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Curriculum Vitae

Personal information Tamara Mitrofanenko Ploesslgasse 1/6, 1040, Vienna, Austria 0043 680 216 2887 tomamit@gmail.com

Nationality Russian Date of birth 4 May 1983

Occupational field Sustainable regional/rural development, nature protection, public participation, capacity building, environmental policy, sustainability science, science-policy-practice interface, managing international multi-stakeholder environmental projects.

Work experience

November 2007 – present United Nations Environment Programme, Vienna Office - Secretariat of the Carpathian Convention (UNEP Vienna - SCC), Vienna, Austria

Consultant

Main activities and responsibilities

Selected Projects

Publications

Project development, management and research in the field of sustainable tourism development, environmental policy, education for sustainable development, cultural heritage; Support to ESD practice, research and policy in the Carpathian and Caucaus region; Supporting the process of cooperation in the Caucasus mountain region within the Environment and Security Initiative. Innovation in Rural Tourism (InRuTou), Big Foot. Crossing Generations, Crossing Mountains – intergenerational learning and participatory development in the rural mountainous regions (2010 - 2013); Move4Nature – education for sustainable development, teacher training and material development in the rural mountainous areas (2008-2010). InRuTou: Transferability Manual, 2015 (Editor); Cases from European Mountain Communities, 2015 (Editor); Big Foot: Transferability Tool Kit, 2013 (lead author), Proceedings of the conference “Intergenerational learning and Innovation for sustainable Development”, 2014 (editor); Carpathian Mountains ESD Training Tool Kit, 2010 (editor), Carpathian Book of Fairy Tales, 2011 (editor).

August 2011 – present Zoi Environment Network (former UNEP/Grid-Arendal), Geneva, Switzerland Project Manager

Main activities and responsibilities

Selected projects

December 2015 - present

Main activities and responsibilities

Project development and management, supporting environmental training and capacity building in natural resource management and cooperation of multisector stakeholders on the national, regional and international level, research; environmental assessments, reports, environmental and statistical data, indicators; organization and support of meetings, background research, translation and interpretation. Regional focus: South Caucasus and Eastern Europe EuBike - Cyclotoruism in Europe (2014-2016), monitoring of the Joint Danube Delta Survey (2011), ENPI/ENI-SEIS project (2010-2011, 2016), Transboundary Water Management of the Morava River (2009), UNECE Convention on Transboundary Effects of Industrial Accidents workshops in Kyiv (2007), Uzbekistan (2011); environmental journalism trainings.

University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences (BOKU), Institute of Landscape Development, Recreation and Conservation Planning (ILEN)

PhD Project Collaborator

Development and implementation of a project on cooperation among the Austrian, Armenian and Georgian universities. The project is aimed at capacity building in transdisciplinary teaching and research in the field of sustinable tourism development.

Education and training October 2011 - Present Doctoral School of Sustainable Development, University of Natural Resources and Life

Sciences, Vienna, Institute of Landscape Development, Recreation and Conservation Planning

Title PhD Candidate Publications Mitrofanenko T, Muhar A, Penker M (2015) Potential for Applying Intergenerational

Practice to Protected Area Management in Mountainous Regions. Mountain Research and Development 35 (1). Mitrofanenko, Tamara (2016). Intergenerational Practice - an Approach to Implementing Sustainable Development and Environmental Justice. In: Kury, H., Redo, S., Shea, E. (Eds.), Women and Children as Victims and Offenders: Background, Prevention, Reintegration. Suggestions for Succeeding Generations. Heidelberg, New York: Springer, Vol. 2, in Print.

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Education and training

August 2010 und 2011

Title

Forum Alpbach, Austria Certificates of Completion

Principal subjects Water and Soil under Pressure, Human Habitats (2011) Economic theory and economic policy in crisis, Social Entrepreneurship (2010)

2005-2007 Bard Center for Environmetnal Policy, Bard College, NY, USA

Title Master of Science in Environmental Policy Principal subjects Environmental Policy, Regional Environmental Cooperation;

Diploma: “The Role of Environment and Security in the Frozen Conflict Areas of the Southern Caucasus”

2006 United Nations Environment Programme / University of Geneva, Switzerland Title Certificate of Attendance

Principal subjects Environmental Diplomacy

2002-2005 Texas A&M University, Commerce, TX, USA

Title Bachelor of Science in Environmental Science Principal subjects Environmental Science, Chemistry, Mathematics, Research on “Performing Separations

using size-exclusion chromatography”, Honors Thesis “Adapting MicroLab Model 402 Environmental Interface to In-situ Monitoring of the Algal Content of the Water Bodies”

2000-2002 Northeast Iowa Community College, Peosta, Iowa, USA

Title Associate of Arts

Personal competences

Mother tongue(s)

Russian

Other language(s) Self-assessment Understanding Speaking Writing

Listening Reading Spoken interaction

Spoken production

Language English C2 English C2 English C2 English C2 English C2 Language Spanish C1 Spanish C1 Spanish B2 Spanish B2 Spanish B1 Language French B1 French B1 French B1 French A2 French A2 Language German C1 German B2 German B2 German B2 German B1

Organisational skills • Project management skills, gained while managing projects of behalf of UNEP and Zoi • Event planning and organization, gained while organizing international meetings and

events on behalf of UNEP and Zoi (both substantial and logistic organization) • Establishing of partnerships, gained while facilitating international cooperation, project

writing and submission • Multi-disciplinary research and presentations

Comunication skills • Networking between policymakers, scientific experts and NGOs • Communication and teamwork in a multicultural environment • Moderation of meetings

Technical skills • Writing and editing of policy, academic and literary text

• Translation (UNEP documents and communication, report on the Pamirs for the Wildlife Conservation Society, book chapters on chemical weapons)

• Interpretation (Russian-English-Russian) • Design: logos, brochures, publications

Computer skills Office suite; Geographic Information Systems; Adobe Indesign, Illustrator; Website maintenance (Contao)