The environment committee
The Environment Committee was created in September 2003 during the candidature phase. It was renewed with all its original members once the World Championships were awarded to the resort. It is a subsidiary of the resort that, in association with the FFS, is the main organizing body of the Championships.
Composition
Approximately 25 members, all volunteers.Chaired by Xavier Mattis , Deputy Mayor of Val d'Isère, member of the Organizing Committee board of directors.
The committee has designated a technical advisor, Philippe Séauve, an ecologist from the company Agrestis. His primary roles are to ensure that the promises made in 2004 are upheld, to coordinate the Environmental Committee member's interventions in various development and organizational projects in view of the World Championships and beyond.
Members of the Val d'Isère Environment Committee:
Vanoise National Park : a representative, Pascal Gaillard, National Forestry Commission, Claire Virole : DEATM, Marcel Denarié : DEATM, CEMAGREF : a representative, Gérard Blondon : Head of Agronomy and Environmental Services, Françoise Colon-Bertin : ADIPVI Association, Jean-Pierre Gonon : ASVI Association, Christophe Mattis : Vanoise Mountain Dwellers Association, Gilles Imbert : Director of the Environmental Dept, Savoy County Council, Service RTM : a representative, Jean-Christophe Moris : Deputy Mayor of Val d'Isère, Jean-François Blas : President of the STVI, Pascal Basso : Chamber of Agriculture, M. Lapeirousaz : Director of the Habitat and Environment Services, Franck Dumaître : ADEME, Jean-Lou Costerg : Director of the Department for Ski Slopes, Véolia : a representative, M. Aguettaz : EDF - GDF (Gas and Electricity companies), Community of "Haute-Tarentaise " villages : a representative, Marie-Claude Bazile : " Haute-Savoie " prefecture, Christelle Bonnevie, Jean-Louis Bonnevie, Erwin Lauterwasser : FIS delegate for the environment, Philippe Séauve : Company " Agrestis "Function and principles
The Environment Commission meets on a regular basis.It operates independently from the other committees created by the Town Hall (Slopes, lifts and infrastructure) but is constantly in contact with them for project implementation.
It occupies a mainly advisory role :
- during the candidature phase, the commission assisted the town council and candidature committee to define its projects in favour of the environment and to comply with the FIS's environmental directives
- during the preparatory phase of the 2009 Championships, the commission is assisting the town council and the Organizing Committee in implementing all the promises made during the bid phase
The Commission has set the following objectives :- To ensure that the promises made by the town are upheld
- To participate actively in achieving these promises
- To be a dynamic source of innovation between now and 2009, and beyond
The Commission has created a work forum via the Organizing Committee's internet site, created as a means of discussion allowing members to obtain information and to exchange views on current actions in order to limit meetings and excessive travel.
