Merijn De Jong Email & Phone Number

Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

Program manager of the environmental program within IPO.

Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

Advancement/recalibration of the position below. Also chairman of the IPO-'works council' since April 2021

Den Haag En Omgeving, Nederland

Responsible for the program lines; 'Water policy broad', 'Water quality', 'Circular Economy and Waste', 'Deep Puddles', and 'Substances of Very Concern' (&PFAS ). This means that I try to achieve objectives through a programmatic approach. My job is to be the connecting link between the provincial (IPO) ambitions and the input (public affairs) in “The.

Den Haag En Omgeving, Nederland

Becoming senior with special attention to the renewed Delta-approach waterquality" (Delta-aanpak waterkwaliteit), working towards new administrative agreements, continuation of the knowledge programme for waterquality (kennisimpuls waterkwaliteit), evaluation of the WFD, support of administrators and advisory committees, etc.(Part-time secondment in.

Den Haag En Omgeving, Nederland

Working for the "Interprovinciaal Overleg (IPO)" in het waterdomain. The work mainly consisted out of leading the waterquality file at IPO. In this role is was involved in the development of the renewed "Delta-approach waterquality" (Delta-aanpak waterkwaliteit), a new knowledge programme for waterquality (kennisimpuls waterkwaliteit), working towards new.

Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

Senior Policy Officer at the Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations. Part of the NOVEX program as accountmanager for the provinces of Zeeland and Zuid-Holland.As NOVEX-accountmanager for the provinces of Zuid-Holland and Zeeland my task was to ensure the smooth collaboration process between the provinces and the central government (led by the.

Utrecht En Omgeving, Nederland

Working on waterpolicy including:- Waterquality policy (ecological and chemical quality, EU-waterframework directive, substances of emerging concern, nutrients, norms for waterbodies, etc.)- Watersafety (dike improvement and calamities)

Utrecht Area, Netherlands

As trainee at the province of Utrecht, I worked in two teams under the Physical Environment department; the Soil and Environment team and the Water team.Sept 2016 - Juli 2017: involved in Climate Adaptation & Ultra Deep Geothermal EnergySept 2017 - Dec 2017: Secondment at municipality of Utrecht in Public AffairsJuli 2017 - august 2018: 50% of my time.

Utrecht En Omgeving, Nederland

For the secondment as part of my traineeship I worked for public affairs team of the municipality of Utrecht. Tasks include: managing the internal (public affairs) network of the organisation, making preparations for meetings of aldermen with other officials and analyzing/reporting of parlement debates for public affairs purposes.

After my graduation I decided to travel through Asia. A period in which I further developed competencies like independence, lots of patience, social consciousness and negotiation skills.(Thailand, Lao, Vietnam, Cambodia, China, Taiwan, Myanmar, Singapore, Indonesia and India)

Utrecht Area, Netherlands

Internship at Deltares, subunit; Urban water and subsurface management (completed with a 9 out of 10)Thesis: 'Ecosystem service delivery by urban green infrastructure in Utrecht, the Netherlands'​'​. The study quantified urban ecosystem services delivery of three regulatory ecosystem services (air purification, run-off mitigation and cooling) by different.

Utrecht Area, Netherlands

The diversity of wetland ecosystems worldwide, both natural and constructed, have the ability to sequester carbon and emit methane as well as nitrous oxide. Methane and nitrous oxide are both very important greenhouse gasses because their capability to trap heat in the atmosphere, also known as the global warming potential (GWP). The GWP of methane and.

Utrecht Area, Netherlands

Thesis: "The quantification of the effects of grazing pressures (simulated by cutting) on the vegetative spread of ecosystem engineers". To research the effect of grazing on plant species that function as ecosystem engineers in Dutch wetland ecosystems, a greenhouse experiment was carried out in which different clipping intensities simulated grazing by.

's-Hertogenbosch

Thesis student for "ARK Natuurontwikkeling and PWN"; The influence of wallows by large herbivores on the biodiversity in the Kraansvlak, The Netherlands. Aim of the research was to quantify wallow-creating behaviour by herbivores, like european bison, horse and deer using camera traps, and to quantify the effects of wallows on local biodiversity.

Middelbeers

Research assignment for Bosgroep Zuid Nederland; "Habitat of the smooth snake and other benefiting species in the Kempen, The Netherlands". Aim of the research was to quantify the effects of the recently new created corridors for the smooth snake on insect, bird and vegetation species.Apart from this assignment I also did some small consultancy-assignments.

Palenque, Mexico

Assistant in research project: "Tropical rain forest fragmentation and the richness of terrestrial mammals in Palenque, Mexico. Activities included: mammal inventories (day and night), working with camera-traps, inventories of mammals-tracks, data-analysing, staticial analysis, and report-writing

Master Of Science (M.Sc.), Environmental Biology, Specialization: Ecology And Natural Resource Management, M.Sc.

Courses: - Ecology of Natural Resources - Management of Natural Resources in Context - English for Academic Purposes - Entrepreneurship of.

Bachelor Of Applied Science (Basc), Ecology, B / Ing.

Courses a.o.: - Ecology (specialization) ArcGis, statistics, Excel, SPSS statistics, Research and Advice, Marketing, Economics, Hydrology.

Havo, Natuur En Gezondheid

HAVO