Janos Bogardi

As the former Executive Officer of GWSP Prof. Janos J. Bogardi kindly shares his wide knowledge of water issues and wealth of international experiences with GWSP IPO staff members and gives advice whenever he is asked for. His first degree was in Civil Engineering at the Technical University of Budapest, Hungary, with special emphasis on water resources and agricultural water resources development. After obtaining a post graduate Diploma on Hydrology from the University of Padua, Italy, He earned his PhD in Civil Engineering at the University of Karlsruhe, Germany. Early in his career he worked as a consulting engineer in Africa and was seconded by the German Agency for Technical Co-operation (GTZ) to the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) in Bangkok, Thailand for five years. He was Professor for Hydraulics, and quantitative Water Resource Management Hydrology at the Agricultural University of Wageningen, the Netherlands, then worked with the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in Paris, France, ultimately as the Chief of the Section on Sustainable Water Resources and Management. He was then appointed Director of the United Nations University - Institute for Environment and Human Security (UNU-EHS) in Bonn, Germany and has been Vice-Rector a.i. of the Vice Rectorate of UNU in Europe (UNU-ViE) since May 2007. Prof. Bogardi has authored, co-authored, and edited more than 170 publications. In June 2008, he was honored by the International Cannes Water Prize 'Grand Prix des Lumières de l'Eau de Cannes'.