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Curriculum Vitae Gianluca SERRA Environment - Biodiversity and nature conservation - Environmental sustainability - Desertification 14.6 Date Jan 2004 – Oct 2005 Location Palmyra and Damascus (Syria), Florence (Italy), Cambridge (UK) Organisation BirdLife International (BLI) and Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) Position Scientific advisor on globally threatened N. Bald Ibis Job Description 14.7 Date Aug - Sept 2005 Location Florence (Italy) Organisation European Commission (<strong>EU</strong>) Position Assistant project evaluator Job Description Consulting and advising on preparation of a viable protection and conservation program for the critically endangered N. Bald Ibis Geronticus eremita in Syria; project proposal preparation, fund raising, advocacy and institutional facilitation; international action plan Evaluation of grant proposals submitted to <strong>EU</strong> in response to “Cofinancing with European development NGOs actions in development countries” (Calls for Proposals 2004) 14.8 Date Jan – Feb 2006 Location Damascus (Syria) Organisation Fund for Integrated Rural Development Of Syria (FIRDOS) Position Project formulation expert Job Description Preparation of a project proposal, and a related feasibility study, aimed at combining biodiversity conservation and rural sustainable development, titled “Improving the living conditions of mobile indigenous people of Syrian arid steppe land through sustainable development and nature conservation” 14.9 Date Feb 2006 - Jul 2007 Location Palmyra (Syria) and Ethiopian highlands Organisation National Geographic’s Research and Exploration Committee, BLI, and RSPB Position NG grantee researcher, scientific advisor and field team leader Job Description Coordinated and lead the field team engaged in protecting, preparing trapping, trapping and satellite tagging three individuals of N. Bald Ibis; negotiations with intl. oil corporation planning operations with major impact on biodiversity assets; preparation of feasibility study on “Ecotourism in the Palmyra Desert, Syria"; prepared and carried out a photo-exhibition in Damascus inaugurated by the Syrian First Lady; field surveying of the sat-tagged N. Bald Ibises at their wintering grounds on the Ethiopian central plateau, assessing potential threats in place, habitat reconnaissance and searching for additional ibises; provision of conservation recommendations 14.10 Date Feb-May 2007 Location Sabkhat Al Jabbul (Aleppo, Syria) Organisation Global Environmental Facility (GEF), International Centre for Agricultural Research in Dry Areas (ICARDA) and Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) Position Biodiversity conservation expert and advisor Job Description Assisting the Governorate of Aleppo in developing a conservation multistakeholder strategic plan for the Ramsar wetland sabkhat al jabbul, using a participatory approach 4
Curriculum Vitae Gianluca SERRA Environment - Biodiversity and nature conservation - Environmental sustainability - Desertification 14.11 Date Apr – Jul 2007 Location Florence (Italy) - Damascus (Syria) Organisation IUCN ROWA (International Union for the Conservation of Nature - Regional Office for West Asia) Position Fund raiser Job Description Successfully applied for a 160,000 USD project funded by the Italian Cooperation Program aimed at the conservation of N. Bald Ibis in the Syrian breeding quarters and in the Ethiopian wintering quarters. Another 85,000 USD were raised locally in Damascus and thanks to the National Geographic Society 14.12 Date Sept 2007 – Aug 2009 Location Syria, Ethiopia and Djibouti Organisation IUCN / Italian Development Cooperation Program (DGCS, Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs) / National Geographic Society Position Project director Job Description Directing project “Collaborative Management of Natural Resources and Biodiversity in the Palmyra Desert and in the Ethiopian Highlands”. Lead N. Bald Ibis expeditions in Ethiopia and Djibouti 14.13 Date May-Sept 2008 Location Damascus Organisation European Commission Position Expert on biodiversity conservation, protected areas and Job Description ecotourism Consultancy to the Municipality Administration Modernization Project ( Med/2004/6264: Europe Aid/119822/Sv/Sy) relatively to the Palmyra region. 14.14 Date Feb - Aug 2010 Location Saudi Arabia Organisation National Geographic Society and IUCN ROWA Position Job Description NG research grantee – expedition team leader Lead N. Bald Ibis expedition in Saudi Arabia 14.15 Date Nov 2007 - April 2010 Location Syria, Italy Organisation IUCN Position Fund raiser Job Description Successfully applied for a 700,000 USD with the Italian Cooperation Program aimed at the conservation of N. Bald Ibis in the Syrian breeding quarters and in the Ethiopian wintering quarters (an additional 15,000 USD were raised with the Bin Zayed Foundation (United Emirates of Arabia) 14.16 Date April-May 2010 Location Syria Organisation Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Position Biodiversity conservation expert and institutional facilitator Job Description Facilitating and advising negotiation between Syrian and Italian Govt. for starting a new project in Palmyra, Syria (combining nature conservation and sustainable development) 5
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