Environment and Energy in Europe & CIS

Mr. Maxim Vergeichik

UNDP Bratislava Regional Centre
Energy and Environment Practice: Regional Technical Specialist for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Management for Europe and CIS

Summary: Currently Global Project Coordinator for UNDP/UNOPS/GEF global project on critical actions under the Program of Work on Protected Areas, Convention on Biological Diversity. I have been working for UNDP since 1999, first as a manager for a wetland protected areas project, then for UNDP Belarus as an environmental portfolio officer, then for Bulgaria in a similar capacity, and in the last year also with responsibilities over Bosnia and Herzegovina environmental portfolio, and helping a bit for Ukraine. I have been specifically focusing on two thematic areas - biodiversity and climate change, but also helped develop and supervise projects on sustianable land management, and cross-cutting capacity building for international conventions.

Grosslingova 35 811 09, Bratislava
SLOVAKIA

Expertise: Conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity

Responsibilities/specialization: Coordinator of a project covering multiple countries of the world, dealing with implementation of the Program of Work on Protected Areas under the Convention on Biological Diversity.