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Highest Degree

DEA

Job Type

Natural Resource Management
Decision Making & Policy

Subject Area

Emergency Management
Fisheries, Aquaculture
Policy, Law, Economics, Management

Activities

Head Tsunami Resilience Section (2019-2022 a.i.; 2022-)
Technical Secretary for the Caribbean Tsunami and other Coastal Hazards Warning and Mitigation System (ICG CARIBE EWS), Technical Secretary for the Pacific Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System (ICG PTWS), (2007-2023)
Technical Secretary for the Inter-ICG Task Team on Disaster Management and Preparedness (TT-DMP) (2014-2019)

Skills

Tsunami Warning Systems (14 years experience). Contributed to the task of helping Indian Ocean Member States to build an Indian Ocean Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System. Contributes to strengthen National Tsunami Warning and Mitigation Systems in Colombia, Chile, Peru and Ecuador. Contributes to put in place national capabilities for coastal hazards including tsunami in Haiti and Dominican Republic. Contributed to the development of tsunami community preparedness in Thailand and a National Multi Hazard Early Warning System in Oman. Contributes currently to development of subregional tsunami warning and mitigation systems in the South China Sea and in Central America.

Bioeconomic modelling (5 years experience),
Fisheries management (10 years experience),
Coastal Zoning (5 years experience),
Intergovernmental coordination (18 years experience),
Team building, Community Preparedness, Fisheries Economics, Coastal Zoning with GIS applications, Participatory Planning Processes, EIA, Early Warning Systems. Tsunami Evacuation Mapping and Planning.

Working language(s)

English
French
Spanish

Website(s)

http://www.ioc-tunami.org

Mr Bernardo ALIAGA ROSSEL