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European Territorial Cooperation Programmes (ETCP), GREECE-ITALY 2007-2013
Efficient Irrigation Management Tools for Agricultural Cultivations and Urban Landscapes
IRMA -
Subsidy Contract No: I3.11.06
LP-TEIEP | P2-AEPDE | P3-INEA | P4-ISPA/CNR | P5-ROP | P6-ROEDM
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Agricultural Chemistry, specializing in
soil science, and an MBA in Public
Sector Management; from University
College Dublin. He has served as an
expert with the European Commission,
where he had specific responsibility for
programmes in support of the Agri-
food sector. He has been Agricultural
Counsellor at the Irish Embassy Rome
and Permanent Representative to the
Rome based UN agencies, FAO, WFP
and IFAD. He was a member of the
committee on world food security and
EU chairman and negotiator at the
World Food Summit, as well as being
representative to FAO council and
various
inter
governmental
committees. He was for several years
an Irish Delegate to various meetings
of EU Commission and Council, and
Irish representative to OECD and UN
ECE specialists committees and
working groups. He has acted as a
World Bank consultant in ASIA and
South America. He is a past president
of the Irish Agricultural Science
Association, and former Director of the
North – South Agrilink initiative, and is
currently chairman of Gorta, an
International NGO, with a particular
interest in enhancing the productivity
of small holder farmers, and improving
food and nutrition, in countries in Sub
Saharan Africa.
Dr. Vassilios Stergiopoulos
(Dr.
d’Etat, Dr-Ing., D.E.A. de Mecanique
des Fluides, Civil Engineer) works as
Professor at the Department of Civil
Engineering Educators School of
Pedagogical
&
Technological
Education (ASPETE). Among his
scientific
interests
are
small
hydropower plants, hydrodynamic
works, environmental hydraulics and
technologies,
urban
hydraulics,
irrigation systems, fluvial hydraulic
mechanics,
hydropolitics
and
geopolitics of water and physical
resources. He is considered one of the
most significant experts in hydraulic
technology of ancient civilizations and
has dedicated much of his work on the
study
and
utilization
of
the
Archimedes’ screw.
Mr. Evagellos Koukiasas
is the
President
of
the
Board
of
MEDITERRANEAN SOS (MedSOS)
Network. MedSOS, is a non-profitable,
non-governmental organization active
since 1990, it is registered in the Index
of NGOs of the Hellenic Ministry of
Foreign Affairs. MedSOS is member
of UNEP/MAP
NGO
partners,
European Environmental Bureau
(EEB), Mediterranean Information
Office (MIO-ECSDE), European Union
for Coastal Conservation (EUCC),
International Network for Sustainable
Energy (INFORSE), Climate Action
Network (CAN), National Network of
Anna
Lindh
Euro-Mediterranean
Foundation for the Dialogue between
Cultures, Euro-Mediterranean Youth
Platform and the Water Footprint
Network. Among the aims of MedSOS
is the active participation in campaigns
regarding the efficient use of water,
including irrigation.
Dr. Schalk Jan van Andel
is a senior
lecturer in Hydroinformatics at
UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water
Education, Delft, the Netherlands. He
has a background in Hydrology,
Computational Hydraulics and Water
Management. He has been involved in
national and international research
projects, like the design of innovative
flood reduction measures along the
Dutch branches of the Rhine and the
development of Earth System Models
at
the
Potsdam-Institut
für
Klimafolgenforschung
(PIK).
He
specialized in the development and
application
of
hydrologic
and
hydrodynamic models. At present he is