Curriculum Vitae Florian Bemmerlein-Lux
1. Family name: Bemmerlein-Lux
2. First names: Florian Arno
3. Date of Birth: 2.3.1955, Nuremberg
4. Nationality: German
5. Civil status: married, two children (18 and 20)
6. Education
Institution / Degree(s) or Diploma(s) obtained:Scientific Background:
University of Beijing 2005 / Nomination as Adjunct Professor of the Institute of Environmental Engineering - IEE
Technical University of Karlsruhe/Germany 1997 / Training with certificate "Municipal Environmental Planning"
University of Chile, Santiago1997 / Recognition as Graduated Biologist
University of Wisconsin, Madison 1981 1982 / Fulbright Scholar at the Plant Ecology Laboratory
FriedrichAlexanderUniversity Erlangen-Nürnberg, Faculty Biology/Chemistry 1977 1985 / Thesis "Investigations on wall vegetation in North West Spain" Title of Graduated Biologist (Diplom Biologe)
Vocational Training:
Capacity Works (GTZ) / Course with Certification (Denkmodell) 2010
Landwirtschaftliche Lehranstalten Triesdorf – February March 1977 / Practical course in agricultural machinery – certificate
Farm: Rothenhof, Neustadt/Aisch-Bad Windsheim, 03. 09.1977 / Agricultural probationer: focus on plant and seed production
7. Language Skills: (Mark 1 to 5 (best) for competence)
Language / Reading / Speaking / WritingGerman / 1 / 1 / 1
English / 1 / 1 / 1
Spanish / 2 / 2 / 3
French / 3 / 3 / 5
Portuguese / 3 / 3 / 5
8. Membership of Professional Bodies
- Bayerische Botanische Gesellschaft (Bavarian Botanical Society)
- Regensburger Botanische Gesellschaft (Regensburg Botanical Society)
- Botanischer Verein von Berlin und Brandenburg (Botanical Society of Berlin and Brandenburg)
- Floristisch-soziologische Arbeitsgemeinschaft (Floristic-Sociological Society)
- IAVS (International Association for Vegetation Science)
9. Other Skills / Computer literacy, MS Office, ZMS Authoring & Content Management System10. Present Position / IFANOS concept&planung GBR (Institute of Applied Ecological Studies – concept&planning) in Nuremberg, owner
INTEGRATION ENVIRONMENT & ENERGY in Gräfenberg, Germany, associated expert
IFANOS Chile S.A. (Estudios Ambientales y Planificación Territorial) in Santiago de Chile, owner
11. Years with / IFANOS concept & planung: since: 1986
INTEGRATION/ECODEC: since 1994
IFANOS Chile S.A.: since: 1996
12. Key qualifications:
Organisational Development and Human Resource Management Specialist
- Human Resource Development and Integrated Capacity Development: Capacity Assessment, Training Needs Analysis, development of curricula, internet based Human Recourse Development and Knowledge Management Platforms (ZMS-Contents Management System), training strategies and concepts in: 1) environment and environmental management, 2) spatial environmental planning, 3) Local Government, 4) Rural Development, 5) pollution control and related fields with focus on Institutional Development, 6) watershed management, 7) Risk management, and 8) Rural Electrification;
- Natural resources management including: Concepts and implementation of regional natural resources protection and development projects including budget planning, Disaster Risk Management and Watershed Management, Environmental Impact Assessments and mitigation planning, Forest Function Plans, Vegetation Mapping (Germany, Spain, Portugal, Mexico, USA), impact assessment regarding European Flora-Fauna-Habitat-Directive;
- Planning and resource protection - environmental management: management of ecologically sensitive zones, nature conservation habitat linkage, landscape and city, zoning concepts for industrial siting and urban environments, watershed management;
- Project design, monitoring and evaluation, Quality Assessment and Control and Capacity Development Impact Assessment - Fields: ecosystems and landscape ecology, spatial environmental planning (zoning concepts), watershed development, Disaster Risk Management and Prevention, sustainable development, AGENDA21, Human Resource Development and Capacity Building Programmes;
- Training and education as lecturer and project manager: Institutional Development in Environment (IDE); instruments of environmental planning, management and protection, landscape ecology and integration of environmental issues into spatial planning, city ecology and municipal planning, data analysis and monitoring, environmental impact assessment;
- Environmental Information Systems and promotion: Contents Management and internet based Authoring Systems (concept work and training).
13. International experience
Country / Date / Country / DateAfghanistan / 2009 - 2011 / Malawi / 1999
Brazil / 2002 / Mexico / 1981/82
Chile / 1993 – 1998, 2008 / Mozambique / 2001 - 2009
China / 1999 - 2005 / Poland / 1989
India / 1999 – 2011 / South Africa / 2003, 2004
Indonesia / 2008 – 2010 / Spain / 1985, 1989, 1996, 2002
Jordan / 2010 / Tajikistan / 2011
Kazakhstan / 2011 / Tanzania / 2005
Kirgizstan / 2011 / Thailand / 2006
Kosovo / 2009 - 2011 / Uzbekistan / 2011
14. Professional Experience Record (selected key projects – 1990-2011):
Institutional and Capacity Development 3
Landscape Ecology, Ecological Management 13
Environmental Impact Assessment 17
Programme and Project Evaluation 18
Knowledge Management and Management Information Systems 21
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Curriculum Vitae Florian Bemmerlein-Lux
Institutional and Capacity Development /Date / Location / Company / Position / Description /
20.5.-30.6.2011 / Kirgizstan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan
Tajikistan / GIZ-Berlin / Senior Advisor / Adaptation to climate change through sustainable resource management and cross border cooperation for disaster risk management in Central Asia – Implementation of Capacity
· Coordination of activities with other GIZ regional Projects
· Identification of local cooperation partners form: - Ministry of Environment Protection of Kazakhstan - Ministry of Water Resources and Melioration of Tajikistan - Ministry of Agriculture and Water Resources of Uzbekistan - Ministry of Agriculture and Water Management of Kyrgyzstan, Ministry of Nature Protection of Turkmenistan
· Training Needs Analysis
· Design of training concepts and implementation strategies
15.09.2010 – 31.12.2011
2010 – 2,5
2011 – 5
months / India / Germany / GIZ-ASEM / Project Manager, Senior Advisor, Trainer / Capacity Building “environmental Planning and Disaster Risk Management in India” – Environmental Policy, Protection and sustainable use of natural resources (EPDRM)
Implementation of a Capacity Building Programme on Environmental Planning, Adaptation of Climate Change and Disaster Risk Management for the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (2010-2012):
· Concept Development and coordination with GIZ and the Indian stakeholders and guidance
· Cooperation with the National Disaster Management Authority - NDMA, GoI, the National Civil Defence College, Nagpur and the National Disaster Management Institute, Delhi and the Disaster Management Institute, Bhopal.
· Establishment of a Capacity Development System for On-Site emergency plans, Off-Site Emergency plans , Hazard Identification & Risk Assessment and standardisation of mock drills including train the trainers programmes and networking of service providers
1.5.2010 – 31.10.2011 (3 Month) / Afghanistan / Germany / GTZ - Renewable Energy Supply for Rural Areas (ESRA) / Senior Advisor, Trainer / Capacity Development in the sub-sector of rural electrification through renewable energy: For the sub-sector of Rural Electrification with Renewable Energy and based on the Capacity Assessment a Capacity Development plan was developed including:
· Design of an implementation oriented Capacity Development Plan and the institutional development of the Directorate of Renewable Energy (MEW, KABUL)
· Outline and guidance for an Awareness Campaign for Rural Electrification covering the components “presence” – “sensitisation”, “orientation” and “motivation”)
· Contribute to the preparation of 5 dissemination and development workshops in the area of Capacity Development
· Support in the identification and assessment of possible training providers incl. writing of TOR for different measures (for local and international training providers).
1.3.2009/ 15.3.2010
(3 Month) / Afghanistan / Germany / GTZ - Renewable Energy Supply for Rural Areas (ESRA) / Senior Advisor, Trainer / Capacity Assessment in the sub-sector of rural electrification through renewable energy
For the sub-sector of Rural Electrification with Renewable Energy a Capacity Assessment was prepared, focusing Hydropower, Photovoltaic Systems, Wind and Biomass. The study included the identification of the capacity gaps in the sub-sector and the definition of thereto relating capacity development (CD) objectives and interventions for the levels: Individual - Organizational – Network – System
· Enable subsector authorities and funding agencies to decide on strategy for rural electrification through renewable energies so that it is commensurate with the implementation capacity in the sector;
· Establish more firm collaboration modalities between several actors in the subsector, based on a joint understanding of capacity and constraints;
· Create awareness among stakeholders about possible need for change;
· Enable authorities to approach other important stakeholders (e.g. Ministry of Finance) to propose remedies for institutional constraints that cannot be solved at subsector level;
· Enable ESRA to decide on targets & interventions on CD in the subsector.
2009 (1 month) / Germany/India / KFW / NABARD / Project Manager / Visit-cum Exposure Tour on Rural Development and Natural Resources Management - Organisational and Financing Features
Organisation and implementation of the tour for the senior management level of NABARD (Indian Rural Development Bank) to Germany focussing on the following topics:
· The future German Development Cooperation (GDC) would focus on NRM sector and climate change
· The role of rural finance in the future focus on NRM and climate change (particularly on rural cooperatives and rural financial institutions)
· Experiences of KfW and other GDC institutions to provide input for the question how NABARD will deal with this challenge in the future
2007 (3 months) 2008 (4 months) 2009 (4 months)
2010 (3 months) / India/ Germany / InWEnt in cooperation with GTZ-ASEM / Project Manager, Senior Advisor, Trainer / Capacity Building in industrial Disaster Risk Management
Implementation of a Capacity Building Programme on industrial Disaster Risk Management for the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (2008-2010):
· Assessment in India with the Disaster Management Institute Bhopal, ASEM – Advisory Service in Environmental Management – Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of Madhya Pradesh
· Concept Development and coordination with InWEnt and the Indian stakeholders and guidance
· Cooperation with the National Disaster Management Authority - NDMA, GoI
· Establishment of a Capacity Development System for On-Site emergency plans, Off-Site Emergency plans , Hazard Identification & Risk Assessment and standardisation of mock drills including train the trainers programmes and networking of service providers
· Prepare and guide a study tour to Europe for Disaster Risk Management (2 weeks)
2008 (3 weeks) / India/Germany / GTZ - PRI – Capacity Building for Panchayati Raj Institution in Himachal Pradesh / Project Manager, Senior Advisor, Trainer / Local Government & Decentralised Rural Drinking Water Supply in Germany (Study tour “Visit cum Exposure”)
Study tour of Indian Senior level to Germany for
· Module 1: German public administrative system and the role of local self-government
· Module 2: Local economic development in rural areas – framework planning, development, investment, conflict resolution and viability
· Module 3: Drinking water services – from catchments to operation and maintenance
· Module 4: Capacity development and cooperation
Oct. 2007 to March 2008 (2 month) / India – Andhra Pradesh / GTZ (ASEM) / Project Manager, Senior Advisor, Trainer / Eco-Industrial Estate Planning and Management Training Package
Under the ASEM pilot project on developing Eco Industrial Parks in Andhra Pradesh:
· Plan, prepare and conduct 5 (Train the Trainers) skills training courses and a round table on Eco Industrial Estate Management and Planning for the Andhra Pradesh Industrial Infrastructure Corporation (APIIC) and other stakeholders
· Facilitate the Certificate Course sequence of the indo German Institute of Advanced Training (IGIAT) in their cooperation with APIIC
· Supervise and Advise the panning and conduction of Eco Industrial Estate Management and Planning courses implemented by local training institutions
2006 (1 month), 2007 (1 month) / India / KFW (with RODECO GmbH) and the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development, India / Capacity Building Expert for Watershed and Rural Development / Comprehensive Capacity Development Strategy for all Stakeholders of “The Indo-German Watershed Development Programme - Andhra Pradesh”
Capacity Building Needs Assessment and development of a Master Plan for a Capacity Building System for all the stakeholders. Results:
· A revision and streamlining of the project cycle with regard to the timing and logical sequence of the implementation steps;
· A streamlining of the capacity building strategy;
· A reduction and priority setting of the capacity building inputs in the context of the capacity building strategy;
· The development of implementation strategies for the key outputs of the capacity building strategy/project cycle;
· A precision of the capacity building strategy with regard to planning instruments, notably land-use planning and feasibility study-compilation.
2005 (4 month), 2006 (5 month), 2007 (5 month)
2008 (2 month) / India / InWEnt (and cooperation with ASEM India and the Ministry of Environment and Forests) / Project Manager, Senior Advisor, Trainer / Human Resource Development (HRDP) for Environment – Training Assistance of and concept development for the “Environmental Training Unit - TMU” of the Ministry of Environment and Forests: Deliverables:
· Development of Training Management tools with TMU
· Operation and training action planning in 17 fields (Waste, EcoCities, Urban Planning, Air Monitoring, Public Private Partnerships, and Natural Resource Management etc.)
· Guide and control the Training Needs Analysis and HRDP Strategy development for the ASEM Human Resource Development
· Dissemination planning, Web Site, and Newsletter development
· Organisation, facilitation and training for the www.hrdp-net.in Content Management System
2005 (1 month)
2006 (1 month)
2007 (3 weeks)
2008 (2 weeks) / India / Andhra Pradesh / for InWEnt in cooperation with GTZ-ASEM / Project Manager, Senior Advisor / “Industrial Development Area Improvement Training Series”, Andhra Pradesh, India. The Andhra Pradesh Industrial Infrastructure Corporation Ltd. (APIIC), the Andhra Pradesh Pollution Control Board (APPCB) and GTZ-ASEM started with the development of pilot Eco Industrial Estates. A newly coming industrial estate and two exiting industrial development areas (IDA Nacharam and IDA Mallapur) are covered:
§ Training Needs Assessment for individual industries and their estate
§ Design of a Capacity Building programme for the entrepreneurs and their organisations to transform the IDAs into Eco Industrial Estates and to reduce pollution loads and to increase quality and efficiency of production
§ Joint implementation of the tailor made Training Series in cooperation with the “National Productivity council – NPC and EPTRI, Hyderabad.
2005/2006 (2 months) / India / Himachal Pradesh / RODECO (for GTZ- WASH Project) / Project Manager, Trainer / Design of a Capacity Development and Training system
Indo-German Bilateral Project Strengthening Local Administration for Rural Water Supply and Minor Irrigation in Himachal Pradesh