Summary: Milada Bielekova is a Research/Administrative Assistant for the Energy and Environment Practice. Previous experience includes working for 2 years with Democratic Governance Practice at BRC as the Programme Assistant along with being the focal point for publications & publications policy and RBM focal point for the Regional Programme.
Summary: Programme and Admin Assistant
Zora joined UNDP-GEF as Programme and Administrative Assistant in May 2007. Her main task is administrative support to the GEF Regional Coordinating Unit in RBEC. She arranges meetings and workshops, makes travel arrangements and provides admin support to the Energy&Environment section.
Summary: Keti Chachibaia holds MA in Environment and Development Policy and has eight years of professional working experience in the field of environment. She has studied at the University of Sussex, UK and the University of California, Berkeley, USA. She has worked for EU technical assistance programme (TACIS) for Environmental Awareness for three years as a national expert and later as a regional coordinator for the South Caucasus (Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia). She then joined UNDP country office in Tbilisi, Georgia and worked as the environmental progreamme analyst for three years. Since 2003 she has been working for the UNDP/GEF Regional team for Europe and CIS as a coordinator for capacity development and adaptation portfolio. She is a member of the Balaton Group, the international network of environmental professionals.
Summary: Geordie Colville is Regional Technical Advisor for Climate Change and Energy at Bratislava Regional Centre. He advises country offices in the development and implementation of a portfolio of GEF-funded renewable energy, energy efficiency and sustainable transport projects. Geordie holds a Master's degree in Environmental Economics, a Bachelor's degree in Environment Management and a UK industry qualification as a Forest Manager.
Summary: Adriana Dinu is Regional Technical Advisor for Biodiversity for Europe and CIS. She has 20 years of field experience in conservation and development in Central and Eastern Europe, Central Asia, Central America and Southern Africa. Since 1992, she has worked with the UNDP and the World Bank as a GEF Project Development Specialist, Chief Technical Advisor and biodiversity expert for a number of GEF-funded projects. From 2000-2005, she was based in South Africa as Development Director for Fauna & Flora International and before that in Washington, DC as Director for Habitat Programs for EarthVoice/The Humane Society of United States. From 1991-1996, Adriana worked as Romania Country Representative for IUCN and as a researcher in freshwater ecology at the University of Bucharest. Adriana holds a MSc in Genetics (University of Bucharest, 1987) and one in Ecotechny (UNESCO/Cousteau Chair of Ecotechny – European Program, 1994).
Summary: Anna Kaplina is Programme Associate for Energy and Environment Practice. Key responsibilities include assisting the Energy and Environment Practice to identify and develop new climate change project ideas on carbon finance and for funding by the GEF.
Summary: Nadezda Liscakova is a Programme Assistant for GEF Regional Coordination Unit (RCU) in Bratislava, a part of Energy and Environment Practice. She supports managing GEF portfolio by assisting to Regional Technical Advisors in developing and managing projects, with focus on financial issues, advising COs on project cycle procedures, GEF rules and requirements,enhancing processes within the GEF project cycle. She is with UNDP-GEF since 2001.
Summary: Vladimir Mamaev is the GEF Regional Technical Advisor at the Bratislava Regional Centre. He is primarily responsible for the full range of UNDP GEF International Waters, Land Degradation, and Integrated Ecosystem Management (IEM) activities throughout the Europe and CIS. He provides technical, policy and other support service to UNDP country offices, executing agencies, GEF focal points and other government representatives, project teams, and potential and actual project proponents, to identify, develop, implement and monitor GEF projects in the region.
Summary: Henrieta Martonakova is a Project Manager at the Energy and Environment Practice. She has been supporting SEA application mainly in the CIS countries. Her responsibilities in that areas are project development and management, advisory services to UNDP country offices and training. In addition, she is involved in the process of introducing more systematic application of SEA within UNDP globaly, by being assigned to work partially for the Environment and Energy Group of the Bureau of the Development Policy (BDP).
Summary: Marina Olshanskaya is Regional Technical Specialist for Climate Change for the Energy and Environment Practice at Bratislava Regional Centre. Marina is a Portfolio Manager for UNDP-GEF and MDG Carbon Finance projects in Eastern Europe and CIS. The focus of the portfolio is on building energy efficiency, promotion of renewable energy and sustainable transport. She holds MSc in Economics from Moscow State University, MSc in Environmental Sciences and Policy from Central European University and is PhD Candidate with both, Moscow and Central European University.
Summary: Denisa Papayova is Knowledge Management Analyst at Bratislava Regional Centre. She is responsible for knowledge management activities and support to the regional centre and the country offices. She also acts as Learning Manager for Bratislava Regional Centre. Denisa joined UNDP in 2004. In 2004-2008, she worked as a Communications Associate in the UNDP Regional Centre. Prior to this she worked as a PR Manager in an international PR agency operating in the countries of Eastern and Central Europe. She holds a Master's degree in English Language and Literature from Comenius University, Faculty of Education.
Summary: Dagmar Pfeiferova is a Programme Assistant for GEF Regional Coordination Unit (RCU) in Bratislava, a part of Energy and Environment Practice. She supports managing GEF portfolio by assisting to Regional Technical Advisors in developing and managing projects, with focus on financial issues, advising COs on project cycle procedures, GEF rules and requirements,enhancing processes within the GEF project cycle. She is with UNDP-GEF since 2004.
Summary: Juerg Staudenmann is Policy Advisor for Water Governance. His work comprises development and implementation of
multi-country projects, the facilitation and support of the
"Water Community of Practitioners", as well
policy advice and support for programme development to country offices and other clients in Europe, CIS and other regions.
A major focus of his work concentrates on
knowledge management; besides active knowledge codification, dissemination, and promotion, and the promotion of networking and experience exchange amongst water-practitioners, the development and piloting of innovative approaches to KM is in the forefront. Inter alia, Juerg Staudenmann stands behind the development of
"WaterWiki" (http://WaterWiki.net
), an innovative Wiki-based knowledge base and on-line collaboration platform around water and UN-related themes. Besides provision of technical advise and support, Juerg Staudenmann is leading the development of new strategic partnerships and resource mobilization.
Before assuming his current assignment in Bratislava, Juerg Staudenmann was working in UNDP headquarters New York as Evaluation Specialist, after his initial assignment for UNDP (2001) as Environmental Programme Officer within the Programme of Assistance to the Palestinian People (PAPP) in Jerusalem. Before coming to UNDP, Juerg Staudenmann was working in Applied Research on Water and Resources Recycling (aquaculture management). He holds a Master's degree in Environmental Sciences and Engineering (1994) from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zürich (ETH). In 2003, he completed postgraduate studies on Development Countries (NADEL/ETH).
Summary: MPU-Chemicals Programme Specialist
Thematic focus: Ozone-depleting substances/POPs
