Holger Blümel

Experience

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  OSCE

  Aug 1998 - Oct 1998

  Polling Supervisor

  1st National Elections in Bosnia-Herzegovina, stationed at Siroki Brijeg and Treblijne, and Trogir (Croatia) for preparatory works

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  DELARE GmbH

  Dec 1998 - Oct 1999

  Travel Guide

  Accompaniment of 3 „Around the world“-trips with ca. 35 customers (Singapore, Hong Kong, Australia, New Zealand, Cook Islands, Tahiti, USA)

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  RWE

  Aug 1999 - Sept 2003

  Client and visitor guide

  Client and visitor guide for an open pit lignite mine, ca. 150 descents to Garzweiler I mine: Knowledge transfer of lignite formation in the Cologne Bay area, open cast mining technologies, electricity conversion, re-settlements, afforestation, top soil recovery and groundwater management

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  RWTH Aachen University, Institute of Geography

  Nov 1999 - Oct 2007

  • Third party funds raising• Project management of an EU-Interreg IIIa-Project „The Ways of Water“ with 6 partners in Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands as coordinating beneficiary• Integrated catchment management development and modeling in cross-bordering catchments, scientific coordination for the fields of river ecology, biology, and hydrology• Financial and administrative maintenance for all partners, internal project monitoring and sub-contracting• Consulting of administrative bodies in all 3 countries on the EU Directives activities (WFD) and environmental impact assessments• Establishment of a database for historic land use and climate change (~1800 – 2004) with Tranchot-Maps, Prussian and modern topographic maps and satellite images for the Euregio Rhine-Maas• Conference organization, public relation activities and publications• Teaching: Field work courses and supervision of Master’s theses• Scientific and logistic organization of field excursions (South-western USA 2000 and Morocco 2001)• Personnel management of laboratory staff and research assistants Show less

  • Environmental Consultant

    Jan 2006 - Oct 2007

  • Scientific Officer

    Nov 1999 - Dec 2005
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  Konrad Adenauer Foundation

  Oct 2003 - May 2007

  Lecturer

  Adult education on water-related topics in irregular intervals „Is our water running away?“

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  Chartered Environmental Consultant

  Jan 2006 - now

  Chartered Environmental Consultant

  Key qualifications:- Project management, project development, and subcontracting- Evaluation of grant proposals- Project monitoring & evaluation- Integrated water resources management- Training / research- Environmental risks assessment- Integrated catchment management development and modelling- Establishment of water monitoring networks (surface and groundwater) and water body status assessment- Profound field experience in hydrological and ecological data achievement and processing (river morphology, water chemistry, biological assessment)- GIS (ArcGis) and satellite data handling and visualisation- Organisation of interlaboratory analyses for water and soil samples- Lecturing (field excursions, field training, undergraduate seminars, adult education, supervision of Master's theses) Show less

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  UNESCO (Japanese Division) & Aachen centre for documentation and conservation (Germany)

  Aug 2007 - Dec 2007

  Environmental Consultant

  Contribution to the application as World Cultural Heritage of the Bamiyan Buddhas (Afghanistan), Cultural Masterplan Campaign 2007, “Qualitative and Quantitative Screening of the Water Situation in the Bamiyan Valley”Establishment of a rivers and canals gauging network, surface- and groundwater investigations, discharge estimations of irrigation canals, assessment of water demands for farming and potable water, catchment headwaters analysis and hazard zones mapping in Central Hindukush Mountains Show less

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  Blue! advancing european projects

  Nov 2008 - Jun 2009

  Consultant

  Project design and development of INTERREG IVa and IVb projects

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  Bieske & Partner

  May 2009 - May 2013

  Consultant

  - Water rights licensing procedures for German communal water suppliers- Designation of the best locations for next generation data processing centers with water cooling systems for a German blue chip telecommunication company- Environmental impact assessments

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  AGRECO GEIE

  Sept 2009 - Apr 2014

  Independent expert evaluator for Environment Policy and Governance

  Coordinator of the Water Group: project evaluation, technical and financial revision, monitoring development and selection procedure of grant proposals for the EU commission’s LIFE+ programme in the field of environment policy and governance with a special focus on waste water treatment plants, drinking water supply, desalination techniques, sewage sludge, harbour dredgings, integrated coastal zone management, renewable energies, climate change adaptation and integrated water resources management projects. Show less

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  Markin UG

  Dec 2011 - May 2015

  Managing Director, Owner

  - Marketing Intelligence Engineering- Market and competition analyses (secondary market research/desk research)- Cartographic (GIS) solutions- Geomarketing and sales area spatial planning and optimisation, analysis of location conditions and business expansion planning- Labour market and company/industry distribution for municipalities- HR/labour market analyses at national and international scale- knowledge management applications.

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  MWH, now part of Stantec

  Oct 2014 - May 2018

  Technical Evaluator for EU funded Grant Proposals on Environment and Resource Efficiency

  Technical and financial selection procedures for grant proposals of Environment and Resource Efficiency. Sub-coordinator of the Water Management and Technologies Group, responsible for quality assurance. Moderating the expert panel upon final decision making for passing/failing proposals. Individual evaluations and quality control of synthesis reports/rejection letters.

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  Stantec

  Jun 2018 - now

  Assistant Coordinator

  Technical and financial selection procedures for grant proposals of Environment and Resource Efficiency. Sub-coordinator of the Water Management and Technologies and Marine Affairs Group, responsible for concept notes and proposals evaluation, synthesis drafting, and quality assurance. Moderating the expert panels upon final decision making for passing/failing proposals.

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  KOMIS sprl

  Sept 2018 - now

  ROM Expert

  Results Oriented Monitoring of Centrally Managed Thematic Projects (ROM CMTP)ROM mid-term review visits to multi-country projects: Support to Climate Technology Transfer Services and Partnerships of CTCN. Uganda: Formulation of Geothermal Energy Policy, Legal and Regulatory Framework for Uganda. Namibia: Prioritization and support to strengthen the funding of water treatment technologies to address water scarcity impacts in Namibia in the context of climate change.