e-mail]	No	4/yr	Unspecified	4
Nepal	Mr Biswambhar Chanchal Mr Tej Prakash Shrestha Mr Chudamani Bandhu	Nepalese Society for Children’s Literature 25- Shastri Marg, Kathmandu- 33 [e-mail] www.neschil.org.np	Yes	6-12/yr	104	1-2

Netherlands	Ms Truusje Vrooland-Löb Mr Toin Dujix	P.O. Box 17 162 NL-1001 JD Amsterdam [e-mail] www.duijx.net/ibby/	No	5/yr	275 aggregate of individuals and organizations under banner ‘Friends of IBBY’
New Zealand	Mr Wayne Mills Ms Tessa Duder	Storylines Children’s Literature Charitable Trust of New Zealand c/o University of Auckland Faculty of Education P.O. Box 96 064, Balmoral, Auckland www.storylines.org.nz	No	Every six weeks	unspecified	5 organizations members
Norway	Ms Ragnhild Madsen Ms Marianne Borthen Ms Heidi Hovemoen	Bekkasinvn 83 NO-2008 Fjerdingby [e-mail] www.ibby.dk	No	7-9/yr	160	186
Palestine	Ms Jehan Helou Ms Mary Fasheh Ms Arham Damne	PBBY P.O. Box 51352, Jerusalem [e-mail]; [e-mail]	No	1/week or 1/month	50	Unspecified number
Peru	Ms Nora Ravines de Peña Mr Marcos Chipana Ms Lilly C. de Cueto	CEDILI – IBBY PERU Calle Francisco del Castillo 148, Lima 18 [e-mail]	1	12/yr	30	0
Poland	Ms Maria Kulik Ms Anna Kotlonek-Kowalik Ms Ewa Swierzewska	Ul. Freta 11 /8 PL-00-227 Warsaw [e-mail], www.ibby.pl	1	4/yr	140	0
Romania	Mr.Claudiu Istrate Mrs. Andreea Badiceanu	The Union of Publishers from Romania Casa Presei Libere, no.1, room 457 District 1, RO-013701 Bucharest [e-mail], www.uer.ro	No	Whenever necessary	Unspecified, mainly publishers	0
Russia	Moscow: Mr Sergey Mikhalkov Ms Angela Lebedeva St. Petersburg Branch: Ms Ludmila Secretareva Ms Ekaterina Zagorskaya	c/o Russian Cultural Foundation Gogolevsky bvr., 6 RU-119 019 Moscow [e-mail] www.rbby.culture.ru St. Petersburg Branch c/o Central Children’s City Library 33, Bolshaya Morskaya St. RU-190 000 St Petersburg [e-mail] www.pushkinlib.spb.ru	2	2/yr for EC; 1/yr for all members	50	17
Rwanda	Mr Arthur Barigye Mugunga Ms Agnes Gyr-Ukunda	AREL (Association Rwandaise des Editeurs et des Libraires) c/o Bakame Editions, Remera, B.P. 4281, Kigali [e-mail] www.bakame.rw	No	2/yr	0	8
Serbia	Ms Dragana Litricin Dunic Mr Bogdan Konstadinovic	Dositejeva Street. No.5 SR-110 00 Belgrade [e-mail], [e-mail] www.ibbyserbia.org	No	12/yr	40	15
Slovak Republic	Mr Ján Uliciansky Ms Lubica Kepstova Ms Eva Cíferská	BIBIANA, Panská 41 SK-815 39 Bratislava 1 [e-mail], [e-mail] www.bibiana.sk	1	4/yr	98	0
Slovenia	Ms Tilka Jamnik Ms Irena Miš Svoljšak	Mestna knjižnica Ljubljana Kersnikova 2 SI-1000 Ljubljana [e-mail] www.koz.si	No	2-3/yr	15	17
South Africa	Mr Robin Malan Ms Yvette Couperthwaite	Box 847, Howard Place, 7450 [e-mail] www.ibbysa.org.za	1	4/yr	220	30
Sweden	Ms Eva Fred Mr Jan Hansson Ms Christina Björk	c/o Svenska Barnboksinstitutet Odengatan 61 SE-113 22 Stockholm [e-mail] www.ibby.se	No	7/yr	63	48
Switzerland	Ms Christine Holliger Ms Denise von Stockar	Kinder- und Jugendmedien Schweiz, c/o Schweizerisches Institut für Kinder- und Jugendmedien Zeltweg 11, CH-8032 Zurich [e-mail] www.sikjm.ch	No	4/yr	3500 institutional and individual members
Thailand	Mr Kasem Wattanachai Ms Porn-Anong Niyomka	Books for Children Foundation 23/26 Moo 10 Petchakasem 60/2 Road, Bangduan, Pasicharoen, Bangkok 10160 www.thaibby.in.th [e-mail] [e-mail]	11	1/yr for general meeting; 2/yr for board meeting	5000	Unspecified number
Turkey	Ms Nur İçözü Ms Tülin Sadıkoğlu Ms Gülcin Alpöge	Çocuk ve Gençlik Yayınları Derneği Necati Bey Caddesi Baş Cerrah Sokağı No. 6/A Karaköy - Istanbul www.CGYD.org [e-mail]	No	12/yr	120	0
Uganda	Ms Evangeline Ledi Barongo Mr Ronald Ssentuwa’ Mr Joseph Ndawula	Uganda Children's Illustrators and Writers Association P.O. Box 31631 Clock Tower, Kampala www.africaonlineug.com/ucwia	Yes	often	3	0
Ukraine	Ms Tatjana Schukina Ms Tatjana Pravda	Dnipropetrovsk Centralized System of Children's Libraries Vorontsov Ave., 3 UA-49023 Dnipropetrovsk [e-mail]	No	As often as necessary	20	4
United Kingdom	Ms Ann Lazim Ms Nikki Gamble	PO Box 20875, GB-London SE22 9WQ. [e-mail] or [e-mail]	No	6/yr	200+	15
United States	Ms Joan Atkinson Ms Linda Pavonetti Ms Alida von Krogh Cutts	USBBY 800 Barksdale Road, P.O. Box 8139 Newark, DE 19714-8139 [e-mail] www.usbby.org	1 part-time	3/yr	400	4
Uruguay	Ms Susana Stern Ms Adriana Mora	Ellauri, Montevideo CP 11300 [e-mail] [e-mail]	No	12/yr	50	0
Venezuela	Ms Maria Beatriz Medina Ms Olga Garcia Larralde	Banco del Libro. Av. Luis Roche, Edif. Banco del Libro Altamira Sur 1060, Caracas [e-mail] [e-mail] www.bancodellibro.org.ve	No	regular	0	1 (Banco del Libro)