Independent experts nominated by country party
Anna Rita Gentile
Title
Ms.
First name
Anna Rita
Last name
Gentile
Gender
F
Nominating Country
Date of Nomination
Other Disciplines
Soil Degradation
Environmental planning
GIS
Other
Environmental planning
GIS
Other
UN languages spoken
English
Spanish
French
Geographical Focus
Iceland
Liechtenstein
Norway
Switzerland
Job function
Civil Engineer
Email
annarita.gentile@gmail.com
Telephone number
+45 21902456
Work experience
April 2009 to date: independent consultant for the UNCCD secretariat. Assignment: assist the secretariat to carry out a regional consultation on the methodologies for the implementation of impact indicators._x000D_
1996-2009: project manager for soil at the European environment agency (EEA) in Copenhagen, responsible for the coordination of projects related to soil and the environment, land degradation and contaminated sites. Desk officer for Italy._x000D_
1993-1994: GIS and database adviser for the European commission in Brussels. Responsibilities: management, development and exploitation of the Corine environmental information system with particular reference to air emissions data._x000D_
1987-1996: project manager and senior consultant at TELESPAZIO S.P.A. and ESRI Italia S.P.A. in Rome. Responsibilities: use of geographic information systems and remote sensing applications in civil and environmental engineering; data processing and analysis._x000D_
1986-1987: free lance engineer at Tre Pi Progetti S.P.A. in Rome. Responsibilities: structural analysis, design and calculation of steel structures and plant components for the air-conditioning system of a nuclear power plant.
1996-2009: project manager for soil at the European environment agency (EEA) in Copenhagen, responsible for the coordination of projects related to soil and the environment, land degradation and contaminated sites. Desk officer for Italy._x000D_
1993-1994: GIS and database adviser for the European commission in Brussels. Responsibilities: management, development and exploitation of the Corine environmental information system with particular reference to air emissions data._x000D_
1987-1996: project manager and senior consultant at TELESPAZIO S.P.A. and ESRI Italia S.P.A. in Rome. Responsibilities: use of geographic information systems and remote sensing applications in civil and environmental engineering; data processing and analysis._x000D_
1986-1987: free lance engineer at Tre Pi Progetti S.P.A. in Rome. Responsibilities: structural analysis, design and calculation of steel structures and plant components for the air-conditioning system of a nuclear power plant.
Highest Academic achievement and qualification
Masters degree in civil engineering – construction section, university of rome “la sapienza”, 1986, qualification as engineer, university of Rome “la sapienza”, 1986 post-graduate diploma in environmental decision making, the open university, united kingdom, 2003_x000D_
Other qualifications:_x000D_
Sanitary and environmental engineering, university of Rome “la sapienza”, 1991_x000D_
Judgement and decision making for management, the London school of economics and political science, 2008
Other qualifications:_x000D_
Sanitary and environmental engineering, university of Rome “la sapienza”, 1991_x000D_
Judgement and decision making for management, the London school of economics and political science, 2008
Number of Publications
20
Publication titles
Coordination, editing and writing of the European environment agency publications on soil and contaminated sites over the period 1996-2009: http://www.eea.europa.eu/themes/soil_x000D_
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Editing and contribution to the European commission’s soil thematic strategy reports: http://ec.europa.eu/environment/soil/making_en.htm (ec, 2004)._x000D_
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Contribution to the reports:_x000D_
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"Impacts of Europe’s changing climate- 2008 indicator based assessment (EEA-JRC-who, 2008), co-author of the soil chapter._x000D_
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“The status of health in the European union”: http://www.eugloreh.it/actionpagina_993.do (Eugloreh, 2008), co-author of the section on contaminated sites._x000D_
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“Global environmental outlook 4”: http://www.unep.org/geo/geo4/media/ (UNEP, 2007), reviewer.
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Editing and contribution to the European commission’s soil thematic strategy reports: http://ec.europa.eu/environment/soil/making_en.htm (ec, 2004)._x000D_
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Contribution to the reports:_x000D_
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"Impacts of Europe’s changing climate- 2008 indicator based assessment (EEA-JRC-who, 2008), co-author of the soil chapter._x000D_
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“The status of health in the European union”: http://www.eugloreh.it/actionpagina_993.do (Eugloreh, 2008), co-author of the section on contaminated sites._x000D_
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“Global environmental outlook 4”: http://www.unep.org/geo/geo4/media/ (UNEP, 2007), reviewer.
Other activities
From 1996 to 2009, representation of the EEA in:_x000D_
Soil policy groups _x000D_
UNCCD: member of the inter-agency task force on reporting established by the UNCCD secretariat; member of the ec delegation in UNCCD meetings. Soil thematic strategy (2003-2004): European commission inter-service working group on soil policy, advisory forum, technical working groups on monitoring and contamination (co-chair). European soil forum (1998-2003)._x000D_
European networks and initiatives: common forum on contaminated land, ad-hoc group on contaminated land, Nicole; Caracas and clarinet concerted actions; European soil bureau (JRC)._x000D_
European and international projects: DISMED (Italian cooperation), CLEMDES (FP5) among others._x000D_
Register of chartered engineers, Rome since July 1987._x000D_
The Danish society of engineers, Copenhagen since April 2008.
Soil policy groups _x000D_
UNCCD: member of the inter-agency task force on reporting established by the UNCCD secretariat; member of the ec delegation in UNCCD meetings. Soil thematic strategy (2003-2004): European commission inter-service working group on soil policy, advisory forum, technical working groups on monitoring and contamination (co-chair). European soil forum (1998-2003)._x000D_
European networks and initiatives: common forum on contaminated land, ad-hoc group on contaminated land, Nicole; Caracas and clarinet concerted actions; European soil bureau (JRC)._x000D_
European and international projects: DISMED (Italian cooperation), CLEMDES (FP5) among others._x000D_
Register of chartered engineers, Rome since July 1987._x000D_
The Danish society of engineers, Copenhagen since April 2008.
Awards
CAVALIERE DELL’ORDINE DELLA STELLA DELLA SOLIDARIETÀ ITALIANA (knight of the order of the Italian solidarity), awarded by the president of the Italian republic Giorgio Napolitano in June 2006.
Organisation name
Consulate of Mauritius, Rome
Organisation street address
Classensgade 17 B, 3th, 2100
Organisation city
Copenhagen
Organisation country
Italy