Professional status Geographer & Landscape Ecologist, Dr. Phil II, senior partner. seecon international gmbh

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1 CV of Dr. Johannes Heeb Further information: Personal data Name Johannes Heeb Date of birth May 26, 1960 Marital Status Married Citizenship Swiss Address seecon international gmbh Bahnhofstrasse 7, CH-6110 Wolhusen Phone Fax Languages German, English, French Professional status Geographer & Landscape Ecologist, Dr. Phil II, senior partner seecon international gmbh Intern. Experience Austria, Bangladesh, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, India, Iran, Ireland, Italy, Kenya, Madagascar, Mali, Maroc. Mexico, Nepal, Norway, New Zealand, Norway, Pakistan, People's Republic of China, Philippines, Poland, Ruanda, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Senegal, South Africa, Sambia, Sweden, Tadzhikistan, USA, Vietnam Expertise More than 20 years of experience in project development, management, execution and evaluation, as well as in applied research. Fields of experiences: - sustainable sanitation and water management, - regional and landscape development,

2 - Capacity development and knowledge management, resource management, ecological restoration and ecological engineering, - sustainable land management, - moderation, facilitation and mediation in small to large group interventions or processes, - organizational development, - change management - systems engineering, system moderation and system modelling, - policy development support. Consultant for private enterprises, NGOs, private and public institutions or authorities. Teaching at university and nonuniversity level. Professional history From 2011 From 2008 From 2006 From 2006 CEO cewas Internationa. Center for Water Management Services ( Deputy director of regiosuisse (knowledge management node of the New Regional Development Policy of Switzerland) conductor of the communities of practices an interest as well as conductor of the research network ( Co-Project Manager of the project Future in the Alps (CIPRA International), dealing with sustainable land management strategies in the European Alps ( Member of expert commission of the syntheses workgroup of the Swiss National Research Foundation (SNF) founded research program Landscape and Habitats in the Alps,

3 dealing with sustainable land management strategies in the Swiss Alps Member of several doctoral theses defence committees in Sweden and Norway (theses dealing with sustainable land management issues). From 2004 Member of expert group of Regio Plus, the Swiss regional development programme. From 2002 Member of expert commission of WSL (Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research) research program Landschaft in Ballungsräumen dealing with sustainable land management strategies in Swiss urban and periurban areas Founding of International Ecological Engineering Society IEES (co-founder and president since From 1993 CEO, Senior partner and consultant with seecon international gmbh, Wolhusen ( Co-Founder of seecon international gmbh, Wolhusen From 1991 Counselling member of the cantonal energy, space and land use planning commission, Lucerne. From 1991 Lecturer at the university of Basle (Institute of Geography, MGU, NLU) and at the Business School of Lucerne. From 1991 Founding and running the "Centre for Ecological Engineering Tartu" CEET, Estonia (co-director). From 1988 Founding and establishing "eco-mobile" as a mobile environmental counselling organization of canton of Lucerne Member of Lucerne s cantonal legislative assembly Ph.D. thesis "Models of a landscape ecosystem", University Basle Project Work at Swiss Centre for Applied Ecology Schattweid (in charge of the research and development department) Founding Member of the Swiss Centre for Applied Ecology Schattweid.

4 Selected reference projects 1. MULTIFUNCTIONAL LAND USE MANAGEMENT, REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT regiosuisse Knowledge management for the New Regional Policy (NRP) Switzerland ( Capacity building project (since 2008), Role: Member of the management board. Conduktor of Communities of Practice and Communities of Interest and Research-Network Client: State Secretary for Economic Affairs (SECO), Switzerland Future in The Alps Development of Best Practice based development strategies for a sustainable development in the Alps ( Trans-Alpine Project (France, Italy, Switzerland, Germany Austria and Slovenia), Capacity building project (since 2003), Role: Member of project management board responsible for knowledge management and transfer; member of the expert group Regional Value Added Client: CIPRA International International Long Term Training on Management and Leadership for Mountain Development Support for ongoing Reform Processes in the Himalaya- Hindukush-Pamir, Capacity building project (since 2007) Role: Member of expert board, developer of training modules, facilitator and trainer Partner: CIPRA International Client: InWEnt, Germany UNCCD SLM Training Bulgaria Conduction of three training workshops for multiple target groups (national, regional, local level) within the context of the United Nations Convention to combat Desertification, Capacity Building Project 2006 Role: Developer of training program, facilitator and trainer Partner: ttz Bremerhaven Client: UNDP United Nations Development Program

5 Stakeholder Platforms for Sustainable Land Management Facilitation of stakeholder Platforms for integrated forest development in Switzerland. Development and Planning Project since 1998 Role: facilitator and trainer Client: WSL Switzerland, Swiss Research Foundation (SNF) Improvement of Instruments for Achieving Rational Use of Land. Analysis and evaluation of instruments. Preparation of the 9th ministerial conference. - European Conference of Ministers Responsible for Regional Planning, Council of Europe, Strasbourg. Policy Project 2006 Role: co-author Partners: Swiss Research Foundation (SNF/NFP22) Client: Swiss Research Foundation (SNF/NFP 22), Council of Europe BIOPROS - Solutions for the safe application of wastewater and sludge for high efficient biomass production in Short-Rotation-Plantations. Research & Development, Education and Training Project, September 2005 until September 2008 Role: Researcher, trainer and facilitator Partners: Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, ttz Bremerhaven, Estonian Agricultural University and others Funding: European Commission, 6th Framework Programme Tropenhaus - Project Greenhouse Use of Waste Heat of Transitgas AG's Gas Compression Station (GVS) at Ruswil. Pilot project to construct a greenhouse with subtropical/tropical climate. Client: Transitgas AG. Financed by Transitgas AG and the Swiss Regio Plus program. Role: project leader Client/Funding: Transitgas AG, Canton of Lucerne, Swiss Federal Regional Development Program (Regio Plus) 2. SUSTAINABLE SANITATION AND WATER MANAGEMENT

6 International Centre for Water Management Services cewas ( Start-Up and Training platform for enterprises focussing on sustainable sanitation and water management (sswm) Project development and implementation, ongoing since 2010 Role: initiator, developer, implementer Partners: SDC, GIZ, UNDP, IWA, IWMI, UMB, SANDEC, etc. (see Client: Swiss Secretary for Economical Affaires SECO and Canton Lucerne Sustainable Sanitation and Water Management (SSWM) Toolbox ( Web-based global capacity development platform Development and implementation, ongoing since 2010 Role: initiator, initiator, developer, implementer Partners: SDC, GIZ, UNDP, Cap-Net, etc. (see Client: Swiss Development Cooperation (SDC), German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ), Cap-Net, UN-Habitat Sustainable Sanitation and Water Resources Management Network Asia (SSWRMN) - PPP-Project Project development and implem, ongoing since 2009 Role: business partner, initiator, facilitator, consultant and trainer Partners: GIZ, Ecosan Servives Foundation India, ENPHO Nepal, Xavier University Phillipines Client: GIZ Capacity Building for sustainable sanitation in India by setting up a training centre (ecosan Learning Laboratory) for training of local ecosan experts - PPP- Project Project development and implementetion, Role: business partner, initiator, facilitator, consultant and trainer Partners: GIZ, Ecosan Servives Foundation India Client: GIZ ecosan Sector Program Program Audit 2008

7 Role: consultant Client: Swiss Development Cooperation (SDC), German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ) Innovative Ecological Sanitation Network India Setting up and operating a competence network for ecological sanitation. Implementation of model projects in Bangalore (Slum Upgrading), Gujarat (for Training centres and schools, etc.). Development and Capacity Building Project, ongoing since 1998 Role: initiator, facilitator, consultant and trainer Partners: Indian Waterworks Association, German Agency for Technical Cooperation (GTZ), ACTS Bangalore, Navsarjan Gujarat, UNICEF, etc. Client: Swiss Development Cooperation (SDC), German Agency for Technical Cooperation (GTZ) Thinkpiece Ecosan Preparing a think piece on ecological sanitation for the Meeting of the Council for Sustainable Development in New York (CSD 12), Policy Project, 2004 Role: co-author Partner: Prof. Petter Jenssen, Norwegian University of Live Sciences Client: Government of Norway NETSSAF (Network for the Development of Sustainable Approaches for Large Scale Implementation of Sanitation in Africa) - Advising the development of a participative multi-stakeholder sanitation management support tool aimed for the end-users to be able to apply large scale sanitation concepts and technologies adapted to the different conditions prevailing in Africa. Research & Development, Education and Training Project, June 2006 until December 2008 Role: Researcher, trainer and facilitator Partners: various European and African Partners, e.g. ttz Bremerhaven, TUHH (Technical University of Hamburg), Bioazul (Spain), CREAPA (Burkina Faso) and others Client/Funding: European Commission, 6 th Framework Programme

8 Asia Pro Eco II - Promoting sustainable solutions for the environment between Europe and Asia. Training experts in ecological sanitation and disseminating knowledge on ecosan in order to improve the sanitary situation in South Asia (India in particular). Research & Development, Education and Training Project, Started 2006 Role: trainer and facilitator Partners: ttz Bremerhaven, Indian Water Works Association, ICEE: International Centre of Ecological Engineering at the Kalyani University, Navsarjan, ACTS and others Funding: European Commission, 6 th Framework Programme 3. SUSTAINABLE FARMING SUSTAINAQUA - Integrated approach for a sustainable and healthy freshwater aquaculture; knowledge generation and dissemination. Research & Development, Education and Training Project, June 2006 June 2009 Role: Researcher, trainer and facilitator Partners: ttz Bremerhaven, various industrial associations/groupings and Universities from Europe Funding: European Commission, 6 th Framework Programme Plaster Plus Integrated water management and cattail production for sustainable building material production. Research & Development, From 2006 Role: project leader Partners: ttz Bremerhaven, various industrial associations/groupings and Universities from Europe Client/Funding: European Commission, 6 th Framework Programme Rohrkolben und Lehmbau : Integrated water management and cattail production for sustainable building material production. Research & Development, From 2000 Role: project leader Funding: Swiss Federal Regional Development Program (Regio Plus)

9 4. INTERNATIONAL TRAINING CENTRES Centre for Ecological Engineering Tartu / Estonia (CEET) Setting up and operating a competence centre for sustainable resource and land management, Capacity Building Project, ongoing since 1991 Role: co-project initiator, consultant and trainer Partners: International Ecological Engineering Society, local Partners Client: Swiss Development Cooperation (SDC), others Beijing Centre for Ecological Engineering / China (BCEE) Setting up and operating a competence centre for sustainable resource and land management, Capacity Building Project, Role: co-project initiator, consultant and trainer Partners: International Ecological Engineering Society, local Partners Client: Swiss Development Cooperation (SDC) International Centre for Ecological Engineering Kalyani / India (ICEE) Setting up and operating a competence centre for sustainable resource and land management, Capacity Building Project, ongoing since 2000; Involved Expert and Role: co-project initiator, consultant and trainer Partners: International Ecological Engineering Society, local Partners Client: Swiss Development Cooperation (SDC) 5. TRAINING TOOLS Toolbox for Sustainable Land Management Development of a toolbox for stakeholder based land use planning and sustainable land management. Research and Capacity Building Project, Role: co-project leader and researcher Partners: WSL, Switzerland Client: Swiss Research Foundation (SNF)

10 Ecosan Curriculum Development of a comprehensive curriculum on ecological sanitation (prepared for the World Water Forum Mexico 2006, available on CD) Capacity Building Project, Role: project leader Partners: German Agency for Technical Co-operation (GTZ), Norwegian University of Live Sciences, ACTS Ministries Bangalore/India Clients: Swiss Development Cooperation (SDC), German Agency for Technical Cooperation (GTZ) MyNetworks / Development of an e-learning platform for ecological engineering. Carrying out several e-learning courses on sustainable resource management issues. Capacity Building Project, ongoing since 2000 Role: project leader, trainer and lecturer Partners: European Network University (TNU) Client: Swiss Development Cooperation (SDC) 6. CONFERENCES International Conferences on Ecological Engineering (Wädenswil/ Switzerland, As/Norway, Calcutta/India, Beijing/China) Organization of international conferences on ecological engineering, Capacity Building Project, since 1996 Role: co-organizer, facilitator Partners: several international partners Client: Swiss Development Cooperation (SDC), Others Selected publications (from 2000) Heeb J., Bellwald S. & Allemann H. (2008): Praxisleitfaden für erfolgreiche Regionalentwicklungsprojekte, SECO, Bern, 36 p. Heeb J. & Hindenlang K. (2008): Negotiating Landscapes in the Swiss Alps. Experiences with Implementation of a Systemic Landscape Development Approach. In: Mountain Research and Development, Vol 28, No 2, May 2008, pp

11 Hindenlang K., Heeb J. & Roux M. (2008): Sustainable Coexistence of Ungulates and Trees: Stakeholder Platform for Resource Use Negotiations. Hanbook of Transdiciplinarity (Hirsch Hadorn et al.), Springer, pp Heeb J., Berger T. & Conradin K. (2007): Akteurplattformen und systemisches Veränderungsmanagement für nachhaltige Entwicklungsprozesse in den Alpen Ein Methodenrahmen für Akteure. Im Auftrag des Nationalen Forschungsprogrammes 48 Landschaften und Lebensräume in den Alpen 42 p. Heeb J., Wyss Ph. & Zimmermann M. (2005): Intelligente Wassernutzung. In: tec21, 23, pp. 4-5 Hindenlang K., Heeb J., Gerig G. & Walker J. (2005): Neue Wege im Waldund Wildmanagement Erfahrungsbericht der Plattform Stotzigwald. WSL, Birmensdorf, 16 p. Heeb et al. (2004): Kooperationen zur Förderung einer nachhaltigen Holznutzung in der Schweiz, Wolhusen, Holz 21 und BUWAL, 29 p. Heeb, J. & Wyss, Ph. (2004): Nachhaltiges Geuensee. Final Report of REGIO Plus project Nachhaltige Siedlungswasserwirtschaft, SECO / REGIO Plus, Bern Jenssen, P., Heeb, J. (2004): Think Piece Ecosan, Norwegian University of Live Sciences Hare, M.P.,J. Heeb & C. Pahl-Wostl (2002): The Symbiotic Relationship between Role Playing Games and Model Development: A case study in participatory model building and social learning for sustainable urban water management. Proceedings of ISEE, 2002, Sousse, Tunisia Hare, M.P., D. Medugno, J. Heeb & C. Pahl-Wostl (2002): An applied methodology for participatory model building of agent-based models for urban water management. In: C Urban (ed) 3rd Workshop on Agent-Based Simulation. SCS- Europe BVBA, Ghent. Heeb J, & Roux M.: (2002): Platforms and Innovation Co-operations for Sustainable Development of Landscapes and Regions: In: Flury M. & Geiser U.: Local Environmental Management in a North-South Perspective. Issues of Participation and Knowledge Management. Vdf, Zurich, pp

12 Roux M., Heeb J. (2002) Gemeinsam Landschaften gestalten. Werkzeuge für gesellschaftliches Lernen. LBL Verlag, Lindau 120 p. Heeb J. & Huber F. (2002): Modell Ökologischer Ausgleich. In: Umwelt Aargau. Förderung der regionalen Landschaftsqualität im Aargau Teil der Naturschutzpolitik im Aargau. pp. 57- Hare, M., N. Gilbert, D. Medugno, T. Asakawa, J. Heeb & C. Pahl-Wostl. (2001): The development of an internet forum for long-term participatory group learning about problems and solutions to sustainable urban water supply management. In Hilty, L.M. & Gilgen, P.W. (Eds) Sustainability in the Information Society, 15th International Symposium Informatics for Environmental Protection, Part 2. Metropolis Verlag, Marburg. pp ISBN: Grütter J. & Heeb J. (2001): Comparative Assessment of EST Promotion of Switzerland; Report prepared for Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, Bern Heeb J. & Erni F. (2000): Pilotprojekt für die landwirtschaftliche Nutzung der Abwärme der Transitgas Gasverdichtungsstation Ruswil, final report for regio + program Heeb J., Roux M., Dakers A. (2000): Ecological engineering three case studies. In: B.B. Jana, R.D. Banerjee, B. Guterstam and J. Heeb (Editors), Waste Recycling and Resource Management in the Developing World. University of Kalyani, India and International Ecological Engineering Society, Switzerland, pp Jana, B.B., Banerjee, R.D., Guterstam, B. und Heeb, J. (Editors) (2000): Waste Recycling and Resource Management in the Developing World. University of Kalyani, India and International Ecological Engineering Society, Switzerland, 738 p.