I would like to thank the project coordinator, Mr. Mladen Stanicic and the Institute for International Relations (IMO) in Zagreb, and the authors Teresa Geraghty, Mateja Mešl, María Oliveira Roca, Zoran Roca and Zare Tomšic, for their valuable and essential contributions. Thanks are also extended to the editors, Nancy Hart and Gordon Ramsay, whose team work approach made a significant contribution to the quality of this publication. Finally, additional thanks to Zoran Roca, for his long-term commitment to the project's success.
Ginya A. Truitt
FAO Coordinator
Regional Office for Europe
