For Integrated and Sustainable
development.
EcoCoast Consultancy
Key Experience
KEY EXPERIENCE
Solution-driven,
senior-level
expert
with
20+
years
of
firsthand
knowledge
and
experience
in
natural
resource
governance,
policy
development,
organisational
improvements,
and
nature
protection
as
a
private
consultant
to
international
entities
in
the
NIS
and
Central
Europe.
Results-producing
project
manager
with
extremely
versatile
communication,
multi-cultural
leadership,
and
problem
resolution
skills
used
to
advance
diverse
organisations
beyond
individual
conflicts
to
meet
wide-ranging
economic,
environmental,
and
community
development
goals.
Flexible
contributor
seamlessly
transitioning
between
roles
as
an
Advisor,
Project
Manager,
and
team
leader
while
working
for
such
entities
as
the
EU,
EuropeAid,
EBRD
and
the
World
Bank.
Fluent
in
Dutch
(mother
tongue)
and English. Conversant in Russian and German.
Selected
field
of
expertise:
Governance
of
Natural
resources,
Project
Management
-
Business
Development
-
Process
Management
-
International
Team
Leadership
-
Sustainable
Agriculture
-
Steppe
Management
-
Nature
Protection
&
Reconstruction
-
Solution
Development
-
Spatial
Planning
-
Land
Management
-
Strategic
Partnerships
-
Relationship-Building
-
Climate
Change
Adaptation
-
Integrated
Coastal
Zone
Management
-
River
Basin Management.
Balance
shifting
accountabilities
from
team
leader
of
globally
funded
EU,
WB,
EBRD,
and
other
projects
staffed
by
80+
multi-cultural
contributors
to
Ecologist
consulting
with
stakeholders
on
institutional
reform
and
growth.
Facilitated
transboundary
communications
and
support
among
governments
and
ministries.
Advise
organisations
on
rural
development
initiatives
using
in-depth
knowledge
of
water
management,
nature
protection,
and pro-biodiversity business development. Identify and execute post-project follow-up initiatives.
Highlights:
Persuaded
decision-makers
in
Armenia,
Azerbadjan,
and
Georgia
to
meet
to
cooperate
on
transboundary
water
management
after
12
years,
subsequently
transferring
control
of
the
project
to
UNDP,
USAID,
and
other
organizations.
Spearheaded
communications
among
Moldova
and
Transdnjestria
stakeholders
to
work
on
nature
protection.
Initiated
and
build
a
ground
for
the
environmental
management
system
while
complying
with
the
National
Environmental
Acton
Plan
for
the
Russian
Federation.
Maximised
a
$2.5M
project
budget
to
complete
projects
valued
at
$15M
Euros
as
follow
up
for
the
EU
Steppe
Project.
Initiative
subsequently
won
the
British
International
Expertise
Award,
and
The
Ukrainian
National
Tourism
Award
as
well
as
nominations
for
Europe
Aid
Project
of
Excellence
2008
and
Hero
of
Nature
for
Ukraine.
Managed
the
development
of
the
Coastal
Code
of
Conduct
for
Russia
and
Ukraine
and
spurred
the
passage
of
a
RF
law
on
spatial
planning
(based
on
German
approach)
by
mobilising
12
disciplines
in
both
countries
to
agree
on
integrated
coastal
zone
management.
