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Dr. Jan Cools has more than 20 years of experience in providing scientific and policy-relevant advice to a number of international organisations, including the European Commission (DG Environment, DG Climate Action, DG Research, DG Agri), the European Environment Agency (EEA) and the United Nations (UNDP, UNEP, UNESCO and UNDRR).He is primarily focusing on inter-disciplinary projects related to climate change adaptation and integrated environmental management for a wide range of topics, of which the most important are water and land management in urban and rural context, nature-based solutions, climate change adaptation and societal transformations. His projects typically integrate natural/engineering sciences with governance and social/economic sciences. Currently, he is the Research Coordinator of the “Institute of Environment and Sustainable Development” at the University of Antwerp, Belgium. Jan Cools is furthermore the scientific coordinator of the ongoing project TransformAr, an EU Horizon2020 Green Deal project, on transformational adaptation (running from 2021-2025). In addition, he is work package leader in 'Nature Smart Cities' (Interreg2Seas) and 'TURQUOISE' (FWO-SBO). In Nature Smart Cities, he leads the development of a business model for the greening of cities. In TURQUOISE, he is responsible for the development of a decision-support framework for using blue-green measures for drought management.Previously, he has been the coordinator of EU research projects WETwin (wetland management), AFROMAISON (natural resources management), FREEMAN (flood resilience), FLAFOM (flash flood management) and was involved as work package leader in Twin2Go (adaptive governance), EnviroGrids (data interoperability) and Soilcare (soil management). He also led the evaluation of the EU Member States' Flood Risk Management Plans (FRMPs) as ordered by the European Commission, and provided technical support on the implementation of a range of EU water-related legislation, the EU Adaptation Strategy and the National Recovery and Resilience Plans (NRRPs). He is the founder of SDSN Belgium.Jan holds a PhD in Environmental Sciences (University of Geneva, Switzerland) (on the use of scientific data for River Basin Management), and 2 MSc degrees from KULeuven (Leuven, Belgium): Water Resources Engineering and Anthropology. Former affiliations are Milieu Ltd (European policy consultancy), Antea Group (engineering consultancy) and the Free University of Brussels (Department of Hydrology and Hydraulic Engineering).
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Research CoordinatorUantwerpenGhent, Be
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Member Of The Uiaa Mountain Protection CommissionUiaa May 2022 - PresentAppointed member to the UIAA Mountain Protection Commission on behalf of Belgium. The Commission aims amongst other to promote sustainable mountain regions development and rewards innovative initiatives in adventure tourism and mountain conservation. UIAA is the International Climbing and Mountaineering Federation.The UIAA believes all those who have a stake in the well-being of the mountain environment should collectively work to raise awareness about the fragile nature of the mountain ecosystems, as well as to encourage responsible and sustainable behaviour and practices. -
Research CoordinatorUantwerpen Sep 2016 - PresentAntwerp Metropolitan AreaBusiness development, Initiation and coordination of research at the Institute of Environment and Sustainable Development of the University of Antwerp. He is primarily focusing on inter-disciplinary projects related to integrated environmental management and climate change adaptation for a wide range of topics, of which the most important are water and land management, nature-based solutions, climate change adaptation, and sustainability assessments. His projects typically integrate natural/engineering sciences with governance and social/economic sciences.
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Mountain Walking & Trekking GuideKlim- En Bergsportfederatie Vzw Jul 2006 - PresentGent Area, BelgiumJan Cools has 15 years of experience as Instructor “Mountain Walking and Trekking” and 30 years of mountaineering experience in and out of Europe. In 2006, he acquired the Austrian degree of “Bergwanderführer” (German for mountain hiking guide). Since 2014, he is responsible for the course on the mountain environment (geology, ecology) for candidates for the UIAA approved degrees “Instructor Mountain Walking and Trekking” and “Instructor Alpine Climbing”. -
Director / Founder - Advice On Climate Change AdaptationCool2Adapt Consult Oct 2011 - Apr 2017Gent Area, BelgiumFree-lance consultant working for national and international clients including the European Commission, NGO’s and research institutes· Watertight solutions to cope with environmental change· Specialised in bringing science into practice for integrated river basin management including biophysicalengineering, livelihood, ecosystem services, adaptive governance and capacity building
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Scientific Advisor On Eu Water, Nature & Marine PolicyMilieu Ltd Mar 2012 - 2016Brussels Area, Belgium• Project manager and senior expert for a dynamic consultancy providing services primarily to international institutions. Clients include the European Commission (DG Environment, DG Climate Action, DG Research, European Environment Agency) and United Nations (UNDP, UNEP, UNISDR).• Expert on interdisciplinary projects including freshwater, coastal, marine, natural hazards and biodiversity assessment and management, climate change adaptation, environmental economic analysis, risk assessment, stakeholder engagement, development and quantification of performance indicators• Author of technical reports, policy documents, impact assessment and evaluation studies, guidance documents and capacity building documents• Facilitator of interactive workshops for an international audience• Setup and managing of international partnerships and networks• Business development activities, project design and proposal writing• Geographical Expertise: several countries in Europe, Africa, Asia and Latin-America -
Researcher On River Basin ManagementUniversity Of Geneva Sep 2011 - Oct 2012GenevaPhD on "Tools for river basin management" -
Project Manager WaterAntea Group Aug 2005 - Sep 2011Ghent, Belgium• Resource mobilization and formulation of multi-partner integrated project proposals• Attracted 20,000,000 Euro funding (of which 2,000,000 own share) from the European Commission (7FP, LIFE, ERANET) corresponding to various projects in the areas of wetland and river basin management, ecosystem services, flood early warning systems, impact assessment, hydrological modelling, vulnerability, resilience and adaptive governance• General coordinator of 4 European research projects (project size from 800,000 to 4,000,000 Euro). Duties include project administration, budget negotiations, supervision of research work, financial and technical guidance and overall synthesis• Popular outreach, impact creation and peer-reviewed journal publications -
Commissioner Of The Accreditation Organisation For Higher Education For The Netherlands And FlandersNvao Jan 2004 - Jul 2008The Hague Area, NetherlandsBetween 2004 and 2008, Jan Cools was appointed as Commissioner of the then newly setup (in 2003) accreditation organisation for higher education for the Netherlands and Flanders/Belgium, abbreviated as NVAO. NVAO is a bi-national institute, directly under supervision of the Ministers of Education of the Netherlands and Flanders/Belgium. He was appointed as one of the 6 representatives of the Flemish Government. In his official mandate of 4 years, he spend most time in (contributing to) the build up and institutional strengthening of the young NVAO. More information can be found at www.nvao.net. -
Researcher In HydrologyVrije Universiteit Brussel Feb 2001 - Jun 2005Brussels, Belgium* Research on ‘Economic optimization and water quality modelling’ in Belgium and Russia respectively for the “Environmental Cost Model” project and the European funded project HYDROMANAGER* Coordinator of mapping of groundwater bodies for Flanders as contribution to the European Water Framework Directive* Tutor and supervisor of 10 MSc thesis on hydrological modelling with SWAT
Jan Cools Skills
Jan Cools Education Details
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Tools For River Basin Management
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Culture And Development Studies (Anthropology) -
Bio-Engineering In Land And Water Management
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Jan Cools's current role is Research Coordinator.
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Jan Cools attended University Of Geneva, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven.
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Jan Cools has skills like Vulnerability Assessment, Gis, Water, River Basin Management, Eu Water Policy, Early Warning Systems, Climate Change Adaptation, Disaster Risk Reduction, Water Governance, European Union, Governance, Environmental Science.
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Jan Cools's colleagues are Robert Adie, Nils Glatthard, Agnes Semelet, Stuart Gray, Canan Karatay, Edivaldo Viana, Stéphanie Kuonen.
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