Dr. Dick van Beers - Independent & International Sustainability Professional

 

Project examples

Eco-industrial park concept and master planning of Dong Phu 2 Industrial Zone, Viet Nam


Client: United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO).


Period: 2024-2025


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Mainstreaming eco-industrial park approaches in Colombia and Peru. Interactive training for industrial parks and service providers


Client: United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO).


Period: 2024


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International expert to support implementation of Global Eco-Industrial Parks Programme (GEIPP), country project in South Africa

 


Client: United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO).

Period: 2020 - ongoing

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Online training on the development and implementation of eco-industrial parks to Indonesia Cleaner Production Centre, industrial parks and tenant companies

 


Client: United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO).

Period: April - June 2020

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Development of Eco-Industrial Park Tools and EIP training materials for national service providers, industrial parks and tenant companies


Client: United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO).

Period: January - September 2020

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International expert on eco-industrial park development and implementation in South Africa, Nigeria and Colombia


Client: United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO). Through Sofies SA.

Period: October 2019 - June 2020

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Independent mid-term review of project 'Development and Implementation of a Sustainable Management Mechanism for Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) in the Caribbean'

 


Client: Global Environment Facility (GEF) and Stockholm Convention Division, United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO).

Period: May - August 2019

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International advisor and technical expert on UNIDO's Global Eco-Industrial Parks Programme (Colombia, Egypt, Peru, Viet Nam)


Client: Industrial Resource Efficiency Division, United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO).

Period: January to December 2019

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Delivery of training on the development and implementation of eco-industrial parks in Viet Nam



Client: United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO).

Period: July 2018

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International advisor and technical expert on UNIDO's Eco-Industrial Park Pilot Project in Colombia and South Africa

 

Client: United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO).

Period: October 2017 to December 2018

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Facilitator and technical expert for eco-industrial parks study tour to Denmark and Austria for high-level Vietnamese delegation


Client: United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO).

Period: April to May 2018

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Terminal review of UN Environment Project 'Greening Economies and Implementing Sustainable Consumption and Production for Eastern Europe, Caucasus, Central Asia'


Client: UN Environment - Regional Office for Europe

Period: November 2017 to January 2018

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Evaluation of project level performance in Resource Efficiency Sub-Programme of UN Environment


Client: UN Environment Evaluation Office

Period: July to April 2018

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Prioritisation and review of manufacturing sectors for sustainable industrial park development in Peru

 

Client: United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO).

Period: February 2017 to June 2018.

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Co-author and technical support to UNIDO's Toolbox for Eco-Industrial Parks


Client: United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO).

Period:
January to September 2018.

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Co-author and technical support to UNIDO's Implementation Handbook for Eco-Industrial Parks


Client: United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO).

Period: March to December 2017.

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Technical support to development of International Framework for Eco-Industrial Parks (UNIDO, World Bank Group and GIZ)


Client: UNIDO, World Bank Group and GIZ.

Period: January to December 2017.

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GEF project: Sustainable development of industrial zones in Peru


Client: United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO) and CSD Engineering.

Period: October 2016 to May 2017.

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Technical evaluator of EU LIFE proposals 2016


Client: MWH International

Period: September 2016 to February 2017.

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Independent final evaluation of the SWITCH Asia Regional Policy Support Component

 

Client: UNEP Evaluation Office.

Period: April to Novemer 2016.

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Development of resource efficiency pocket guide for construction materials, RECP Demonstration Programme for the Eastern Partnership (EaP Green)

 


Client: United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO).

Period: April 2016 to June 2016.

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Short-term international expert for sustainable consumption and production baseline assessment, SWITCH Asia Sri Lanka Policy Support Project



Client: AETS International.

Period: April 2016 to November 2016.

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Sustainability advice and review of Master Plan of Ancon Industrial Park, Peru


Client: United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO).

Period: January 2016 to May 2016.

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Technical evaluator of EU LIFE proposals 2015


Client: MWH International

Period: September 2015 to February 2016.

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Co-authoring paper on opportunities and challenges for the circular economy in Australia: The role of business models


Collaboration: Institute for Sustainable Futures.

Period: June to December 2015.

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Independent and final evaluation of the National Cleaner Production Program in Moldova


Client: United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO).

Period: May to September 2015.

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Scoping platform for operationalising the green economy in developing and transition countries




Client: Collaborating Centre of Sustainable Consumption and Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ).

Period: July to November 2015.

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Development of Green Business Model Navigator


Client: Collaborating Centre of Sustainable Consumption and Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ).

Period: May to October 2015.

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Participation and presentations at the World Resources Forum Asia Pacific, Sydney, Australia


Collaboration: Institute for Sustainable Futures and Australian Alliance to Save Energy.

Presentations: Industrial symbiosis in the Asia Pacific (1) and business models for delivering energy and resource productivity (2).

Period: 1-3 June 2015.

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Delivering Resource Efficient and Cleaner Production (RECP) training for the construction materials sector, RECP Demonstration Programme for the Eastern Partnership (EaP Green), Georgia


Client: United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO).

Period: March - April 2015.

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Member of International Reference Panel for CSIRO Wealth from Waste Cluster, Australia


Collaboration: Institute for Sustainable Futures.

Period: 2013 - 2016.

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International expert to EU SWITCH Asia project on greening supply chains in the automotive sector, Thailand

 

Client: Collaborating Centre of Sustainable Consumption and Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ).

Period: 2012 - 2015.

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