ECNC

Nationality: Belgian Position: Head of Programme Development / Deputy Executive Director Contact: delbaere@ecnc.org Education: MSc Botany (Vegetation Ecology), University of Antwerp, Belgium, Postgraduate Environmental Impact Assessment, Free University of Brussels, Belgium.  Background information: Ben supervises the development and implementation of ECNC’s work programme.

Ben has extensive experience in providing expertise and support in relation to biodiversity in general and indicators, monitoring, and reporting in particular, as well as relevant international policy initiatives. He is accustomed to liaising with organizations and institutions in the field of international biodiversity policy, such as the European Commission, EEA and its Topic Centre on Biological Diversity, the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity, Council of Europe and UNEP. Ben is author and editor of some ECNC publications, has led projects for various clients and is ECNC Editor for the 'Journal for Nature Conservation'. He is Chair of the Management Committee of the ETC/BD  and Research Associate with the European Forest Institute as well as Secretary to the ECNC Scientific Council.

Before starting at ECNC Ben worked as research assistant at the Universities of Leuven and Antwerp, Belgium.