Please find following Pacific Vacancies - Announcement No. 2001 / 126.

Wilco Liebregts

This position, within the South Pacific Regional Environment Programme, will form part of the Project Coordinating Unit for the UNDP/GEF funded project to Implement the Strategic Action Programme for International Waters of the Pacific Islands Region (IWP). The long-term objective of this project is to conserve and sustainably manage the coastal and ocean resources in the Pacific Region. Targeted actions will be carried out in two complementary areas: Integrated Coastal and Watershed Management (ICWM) and Oceanic Fisheries Management. ICWM will focus on projects in freshwater management, marine protected areas, coastal fisheries and waste management. The base for the IWP is Samoa with activities in 13 other Pacific Island countries.

Responsibilities include economic issues associated sustainable resource management and conservation activities supported by the IWP, to design and implement monitoring and evaluation strategies, and to promote public awareness of economic considerations necessary to support sustainable resource management and conservation. Refer to for details.

Applicants must have an advanced degree in resource economics or a related discipline with five years professional experience in environment or natural resource management-related posts. Other requirements include: the ability to manage the work of consultants; a proven ability to work as part of an inter-disciplinary and/or multi-cultural team; the ability to meet project deadlines, often under difficult circumstances; and an ability to live and work within Pacific island communities.

Additional information, including appointment terms and conditions, is available from the Administration Officer (malama@... OR rosannag@...) or the SPREP website (\\www.sprep.org.ws). Applications, complete with full contact details of three professional referees, and addressed to the Director, SPREP, PO Box 240, Apia, Samoa, (Phone: 685 21929, fax 685 20231), close on 26 November, 2001.