Susanne WILLNER

Biography

Susanne Willner, is Specialist Adviser at the Rioplus Pilot Project of Deutsche Gesellschaft for Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) GmbH (http://www.gtz.de). GTZ is an international cooperation enterprise for sustainable development with worldwide operations. The aim of the Rioplus Pilot Project is to identify and promote approaches for developing and implementing sustainable development strategies on national and local level.

She is responsible for the development of training and consulting products in the field of

- Negotiating mechanisms and stakeholder dialogs,
- Strategic communication and awareness-raising,
- Strategic planning tools and workshops.

She works as a trainer and consultant organizational development and key competences for sustainable development (systems thinking, developing shared visions and strategies, decision-making and acting in complex systems, communication, cooperation and teamwork).

Additionally, during an on-going consulting process she supports the German-Tunisian Environmental Program in developing and implementing their activities in regional environmental and sustainable development planning processes in Tunisia.

Before joining GTZ she was director of the Environmental Education Department of World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) Germany (1997 - 2001).

Susanne Willner has a degree in Geo-Ecology with specialisation in soil science and she attended a one-year Advanced Training in Agricultural and Rural Development (CATAD): Development policy and project management in developing countries.

This biography was last updated on December 14, 2007