Projects
A list of all the projects I have worked on throughout my career. Detailed descriptions of these projects and my specific contributions are available for each project category:
International development (7)
2024 - 2025 Consultancy for the Development of NSDI Policy Documents in Georgia (World Bank and the National Agency of Public Registry (NAPR) of Georgia)- SDI Policy Expert: Development of the licensing model and business model of the NSDI of Georgia
2022 - 2024 Supporting Services to the National Spatial Data Infrastructure of Moldova (World Bank and National Mapping and Cadastre Agency of Moldova (ALRC)) - Senior Expert: Monitoring and evaluation of the NSDI and identification of SDI use cases
2021 - 2022 International Lessons Learned and Recommendations on Business and Funding Models for Mekong Delta Center (World Bank) - Senior Expert: Research and policy advice on SDI business and funding models
2020 - 2024 SEED4NA - Spatial Data Infrastructures and Earth Observation Education and Training for North-Africa (European Commission – Erasmus+ Capacity Building for Higher Education) - Project Coordinator and Senior Expert: Project management, skills needs assessments, design and implementation of education and training, evaluation & quality assurance
2019 - 2020 Feasibility studies on the added value of remote sensing technologies in EU development cooperation projects (European Commission - DG DEVCO) - Senior Expert: Feasibility studies, data collection via desk research and interviews
2019 - 2020 Elaboration of standards, norms and procedures in the acquisition and dissemination of geospatial information in Mozambique (World Bank and Government of Mozambique – Ministry of Transport and Communications) - Public Administration Expert: Analysis of geospatial production processes through case studies and in-depth interviews, process redesign, SDI governance, SDI assessment
2019 - 2020 Towards an Open Spatial Data Infrastructure in Peru (KU Leuven - Multi-stakeholder Grant) - Senior Researcher: Project management, engagement of local stakeholders, capacity building on SDI and open data, design and implementation of research project on open spatial data in Peru
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Consultancy (10)
2023 - 2024 Impact Assessment for the new EU Space Law (European Commission – DG DEFIS) - Policy Research Expert: Support to different stages of the Impact Assessment for an EU Space Law
2022 - 2024 Support to Space Traffic Management Standardisation (European Commission – DG DEFIS) - Policy Research Expert: Data collection and analysis, design and evaluation of policy options, design of implementation roadmap
2020 - 2022 Pilot Project on Space Traffic Management - The rise of importance of Space Traffic Management (European Commission – DG DEFIS) - Senior Expert: Data collection and analysis, policy evaluation, drafting of policy recommendations in the domain of space traffic management
2020 - 2021 The costs and benefits of geospatial web services of the national Spanish SDI-node (National Center for Geographic Information, Spain) - Policy Research Expert: Analysis of SDI licensing and pricing models, data collection through interviews and desk research, engagement of SDI-stakeholders in different EU countries
2019 - 2019 Copernicus Service Component R&D needs collection and analysis for Horizon Europe and stakeholder consultation (European Commission – DG GROW) - Senior Expert: Data collection via desk research and interviews, identification and classification of Copernicus R&D needs, stakeholder engagement via workshops
2014 - 2016 Review of the federal geo-ICT infrastructure in view of alignment with SDI and INSPIRE requirements (Belgian Federal Government – National Geographic Institute (NGI)) - Governance and Data Policy Expert: SDI assessment, interviews with key stakeholders, development of ICT-strategy, development of federal geodata policy
2014 - 2015 Active dissemination of environmental information in relation to the Birds and Habitats Directive (European Commission – DG ENV) - Senior INSPIRE Expert: Desk research, analysis of data, services and metadata, development of recommendations
2014 - 2015 INSPIRE Strategy Romania (Romanian Government – National Agency for Cadastre and Land Registration (ANCPI)) - Senior INSPIRE Expert: Stakeholder consultation and workshops, strategy development, best practices identification
2013 - 2016 Support for the establishment of a European Union Location Framework (EULF) (European Commission – Joint Research Center) - Senior Consultant: Data collection, analysis and assessment, vision development, elaboration of Blueprint and Roadmap
2013 - 2013 SDI Benchmarking and Good Practices in INSPIRE Implementation (Public Service of Wallonia, Geomatics Department, Belgium) - SDI Assessment Expert: Assessment of national and regional Spatial Data Infrastructures in Europe
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Education & Training (10)
2024 - 2025 SpaceSUITE - SPACE downstream Skills development and User uptake through Innovative Curricula in Training and Education (European Commission – Erasmus+ Sector Skills Alliances)- Senior Researcher: Provision of skills intelligence and design of skills strategy for the space downstream sectors
2023 - 2024 DIS4SME - Data Interoperability Skills for SMEs (European Commission – Digital Europe Programme) - Senior Researcher: Analysis of the offer of training on location data interoperability and design and implementation of new training activities
2021- 2025 ODECO – Towards a sustainable Open Data ECOsystem (European Commission – Horizon 2020) - Senior Researcher and Supervisor: Contributing to the training programme and supervising research on the value of data ecosystems
2020 - 2022 SPIDER - Open Spatial Data Infrastructure Education Network (German Academic Exchange Service) - Senior Researcher & Teacher: Design, development and implementation of active teaching practices about SDI and Open SDI
2019 - 2021 ELISE Knowledge Transfer II : Digital Transformation and the future of SDI (European Commission – DG DIGIT & Joint Research Centre) - Senior Expert: Study on the use of spatial data for environmental purposes
2019 - 2020 ELISE Knowledge Transfer: Location Interoperability for Digital Transformation (European Commission – DG DIGIT & Joint Research Centre) - Senior Expert: Development of vocabulary of geo-ICT skills, revision of EULF Blueprint, execution of rapid studies on various topics
2018 - 2022 EO4GEO - Towards an innovative strategy for skills development and capacity building in the space and geo-information sector to support Copernicus user uptake (European Commission – Erasmus+ Sector Skills Alliance) - Senior Researcher: Preparation of EO/GI sector skills strategy, analysis of skills need and mismatch, review of SDI/EO research, development of Body of Knowledge, design of governance model
2015 - 2016 giCASES - Creating a University-Enterprise Alliance for a Spatially Enabled Society (European Commission – Erasmus+) - Researcher: Analysis of needs and experiences related to academia-industry cooperation in GI education and training
2013 - 2016 GI-N2K – Geographic Information Need to Know (European Commission – LLP Erasmus) - Researcher: Analysis of skills needs and skills gaps and development of GIS&T Body of Knowledge
2013 - 2015 LINKVIT - Leveraging Inspire Knowledge into Vocational Innovative Training (European Commission – European Commission, LLP Leonardo da Vinci Transfer of Innovation) - Senior Expert: Analysis, preparation and organisation of training material, tutor of sessions on INSPIRE Advanced and Basics of INSPIRE Data and service sharing
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Research & Innovation (8)
2023 - 2024 RESIST - Regions for climate change resilience through Innovation (European Commission – Horizon Europe) - Scientific Expert: Design of the scientific dissemination strategy
2022 - 2025 USAGE – Urban Data Space for Green Deal (European Commission – Horizon Europe)- Senior Researcher: Contributing to the analysis of policy co-design practices and the development of co-design guidelines
2020 - 2021 ELISE 2020 - Leveraging the power of location information and technologies to improve public services at local level: an EU-wide analysis (European Commission – Joint Research Center) - Public Administration Expert: Research design, analysis of location-enabled public services at local and regional level, policy recommendations
2018 - 2019 The role of the Spatial Data Infrastructure in the Digital Transformation of Public Administration (European Commission – DG DIGT Joint Research Center) - Senior Expert: Study design, data collection via desk research and interviews, data analysis and reporting of study results
2016 - 2018 Effective Governance of Open Spatial Data (European Commission, MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships)- Research Manager & Researcher: Research design, case study research, in-depth interviews, data valorisation
2015 - 2016 CENTRIC – Centre of Excellence in Territorial management and Cadastre (European Commission – Horizon 2020 Teaming) - Senior GI Expert: Elaboration of business model and future research agenda, design of curricula and mobility scheme
2012 - 2014 SmeSpire - A European Community of SMEs built on Environmental Digital Content and Languages (European Commission – FP7 Support Action) - Researcher: Design and implementation of a study on the European Geo-ICT sector, training activities on SDI/INSPIRE and e-government
2007 - 2011 SPATIALIST - SDI for Public Sector Innovation (Flemish Government - IWT) - Junior Researcher: Analysis of coordination instruments and mechanisms, research design, data collection via surveys and in-depth interviews
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