Životopisy - Dr. Štěpán Unčovský

YEAR AND PLACE OF BIRTH 1963, Brno, Czech Republic

NATIONALITY Czech

KNOWLEDGE OF LANGUAGES Czech (mother tongue)

English (fluent)

German (fluent)

Spanish (fluent)

Russian (good)

French (basic)

Portuguese (basic)

Kiswahili (basic)

Oromifaa (basic)

E-mail: uncovsky@conaf.cl, stepan.uncovsky@gtz.de

www.chilebosquenativo.cl

Key Competence:

natural resource management

environmental management and economics

nature conservation

forestry and agriculture, regional development, land-use

Other Skills:

project planning, management and evaluation

support to complex organisations, institutional development

networking

application of participatory approaches

facilitation techniques

presentation methods

text, data and map processing applications (WinWord, PowerPoint, Excel, Access, dBase, SPSS, GIS Atlas)

Basic and Higher Education:

(Czech Republic)

1969 - 1978 Elementary Nine Year School in Brno

1978 - 1982 Comprehensive Secondary School, Brno

1982 - 1987 University of Agriculture in Brno, Faculty of Forestry Specialisation: Forest Establishment. MSc Thesis: Influence of different times of transplanting on growth performance of seedlings

1986 - 1987 Additional specialisation study of tropical agriculture at the University of Agriculture in Prague-Suchdol

1986 - 1987 Additional specialisation study of tropical forestry at the University of Forestry and Wood Technology in Zvolen

1990 Specialisation course on Tropical Silviculture at Charles University in Prague

1996 – 1999 Doctorate study in forestry economics (PhD Thesis: Forest management model for buffer zones of nature reserves considering economic possibilities of developing countries) at the Mendel University of Agriculture and Forestry in Brno.

Employment Record

1987 - 1989 2 years Manager of a research nursery at the Forestry Research Institute in Brno, Reckovice, Czech Republic. Lay-out and basic evaluation of research trials.

1989 - 1990 1 year Assistant at the Univ. of Agriculture in Brno (Czech Republic), Faculty of Forestry, Dept. of Forestry Economics. Seminars and lecturing.

1990 - 1991 8 months Shangri-La Est. Ltd., Tanzania. Design and execution of an agroforestry programme.

1991 7 months Assistant at the Ministry of Agriculture in Prague, Czech Republic, Dept. of International Relations. Acting as liaison officer, preparation of visitors programme, contribution to policy formulations.

1991 - 1993 2 years Junior expert in the Kenya Forestry Seed Centre Project in Muguga, Kenya and in the Forestry College Londiani in Kenya for GTZ (Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit). Seed technology development for indigenous tree species, seminars in seed technology, curriculum development, training.

1993 - 1994 9 months Assistant desk officer at the GTZ HQ in Eschborn in Frankfurt, Germany. Preparation of and support for projects in eastern and southern Africa.

1994 - 1999 4,5 years Forestry expert in the Integrated Regional Development Project Adaba-Dodola, Ethiopia. Buffer zone management, rural development, community-based management model for natural forest.

1999 – 2001 3 years Desk officer for natural resource management at the GTZ HQ in Eschborn, Frankfurt, Germany. Portfolio management of projects in Maghreb, Central and East Europe/Asia, Latin America. Preparation of technical documents and policy papers. Aspects of land use and forestry under Kyoto Protocol.

2002 – present Project manager in the cooperation programme “Management of Native Forests” in Chile for GTZ / KfW-Bank (Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau) / DED (Deutscher Entwicklungsdienst) / Czech Government. Sector policy development, monitoring systems, private-public partnership, Clean Development Mechanism, strategies for payment fo environmental services. External lecturer at the University in Concepcion. Co-author of the GTZ Country Strategy on Environment and Resource Management.

Short-Term Stages and Missions

1984 1 month Swedish University of Agriculture, Faculty of Forestry in Umea. Establishment and evaluation of permanent sample plots.

1985 2 months National Agricultural Research Institute (INIA) in Madrid, Spain. Forest inventory of pine and oak forests.

1986 2 months Coffee plantations in Matagalpa area, Nicaragua. Seedling production, plantation establishment.

1986 1 month Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences, Dept. of Botany in Pruhonice. Inventory of park trees.

1987 2 months University of Forestry and Water Resource in Nancy, France. Tropical dendrology.

Research Centre for Tropical Agriculture (CTFT Nogent sur Marne), France. Tropical dendrology.

1987 Elaboration of a report for the IUFRO conference in Geneva, Switzerland - “Development of Forestry in Czechoslovakia from 1946 - 1986”.

1990 1 month National Agricultural Research Institute (INIA) in El Encin, Spain. Tissue cultures of tree species.

1993 1 month Workshop on Social Forestry in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe.

1996 Participation in the World Congress of the International Soil Conservation Organisation (ISCO) in Bonn, Germany, poster presentation: „Anti-erosion measures in Bale mountains, Ethiopia“.

1997 1 month Project progress review „Regional Development Project“ in Maseru, Lesotho for GTZ (Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit).

1997 Participation in the XI World Forestry Congress in Antalya, Turkia.

1998 1 month Organisation of social forestry excursion of forestry experts from Ethiopia in Madagascar.

1998 1 month Participation in a workshop on social forestry in Banjul, Gambia, excursion in Gambia and Senegal.

1999 1 month Mission advisor on subsidies in forestry in Maseru, Lesotho for GTZ (Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit), “Regional Development Project”.

1999 1 month Mission advisor on forest restitution in Sofia, Bulgaria for GTZ (Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit).

1999 2 weeks Project Progress Review “Nature Conservation Project” Marocco for GTZ.

1999 1 month Backstopping mission for “Nature Conservation and Buffer Zone Development Project” in Minas Gerais, Brasil for GTZ.

2000 2 weeks Project Progress Review “Management of Natural Forests” in Chile for GTZ / Bank KfW (Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau).

2000 2 weeks Project planning mission in Latvia: “Support to small- and medium-size private forestry” within the TRANSFORM programme for GTZ.

2000 1 month Participation in supervisory mission of the World Bank/KfW/DFID in Brasil, Amazonas/Para, in Project “ProManejo” (support to natural forest management).

2000 3 weeks Mission leader of final evaluation of the project: “Fire Prevention and Management” in Mongolia for GTZ

2000 1 week Programme building (KfW and GTZ) “Natural Resource Management” in Paraguay.

2000 2 weeks Participation in the WB/EU supervisory mission for Forestry Programme in BiH with presentation at the “Workshop on potentials of remote sensing in BiH forestry”, Bosnia

2000 2 weeks Project appraisal mission “Ecological Corridors” (PPG7) in Brasil, together with the World Bank, KfW-Bank and the EU.

2000 3 weeks Leader of review mission for the Project “Forest Restitutions” in Bulgaria.

2001 1 week Workshop on “Natural resources, public relations and programme building” in Valdivia, Chile.

2001 1 week Review mission in project CIEFAP (Forestry Research Centre of Patagonia, Esquel) in Argentina.

2001 2 weeks Review mission for the GTZ - KfW-Bank cooperation project: “Support to Nature Protection System” in Peru.

2001 2 weeks Participation in supervisory mission of the World Bank and the KfW-Bank in Brasil, Amazonas/Para, in Project “ProManejo” (support to natural forest management), preparation of the next phase.

2001 4 weeks Leader of identification mission for a regional project “Amazon Forest Protection” in Peru, Ecuador and Brasil.

2002 2 weeks Participation in phase II planning mission of the World Bank and the KfW-Bank in Brasil, Amazonas/Para, in Project “ProManejo” (support to natural forest management).

2003 1 week Participation in the development of a monitoring system for sustainable development in the Chaco-Trinacional Project (Argentina).

2004 1 week Participation in the COP 10 of UN Framework Convention on Climate Change in Buenos Aires, Argentina