| | Qualification |
| | - Bachelor in Development Studies,Mount Kenya University, Nairobi, Kenya |
| | - Diploma in Project Management, Atlas College, Nairobi, Kenya |
| | - Diploma in community Development and Counselling, Mombasa Polytechnic University College, Mombasa, Kenya |
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| 2007 | Translator (Somali-English), manured Law Court, Mandera, Kenya |
| 2008 | Food Distribution Field Supervisor, Consortium of Cooperating Partners, Duties and Responsibilities |
| 2009-2010 | Save the children, child protection Dadaab Refugee camp, Kenya |
| 2011-2012 | Protection Officer, Intersom Relief Aid and Aid Vision, Mogadishu, Somalia |
| 2012-2014 | Social worker, Terre Des Hommes, Dadaab Refugee Camp, Kenya |
| since 2014 | Voluntary work in refugee camps (empowerment workshops, speeches, translation for Newcomers, get together events with Newcomers and the host community) |
| since 2015 | Keynote and motivational speaker |
| Freelance consultant, nationally and internationally (focus areas: integration of Newcomers into the labour market, community building, women and human rights, empowerment, project monitoring and evaluation, gated communities) |
| since 2016 | Project work with compassorange GmbH (Focus areas: Refugees/Newcomers, integration and diversity) |
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| | Areas of Work |
| | - Consulting in the field of diversity, integration, Newcomers/refugees, women empowerment, human rights, project evaluation, community building, child protection, gated communities |
| | - Speaker (keynote and motivational), topics related to Newcomers/refugees, integration, empowerment of Newcomers, gated community, political activism |
| 2000-2002 | Policy Adviser (Richard Balfe, MEP, Quaestor), The European Partliament, Brussels/Strasbourg |
| 2002-2004 | External Relations Officer, Immunization and Vaccine Development Unit, WHO South-East Asia Region, World Health Organisation, Geneva |
| 2005-2009 | Senior (Political) Strategist, Stop TB Partnership, WHO, Geneva |
| 2010-2011 | International Adviser, Tobacco Free Initiative, WHO Indonesia, Jakarta |
| since 2011 | Coordinator, UNCCD - United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification, Bonn |
| | Hans Bruyninckx is the Executive Director of the European Environment Agency, taking office on 1 June, 2013. He was born in Schoten, Belgium in 1964. |
| | Dr Bruyninckx studied undergraduate and master’s degrees in political science specialising in international relations at Antwerp University and Katholieke Universiteit Leuven. He also completed an additional programme in development studies at the University Catholique de Louvain. |
| | He completed a PhD degree in 1996 at Colorado State University on the topic of international environmental politics, subsequently teaching at several other universities in the United States and Europe, including Colorado State University, Canisius College and Wageningen University. |
| | From 2010 until his appointment at the EEA, he was head of the HIVA Research Institute in Leuven, Belgium, a policy-oriented research institute associated with the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, where he was also head of the Political Science department from 2007 to 2010. Dr Bruyninckx has also been a senior member of the interdisciplinary Leuven Centre for Global Governance Studies and promoter-coordinator of the Flemish Policy Research Centre on Transitions for Sustainable Development (TRADO). |
| | Over the last 20 years, he has conducted and managed policy-oriented research in the areas of environmental politics, climate change, and sustainable development. He was responsible for research in the domains of policy evaluation, monitoring and reporting, methodology development, environmental policy integration, and more recently also on long-term transition policies. His experience pertains to the level of the regions (Flanders in a comparative European perspective), the EU Member States, the EU level, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), and processes of global environmental governance (climate change in particular). |
| | His academic expertise lies primarily in the field of European and international environmental policy, studying the effects of globalisation on the global governance of environmental issues and sustainable development. From this perspective he has also studied global production and consumption systems, as well as issues relating to distribution and justice. He has taught courses on the topics of global environmental politics and global environmental governance in relation to the European Union (EU), publishing extensively on EU environmental policies and its role as an actor in global environmental governance. |
| | Dr Bruyninckx was involved in numerous policy processes as an advisory board member, involved in steering groups of government agencies, and as academic policy advisor to governmental agencies and other key actors. In addition, he has worked intensely with civil society and business actors, in support of public-private initiatives or private regulatory approaches to environmental, climate change and sustainability issues. Furthermore, he was president of the board of Bond Beter Leefmilieu (The Association for a Better Environment), a Flemish umbrella organisation bringing together many different environmental groups. |
| | Dr Bruyninckx speaks fluent English, French and German in addition to his native Flemish. During his career he has conducted research in more than a dozen different countries. |
| | He is a keen sailor as well as an outdoor and sports enthusiast. |
| 1989-1991 | Member, Environment Team, Legal Service, European Commission, Brussels |
| 1991-1995 | Member, Cabinet of the President, European Commission, Brussels |
| 1995-2010 | Senior Manager, Head of several units, Directorate-General Enterprise and Industry, European Commission, Brussels |
| 2010-2011 | Head, Simplification and Administrative Burden Reduction Unit, Secretary-General, European Commission, Brussels |
| since 2011 | Honorary Director, European Commission, Brussels |
| 2011-2013 | Judge, Administrative Court of Appeal, Paris |
| 2013-2015 | Director, Legal Service, ILO - International Labour Organization, Geneva |
| 2015-2017 | Director, WWF European Policy Office, Brussels |
| since 2017 | Director, Institut Jacques Delors, Brussel's Office |
| 1988-1989 | Assistant to the Director, Austrian Farmers' Union, Vienna |
| 1989-1997 | Member, Cabinet of Austrian Federal Ministers of Agriculture and Forestry Franz Fischler, Wilhelm Molterer, Vienna |
| 1993-1994 | Member, Negotiation team on expert level for the agriculture chapter of the Austrian accession negotiations to the European Union |
| 1995-2002 | Head, EU-Coordination Unit, Austrian Federal Ministry for Agriculture and Forestry, Vienna; Austrian Spokesman, SCA - Special Committee on Agriculture, Council of the European Union, Brussels |
| 1998 | President, SCA - Special Committee on Agriculture, Council of the European Union, Brussels |
| 1998-2002 | Deputy Director General, Austrian Federal Ministry for Agriculture and Forestry, Vienna |
| 2002-2007 | Director General, Department Agriculture and Nutrition, Austrian Federal Ministry for Agriculture and Forestry, Environment and Water Management, Vienna |
| 2006 | Head, National delegation, Council of Agriculture, Council of the European Union, Brussels |
| 2007-2013 | Director for Rural Development and Agriculture Finances, General Secretariat, Council of the European Union, Brussels |
| since 2013 | Federal Minister for Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water Management of the Republic of Austria, Vienna |
| since 2017 | President, Union of European Federalists Austria, Vienna |
| | Alan AtKisson, President & CEO of AtKisson Inc., has been working at the forefront of sustainability since 1988 to empower and inspire individuals, communities, corporations, and governments. He writes books and articles, develops strategies, creates planning methods, trains professionals, and writes music, among other innovative approaches - all aimed at helping people transform complex systems. Visit Alan's personal website: https://alanatkisson.com/ |
| | In 2013, Alan was inducted into The Sustainability Hall of Fame by the International Society of Sustainability Professionals in recognition for his pioneering work in establishing sustainability consulting as a profession, and for the inspiration he has provided to hundreds of other professionals around the world. |
