Portfolio

Water & Environmental Management

Professional Experience

Support to Implementation and Monitoring of Water Management in Montenegro
  • Position - Team Leader
  • Contracting Authority - Public Works Administration, Montenegro
  • Consortium - Eptisa, Safege (Serbia)
  • Project Budget - 3,500,000 EURO
  • Objective - To strengthen the institutional, administrative and monitoring capacities of the Montenegrin water management sector institutions in order to improve environmental protection.
  • Outputs - EU Directives (Bathing Waters, Floods, Nitrates and Marine Strategy Framework) fully transposed and all proposed activities implemented; Monitoring capacities of the national institutions responsible for water management are strengthened. Implementation plans prepared for EU Water Framework Directive and EU Drinking Water Directive. Design of a Multi-Purpose Research Vessel and Tender Documentation prepared.
  • November 2019 - November 2024
Skadar Lake Without Chemical Pollution - Solution
  • Position - Data Management and Environmental Risk Assessment Expert
  • Contracting Authority - EU under Cross Border Cooperation Programme Montenegro - Albania 2014-2020
  • Consortium - Centre for Ecotoxicological Research LLC, Univeristy of Tirana, Green Centre Albania Association, Shkoder
  • Objective - To support shared and coordinated hazardous chemical substances research in Skadar Lake cross border area.
  • Outputs - Environmental risk assessment of chemical pollution in the transboundary Skadar lake and determination of pollution hot spots conducted.
  • June 2021 - July 2023
Strengthening Capacities for Implementation of the EU WFD in Montenegro
  • Position - Team Leader
  • Contracting Authority - Delegation of the European Union to Montenegro
  • Consortium - Suez, Eptisa (Serbia)
  • Project Budget - 1,400,000 EURO
  • Objective - Development of River Basin Management Plans for the Adriatic River Basin and the Danube River Basin in Montenegro
  • Outputs - River Basin Management Plans and Strategic Environmental Assessments.
  • February 2017 - January 2020
Development of Management Plans for the Drini-Buna and Semani River Basins
  • Position - Team Leader
  • Contracting Authority - The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development
  • Consortium - Mott MacDonald (Albania), Abkons (Albania), DHI (Denmark)
  • Project Budget - 1,200,000 EURO
  • Objective - Development of River Basin Management Plans for the Drini-Buna River Basin and the Semani River Basin in Albania.
  • Outputs - River Basin Management Plans and Strategic Environmental Assessments.
  • April 2016 - March 2018
Strengthening the Institutional Capacities for Water Management in North Macedonia
  • Position - Key Expert - Component Leader / RBM Expert
  • Contracting Authority - European Union
  • Company - Ramboll (Denmark)
  • Tasks - Leading the component to provide inputs to the assessment of the current administrative structure and its capacity to effectively implement the water management legislation with its specific focus on EU-WFD and to support development of the initial elements of the River Basin Management Planning of Vardar River. This work also included the development of suitable and implementable organisational options for strengthening the water management structures of the project beneficiary country.
  • September 2014 - December 2015
Strengthening of Environmental Institutions and Preparation of Pre-Accession Funds in BiH
  • Position - Key Expert
  • Contracting Authority - European Union
  • Company - Eptisa (Spain)
  • Objective - To strengthen the administrative structures and foster the approximation process and support implementation of the EU Environmental Acquis (including relevant EU water policies, WFD and other water directives).
  • Tasks - Leading the water management component for strengthening technical and IPA-compliant planning capacities of the institutions involved in environmental and water management in BiH to achieve EU environmental and water standards. Assisted in the production or relevant documents in order to support implementation of EU-WFD requirements namely through development of Directive Specific Implementation Plans for the water sector ‘Heavy Investment Directives’ (Urban Waste Water, Drinking Water, Flood management).
  • March 2012 - July 2014
Kagera River Basin Integrated Watershed Management Program
  • Position - Team Leader
  • Contracting Authority - World Bank
  • Company - Water Resource Associates (UK)
  • Objective - To define the status of environmental degradation in the Kagera River Basin and identify interventions to reverse degradation and an appropriate institutional set up for project implementation on national and transboundary levels.
  • February 2011 - July 2011
Environmental and Natural Resource Management Action Plan
  • Position - Team Leader
  • Contracting Authority - Millennium Challenge Corporation
  • Company - Water Resource Associates (UK)
  • Project Budget - 1,200,000 USD
  • Objective - Development of an Environmental and Natural Resource Management Action Plan (ENRMAP) for the Upper Shire River Basin in Malawi, with a focus on the East and West Malombe catchments.
  • July 2010 - December 2010
Development of Water EQOs for the Orange-Senqu River System
  • Position - Key Expert for Water Quality Monitoring
  • Contracting Authority - EuropeAid/125153/D/SER/Multi African Transboundary River Basin Support Programme – case of the basin of the Orange-Senqu River in Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia and South Africa.
  • Company - Water Resource Associates (UK)
  • Objective - Preparation of a framework for the development of recommendations to support the management of environmental quality standards for the Orange-Senqu River System, and to develop water resource management objectives to support this process.
  • July 2009 - December 2009
Scott Wilson Ltd
  • Position - Associate Director
  • Duties - Acting as bid manager for a range of proposals related to international transboundary water management. Responsibilities included the identification of projects, the development of project consortia, the development of Expressions of Interest and the coordination and delivery of proposals.
  • January 2008 - December 2008
Technical Assistance for Water Quality Management of Arda/Ardas River
  • Position - Team Leader
  • Contracting Authority - EU PHARE
  • Company - ARCADIS Euroconsult (Netherlands)
  • Project Budget - 500,000 EURO
  • Objective - To establish partnership between the stakeholders of Bulgaria and Greece based on the EU standards for integrated WRM according to the EU WFD 2000/60/EC and other EU water directives as well as increase the capacity regarding strategic planning to improve the quality of Arda River
  • Outputs - Programme for monitoring of the Arda River water quality and for reservoirs water; increasing the capacity regarding strategic planning for improving the quality of Arda River according to the requirements of the WFD; Strengthening administrative, monitoring and enforcement capacity at different levels, with the accent on regional and local levels.
  • March 2007 - September 2007
Improvement of the Management of the Vardar River Basin
  • Position - Team Leader
  • Contracting Authority - European Agency for Reconstruction, Skopje
  • Consortium - Euroconsult Mott MacDonald (Netherlands) and GEING (North Macedonia)
  • Project Budget - 1,000,000 EURO
  • Objective - Assisting in the process of improving the quality of water resources shared by Greece and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, i.e., the Vardar river and the Dojran lake, to progress towards compliance with the EU Water Framework Directive.
  • January 2006 - November 2007
Integrated Management of the Waters of Mesta/Nestos River Basin
  • Position - Team Leader
  • Contracting Authority - EU-PHARE
  • Company - Project Management Ltd (Ireland)
  • Project Budget - 400,000 EURO
  • Objective - Development of the main elements of the draft River Basin Management Plan for Mesta River Basin in accordance with the requirements of the Water Framework Directive 2000/60/EC focused on the river basin characteristics, preliminary pressure and impact analyzes and GIS development. Coordinating Body of the Mesta/Nestos River Basin, formed under the INTERREG LLLA A – PHARE CBC Greece – Bulgaria. Project included cross-border counterparts ’coordination through: common technical approach to the requirements of WFD, durable lines of communication and management frame between responsible regional Bulgarian and Greek Basin authorities, common agreed water quality objectives as well as common programs of measures within the Mesta/Nestos River Basin Management Plan as part of bilateral agreement between the two countries.
  • June 2005 - October 2005
UNDP/GEF Black Sea Ecosystem Recovery Project
  • Position - Chief Technical Advisor (P5) / Project Coordinator
  • Contracting Authority - GEF / UNDP
  • Contracted by - UNOPS
  • Project Budget - 4,000,000 USD
  • Objective - The project (BSERP) supported regional aspects of nutrient control in the Black Sea coastal countries. It also aimed to strengthen the role of the Black Sea Commission to ensure the formulation, adoption, and implementation of a suite of harmonized legal and policy instruments for tackling the problem of eutrophication and release of certain hazardous substances; and to facilitate ecosystem recovery, including through sustainable use of living marine resources.
  • April 2002 - April 2005
Development of Transboundary Co-Operation, Water Quality Monitoring and Assessment for the Bug River
  • Position - Senior Water Management Expert
  • Contracting Authority - EU TACIS
  • Contracted by - Halcrow, UK
  • Responsibility - The designation of environmental quality objectives and standards for the Bug river and support for monitoring system in accordance with the requirements of the EU WFD.
  • October 2001 - March 2002
Caspian Sea Environment Programme-CEP (GEF/UNDP/WB/EU)
  • Position - Senior Water Management Expert
  • Contracting Authority - EU TACIS
  • Contracted by - Halcrow, UK
  • Responsibility - The design of a regional water management and sediment quality monitoring programme and the implementation of environmental quality objectives for water, sediment and biota for the future management in Caspian Sea.
  • July - September 2001
Development of Strategic and Short-term Investment Plans for the city of Rostov, Russia
  • Position - Senior Water Management Expert
  • Contracting Authority - DFID, UK
  • Contracted by - Halcrow, UK
  • Responsibility - Provided technical assistance in relation to integrated sustainable water management for the city of Rostov including the study of the impact of pollution sources and a strategic plan for upgrading and expansion of the water services.
  • March - June 2001
Updating of Vodokanal’s Environmental Protection and Wastewater Treatment Laboratory Facilities in Zaporozhzhia
  • Position - Senior Water Management Expert
  • Contracting Authority - EU TACIS
  • Contracted by - Halcrow, UK
  • Responsibility - Assistance provided to Vodokanal in liaison with donor organisations and the drafting of a proposal for the procurement of equipment and training of staff for procedures of quality control.
  • November 2000 - February 2001
Coastal Realignment Scheme
  • Position - Senior Water Management Expert
  • Contracting Authority - Environmental Agency, UK
  • Contracted by - Halcrow, UK
  • Responsibility - The use of environmental risk assessment procedures to determine the present and future impact of agrochemicals to surface waters and coastal habitats.
  • July 2000 - October 2000
The Regional Nutrient Reduction Programme for the Black Sea Basin
  • Position - Senior Water Management Expert
  • Contracting Authority - GEF
  • Contracted by - Halcrow, UK
  • Responsibility - Review of policy and legislation for regional protection of surface waters from nutrients and the development of Black Sea ecosystem indicators and the environmental status framework.
  • June 1999 - June 2000
WRc plc (UK) - Various Projects
  • Position - Environmental Expert
  • Project 1 - Black Sea Environnent Programme - EU TACIS/ GEF/ UNDP. The purpose of the Programme was to strengthen and create regional capacities for managing the Black Sea water and ecosystem, develop an appropriate policy and legislative framework.
  • Project 2 - Assessment of the Environmental Code of Conduct proposed by the Detergent Agency (EC DG III-Industry).
  • Project 3 - Improvements to the EU Legislation for Surfactants in Detergents that May Pose a Risk to Surface Waters (EC DG III).
  • Project 4 - Effects of Atmospheric Pollution on a Front Line Species (internally funded by WRc plc).
  • Project 5 - Landfill 2000 – A Field trial of Accelerated Stabilisation (funded by DoE, UK).
  • Project 6 - Landfill Codisposal and Gas Flux Studies (funded by DoE, UK).
  • April 1991 - June 1999
Anaerobic Treatment of Industrial and Municipal Wastewater
  • Position - Postdoctoral Researcher
  • Contracting Authority - DFID, UK
  • Employer - University of Essex, UK
  • Study - To investigate the effect of high sulphate concentrations present in landfill leachates. The study was commissioned by the UK Department of Environment.
  • December 1989 - March 1991
Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery (MEOR)
  • Position - Postdoctoral Researcher
  • Contracting Authority - US DoE
  • Employer - University of Oklahoma, USA
  • Study - Investigating how bacteria move through porous rock and soil (subsurface materials), which is critical for both environmental bioremediation and MEOR.
  • October 1987 - November 1989
PhD Thesis
  • Institute - University College, Galway, Ireland
  • Thesis - Support Matrix Effects in Upflow/Hybrid Fixed Film Anaerobic Reactors Treating Agricultural and Industrial Wastewaters.
  • October 1983 - July 1986

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