Current projects

January 2012

• Strategic analysis and scoping for the Fishfight campaign

• Participation in the Rio+20 “Informal informals” at UN HQ, New York, on behalf of NRDC’s Oceans Program,  of the Global Campaign for Climate Action (GCCA)  and of the Pew Environment Group

• Coaching for Transparency International’s advocacy campaigns  in several African countries (on-going)

• Organization and facilitation of a consultants workshop for the Pew European Marine Programme

• Advice on monitoring, reporting and evaluation for Friends of the Earth UK

2011

December 2011

• Survey of Advocacy Tools and Approach, for Transparency International’s Secretariat

• Organization and facilitation of a strategic workshop for the Directors of Fundación Lonxanet (Spain)

• Speaker at the launch of "Transformative Step of the Day" at the Durban Climate Conference

• Speaker at "Climate Communications Day", in Durban, hosted by Internews, Earth Journalism Network, and IIED

• Moderated "Positive Energy Club" Ministerial side event (in Durban)

• Speaker at Oxfam's International Forum on Climate Change Communications (in Durban)

November 2011

• Organizing and facilitating in Mauritius an Advocacy training workshop for Transparency International’s Advocacy and Legal Advice Centres from francophone African countries

• Participation in the annual Climate Conference in Durban, on behalf of the Global Campaign for Climate Action

• Lecture at Madrid’s Instituto de Empresa Business School: “Environmental Advocacy, How to Handle it?”

• Strategic advice and representation on behalf of the Pew Environment Group’s Tuna Campaign

• Coaching and advice to Local Campaigner Award Winners, on behalf of the Sheila McKechnie Foundation

October 2011

• Preparation and facilitation of Greenpeace’s international Climate and Energy meeting

• Lecture on Cigarette Butt Waste Extended Producer Responsibility, at the 6th Annual Trash Summit for the Potomac Watershed

• Preparation of an advocacy training programme on behalf of Transparency International

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

• Participation on behalf of the Pew Environment Group in the annual meeting of the Standing Committee on Research and Statistics of the international Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT), and outreach support during the release of a new report

September 2011

• Review of Greenpeace’s Congo Basin campaign

• Advocacy Teach-In for Spanish NGOs, sponsored by the Spanish Environment Ministry’s Fundación Biodiversidad and Fundación Ecología y Desarrollo of Zaragoza, Spain

August 2011

• Preparation and facilitation of Greenpeace’s virtual Campaign Directors’ Meeting

• Research for the European Climate Forum

• Review of the Pew European Marine Program

• Moderator and panelist on climate communications at the AREDAY Summit

July 2011

• Two-day advocacy teach-in in Tokyo for a group of Japanese organic farmers, beekeepers and environmentalists, developing a strategic plan seeking the elimination of neonicotinoid, the pesticide that causes honeybees colony disorder, on behalf of Act-Beyond-Trust, Japan

June 2011

• Organization of 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)

• Strategic advice to the Pew Tuna Conservation Project

• Lecture at the Spring University, Dijon, France on “Rio Twenty Years Later”, organized by Edgar Morin’s IIRPC

• Programme development advice to Friends of the Earth UK

• Co-facilitation of Greenpeace Corporate Strategy Summit

May 2011

• Strategic advice to the European Renewable Energy Council (EREC) and participation in their policy conference

• Participation in the Working Group on the Future of the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT), on behalf of the Pew Environment Group

• Strategic advice to the Lonxanet Foundation for sustainable artesanal fisheries

• Strategic advice to UNITAR on national legislative frameworks for Pollutant Release and Transfer Registers

• Facilitation of a staff retreat for the US Alliance for Biking and Walking focused on priority workplan topics and team building

April 2011

• Report for the Pew Shark Conservation campaign

• Participation in and advice at a planning workshop of the Lonxanet Foundation for sustainable artesanal fisheries, La Coruña, Spain

• Attendance, on behalf of the Tktcktck secretariat, at the International Trade Union Confederation's and Sustainlabour's Madrid Dialogues on Rio+20

• Preparation of a campaigning training workshop for Act Beyond Trust, Japan

March 2011

• Presenter and moderator at a conference on Public Participation and the Right to Peaceful Protest, Copenhagen

• Collaboration with The Hub-Madrid’s promotional campaign

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

• Participation in the annual staff and consultants meeting of the Pew European Marine Programme

February 2011

• Organization and facilitation of the annual planning retreat of the Global Campaign for Climate Action

• Support and advice for the Natural Resource Defense Council (NRDC) Rio+20 planning process

• Scoping for the Pew Shark Conservation campaign

January 2011

• Speaker and adviser at the strategic planning session of the Oak Foundation Child Abuse Programme, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

• Participation in the first intersessional meeting for the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20, 2012), at UN HQ, New York, on behalf of Tcktcktck and the Pew Environment Group.

• Fundraising and strategic planning for the Global Campaign for Climate Action