Selected projects and activities implemented or led by Æquilibrium Consulting's Principals include:
(Note: we are planning to update below project list soon. Meantime, please contact us for further information)
Country
Year
Project
Client
Albania, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Croatia, FYR Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Serbia (including Kosovo)
2007 - ongoing
Elaboration, publication and maintenance of a website information resource service about environmental financing institutions in South East Europe. Click here to view the eco-finance website.
ADA
India
2007
Environmental Finance Expert for Urban Environmental Infrastructure in India. Participated in a Project Appraisal Mission for GTZ to identify priorities in urban environmental infrastructure in India. Responsible for examining and recommending options for the sustainable financing of urban environmental infrastructure and the use of economic/financial instruments for covering the costs of environmental infrastructure services and for reducing negative impacts on the environment.
GTZ
Moldova
2007
Elaboration of a new ADA water sector strategy for the Republic of Moldova. The sector strategy forms the basis for future financial support from the Austrian Development Agency (ADA) to the Republic of Moldova in the areas water supply, sanitation, sewage and wastewater treatment.
ADA
European countries, Caucasus and Central Asian countries
2006 - ongoing
Based on a mandate from the Swiss Federal Office for the Environment (FOEN), elaboration, publication and maintenance of a website information resource service about the "Environment for Europe" process. The website features detailed information on the sixth Environment for Europe Ministerial Conference held in Belgrade, Serbia, in October 2007, as well as information on the history of the Environment for Europe process, current mandates and organizational arrangements of implementing institutions, and summaries of completed and ongoing work implemented in various work areas of the process. View website.
FOEN
Moldova
2006
Preparation of a review of Moldova’s environment sector. Identification of a project pipeline of environmental projects for possible future support from ADA.
ADA
Kazakhstan
2005 - 2007
Field Operations Manager for the Environmental Monitoring and Evaluation Component of a major World Bank sponsored project to Regulate and Conserve the North Aral Sea and Syr Darya River. Responsible for supervising a team of local environmental specialists (8-10) engaged in field research to monitor the environmental effects of several large hydro-construction works along the Syr Darya River and North Aral Sea in Kazakhstan; prepare terms-of-reference for consultants, oversee their work and provide quality control on their output; coordinate involvement of expat experts, liaise with client and key stakeholders in the community, conduct environmental audits of construction sites and camps.
Preparation of an OECD publication entitled “Financing Water and Environmental Infrastructure – The Case of Eastern Europe, the Caucasus and Central Asia”. The report contains analysis and data on the following subjects: environmental issues in EECCA; economic trends in the region; environmental expenditure; trends in demand for environmental finance; environmental financing strategies; public and private sector environmental spending; financing of municipal environmental infrastructure; foreign environmental aid to the region; environmental financing from capital markets.
OECD
Poland
2002 - 2004
Development of an Environmental Financing Strategy for investments required to bring the West Pomeranian Province of Poland into compliance with EU environmental directives, which involved assessing the cost of needed investments, existing supply of finance, options for raising additional finance, and, policy and institutional reforms to aid implementation of investments.
DEPA, Milieu Ltd.
Kazakhstan
2002
Development economist for preparing ADB’s new Country Environmental Assessment (CEA) on Kazakhstan. Drafted parts of the new CEA and elaborated recommendations for possible TA and lending from ADB.
ADB, SWK
Russian Federation
2001 - 2002
Assistance to the Tomsk Provincial Environmental Protection Committee (Russia) on environmental expenditure reform to allow for more efficient and effective financing.
UK DfID, SWK
Poland
2000
Analysis and recommendations concerning the opportunities and constraints for foreign investment in the water/wastewater sector in southern Poland.
Kommunalkredit Austria AG
Russian Federation, Georgia, Moldova
1999 - 2001
Peer Reviewer of methodology papers and reports concerning environmental financing strategies in Georgia and Moldova as well as two Russian regions, environmental expenditure studies in several NIS, and a study on the use of economic instruments in the Russian Federation.
Sourcebook on Environmental Funds in Economies in Transition. Conducted extensive surveys of over 20 environmental funds in CEE/NIS, and wrote a regional analysis of the funds, published jointly by OECD and the EU’s Phare Programme (1999). Prepared terms-of-reference for the survey, edited final report and oversaw collection of information from funds.
OECD, EU Phare programme
Central and Eastern European countries
1998
Pollution Abatement and Control Expenditures in CEE. Helped co-ordinate the preparation and publication of this OECD report (1998) on the pollution abatement and control expenditures of six CEE countries. Contributed to development of the project terms-of-reference, reviewed draft reports, authored parts of the final report and assisted with final editing and publishing.
OECD, DEPA
Estonia, Hungary, Poland, Romania
1998
Case Studies of PPC Environmental Investment Projects in Estonia, Hungary, Poland and Romania. Helped prepare terms-of-reference, reviewed draft report and assisted with editing of the final report, published by OECD in 1998.
OECD
Czech Republic, Estonia, Poland
1997 -1999
Reviews of Selected Environmental Funds in CEE. Led in-depth evaluations of the Polish EcoFund, Estonian Environmental Fund and Czech State Environmental Fund, conducted by OECD in co-operation with the EU’s Phare Programme. Prepared terms-of-reference for the reviews, selected experts for the review teams, oversaw collection of background information, led review missions to funds, oversaw and reviewed input of review team members, principal author and editor of final reports, presented reports to relevant ministry and fund officials.
OECD, EU Phare programme
Lithuania
1997 -1998
Lithuanian National Environmental Financing Strategy. Prepared terms-of-reference, oversaw work of consultants, reviewed and edited the report which resulted from this study initiated by OECD’s EAP Task Force Secretariat and conducted in co-operation with the Lithuanian Ministry of Environment and the Harvard Institute for International Development.
CEE and NIS Environmental Fund Networks. Launched and co-ordinated these EAP Task Force Secretariat initiatives (OECD), later supported in CEE by EU’s Phare Programme. Supervised the organisation of several annual, region-wide meetings which brought together 50+ representatives of environmental funds, ministries of environment, international financing institutions, multi- and bi-lateral aid agencies, and independent experts to discuss issues of key importance for the funds and to facilitate institutional strengthening measures.
OECD, EU’s Phare Programme
Poland
1995 -1996
Technical assistance to the Podhale Geothermal Energy Project in Poland. Co-ordinated and supervised USAID’s technical assistance to this pilot project in southern Poland which was also supported by the World Bank and a number of other foreign and international institutions.
Chemonics Intl., USAID
Bulgaria
1995 -1996
Municipal Loan Programme for Financing Natural Gas Conversions in Bulgaria. Helped design a municipal loan programme which would allow a grant from USAID to be on-lent as soft-loans for the conversion of residential and other non-commercial heating facilities to cleaner, gas burning systems in the city of Stara Zagora.
Chemonics Intl., USAID
Central and Eastern Europe
1995
For 3 months, substituted the manager of the environment and energy program of the Swiss Cooperation Office with Eastern Europe. Appraised and evaluated numerous technical assistance projects in the areas environment and energy in Central and Eastern Europe.
The Office for Cooperation with Eastern Europe of the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs
Preparation of the publication “Strategic Environmental Issues in Central and Eastern Europe”. Contributing author and co-editors of this two volume report covering 10 CEE countries, with Volume I containing a regional analysis and Volume II country case studies. Responsible for organising and conducting research for the report. Analysed the development of national environmental policies in 1989-93 for ten CEE countries, assessed strengths and weaknesses of environmental strategies, and identified options for policy improvement. The assessment was based on structured, personal interviews with about 150 environmental experts and decision-makers from countries involved.
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Note: Ćquilibrium Consulting was founded in the year 2000. In the above list, all projects starting in 2000 or later were carried out under Ćquilibrium Consulting. Projects started earlier were carried out by Ćquilibrium Consulting's Principals for those clients (or employers) indicated in the column "Client".