Andrea Agnes DÉRI

Biography

Andrea DERI, consultant on capacity development and research initiatives. She is currently working on two biodiversity and sustainable livelihood projects funded by the Darwin Initiative, DEFRA, UK in India and Indonesia, and an FAO-GTZ funded training programme for water professionals in the Middle East (Syria, Jordan, Yemen).

During her 20 years career Andrea held various senior capacity development positions at LEAD International, London; Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES), Japan; Institute for Sustainable Communities, Vermont, USA; US Peace Corps, Hungary; U.K. Field Studies Council's Hungarian Foundation, Hungary.

As a freshwater ecologist, Andrea conducted research on the Danube at the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. She has a MSc degree in biology from Eotvos L. University, Budapest. Her honors include grants from the Soros Foundation at University of Toronto, and from the Rockefeller Foundation at IGES, Japan. She is a LEAD Fellow, member of Balaton Group and the Board of Directors of the Global Community Initiative and IUCN Commission on Education and Communication.

As a trainer, Andrea has been promoting active & interactive approaches to adult learning by working collaboratively with government agencies, NGOs, intergovernmental organizations, academic institutions, and local communities.

Andrea's special interests include learning (especially eLearning, online learning), knowledge systems (especially indigenous knowledge), scenario building, system thinking and innovative approaches to decision-making.

This biography was last updated on November 23, 2007