Johannes Heeb. Personal data

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1 Dr. Johannes Heeb Personal data Name Johannes Heeb Date of birth May 26, 1960 Marital status Married Citizenship Swiss Address Bahnhofstrasse 7, CH-6110 Wolhusen Phone Fax Languages German, English, French Professional status Geographer and landscape ecologist, Dr. Phil II Senior managing partner seecon international gmbh Co-director cewas - international centre for water management services Expertise Capacity development and knowledge management Sustainable sanitation and water management Resource management, ecological restoration and ecological engineering, sustainable land management Regional and landscape development, Moderation, facilitation and mediation in small to large group interventions or processes Facilitation of policy development processes Organizational development and change management processes Systems engineering, system moderation and system modelling International experience Albania, Austria, Bangladesh, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Denmark, Estonia, Ethiopia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, India, Indonesia, Iran, Ireland, Italy, Kenya, Madagascar, Mali, Morocco, Mexico, Namibia, Nepal, Norway, New Zealand, Pakistan, People's Republic of China, Philippines, Poland, Ruanda, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Senegal, South Africa, Sweden, Tajikistan, Uganda, USA, Vietnam, Zambia 1

2 Professional history From 2010 From 2011 From 2008 From 2006 Founder and co-director of cewas - international centre for water management services ( Board member of the Swiss Environmental Foundation ( Deputy director of regiosuisse (knowledge management node of the New Regional Policy (NRP) of Switzerland) facilitator of the communities of practices and interest as well as head of the research network ( Board member of Tropenhaus Wolhusen AG and Tropenhaus Frutigen AG ( Member of expert group of Regio Plus, the Swiss regional development programme From 2003 Co-director of Ecosan Services Foundation, Pune, India, ( Founding of International Ecological Engineering Society IEES (co-founder and president since 1994; From 1993 Co-founder, CEO, senior partner and consultant with seecon international gmbh, Wolhusen ( 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, MSD, NLU) and at the Business School of Lucerne 1991 Founding and running the "Centre for Ecological Engineering Tartu" CEET, Estonia (co-director) 1988 Founding and establishing "eco-mobile" as a mobile environmental counselling organization of the Canton of Lucerne Member of Lucerne s cantonal legislative assembly Ph.D. thesis "Models of a landscape ecosystem", University of Basle Founding member and R&D manager of the Swiss Centre for Applied Ecology Schattweid, Switzerland 2

3 Selected reference projects International training centres cewas ( - international centre for water management services (ongoing since 2010) Initiation, development and management of an international start-up incubator and training platform for innovative enterprises focussing on sustainable sanitation and water management. Execution of 4 one-year university-accredited start-up training programmes, 16 short business development courses, foundation of 40 water start-ups. Role: Initiator, developer, coach Partners: Swiss Development Cooperation (SDC), Deutsche Gesellschaft fuer Internationale Zusammenarbein (GIZ) GmbH, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), International Water Association (IWA), International Water Management Institute (IWMI), Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology (EAWAG), Cap-Net, Indian Water Works Association (IWWA), etc. Clients: Swiss Secretary for Economical Affaires (SECO), Canton Lucerne, SDC Centre for Ecological Engineering Tartu (CEET), Estonia (on-going since 1991) 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 Clients: SDC and others Beijing Centre for Ecological Engineering (BCEE), China ( ) 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 Clients: SDC International Centre for Ecological Engineering (ICEE) Kalyani, India (ongoing since 2000) 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 Clients: SDC 3

4 Training Tools Integrity Management Toolbox (on-going since 2012) Development and implementation of a capacity development approach tackling integrity issues at organisational level. The Integrity Management Toolbox enhances organisational governance through systematic risk and change management among water sector organisations. Pilot programme with seven Kenyan Water Utilities, including Mombasa Water. Based on the Kenyan experiences, the training concept and material has been adapted, translated and implemented for Indonesian Utilities, Zambian NGOs, the Costa Rican Ministry of Water and the Namibian Anti Corruption Commission. Role: Project coordination, developer, trainer Partners: various national water ministries and regulators Clients: GIZ, Water Integrity Network, We Effect, Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI) Sustainable Sanitation and Water Management (SSWM) Toolbox ( (ongoing since 2010) Initiation, development and management of the largest and most comprehensive opensource capacity development platform for water and sanitation worldwide. Role: Initiator Partners: SDC, GIZ, UNDP, Cap-Net, etc. (see also Clients: SDC, GIZ, Cap-Net, UN-Habitat Ecosan Curriculum ( ) Development of a comprehensive curriculum on ecological sanitation (capacity building project). Role: Project leader Partners: German Agency for Technical Co-operation (GTZ, now known as GIZ), Norwegian University of Live Sciences, ACTS Ministries Bangalore/India Clients: SDC, GIZ 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: Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research (WSL) Clients: Swiss Research Foundation (SNF) 4

5 Sustainable Sanitation and Water Management NAWATECH - Integrated Water Management in Indian Cities ( ( ) Research & development, education and training project. Role: Researcher, trainer and facilitator Partners: ttz Bremerhaven, BOKU, UPC, BioAzul, INDIRA, Kre_Ta, NEERI, ESF, IWWA, SERI, VEIPL, MJP, PMC Funding: European Commission ecosan Sector Programme - Program Audit (2008) Role: Consultant Clients: SDC, GIZ 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 in general and India in particular (research & development, education and training project). Role: Trainer and facilitator Partners: ttz Bremerhaven, IWWA, ICEE at Kalyani University, Navsarjan, ACTS and others Funding: European Commission, 6 th Framework Programme 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). 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 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). Role: Initiator, facilitator, consultant and trainer Partners: IWWA, GTZ, ACTS Bangalore, Navsarjan Gujarat, UNICEF, etc. Client: SDC, GTZ 5

6 Regional development regiosuisse ( (on-going since 2008) Development and management of regiosuisse, the official knowledge management platform for the New Regional Policy (NRP) of Switzerland and regional development in general. Role: Member of the management board, programme manager of Communities of Practice and Communities of Interest and Research-Network Clients: SECO International Long Term Training on Management and Leadership for Mountain Development ( ) Support for on-going reform processes in the Himalaya-Hindukush-Pamir (capacity building project). Role: Member of expert board, developer of training modules, facilitator and trainer Partner: CIPRA International Client: InWEnt Future in The Alps ( ( ) Development of best practice based development strategies for a sustainable development in the Alps. Trans-alpine capacity building project (France, Italy, Switzerland, Germany Austria and Slovenia). Synthesis of the results in an interactive online curriculum for educational purposes Role: Member of project management board responsible for knowledge management and transfer; member of the expert group Regional Value Added Clients: CIPRA International Tropenhaus Switzerland ( (on-going since 2000) Development of waste heat based tropical greenhouses. Project focus: regional development, sustainability, innovation, tourism. Role: project leader (development phases) Partner/Funding: Coop (main partner), Caritas, WWF, BioRe, Bodyshop, Transitgas AG, Canton of Lucerne, SECO Sustainable farming and land management SUSTAINAQUA ( ) Integrated approach for a sustainable and healthy freshwater aquaculture; knowledge generation and dissemination (research & development, education and training project). Role: Researcher, trainer and facilitator Partners: ttz Bremerhaven, various industrial associations/groupings and Universities from Europe Funding: European Commission, 6 th Framework Programme 6

7 Plaster Plus ( ) Integrated water management and cattail production for sustainable building material production (research & development project). Role: Project leader Partners: ttz Bremerhaven, various industrial associations/groupings and Universities from Europe Client/Funding: European Commission, 6 th Framework Programme Improvement of Instruments for Achieving Rational Use of Land (2006) Analysis and evaluation of instruments and preparation of the 9 th European Conference of Ministers Responsible for Regional Planning, Council of Europe, Strasbourg (policy development project). Role: Co-author Partners: Swiss Research Foundation (SNF/NFP22) Clients: 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). Role: Researcher, trainer and facilitator Partners: Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, ttz Bremerhaven, Estonian Agricultural University and others Funding: European Commission, 6 th Framework Programme Rohrkolben und Lehmbau (on-going since 2000) Integrated water management and cattail production for sustainable building material production (research & development project). Role: Project leader Funding: Swiss Federal Regional Development Program (Regio Plus) Selected publications (from 2000 onwards) Achermann, S., Feuerstein, L., Heeb, J., Kropac, M., (2014): Integrity Management for Water Service Providers Manual for Facilitators, WIN, cewas, GIZ, Germany, Berlin Bellwald S., Bonderer K., Erlmann T. and Heeb J. (2013): Netzwerke und Kooperationen in der Regionalentwicklung - regiosuisse Praxisblatt. Bern, 24 p. Hermann-Friede J., Heeb J., Kropac M. (2012): Water Integrity: An Opportunity for the Private Sector. Water Integrity Brief, WIN, Berlin, 8 p. Bellwald S., Conradin K. and Heeb J. (2011): regiosuisse Wissensgemeinschaften Ein Beispiel aus der Schweizer Regionalentwicklung, pp In M. Bachinger et al. Regionen und Netzwerke, Gabler Wiessbaden. 7

8 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 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 Wald- und 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 Roux M., Heeb J. (2002) Gemeinsam Landschaften gestalten. Werkzeuge für gesellschaftliches Lernen. LBL Verlag, Lindau 120 p. 8

9 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. 9