Maria Van Veldhuizen Email & Phone Number

Vienna, Austria

I provide consultancy services in the areas of climate change/sustainable development, especially just energy transitions. I can support your organisation with project design and management, research and analysis, report writing, proposal development, strategic communications advice and more.

Panama City, Panamá, Panama

Support for the development of a train-the-trainers programme on gender and energy for capacity development institutions and organisations in 10 African and Latin-American countries.

Nine-month contract to develop gender-responsive energy policy guidelines for Pacific Island States

Berlin, Germany

• Sample projects:
• Advisory services as part of the expert pool for ‘Agenda 2030, Poverty and Inequality, Leave No One Behind’ for GIZ and the German Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ)
• Development of a study about the role of subnational governments in the Mexican energy transition
• Consultancy on new governance approaches to build resilience to shocks and accelerate the implementation of the UN Sustainable Development Goals, for GIZ

• Projects:
• 'Getting to Gender Equality in Hydropower', a study on women's participation in the hydropower sector, commissioned by the World Bank and conducted in cooperation with the International Hydropower Association
• Project management and workshop facilitation for the online knowledge transfer component of GWNET's mentoring programmes
• Project management of the Empowering Central Asian Women in Renewable Energy Mentoring Program, implemented by OSCE and GWNET
• Co-development of a study on women's employment in renewable energy in the EU and selected Eastern Partnership Countries, for the Friedrich Ebert Foundation

• Sample activities:
• Editorial, reporting and proposal development support to the Climate Insurance-Linked Resilient Infrastructure Finance (CILRIF) working group, for the UN Capital Development Fund (UNCDF)
• Editing of various reports for C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group, the African Development Bank and others
• Development of case studies for the Crowther Lab's Restor platform for tracking ecosystem restoration

As part of the OSCE's International Consultant Roster for Energy Experts.

Austria

• Projects:
• Development of a funding proposal for a climate finance project led by the African Development Bank

Vienna, Austria

- Developed strategies for and managed all communications and outreach channels and activities for the organisation and its programmes, including four websites, nine social media profiles, publications, photography and videography and on- and offline events;- Managed submission and engagement processes that led to two award wins for the Beyond the Grid.

Vienna

Vienna, Austria

www.reeep.orgwww.climateknowledgebrokers.netResponsibilities included day-to-day network management for the Climate Knowledge Brokers Group, assistance with the organisation and running of a workshop, management of CKB and REEEP websites and social media presence, management of CKB and REEEP newsletters, organisation and running of a number of webinars in.

Hendrik Ido Ambacht, The Netherlands

Rome Area, Italy

Middelburg, The Netherlands

Rotterdam Area, Netherlands

Master Of Environmental Science, Policy And Management, Environmental Policy, Distinction

Activities and Societies: Thesis: Regional Organisations and Climate Change Adaptation in Pacific Small Island States. Grade: A Erasmus.

Thesis Writing, Environmental Policy, A

Ba Cum Laude, International Relations, Environmental Sciences, Economics

Activities and Societies: Board member of the R.A.S.A. Bar Foundation, Jan-Dec 2009

Exchange, Diplomacy, Environmental Restoration

Activities and Societies: Auckland University Tramping Club, Auckland University Canoe Club

High School/College, Social Science

Exchange, College, Social Sciences

Activities and Societies: Wrote for the school newspaper (in Spanish) 'Most multicultural school in Spain' according to Spanish newspaper.