LIFE+ Monitoring expert (Environment Policy & Governance / Nature / Biodiversity) for the French team under the LIFE+ funding programme of the European Commission’s Directorate-General for the Environment.NEEMO EEIG monitors are senior experts skilled in environmental management and nature conservation issues addressed by the LIFE programme. In addition to their technical expertise, they are experienced in the monitoring and evaluation of programmes and/or projects. Their local knowledge of the socio-economic context and regulatory framework grants them in-depth insight into the variety of challenges faced by the LIFE projects and their stakeholders.The work undertaken by LIFE monitors goes somewhat further than the monitoring common in other EU programmes as defined in the Project Cycle Management. NEEMO's monitoring support not only includes the regular monitoring of the LIFE projects’ technical and financial progress, but also the evaluation of the projects' outputs and results in terms of policy impact, replication potential, transferability, etc. NEEMO experts also conduct ex-post missions, with a view to assessing their long-term impacts and sustainability.

▪ Environmental and social impact assessment of development projects in Africa and Asia (green energy, climate change mitigation/adaptation, road construction, etc.)▪ Environmental and social due diligence▪ Establishment of compliance with the safeguard policies of the World Bank's group

Autumn 2012: grape harvestWinter 2012-2013: grafting of plantsSpring / Summer 2013: tying, trimming and pruning

Payment of Common Agricultural Policy subsidies, through management of the GIS "Land Parcel Identification System" (LPIS):▪ Monitoring of GIS feature classes, quality control and continuous update▪ Full Quality Assurance system implementation and yearly internal audit (Reg (CE) n° 1122/2009 & 146/2010)▪ Establishment and maintenance of Oracle spatial database conceptual conformity▪ Performance reporting to the EC’s Joint Research Centre (JRC) and the DG AGRI (EC).▪ Interoperability and spatial data transfers to third parties▪ LPIS regulatory intelligence▪ International relations, including participation to GeoCAP conferences and related technical workshops▪ BE-WA representation in Management Committee Meetings for Direct Payments (MCMDP)▪ Post-processing, analysis and quality control of orthoimagery▪ Team management of up to 25 GIS technicians▪ Monitoring of public contracts

Determination of agricultural and forest areas for the payment of surface funds from the 1st pillar of the Common agricultural Policy):▪ Photo-interpretation of land covers and landscape features according to the EC's eligibility rules:▪ Land parcels geographical digitisation on GIS.▪ Data encoding of agricultural producers’ applications.

"Moors, peatbogs and meadows" INTERREG III project in the Belgian Ardennes and western Germany (High-Fells/Eifel Nature Park):▪ Census/mapping of 3000+ ha of high community interest wetlands in the European Nature Information System (EUNIS classification)▪ Assessment of the conservation status of habitats based on phytosociological associations and floristic composition▪ Recommendation of appropriate conservation measures