I have a background in economics/business and environmental science, enriching it presently with PhD studies in Water Engineering, focusing on nature-based solutions for climate adaptation.20 years of experience as an expert and project manager in multidisciplinary projects in urban and regional development: projects at the site, area, city, region and nation scale. Projects in urban and regional economics, transport and sustainable mobility, urban infrastructure and climate adaptation. More than 10 years of experience in sustainable urban drainage, advancing this field in Latvia in terms of policy planning, best practice and methodology dissemination, as well as research.More than 15 years of experience in grant proposal / project application / business plan preparation with tens of project applications prepared and millions of euros attracted in funding.Areas of competence: Urban infrastructure, urban economics, sustainable mobility, green infrastructure and nature-based solutions, hydrodynamic modelling of surface runoff and stormwater drainage, project preparation and management, cost benefit analyses.