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Luca Palazzotto
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Project Manager, Consultant
, International Organisation
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Washington DC, US,
Italy
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Environmental Engineer, certified Project Management Professional (PMP) and a Chartered Member of the Institution of Civil Engineers of UK. He has extensive international experience as Project Manager in the water resources management and sanitation sectors, including in conflict and post-conflict countries. |
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Area of Expertise: |
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Disaster, Aid, Emergencies, Relief
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Environment, Climate, Energy, Water, Sanitation
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Infrastructure, Technology, Engineering, Science
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Professional Experience: |
His employment history includes positions which focused on providing hands on technical assistance and guidance in implementing concepts, principles and practices within Water and Sanitation engineering field.
Most recent position: Coordinator of the WASH Cluster in Southern and Western Haiti for UNICEF. He coordinated WASH projects for cholera response and earthquake recovery, provided technical guidance to humanitarian and governmental stakeholders, advised authorities and NGOs partners on
how to improve the impact of Water and Sanitation projects and supported communication and cooperation
between various levels of stakeholders.
Previously, as Head of the Water and Habitat Department at the International Committee of the Red Cross in Darfur and Chad, he managed water and sanitation programs providing assistance to victims of conflict. His responsibilities included setting objectives, defining scope, planning activities and allocating resources, managing staff and
supervising projects' execution, monitored project performance and assured quality of deliverables.
Earlier in his career, he managed projects in Water Management, Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation in Ecuador, Guyana and the United Kingdom. As part of his work he coordinated projects resources, carried out procurement, controlled scope, schedules and costs, managed communication and assured adherence to organizational standards.
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Education: |
BSc + MSc Environmental Engineering, Politecnico, Milan, Italy, 1995-2002
Main subjects: Environmental and Sanitary Engineering, Ecology, Water Supply and Treatment Plants, Waste water Treatment Plants, Air Pollution Control, Urban Management, Urban and Environmental Engineering (including Spatial Analysis with GIS), Geology, Hydrology, Hydraulics, Structural Mechanics, Science of Materials and Chemistry
EPFL - Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland, 1998-1999
Erasmus Program – Student exchange fellowship: Environmental biotechnology for water treatments, topography, geodesy
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Affiliations and Achievements: |
Professional Certification:
PMP (Project Management Professional) Certified by Project Management Institute (PMI) www.pmi.org
Chartered Engineer, Member of the Institution of Civil Engineers (CEng MICE) http://www.ice.org.uk/homepage/index.asp
Chartered member of the Order of Engineers of Milan – Italy www.ordineingegneri.milano.it/
Member of RedR (UK) www.redr.org.uk
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