Augusto Pretner has 40 years of experience in the coordination and implementation of large environmental and hydraulic engineering projects covering a wide range of sectors, mainly in the field of civil/hydraulic and environmental engineering, Furthermore, Augusto Pretner has outstanding project management skill and long experience in coordination of field work and survey teams. He also has excellent communication skills in building interpersonal relations and institutional networking with specialists from different educational and/or cultural background. This is also corroborated by his long experience in managing projects for multilateral institutions such as the World Bank, European Commission, UNECE, UNEP, as well as with governmental institutions such as the Italian Ministries of Environment and Foreign Affairs, Egyptian Holding Company for Water and Waste Water (HCWW), Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Municipalities of Beijing and shanghai, Ministries of Public Works of: Greece, Albania and Bulgaria, Iraq, Ministries of Environment of: Albania, Romania, Serbia, Montenegro, Croatia, Poland, Czech Republic, Egypt, Algeria, Iraq, , Ministry of Water Resources of Egypt, China and Iraq. He is the coordinator of two of the major Water Resources Management projects in the world: “the South to North Water Transfer” in China and SWLRI “Strategic Study for Water and Land Resources in Iraq.He was appointed as official member of the Italian Delegation in the following international conferences: • UNFCCC - COP18 in Doha, Qatar ( December 2012 ) • Rio+20, U N Conference on Sustainable Development ( June 2012)• World Water Forum in Turkey (2009), in Mexico (March 2006) and in Kyoto (March 2003) • UN Conference on sustainable development (New York, April 2004 and April 2005)He is author of over 30 scientific publications and international congress proceedings.