Renaat Van Rompaey

International expert Global & Climatic Change, Forestry, Biodiversity, and Sustainable development

Wageningen, Gelderland, Netherlands

About

Brussels, Africa, Asia, South America, Pacific, Caribbean, eastern Europe, Mediterranean, central Asia: * Identification, Formulation and Evaluation of international environment, climate change and natural resource management projects. Assessment of project proposals. * Protected area management planning, forestry and rural development planning, FLEGT, sustainable development, participative land use planning, resource assessment and earth observation, environmental impact assessment, team leader experience, nature protection management * Multidisciplinary approaches of sustainable development of the rural economy, taking into account social, economic, environment and small holders issues. Experience with post-conflict restoration. Specialties: • Sustainable rural development, Natural resources management, Environment, biodiversity, climate change • Project (ECOSYN : 20 people) and Programme management (NOP : 200 projects), incl PCM • Education innovation; academic teaching, research and management • Project initiation and acquisition; lobbying • Broad international network in academic, NGO, international organisations and policy makers world Clients: European Union, National Aid Agencies, International NGOs, Intergovernmental organisations, Private sector, Development Banks * Board member of legal persons * Audit of organisations, associations, foundations, political parties

Experience

  • Environment and Climate Change Expert at Renaat Van Rompaey
    Apr 2007 - Present · 19 yrs 4 mos

    Self-employed, initiating, managing and evaluating international projects in the domain of environment, health and sustainable development. We also liaise with Brussels. We tender for EC, World Bank and UN contracts by composing teams of experts from Wageningen ‘and friends’. WIx offers a training to become an Worldwide Independent Expert. Recent assignments: - 2014: Midterm evaluation of the “Transboundary Ecosystem Based Management of Fishery Resources and Oil Governance in the Great Lakes of Africa project (TGAL), funded by the Netherlands, implemented by the IUCN National Committee of the Netherlands Foundation, Amsterdam in DR Congo, Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi - 2014: Midterm Review of the “Strengthening Africa's Strategic Agricultural Capacity for Impact on Development” (SASACID) programme, funded by Sweden, implemented by the African Network for Agriculture, Agroforestry and Natural Resources Education, and Higher Education Institutes in Africa (ANAFE Association), Nairobi in 16 countries in Africa - 2013: Formulation of a renewable energy programme for Great Lakes Region, Africas (Rwanda, Burundi, Kivu), SEW2 - 2012: Formulation of the Security Sector Reform Support Programme (PA-RSS) in Guinée - 2010: REDD Readiness Consultant: Malaysia - 2010: Sustainability Assessments for Shell-NAM, Total, Henkel, Unilever - FLEGT Support Projects, EC and World Bank: ENPI, Central Asia, Indonesia - Identification of Regional Environmental Programmes: Forest Governance, Biodiversity Conservation and Monitoring of Environmental Information: West and Central Africa, Guayana's, Central Asia, Caucasus - Assessment of proposals for Environment, Natural Resource Management and Rural Energy programmes - Development of course material for diverse courses at PhD, MSc and BSc level: e.g. Integrated Land Management at the Polytechnic of Namibia: course "Sustainable Development theory and Application"

  • Strategic Climate Integration, Green Growth & Sustainable Natural Resource Management Advisor at Cowater International
    Feb 2026 - May 2026 · 4 mos

    The Programme d'Appui à la Redevabilité et l'Inclusion (PARI) – Programme to provide Technical Assistance and Civil Society Support (TACS) to support accountability and inclusion in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) ("DRC PARI-TACS") project is a £9.5m FCDO-funded programme running from December 2024 to March 2027. DRC PARI-TACS aims to improve public financial management (PFM) and the governance of service delivery at a provincial level, by improving provincial and local government capacity to deliver services and improving the ability of civil society to hold provincial and local government accountable to deliver these services. Evidence shows that in order to support improvements in service delivery and PFM, it is necessary to support both supply (Government) and demand (Civil Society) side interventions.

  • Team leader Midterm Review Regional Climate Security Programme in the Western Sahel at Conflict Management Consulting (CMC)
    Mar 2025 - Sep 2025 · 7 mos

    Midterm review of the UNDP Regional Programme for Climate Security in the Western Sahel: Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger: Integrated Development Authority of the Liptako Gourma region, Climate Commission for the Sahel Region (CCRS), the West African Network for Peacebuilding (WANEP), the CILSS-AGRHYMET

  • Evaluation Specialist Sida contribution to AFR100 Initiatief at African Union AUDA-NEPAD and WRI at Tana
    Nov 2024 - Jul 2025 · 9 mos

    Mid-Term Evaluation of the African Forest Landscape Restoration Initiative (AFR100) - Phase I for Sida, Sweden at African Union, AUDA-NEPAD, Johannesburg

  • Evaluation specialist Bangladesh at Cowater International
    Sep 2023 - May 2025 · 1 yr 9 mos

    LoGIC project UNDP-UNCDF local governance and climate change