CURRICULUM VITAE
1. Family name: PETERSON
2. First name: Kaja
3. Date of birth: 14 April 1963
4. Nationality: Estonian
5. Civil Status: Married
6. Education:
1991-92 Master’s degree (M.Sc.) in Environmental Science,
University of Manchester, UK
1987 Diploma, in Biology and Ecology, Tartu University,
Estonia
7. Language skills: ( 1 to 5 mark for competence)
Language Reading Speaking
Writing
Estonian 5
5
5
English 5
4
4
Finnish 4
4
3
Russian 4
3
3
8. Membership of professional bodies:
· Member of Estonian Naturalists' Society (since
1977)
· Member of Estonian Ornithological Society (since
1994)
9. Other skills:
Biodiversity conservation and management, approximation of national environmental
and nature conservation legislation with the European Union, nature management,
environmental impact assessment and environmental auditing, project management.
Valid EIA expert certificate
10. Present employer:
Estonian Institute for Sustainable Development (SEI-Tallinn)
Box 160
Tallinn 10502
Ph:+372-6 276104
Fax:+372-6 276101
kaja@seit.ee
www.seit.ee;
11. Present position: Programme Director - Sustainability
Measures
12. Years with the organisation: since
1 August 1993
13. Key qualifications (relevant to the project):
· Project management skills
· Trainers' and lecturer’s skills
· Knowledge of European Union and Estonian environmental
legislation
· Knowledge and experience in environmental and
nature management
· Eastern European experience
· International experience
· Book editing and lay-out experience
14. Specific Eastern European countries experience:
Country Date
Lithuania 2000
UNEP mission Evaluation
of the Progress of Implementation of the Convention on Biological Diversity
in Countries of Eastern and Central Europe
Country Date
Kyrgyzstan 2000
UNEP mission Evaluation
of the Progress of Implementation of the Convention on Biological Diversity
in Countries of Eastern and Central Europe
Country Date
Lithuania 1997-1998
UN ECE mission Environmental
Performance Review
15. Professional experience record:
Date 2002-2003
Location Estonia
Position Estonian
project manager
Description Implementation
of the Tagamõisa Natura2000 site management plan Client:
DEFRA UK, Funded by DEFRA, UK
Date 2002-2003
Location Estonia
Position Estonian
project manager
Description Consulting
the planning of coastal zone management in the Island of Saaremaa
Client: Saaremaa County Administration Funded by Nordic
Council of Ministers
Date 2001-2002
Location Estonia
Position Estonian
project manager
Description Drafting
of the Second National Report to the Convention on Biological Diversity
Client: Estonian Ministry of the Environment Funded
by UNEP
Date 2001-2002
Location Estonia
Position Estonian
project manager
Description Drafting
of the Strategic Environmental Impact Statement of the Estonian Long-term
Strategy of Forestry Client: Estonian Ministry of the
Environment Funded
by the Government of Estonia
Date 2001-2002
Location Estonia
Position Estonian
project manager
Description Establishment
of Special Protection Areas under EC Bird Directive in Estonia
Client: Senter Internationaal, The Netherlands Estonian
Ministry of the Environment Funded by the Dutch Government
MATRA fund
Date 2000
Location Estonia
Position Project
manager
Description Evaluation
of the administrative performance of the protected areas’ management in Estonia.
Client: Estonian Ministry of Environment Funded
by European Union Integration Project
Date 1999-2000
Location Estonia
Position Project
manager
Description Implementation
of EC Bird and Habitat Directives in Estonia: Seminar for county environmental
and forestry administrators Funded by
European Integration
Project Client: Estonian Forestry Board, Ministry of Environment
Date 1999-2001
Location Estonia
Position Expert
Description Training
of Environmental Administrators in Environmental Policy and Management
Client: EU PHARE/TEMPUS Partners: Tallinn Technical
University, Ministry of Environment, Imperial College
of London, Tampere Technical University, Mikkeli Polytechnics
Date 1998-1999
Location Estonia
Position Content
Expert, one of the main organisers
Description Baltic
Conference on Environmental Impact Assessment, 28-29 April, 1999
Funded by SEI-Tallinn, SEPA, Finnish Ministry of the Environment
and Estonian Environmental Fund
Date 1998-2000
Location Estonia
Position Expert,
Working Group Member
Description Compilation
of Sustainable Forestry Management Standard for Forestry Certification in
Estonia, Funded by Estonian Forestry Board
Date 1998-1999
Location Estonia
Position Expert,
Working Group Leader
Description Member
of Planning Team and Leader of Expert Groups on Education, Tourism and Genetic
Resources&Biotechnology in the drafting of
National Biodiversity Strategy and
Action Plan for Estonia (NBSAP), funded by UNEP/GEF
Date 1998
Location Estonia
Position Consultant
to Baltic Environmental Forum (BEF)
Description Approximation
to EU bird and habitat directives in the Baltic States
Date 1998
Location Estonia
Position Member
of Advisory Committee
Description GIS-based
Biodiversity Monitoring Programme
Date 1997-1998
Location Lithuania
Position UN ECE
mission member; Expert
Description Environmental
Performance Review of Lithuania. Drafting of the chapter on Nature Management
of Lithuania
Date 1997
Location Estonia
Position Consultant
to Regional Environmental Centre (REC) (Hungary)
Description Survey
on the Demand for Environmental Technologies and Services, and The Providers
of these Services and Technologies
Date 1996-1997
Location Estonia
Position Consultant
to Ministry of the Environment
Description Drafting
the bill on EIA and Environmental Auditing for Estonia
Date 1997
Location Estonia
Position Consultant
to Environmental Policy Centre of Europe (EPCE) in Brussels, Belgium
Description Analysis
of environmental regulatory trends in Estonia until 2006
Date 1996
Location Estonia
Position Consultant
to the World Bank
Description Environmental
permitting system and compensation for environmental damages in Estonia
Date 1995
Location Geneva,
Switzerland
Position Consultant
to UN ECE
Description Drafting
the statistical framework for Nature Management Database for ECE countries
Date 1995
Location Estonia
Position Researcher
to a project funded by Nordic Council of Ministers
Description Application
of EIA in the Baltic States: Quality control and public involvement in EIA.
Date 1994-1995
Location Estonia
Position Researcher
Description Legislative
gap analysis of Estonian environmental legislation: EU directives on
bird and habitats and EIA
Date 1993-1997
Location Estonia
Position Researcher
to the Estonian Ministry of Environment
Description · EIA
of the Feasibility Study of the Estonian Hazardous Waste Management System
(1995) EIA guidelines for Estonian Banks
Date 1995-97
Location Estonia
Organisation SEI-Tallinn, Baltic Environmental
Forum (BEF)
Position Researcher
Description Analysis of the implementation
of international treaties and conventions in the Baltic States
Date 1994-1996
Location Estonia
Organisation SEI-Tallinn
Position Researcher
Description comparative study of
land use systems and environmental policy
Date 1993-1994
Location Estonia
Organisation SEI-Tallinn
Position Researcher
Description Oil-management, transport
and shipping in the Easter-Baltic Region: environmental impact
16. Training
Date 2002
Location Sigulda, Latvia
Role Participant, speaker
Description Selection criteria for
Natura 2000 sites in the Baltic States,Organised by Baltic Environmental
Forum
Date 2000-2001
Location 6 Baltic countries
Role Participant
Description Tourism and Environmental
Assets. International Training Course for Advanced PlannersOrganised by Nordregio,
Sweden
Date 1999
Location Jurmala, Latvia
Role Participant
Description Cost-benefit analysis of
Natura2000 implementation in the Baltic States,Organised by Baltic Environmental
Forum
Date 1999
Location Palanga, Lithuania
Role Participant
Description Implementation of EC Bird
Directive in the Baltic States,Organised by Baltic Environmental Forum
Date 1999
Location Jäneda, Estonia
Role Participant
Description Implementation of EC Habitat
Directive in the Baltic States,Organised by Baltic Environmental Forum
Date 1997
Location Copenhagen, Denmark, organised
by Carl Bro AS
Role Trainee
Description Due Diligence Audit
Date 1997
Location Tallinn, Estonia, organised
by DNV
Role Trainee
Description Environmental Auditing
Date 1996
Location Budapest, Hungary, organised
by the Central European University
Role facilitator and participant
Description EIA in Countries in Transition
Date 1995
Location Tallinn, Estonia, organised
by the Ministry of the Environment
Role facilitator and participant
Description Public participation in
EIA process
Date 1995
Location Tallinn, Estonia, organised
by the World Bank
Role facilitator and participant
Description EIA and environmental screening
of loan applications
Date 1994
Location Tallinn, Estonia, organised
by the US EPA
Role facilitator and participant
Description EIA introductory course
for regional environmental authorities
Date 1993
Location Tallinn, Estonia, organised
by US EPA
Role Trainee
Description Principles of EIA
17. Bibliography:
2002
Peterson, K. (2002) . Natura2000: A curse or an opportunity?. The Baltic
reniew, vol. 21, p.46-47.
Peterson, K. et al. Second National Report to the Convention on Biological
Diversity, Estonia. Estonian Ministry of Environment, UNEP, Tallinn, 2002,
103 p.
2001
Peterson, K. et al. Eesti kaitsealad ja nende juhtimine/ Estonian
protected areas and their management. Ser. of SEI-Tallinn publications, No4,
2001, 115 p.
Peterson, K. (2001). Strateegiline keskkonnamõju hindamine – mis
see on?/SEA- what it is?/ Keskkonnatehnika, Nr.3/2001, lk. 16-17.
2000
Peterson, K. (2000). Undva bumerang /Bumerang of Undva/. Keskkonnatehnika,
Nr.3/2000, lk. 10-11.
1999
Peterson, K. Keskkonnamõju hindamise Balti konverents./Baltic EIA
conference/ Keskkonnatehnika, 1999, N3, lk.29-31.
Peterson, K. (edit.). Conference Proceedings of the Baltic EIA, 28-29 April
1999, Pärnu, Estonia. Naturvardsverket, Eesti Keskkonnafond,
Finnish Ministry of Environment, SEI-Tallinn, 83 pp.
Peterson, K. Saaremaa süvasadama asukohavaliku keskkonnaekspertiisi
akti kvaliteedi hindamine/Quality Evaluation of Environmental Impact Statement
of Site Selection of Saaremaa Deep Port, SEI-Tallinn, 1999, 20 pp.
Peterson, K. Estonian EIA Procedure: Lessons to Learn for the New Bill.
In: Proceedings of the Third Nordic EIA Conference, 25-26 November 1999,
Karlskrona, Sweden.
1998
Peterson, K.& Pallo, T. Chapter 2: Estonia: In: Fancoj, G.&Duffy,
K. (editors). The Environmental Technology Market in Central and Eastern Europe,
an Overview of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. Incorporating an Environmental
Business and Government Directory. Regional Environmental Centre for Central
and Eastern Europe, Szentendre, Hungary, June 1998, p.27-62.
Peterson, K: Keskkonnaettevõtlusest Eestis/Environmental Business
in Estonia/. Keskkonnatehnika, 1998, N3:30-33.
Peterson, K. Ajakiri ”Keskkonnatehnika” on keskkonnaettevõtja parim
infoallikas. Keskkonnatehnika, 1998, N2: 9.
Peterson, K. Keskkonnaettevõtluse kiire areng (2)/Fast Development
of Environmental Business in Estonia/. Keskkonnatehnika, 1998, N4:32-33.
1997
Peterson, K. 1997. Upgrading EIA procedures in Estonia. In: Environmental
Assessment in Countries in Transition. CEU, Budapest, Hungary, 1997, p. 81-89.
Peterson, K. Keskkonnaauditiõppus Taani konsultatsioonifirmas Carl
Bro. Keskkonnatehnika, 1997, N3: 5.
1996
Peterson, K. 1996. Keskkonnaload ja keskkonnakahju hüvitised. Abiks
ettevõtjale. Environmental permits and compensation for environmental
damages. Manual for Developer. The World Bank, Ministry of the Environment,
SEI-Tallinn, 84 lk.
Peterson, K. 1996. Screening and quality control of EIA in Estonia.
Environmental Impact Assessment in the Baltic Countries and Poland. Series
of Publications by Nordic Council of Ministers, Nord 1996: 12, p. 20-47.
1995
Peterson, K. 1995. Keskkonnaekspertiis Eestis. Eesti pankadele. Maailmapank,
Keskkonnaministeerium,Tallinn, 32 lk.
Peterson, K. 1995. Environmental Impact Assessment. Manual for Estonian
Banks. The World Bank, Estonian Ministry of Environment, Tallinn, 32 pp.
Peterson, K. 1995. Environmental impact assessment in Estonia. EIA Newsletter,
No11: 2-3
1994
Peterson, K. (1994). Metoodilised juhendid keskkonnaekspertiisi läbiviimiseks
Eestis. /Methological guidelines for implementing EIA in Estonia. Contract
work/. Lepinguline töö EV Keskkonnaministeeriumile: 38 lk.
Peterson, K. (1994). Comparison of legislation on environmental impact assessment
in Estonia and EU. Report to the Govermental Commission preparing the joining
of Estonia with the EU, Stockholm Environment Institute-Tallinn, p. 13-19.
Peterson, K. (editor). (1994). Keskkonnaekspertiis Eestis. Õigusaktid.
- Environmental Impact Assessment. Legal Acts. AS Capella, Tallinn, 88 pp.