Kristina Vilimaite General Secretary
Programme Coordinator – Sustainable Tourism
My numerous interests include environment, energy,
communication, web and print design, ceramics and of
course - sustainable tourism. I have two Master degrees
- in Environmental Management and International Communication,
which I acquired respectively at the European Postgraduate
Course on Environmental Management, Vrije Universiteit
Amsterdam, the Netherlands, and Vilnius University,
Lithuania.
I have been with CEEweb since 2005, though for the
first one and a half years I was a volunteer. I managed
CEEweb's contribution to the Carpathian Project. I also
coordinate the CEEweb Sustainable
Tourism Working Group and have edited 'Diversity'.
My previous job experience includes coordination of
Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership's
Secretariat for Central and Eastern Europe at the Regional
Environmental Center, country coordinator's position
for the LA21 in Nuclear Regions Project in the ECOLOGIA
Baltic Programmes Office, and participation in the Danish-Lithuanian
State Park Institutional Development Project.
I speak Lithuanian, English, Russian and Hungarian.
I graduated from the University of Debrecen as a biologist
and English-Hungarian technical translator in 2005,
and I also took part in a six-month study project at
the Botanical Institute of the Copenhagen University.
In my studies I specialized in ecology and conservation
biology.
For several years I worked as a volunteer for a local
environmental NGO, taking part in various local projects
and demonstrations such as eliminating illegal dumps,
mowing protected hay meadows, disseminating information
for high school students etc.
I have worked for CEEweb since 2005, with a two-year-long
break in between, during which I was on maternity leave
with my little daughter, Tünde.
Currently, I manage CEEweb's projects related to climate
change. The overall objective of CEEweb in this field
is working for the integration of biodiversity and sustainability
aspects into climate change policies on EU and national
level. As part of our climate change policy but also
going beyond it, we are working for a holistic environmental
policy with increased interdisciplinary collaboration
and sectoral integration.
I graduated from the Department of English Language
and Literature at ELTE in 2002 and worked in the field
of human rights-especially women's rights. As I have
worked in the NGO field since 1998, I have a lot of
experience in coordinating the birth of publications.
I started to work for CEEweb in 2007 as communications
and network programme coordinator. Currently I am responsible
for the coordination of publications. One of my main
tasks is the coordination of the publication of our
biannual newsletter 'Diversity'. I am also responsible
for updating the homepage.
Veronika Kiss Networking Coordinator
Pan-European Biodiversity Policy Officer
I graduated as a biologist in 2006 and as a technical
translator in 2007 from the Eötvös Loránd
University in Budapest. After graduating I worked for
a year for the Hungarian Natural History Museum, I participated
in an EU project called EDIT (European Distributed Institute
of Taxonomy). I also took part in analyzing the presence
of some elements of sustainable development in the Hungarian
plans and programs under the auspices of the National
Conservationists.
At CEEweb I am coordinating now national and international
projects related to the Convention on Biological Diversity
(CBD) policies and related to Pan-European Biological
and Landscape Diversity Strategy (PEBLDS), the implementation
arm of CBD, including project design and implementation.
Besides, I am responsible for coordinating the CEEweb
network, through activating its member organizations,
improving the network internal and external communication,
developing the network capacities through general skill
trainings as well as professional workshops.
I graduated from Corvinus University Budapest in 2006
in environmental economics. During my studies I started
to work for Pricewaterhouse-Coopers at the audit department
where I spent two years. After this period I worked
for AIB Hungary for almost a year where I dealt with
the accounting and finance issues of foreign companies.
I joined CEEweb in September 2008 as financial manager.
My tasks include filing invoices, preparing financial
plans, following up the bookkeeping, keeping contact
with the suppliers and preparing the Corefunding report.
I graduated from Corvinus University Budapest in 2007.
I majored in accounting and minored in environmental
management. I also received the TÜV Rheinhard Akadémia
Certificate in 2007.
I attended Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien as an ERASMUS
student for one year. After university I participated
in preparing a CSR report for a company. I started to
work for Mazars Metrum Kft at the audit department where
I spent one year. After this period I worked for AIB
Hungary for one and a half years, I was responsible
for accounting and finance issues of foreign companies.
I joined CEEweb in January 2010 as financial and office
manager. My tasks include filing invoices, handling
petty-cash, preparing financial plans, following up
general bookkeeping, keeping contact with suppliers,
preparing the core funding report and tasks related
to office and HR management.
Sarolta Tripolszky EU Biodiversity Policy Coordinator
I graduated in 2005 from the University of Vienna with
a Masters in Biology/Ecology with additional qualification
in environmental economics. Since then I worked for
the Danube-Ipoly National Park Directorate in Budapest,
Hungary on the designation of the Natura 2000 network.
I also gained practice working for WWF Hungary and later
in the WWF Head Office in Godalming, UK.
I started to work for CEEweb as a Natura 2000 coordinator
in 2006. Since 2008 I am also responsible for the development
of CEEweb positions related to EU biodiversity policy
development and implementation. It is my task to represent
CEEweb views and positions towards the European Commission,
national governments, other NGO networks, partners and
donors. In my work I am supported by the CEEweb Natura
2000 Working Group, which I coordinate. We implement
projects and activities which contribute to the best
possible realisation of the Birds and Habitats Directives
in the CEE region. Since 2006 I am leading the Military
Training Areas Programme of CEEweb, as well.
I graduated from Szent István University in
Gödöllõ in June 2003. I studied agricultural
economics and was specialized in marketing and German
language translation. After receiving my master's degree,
I worked on different fields of the business sector.
Since 1998, I am voluntarily active in the non-profit
sector, I was member of the international student organization
AIESEC for five years. Using these experiences, I worked
for four years for the publishing company Verlag Dashöfer
on the issue "How to manage a non-profit organization?".
I published articles related to marketing, communication
and fundraising, customized to the special needs of
the non-profit sector.
Since November 2009, I am the strategic coordinator
of CEEweb. I am responsible for the fundraising of the
organisation, among the others for the building of longterm
partnerships with companies working in the business
sector.
Klára Hajdu Biodiversity Policy Officer
Currently on maternity leave
I graduated as a biologist and technical translator
from the Eötvös Loránd University in
Budapest in 2001, but already started working as a volunteer
and intern at CEEweb in my last academic year as a student.
After graduation I experienced working in an international
environment as a volunteer for six months at Milieukontakt
Oost-Europa, an Amsterdam based NGO running environmental
projects in the CEE and NIS regions. Since then I have
worked again for CEEweb and have taken part in the projects
and activities related to the 'Environment for Europe'
process, the Convention on Biological Diversity and
its regional arm, the Pan-European Biological and Landscape
Diversity Strategy. I am responsible for the developing
and executing CEEweb's biodiversity policy.
I recently graduated from the NHTV Breda University
of Applied Sciences in The Netherlands and am currently
doing an internship at CEEweb's Policy Office in Budapest.
I have studied International Tourism Management &
Consultancy, specializing on destination management
and planning, and sustainable development.
I am very much interested in environmental and community
protection, development and planning, policy implementation
and proper management - the fields in which CEEweb is
actively focused on.
I enjoyed very much working with a development-aid organization
prior to CEEweb and I am taking pleasure in working
at an environmental NGO right now and I think that this
internship would be a great opportunity to get involved
in the sector of environmental studies and local development.
At CEEweb I work in different areas. Currently, I am
working on the Biennial Report of CEEweb and on its
Newsletter "Diversity". I also take part of
the STWG and do research on diverse projects and topics
(Climate Change, Environmental Issues, etc.).
