Country Experience
2009: South Africa (Botswana, Lesotho and Namibia)
Short term input for the development of a framework for the development of recommendations to support the management of water environmental quality for the Orange-Senqu River System, and to develop water resource management objectives to support this process
2007: China
Working as temporary project manager for International Synergies Ltd, for the Sustainable Development Dialogue between the UK and China on behalf of DFID and Defra
2006-2007: Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
Team Leader for the Europeaid Project: '‘Improvement of the Management of Transboundary Water Resources in the Vardar/Axios River Basin" was undertaken with the support of the European Agency for Reconstruction (Project No. Europeaid/117878/D/SER/MK)
2005-2007: Bulgaria
Team Leader for the project: “Technical Assistance for Water Quality Management of the Arda River" (PHARE BG 2003/005-630.05), and also Team Leader for the project “Integrated Management of the Waters of Nesos/Mesta River Basin” (Project No. Europeaid/119665/D/SV/BG).
2002-2005: Black Sea Riparian Countries: Bulgaria, Georgia, Romania, Russia, Turkey and Ukraine
Programme Coordinator for the GEF/UNDP Black Sea Encosystem Recovery Project.
2001-2002: Belarus
Technical expert for the integrated water management strategy for Belarus on the River Bug (EU TACIS).
2001: Russia
Technical expert for strategic and short term investment plans for the city of Rostov, Russia (DFID)
2000-2002: Ukraine
Technical expert for the updating of Vodokanal’s Environmental Protection and wastewater treatment laboratory facilities in Zaporozhzhia, Ukraine (EU TACIS). Also had the role of long term advisor for the Black Sea Environment Programme (EU TACIS)
1987-1989: USA
Postdoctoral Studies. US Environmental Protection Agency.
1983-1987: Ireland
Doctoral Studies. PhD awarded in 1987