CURRICULUM VITAE (CV)

Position: Name of Firm: Name of Staff: Profession: Date of Birth: Years with Firm/Entity: 11 Manager, Integrated River Basin Management Division International Office for Water Alain BERNARD Engineer 12th January 1967 Nationality: French

Key Qualifications: o o o o o o o o o Integrated Water Resources Management : from concepts to application; Legal and institutional issues for setting up river basin organizations adapted to local contexts; Transboundary river basin Authorities or Commissions; European Water Framework Directive; Strategic and operational planning instruments; Implementation of financial tools such as polluter-pays and user-pays principles; Conception of industrial pollution control programs; Training and awareness raising of basin executives and users; Project manager.

Education: M. Sc. Engineering degree from the Ecole des Mines dAls (1989) Environmental Option

Employment Record: Present position : Manager, Integrated River Basin Management Division Sophia Antipolis France (from January 1995) International Office for Water Managing international cooperation programs and projects 1991 1994 Engineer in charge of activities in chemical industries, mainly located on the industrial area of Le Havre Port Jrme Member of a national steering group on Prevention of Accidental Pollution in Industry Seine Normandy Water Agency Paris France Engineer in charge of technical assistance and law enforcement for industrial installations Regional Directorate for Industry, Research and Environment (DRIRE) French Ministry of Environment Paris France Engineer in charge of industrial development Regional Directorate for Industry, Research and Environment (DRIRE) French Ministry of Environment Resident in Pointe Pitre (Guadeloupe) ________________________________ Page 1/5

1990 1991

1989 1990

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Relevant experience over the last ten years :

From January to December 2002 Expert for UNDP (United Nations Development Program) and for Caixa Economica Federal (Brazilian Development Bank): Technical Manager of a basin organization: the Consorcio Intermunicipal do Vale do Jiquiria (Bahia Brazil).

DIRECTING TRAINING COURSES ON INTEGRATED WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT Country Brazil (Espirito Santo Vitoria) Costa Rica (San Jos) Brazil (Mato Grosso Cuiaba) Brazil (Rio) Indonesia (Sanur) France (Lyon) Clients Secretariat for Water Resources/ Brazilian Ministry of the Environment French Regional Cooperation Foundation for the Environment of Mato Grosso (FEMA) Secretariat for Water Resources/ Brazilian Ministry of the Environment French Ministry for the Environment French Cooperation Comisin Nacional del Agua Year 1999 1998 1998 Public 65 Brazilian decision-makers from different States of the country - Management of transboundary rivers 15 men / day 30 decision-makers from Central America. 20 men / day 40 Brazilian, Mexican, Uruguayan and Central American decision-makers 15 men / day 40 decision-makers from all Brazilian States 20 men / day 20 executives from Ministry of Public Works 15 men / day Integrated water resource management, 13 Mexican executives from National Water Commission (CNA) 20 men / day

1997

1995 1995

INTERNATIONAL NETWORK OF BASIN ORGANIZATIONS (INBO) Country Mexico, Spain, Brazil, France, Poland, Quebec and Japan Senegal, Niger Colombia, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Argentina Organization International Network of Basin Organizations (INBO) African Network of Basin Organizations (ANBO) Latin American Network of Basin Organizations (LANBO) Years 2005 1996 2005-09-13 2003 1998 1996 Position Deputy Permanent Technical Secretary of INBO Expert Description Organization of General Assemblies and facilitator for workshops Organization of General Assemblies and facilitator for workshops Organization of General Assemblies and facilitator for workshops

Expert

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ASSIGNMENTS ABROAD Country Africa, Europe, Asia, Latin America Brazil Clients European Commission Year 2007 2004 Position Project Manager Description Co-ordination of TwinBasin Project, aiming at fostering twinnings between basin organizations, in order to promote IWRM practises (400 man / day) Formulation of cooperation projects Technical assistance on IWRM and Water Framework Directive (90 m/d) Assistance on legal and institutional formulation of a Basin Authority for Volta transboundary basin 6 countries (25 m/d) Leading of European Union Water Initiative on Transboundary Rivers in Africa 5 pilot basins (65 m/d) Institutional and organisational audit of NBA. Proposals for reforming. (45 m/d) Technical assistance for creating river basin organisations in Sri Lanka ; On-the-job training (30 m/d) Technical and methodological assistance for the development of planning tools for water resource management (30 m/day) Design of a project for a Chilean Training Center for water professions (40 m/d) Technical assistance with the project for modernisation of water resource management in Cera State (30 m/d) Formulation of a strategy for the control of industrial pollution in a pilot river basin (20 m/d) Transposition of European Directives Preparation of Master Plans and economic aspects (7 m/d) Transposition of European Directives related to the control of industrial pollution: institutional and methodological proposals (40 m/d)

French Cooperation ANA - MMA

2005 2002

Project Manager

Burkina (Volta River Basin)

French Cooperation CEDEAO

2005

Project Manager

Africa

French Cooperation and European Commission World Bank Niger Basin Authority (NBA) World Bank Mahaweli Authority (MASL) French Cooperation Comisin Nacional del Agua (CNA) French Cooperation Ministerio de Obras Publicas (MOP) - INH World Bank TACIS (Technical Assistance to the Community of Independent States) European Union European Union

2004

Project Manager

Niger and Cameroo n Sri Lanka (Colombo) Mexico (Mexico)

2003 - 2004

Project Manager

2003

Expert

2003 2000

Project Manager

Chile (Santiago)

2002

Expert

Brazil (Ceara Fortaleza) Russia (Moscow) Slovenia (Ljubljana)

2002

Expert

2001

Expert

2001

European Expert

Hungary (Budapest)

European Community Twinning arrangements

2000

European Expert

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Brazil

Brazilian Ministry for the Environment (MMA)

2002 2001

Project Manager

Feasibility study for a Training Center for Water and Sanitation Professions in Brazil (40 m/d) Expert's assignment on integrated water resource management and organization of drinking water supply and sanitation utilities (50 m/d) Directing a cooperation program with HIDROVEN on decentralisation, public/private partnership and organisation of the training of personnel (30 m/d) Expert's assignment for CIVJ: institutional organization and planning methods (90 m/d) Institutional reforms for management of Alto Iguazu river basin financial, planning and training topics (90 m/d). Analysis of water law draft Expert's assignment for water resource management (5 m/d) Evaluation of bilateral cooperation programs on Rimac river basin management (7 m/d) Market study for NWRI : expert's assignment and training: industrial pollution control Seminar and study assignment on the setting up of integrated water resource management (45 m/d) Managing an inter-ministry working session on the prospects of integrated management of the Irtysh river basin (m/d)

Central America (6 Spanish speaking countries)

French Cooperation

2001 1997

Project Manager

Venezuela (Caracas)

French Cooperation Hidroven

2001 1999

Project Manager

Brazilian Ministry for the Brazil Environment (SRH) and (Bahia Salvador) Inter-municipal Consortium of Jiquiri River Valley The World Bank Brazil Secretaria do Planejamento (Parana Curitiba) Bolivia (La Paz Cochabamba) Peru (Lima)

2000 1999

Project Manager

2001 1999

Expert

French Cooperation French Cooperation

1998

Expert

1998

Expert

Nigeria (Kaduna)

French Cooperation National Water Resources Institute (NWRI)

1997

Expert

Kazakhstan (Almaty)

French Cooperation

1997 1996

Project Manager

Mauritius

French Cooperation

1996

Expert

Seminar on the conditions necessary for adapting the French experience in water management to the context of Mauritius (15 m/d)

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Country Burkina Faso (Ouagadougou)

Clients French Cooperation Ministry of Water Resources French Cooperation

Year

Position Project Manager

Description Preparation of an institutional organization proposal for Nakanb / White Volta integrated management (45 m/d)

1996

South Africa (Pretoria)

1995 Ministry of Water Resources

Expert

Expert's assignment for improvement of water resource management practises (20 m/d)

Turkey (Ankara)

French Cooperation 1995 Turkish Ministry for the Environment DSI French Cooperation Project Manager

French Turkish seminar on water resource management. Preparation of a cooperation program for Aegean rivers pilot basin (45 m/d)

Senegal (Dakar) Mauritania (Rosso) Bulgaria (Sofia - Veliko Tarnovo) Kenya (Nairobi) India (New Dehli) Peru (Lima ; Huaraz) Organization for the Development of the Senegal River (OMVS) European Community PHARE Program French Cooperation Ministry of Water Resources French Cooperation Ministry of Water Resources French Co-operation 1995 Expert

Assistance with creation of the Agency for the Management of Common Infrastructures on Senegal River (45 m/d) Preparation of a program for legal and institutional assistance with water resource management (8 m/d) Preparation of a cooperation program for the creation of a pilot water agency (20 m/d) Directing of a French Indian seminar on the possibility of applying a river basin management system (15 m/d) Directing of a French Peruvian seminar on river basin management (15 m/d)

1995

Expert

1995

Expert

1994

Expert

1994

Expert

Languages: French : Speaking English Spanish Portuguese Mother tongue Reading Excellent Excellent Excellent Writing Excellent Excellent Excellent Excellent Excellent Excellent

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