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ACTIVE INVOLVEMENT IN RIVER BASIN MANAGEMENT PLUNGE INTO THE DEBATE Speakers’ biographies 2nd EUROPEAN WATER CONFERENCE 2-3 April 2009 Room Alcide Gasperi, 2 nd floor Charlemagne Building Rue de la Loi 170 1040 Brussels Belgium http://water.europa.eu/participate Friedrich Barth , Institute for Organisational Communication (IFOK), Director for Environment, Member of the Executive Board Friedrich Barth studied Geo-ecology and Hydrology in Bayreuth, Freiburg and Galway (Ireland). He gained administrative experience in various national and international organisations, among them the Environmental Ministry of the Federal State of Baden-Wuerttemberg and the European Commission. Subsequently, Friedrich Barth established and managed several national and international bodies and stakeholder processes. He has been leading the IFOK Department for Environment since 2004. Currently Friedrich Barth serves as an advisor to the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety as well as various UN agencies and the African Council of Water Ministers (AMCOW). He is also Vice Chairman of the European Water Partnership. Jan Brooke , Chair WFD Navigation Task Group, PIANC Jan has been a freelance environmental advisor on the practical implications of EU environmental legislation, primarily to the port, navigation and dredging sector, since 1996. Jan chairs the international Water Framework Directive ‘Navigation Task Group’ on behalf of PIANC (a global organisation providing guidance on sustainable waterborne transport infrastructure for ports and waterways). Jan has organised a number of national and international WFD workshops and conferences dealing with various aspects of the Directive, and she also represents the interests of the port and navigation sector on the CIS ‘Strategic Co-ordination Group’, the ‘Hydromorphology’ steering group and the ‘Environmental objectives’ drafting group. In the UK, Jan provides advice on the WFD to a number of ports: she is currently involved in reviewing the draft River Basin Management Plans for the Thames, Severn, North West, Anglian and South-East River Basin Districts. Jan has also been involved with the UK WFD competent authorities in developing and implementing a methodology to set good ecological potential targets for transitional and coastal water bodies, and she was responsible for a project exploring the implications of the WFD for local authorities and planning organisations in England and Wales. Luís Bulhão Martins , Portuguese Farmers Union, Vice-Chairman of Copa-Cogeca Working Party on Environment • Date of birth: 8 December 1955 • Agronomist engineer • Farmer in Alandroal (Alentejo, Portugal) • Administrator of CERSUL S.A, Southern Cereals Producers Group, since 1990 • Director of ANPROMIS – National Association of Sorghum and Corn Producers • Chairman of the Beneficiaries Association of the Lucefecit Irrigation Perimeter • Chairman of the Vila Viçosa Mutual Agricultural Credit • Director of Olidal, Alentejo Olive Producers • Director of ANCPA, National Association of Alentejo Pig Breeders • Director of ACCS, National Association of Serpa Goat Breeders • Director of CAP Board since 2001 and vice-President since 2005, responsible for the Water and Environment sectors • Chairman of the CAP Advisory Council for Water and Environment • Member of the National Water Council as a CAP representative • CAP expert in the Advisory Group for Agriculture and Environment of the European Commission • CAP expert in the Environment Working Group of COPA/COGECA Colin Byrne , Water Inspectorate, Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government, Ireland Colin Byrne is currently an inspector with the Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government in Ireland. Since joining the Department in 2006 he has been involved in national coordination of Water Framework Directive implementation. Colin holds a Bachelor of Science and Ph.D in the area of aquatic ecology from University College Dublin and also holds qualifications in project management and environmental management systems. After graduating in 1994 he worked with the fisheries boards on the Tourism Angling Measure (TAM) programming which involved fisheries habitat enhancement schemes. He then joined the local authorities in 1998 as a coordinator with the Three Rivers water quality catchment management pilot project, funded under the EU Cohesion Fund. In 2002 he was appointed as the Coordinator for the South Eastern River Basin District where he was responsible for managing the preparation of Water Framework Directive deliverables for the district and stakeholder participation. Paula Chainho , Vice-President of LPN (Nature Protection League) 36 years old Ph.D. in Biology Vice-President of LPN (Nature Protection League) since 2006 • Ph.D. in Biology, University of Lisboa, Portugal • Post Doc Researcher at the Oceanography Institute, University of Lisboa since 2008 • Coordinator of LPN’s water group and member of the Water National Council and European Environmental Bureau water working group. LPN is a Portuguese non-profitable national Non-Governmental-Organization, founded in 1948. The main aim of LPN is to contribute to the natural heritage conservation and the species and ecosystems diversity. Its main activities are: Environmental Education, Environmental Policy and Nature Conservation projects. LPN has 3 regional delegations, an Environmental Training Centre in Lisbon, an Environmental Education Centre in Castro Verde and a Recovery Centre for Wild Animals in Évora. LPN has decisively contributed for the creation of many Portuguese Protected Areas. Many projects have been developed concerning Agriculture Policy, Pollution, Hunting, Biodiversity, Coastal Management, Impacts of Structural Projects, etc. More information on LPN’s work, projects and activities can be found at the website www.lpn.pt Bob Dekker , EU Water Director Born in 1948 Educated at the Technical University Delft as civil engineer, majoring in drinking water supply and waste water treatment. Since 1977 civil servant in the Netherlands Ministry of Transport, Public Works and Water Management. Held several positions in the ministry as project engineer, policy advisor, head of unit and as international negotiator. Took part as representative for the Netherlands in various international negotiations including the United Nations (UNCED 1992, CSD, ECE), the European Union, international River Commissions, the OSPAR Commission, the North Sea Ministerial Conferences. Chairman of the OSPAR Commission from 2000 – 2007. At present: EU Water Director, Head of the Netherlands delegation to the International Commission for the Protection of the Rhine, Chairman of the Permanent Netherlands-German Boundary-Waters Commission. Joachim D’Eugenio , European Commission Joachim D’Eugenio currently works as co-ordinator for inter-institutional relations in the Co-decision unit of the Secretariat General of the European Commission. Joachim D’Eugenio previously headed the WFD Team in the Water and Marine Unit of DG Environment (EC) from 2002 until 2007, among many things coordinating the activities on the implementation of the Water Framework Directive (WFD). Before that, Mr D’Eugenio was seconded as a national expert to the European Commission, DG Environment working on priority and dangerous substances in water. Prior to that, he worked on water protection as a Scientific Employee at the Umweltbundesamt – Federal Environment Agency Berlin (Germany). Mr D’Eugenio studied Environmental Engineering at the Technical University Berlin (Germany). During that time, he was also active in a research project at the National Institute for Water and Atmospheric Research, Hamilton (New Zealand). Monique de Vries , EUREAU Mrs. de Vries is a former Dutch vice-Minister for water management affairs and was chairman of the Board of Hoogheemraadschap Hollands Noorderkwartier, a Dutch regional water authority, until January 1 st 2009. Mrs. de Vries is a member of the Board of Management of EUREAU for the Netherlands and is chairman of the EUREAU Task Force on the Water Framework Directive. EUREAU is the European federation of national associations of drinking water suppliers and waste water services. EUREAU’s members represent more than 10.000 drinking water and waste water utilities across Europe, that provide sustainable water services to more than 400 million European citizens. Stavros Dimas , European Commissioner for Environment Stavros C. Dimas has studied law and economics in Greece and the USA and has worked as a lawyer for the World Bank and Sullivan & Cromwell, a Wall Street Law Firm. He has been elected to the Greek Parliament ten consecutive times since 1977 and has held leading posts in Greek politics. Personal Details • Nationality: Greek • Born: April 30, 1941 in Athens, Greece Education • Law and Economics, University of Athens • Masters in Law, New York University Professional Career • 1969-1970: Wall Street Law Firm Sullivan & Cromwell • 1970-1975: World Bank, Washington DC. Lawyer for the legal department of the International Finance Corporation (IFC) • 1975-1977: Deputy Governor of the Hellenic Industrial Development Bank Political Career • 1977-2004: Member of the Greek Parliament representing the party of New Democracy • 1977: Member of the negotiating committee for the accession of Greece to the EEC • 1977-1980: Deputy Minister of Economic Coordination • 1980-1981: Minister of Trade • 1985-1989: Parliamentary spokesperson for New Democracy • 1989-1990: Minister