Albert Williams

About

Environmental Health & Climate Change Consultant ,

Tropicaelan Enviro & Climate Change Consultants (TECCC)

Summary

I am a strategic thinker and advocate for better environmental management including climate change and biodiversity conservation. I have over 18 years of experience working in both private sector, government and with civil society organizations in Vanuatu. This way of thinking has led to legislative amendments to existing laws governing environment in Vanuatu where from 2010 to 2015, over 10 bills were passed by the national parliament of Vanuatu to become law. These legislative changes has also the resulted in increased revenue (VT5m) for Government in 2013 compared to previous years where the average was VT500, 000.

I have devoted my last two years in Vanuatu Government on climate change, not only as a Climate Change Negotiator (2012 and 2013) but also as Acting Director General of the newly established Ministry of Climate Change from March 2014 to September 2014.

Qualifications and credentials

Environmental Health, Jan-Dec 2002, Completed, Fiji School of Medicine/USP

PGDAE Applied Epidemiology, 2004-2005, Completed, Fiji School of Medicine

Climate Change Negotiator Training, 1 week, Completed, UNDP/AOSIS New York

LDC Climate Change Training for Ministers and Heads of Delegation, October 2013, Completed, SPREP

INFCCC Joint Implementation Supervisory Committee (JISC), AOSIS Alternate Member, JISC, 2013 to current

English, Excellent, Excellent, Excellent, Excellent

French, Excellent, Good, Average, Excellent

Pidgin English (Bislama), Excellent, Excellent, Excellent, Excellent

Work experience

Environmental and social safeguards specialist

Ministry of Climate Change, Acting Director General, Port Vila, Vanuatu, Port Vila, National Coordinator, National Capacity Self Assessment (NCSA) Project, I provided the overall coordination of the implementation of the NCSA Project after it was stalled for over 4 years. The key work that I undertook inc, Port Vila, Vanuatu, National Disaster management Committee, Chair of the NDC for Tropical Cyclone Lusi, The position involved: 1. Liaising with key stakeholders such as the FRANZ (France, Australia and New Zealand Heads of Missions in Vanuatu) and other

Department of Environmental Protection and Conservation/Vanuatu Government, Director of Environmental protection, Port Vila, Port Vila, Vanuatu, National Consultant, Mainstreaming Disaster Risk Reduction into the Priorities and Action Agenda (PAA) 2007-2015, My main roles as national consultant: were: 1. establishing contacts with key agencies on the ground in Vanuatu (Government, NGOs and Private Sector i

Mainstreaming Disaster Risk Reduction into PAA in Vanuatu, Vanuatu Government, National Consultant, Port Vila, Vanuatu, Vanuatu Action Plan on Mainstreaming Disaster Risk Reduction into the Priorities and Action Agenda (PAA) 2007-2015

Millenium Challenge Account/Coporation (MCA-Vanuatu) Infrastructure Projects, Vanuatu Government/MCC, Environmental and Social Impact Assessment Officer, Port Vila, Vanuatu, Environmental and Social Assessment Reconaissance Report for all Infrastructure Sub Projects in Vanuatu

Ministry of Health Disaster Management Plan, Ministry of Health, National Consultant, Port Vila, Vanuatu, Ministry of Health National Disaster Plan

Tana Russet Complex Environmental Impact Assessment, Enterprise Generale de Pierre Brunet, Principal Consultant, Port Vila, Vanuatu, EIA report for Tana Russet Complex

Inter-Island Shipping Project, Vanuatu Government/ADB/NZAID, Environmental and Social Impact Officer, Port Vila, Vanuatu, ESA Report for all Inter-Island Shipping Sub Projects

National Capacity Self Assessment Project (NCSA), Vanuatu Government/UNEP, National Consultant/Coordinator, Port Vila, Vanuatu, UNFCCC Stock Take & Thematic Assessment Report UNCCD Stock Take & Thematic Assessment Report UNCBD Stock Take & Thematic Assessment Report Synergies a