INTERNATIONAL EVENTS: CONCEPTUALIZATION, PROGRAMMING, PROMOTION, IMPLEMENTATION

2012

• Participation, on behalf of the GCCA, the Pew Environment Group and NRDC, in the Rio+20 informal consultations at UN HQ, NY, including organization and facilitation of the side-event “From Harmful Subsidies to Safe Subsidies”

2011

• Moderated "Positive Energy Club" Ministerial side event (in Durban) on behalf of the Global Campaign for Climate Action

• Organization of an international workshop and round-table on behalf of the Lonxanet Foundation for sustainable artisanal fishing, in Lisbon, Portugal

• Organization of a side event on behalf of NRDC and the Global Campaign for Climate Action in the 2nd session of the Preparatory Committee of the Rio+20 2012 conference

• Organizing a joint strategic workshop for the European Renewable energy Council (EREC), the global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) and the Global Campaign for Climate Action (GCCA)

2010

• Organization of Experts Workshop for Sant Pau Hospital rehabilitation project, Barcelona

• Logistics support meetings of the Shark Alliance and Ocean2012

• Organization of the seminar "What is the Future of Bluefin Tuna? Perpectives before ICCAT" at the Oceanographic Institute, Paris

• Support for the organization of the annual meeting of the Pew Fellows Program in Marine Conservation

2009

• Organization of a Pew Workshop on the reform of EU control mechanisms against Illegal, Unregulated and Underreported (IUU) fishing, at Madrid’s Circulo de Bellas Artes

• Organization of the meeting of the Pew Whales Commission, Lisbon

• Assisting FAO's Pesticide Management Group in preparing a side event on pesticide risks/solutions and new brochure on agricultural pesticides for the Int. Conference on Chemicals Management

2008

• Technical and on-the-ground logistics support for LinguaMon’s celebration of the International Year of Languages 2008 at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City

• On behalf of GTZ and Holcim, civil society liaison, advice and participation for the 2nd GTZ/Holcim Stakeholder Dialogue and closing event of the GTZ-Holcim Strategic Alliance, Zurich

• Organization of side-event panel at the meeting of the Intergovernmental Forum on Chemical Safety, Dakar, Senegal

• Preparation and facilitation of international meeting of Borneo Orangutan Survival International

• Preparation and facilitation of a meeting of the UK Environment Agency’s on its Flood Awareness Campaign

• Organization of the Pew Whale Symposium “A Change in Climate for Whales” at the Headquarters of the United Nations University, Tokyo

• Organization of the Lenfest Ocean Programme West African Regional Workshop on the Interaction of Great Whales with Fisheries, Dakar, Senegal

2007

• Logistics and reporting of the Shark Alliance's Member Groups and Steering Group Meeting

• Organization and strategic support for the Shark Alliance conference "Sharks at Risk: Building an EU Conservation Plan", Lisbon, in partnership with the Luso-American Foundation

• Organization and facilitation of a Stakeholders Dialogue on behalf of the Sustainable Cement Initiative of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development

• Organisation, on behalf of the Pew Charitable Trusts and with support from UNEP, of the Symposium on the State of the Conservation of Whales in the 21st Century at UN Headquarters, New York

• Organization of the opening conference on behalf of Fundación Ecología y Desarrollo (ECODES) for the launch of the Pavillion of Citizen Initiatives of EXPO Zaragoza 2008

• Organization and presentations at the "Vulnérables Requins" workshop organized at Paris' Natural History Museum, on behalf of the Shark Alliance.

2006

• Member of the Organizing Committee for the Trade Union Assembly on Labour and the Environment (Nairobi, January 2006) on behalf ofUNEP and in co-operation with the SustainLabour Foundation

• Preparation and facilitation of the annual planning meeting of the Deep Sea Conservation Coalition

• Organisation and facilitation on behalf of Pew, of an international workshop on whale conservation attended by a panel of international scientific, policy and advocacy experts

• Organization of the Workshop "Marine High Seas Biodiversity, the Bottom Trawling Test: the Role of Portugal", hosted by the Luso-American Foundation, Lisbon

• Organisation of the experts and planning meetings of the Shark Alliance in Copenhagen

• Meeting logistics and reporting for the Shark Alliance Steering Group meeting and Scientists Workshop, Brussels

2005

• Organising Side Event for participants in the General Assembly of the Climate Action Network Europe and other environmental stakeholders, to present the Varda Group report on Civil Aviation & Climate Change commissioned by the Oak Foundation

• Coordinating  the Deep Sea Conservation Coalition at the UNICP meeting, New York

• Organization and facilitation of a seminar on Aviation and Climate Change for a group of environmental NGO stakeholders, on behalf of theOak Foundation

• Organising on behalf of the Deep Sea Conservation Coalition a conference with Dr. Sylvia Earle at the Oceanographic Institute in Paris

2004

• Coordination of Mikhail Gorbachev's Earth Dialogues in Barcelona

• Logistical and media coordinator for the Parliament of the World's Religions, Barcelona

• Organising a Joint Planning Retreat for the United Nations-Habitat Water for Cities Programmes and Green Cross International

• Organising an international press conference for Mikhail Gorbachev, Barcelona

2003

• Host of "Johannesburg One Year After" at Cordoba Botanical Garden, Spain