Themis: The Network Beyond, Workshop at the meeting of the REC General Assembly 1 st December 2016 Szentendre, Hungary (REC Conference Center) Country Albania Bosnia and Herzegovina Ms. Erinda Misho Name, Organization, Contact & Bio Position: Senior Lawyer Organisation: National Environment Agency of Albania Email: erinda.misho@akm.gov.al Telephone: + 355684415958 Address: Str."Sami Frasheri", No 4, Tirane, Albania Bio: Erinda Misho is a Senior Lawyer to the National Environment Agency. She has an MSC in Law graduated in South-Western ``Neofit Rilsky University,Faculty of Law in Bulgaria. She has 11 years experiences on the environment field to the Ministry of Environment,working as director on the Directory of environment and now she is an environmental senior Lawyer of the NEA. Ms. Zineta Mujakovic Position: Head of Sector for Biological and Landscape Diversity Organisation Federal Ministry of Environment and Tourism Email: Zineta.Mujakovic@fmoit.gov.ba Telephone: +387 61 422 203 Address: Marka Marulica 2; 71000 Sarajevo; Bosnia and Herzegovina Bio: Ms. Zineta Mujakovic (MSc in Ecology) is Head of Department for Biological and Landscape Diversity in Federal Ministry of Environment and Tourism. Most of her work is focused on: Analysis of the situation in the field of natural resources with special emphasis on biological and ecological resources, development of regulations within the scope of protection of biodiversity and natural ecosystems of all components. Participation in the development of measures to improve the quality of life, participation in the development of remedial measures in the environment, monitoring of environmental effects on the health of the population, interdepartmental activities in the domain of health and the environment. Harmonization of Plans with measures and deadlines for the gradual reduction of emissions and pollution and compliance with best available technology, 1
Scoring the studies related prior environmental impact assessment, examining the physical, chemical harmful to them Preparation of operational planes and programme for Department, implementation of planes, monitoring and analyses Participation in drafting of laws and bylaws in the field of protection and maintenance of biological diversity and natural resources. Mr. Dejan Radosevic Position Senior Official Organisation: Ministry of Education and Culture of Republic of Srpska; Institute for protection of the Cultural and Natural Heritage Email: D.Radosevic@kipn.vladars.net Telephone: +387 65 653 001 Address: Vuka Karadzica 4; 78000 Banja Luka Bio: Mr. Dejan Radosevic is Senior Official in Institute for protection of the Cultural and Natural Heritage of Republic of Srpska. Mr. Senad Oprasic Position Head of Environmental Protection Department Organisation: Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Relations of Bosnia and Herzegovina FYR of Macedonia Serbia Email: Senad.Oprasic@mvteo.gov.ba Telephone: +387 61287349 Address: Musala 9; 71000 Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina Bio: Dr. Senad Oprasic is Head of Environmental Protection Department in Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Relations of Bosnia and Herzegovina. He is member of REC GA.. Mr. Darko Blinkov Position: Adviser for Analytics, International networks and environmental enforcement projects Organisation: State Environmental Inspectorate Email: d.blinkov@sei.gov.mk Telephone: +38975404410 Address: Quay Dimitar Vlahov No.4, Old building of Comercial Bank first floor, 1000 Skopje Republic Of Macedonia Bio: More than 18 years experiences in field of environmental enforcement, project management and trainings. IMPEL, ECRAN, THEMIS, at the moment RTA Twinning counterpart Project. Mr. Aleksandar Vasiljevic Position: Adviser Organisation: PE Srbijasume Email: aca.vasiljevic@green.rs Telephone: +381 64 8155046 Address: Mihajla Pupina 113 Belgrade, Serbia Bio: Aleksandar Vasiljevic has been working for more than two decades in the forestry sector. In the early years of his professional career, he was employed as an engineer for operational planning and wood production. Later he specialized in forest inventory and forest management planning and worked in public administration as assistant Minister and Director of the forest directorate between 2000 and 2007. During this period he was actively engaged in international projects, advising on development of forest regulations, reorganization of state administration and public enterprise for forest management. Hereafter he worked as manager in public forest enterprises, responsible for prosperous business success, which demanded besides business analysis and strategy development, the elaboration of progressive FMI systems. 2
INECE Mr. Jo Gerardu Position Consultant US Embassy Budapest Organisation: INECE, International network for Environmental Compliance and Enforcement Email: gerardu@hetnet.nl Telephone: +31619879889 Address: INECE Secretariat at Environmental Law Institute 1730 M St NW, Suite 700 Washington, DC 20036 Bio: Inspectorate for the Environment in the Netherlands, Consultant to the INECE Secretariat, Washington D.C.. Ms. Katia Bennett Position Director Organisation: US Embassy Budapest, Regional Environment, Science & Technology and Health Email: BennettKJ@state.gov Telephone: +36 1-475-4165 Address: 12 Szabadsag ter, Budapest 1054. United States Ms. Anett Zellei Position: Environment and Technology Specialist Organisation: US Embassy Budapest, Regional Environment, Science & Technology and Health Email: Zelleia@state.gov Telephone: +36 1-475-4456 Address: 12 Szabadsag ter, Budapest 1054. United States World Bank Group GIZ Mr. Lek Kadeli Position: Senior Environmental Specialist Organisation: US Embassy Budapest, Regional Environment, Science & Technology and Health Email: lkadeli@worldbank.org Telephone: +1 7035012748 Address: 1818 H Street NW Washington DC 20433 Bio: Senior Environmental Specialist - Environment and Natural Resources Global Practice. Ms, Kristina Kujundzic Position: Senior Project Manager Organisation: GIZ/Open Regional Funds for SEE-Biodiversity (ORF BD) Email: kristina.kujundzic@giz.de Telephone: +381 63 8617554 Address: Makanezijeva 24/V, Belgrade 11000, Serbia Bio: Currently working at the position of senior project manager of the GIZ / Open Regional Funds for South-East Europe (ORF BD) - Ecosystem Services and Valuation (ESAV) in Future Course of Action in South-East Europe project. Prior hold a position in Luxembourg as Programme Manager of the Joint Programme of the European Commission and Council of Europe. Being Head of Department for Project Development and Multilateral Cooperation of the Serbian Ministry of Finance, economy and Rural Development/National Tourism Organisation of Serbia.Worked as the Head of of the Swiss Programme in South-East Europe and Ukraine, later in the Western Balkans. Mr. Eduart Cani 3
Albania Position: Senior Expert Organisation: The Regional Environmental Center (REC) Albania Bosnia and Herzegovina Kosovo FYR of Macedonia Montenegro Email: ecani@rec.org Telephone: + 355682025454 Address: Rr. Ismail Qemali, No. 27, Tirana, 1001, Albania Bio: Mr. Eduart Cani is Senior Expert working on the field of environment for more than 16 years. He is an expert on environmental project management, governance for environment and environmental planning in various topics such as environmental services, environmental degradation and remediation and natural disasters. Eduart has professional expertise as key expert and high level team member on several key projects in the country. Ms. Lejla Suman Position: Country Director Organization: Bosnia and Herzegovina Email: LSuman@rec.org Telephone: +387 62563941 Address: Zmaja od Bosne 47A; 71000 Sarajevo; Bosnia and Herzegovina Bio: Ms. Lejla Šuman is Director of in Bosnia and Herzegovina. She has over 11 years of relevant professional experience in the field of environment and in provision of consulting services to different institutions in Bosnia and Herzegovina in development of a number of strategies/studies. Mr. Agron Bektashi Position: Country Director Organization: Kosovo Email: abektashi@rec.org Telephone: +386 49616026 Address: str. Enver Maloku No 28, 10000 Pristina Kosovo Bio: Graduated Water and Sanitation Engineer, five-year degree in Faculty of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Kosovo. More than twenty-two years of total experience including 17 years with the Donors, Local and International Organizations and CSO s such as REC, USAID, UNDP, KLMC, EAR, International Management Group, Children s Aid Direct etc. Explicit experience in management, supervision and monitoring of various international programmes as well as project management services to different Ministries and public owned enterprises for the projects related to Environment, Climate Changes, Waste Management, Water Sector, Environmental Education and Public Awareness etc. Fluent in English, Albanian and Serbian, as well as basic knowledge of Macedonian language. Ms. Katarina Georgievska Position: Country Director Organization: Macedonia Email: KGeorgievska@rec.org Telephone: ++38975469380 Address: Albert Ajnstajn 4/1-1 Skopje, FYR of Macedonia Bio: Mrs. Katarina GEORGIEVSKA is a Director of the Country of the Regional Environmental Centre for Central and Eastern Europe (REC) in Macedonia (COM). She is responsible for integrating the REC`s goals and mission as well as responding to the stakeholders` needs in the programs run by the COM on the environmental issues. To this end, she takes care of the organization s development and financial management and takes part in fundraising to support the constituencies and provide the necessary assistance in addressing the environmental needs in Macedonia. Ms. Srna Sudar Position: Country Director Organization: Montenegro 4
Regional Environment al Center Email: ssudar@rec.org Telephone: +38269318193 Address: Janka Djonovica 52, 81000 Podgorica, Montenegro Bio: Ms. Srna Sudar, Director of Montenegro. Through her professional engagement Ms. Sudar participated and passed numerous courses and trainings increasing her knowledge and expertise in many areas: projects and activities monitoring, support and implementation; Strategic thinking and planning; effective biodiversity protection/management; project design and budgeting; analyses and prioritization of projects proposals; environmental assessment; conflict management expertise; organizational and logistic skills; effective and professional management decisions and team building / team consensus ability. Ms. Gordana Kozhuharova Position: Regional Director for South Eastern Europe Organization: The Regional Environmental Center Email: gkozuharova@rec.org Telephone: +36 26 504 000 Bio: From 1998 until autumn 2008, she worked for the Macedonian Ministry for Environment and Physical Planning as head of the Department for Cooperation and Project Coordination. Among her responsibilities was the coordination of the programming and implementation process of the EC s Instrument for Pre-accession Assistance (IPA). She was senior programming officer for Component I and IPA coordinator for Component III under the IPA, dealing with the Operational Programme for Transport and the Environment. Between 2000 and 2003 she was head of the Division for Multilateral Cooperation, and from 2003 to 2007 she was head of the ministry s Department for European Integration. She joined the REC in 2008 as regional director for South Eastern Europe (SEE). She is responsible for supervising and coaching REC country and field offices in the SEE region and, as one of REC s senior managers, for supporting the REC s strategic vision and programme planning for the region. She is currently completing post-graduate studies in environmental management. Ms. Aniko Nemeth Position: Expert Email: anemeth@rec.org Telephone: +3626504000 Bio: Mrs. Nemeth is a highly skilled lawyer possessing 15 years of professional experience on EU law as well as 11 years of development programme/ project management experience. Mrs. Nemeth is possessing experiences in undertaking legal and policy analysis and reviews, legal drafting; compliance checking, capacity building and institutional strengthening; in the field of EU environmental legislation and combating environmental crimes as well as provision of environmental trainings, organizing and conducting workshops, preparation of assessments of framework documents and writing publications. Ms. Cécile Monnier Position: Project manager Email: CMonnier@rec.org Telephone: +36-26 504 000 Bio: Cécile Monnier is an environmental lawyer, working in the REC since 2006. She holds a Master degree in Environmental Law and Territorial Development from Strasbourg, and has experience in international and European environmental law with a special focus on water management, waste and nature protection. She has managed or taken part as an international expert in a number of environmental related projects, among which were the conformity checking and monitoring of progress of transposition and implementation of environmental directive for candidates and potential candidates countries during 3 years, and the EC framework 5
contract on support with complaints and infringement cases in the field of environment. She also participated in the writing of several publications including the Handbook on the Implementation of EC Environmental Legislation. Mr. Thor Morante Position: Junior Fellow Email: tmorante@rec.org Telephone: +3626504000 Bio: Thor Morante is current Junior Fellow at the REC. He has an MSc in Environmental Sciences, Policy and Management by Lund University, in Sweden. He has worked as an Environmental Journalist and Communications Consultant for 5 years, and currently works in the fields of International Cooperation and Policy for the REC. Ms. Magdolna Szabo Position: Project r Email: MSzabo@rec.org Telephone: +3626504000 Bio: Magdolna Szabo has been assisting project implementation for the past 15 years with logistic and travel arrangements, event management, networking with project partners and ensuring the smooth operation of the project team. 6