2020 Ekim ayı itibariyle özgemişim-İsmail Belen
As of October, 2020
Official Curriculum Vitae for Ismail BELEN
Basic Information. 2
Professional Background. 2
Education. 3
Languages. 3
International Experience. 3
Relevant Experience. 4
International Projects. 4
Awards. 4
Some Publications and Reports. 5
Some of International Conferences, Meeting and Visits. 5
Updated Basic Information (October, 2020)
For the Government
- Senior Agriculture and Forests Expert, General Directorate of Nature Conservation and National Parks- https://www.tarimorman.gov.tr/DKMP of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forests, Ankara/Turkey- https://www.tarimorman.gov.tr/
For NGO:
- President of “Association of the People Caring for the Future” www.gonder.org.tr
- President “The International Platform of the Association for Nature and Forestry-PLANFOR” http://www.carfu.org/?p=1478
- Member and Adviser to the President of “Chamber of Forest Engineers of Turkey” https://ormuh.org.tr/
- Member of “Green Turkey Foresters Association “ http://yesilturkiye.org.tr/
- Member of the Aid Foundation for the Members of General Directorate of Forestry and Chairman of the Board of Representatives, 2009-2010, www.ovak.org.tr
- Member of the Board of Trustees of “Turkish World Parliamentary Foundation” http://www.tdpv.org/
For International Organization:
- Vice Chair of the Committee on Mediterranean Forestry Questions/FAO- http://www.fao.org/forestry/silva-mediterranea/en/
Contact:
Mobile Phone: +90 506 222 48 19
Email: ismailbelen52@gmail.com
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ismailbelen/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ismail.belen2
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ismailbelen52
Date of Birth: 01 JULY 1972
Date of Place: Ordu/Turkey
Citizenship: Turkish
Marital Status: Married
Wife: Ms. Züleyha Belen, Notary Public, Muş Province Sixth Notary / Turkey, https://portal.tnb.org.tr/
With two boys (Furkan,1996 and Mustafa, 2004)
- Senior Agriculture and Forests Expert, General Directorate of Nature Protection and National Parks, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Republic of Turkey (Since September 2015)
- Deputy Director General, General Directorate of Combating Desertification and Erosion, Ministry of Forest and Water Affaires, 2011-2015
- Deputy Director General, General Directorate of Forests, 2007-2011
- Chief of the Cabinet to the Minister, Ministry of Environment and Forests, 2005-2007
- Head of the Department, General Directorate of Afforestation and Erosion Control, 2003-2005
- Division Director at the Research Planning and Coordination Department, General Directorate of Forestry, Ministry of Forests, 2002-2003
- Engineer, 1999-2001
- Engineer of Forest Sub-District Directorate (Forest Ranger) at different location 1992-1998
- Special Program for Senior Managers in Government, Harvard Kennedy School of Government, Boston, the USA, 2013, https://www.hks.harvard.edu/executive-education
- Master of Science in Public Management, Public Administration Institute for Turkey and The Middle East, Turkey, 2006-2010
- Master of Science in Applied Science, Karadeniz (Black Sea) Technical University Trabzon / TURKEY, 1996-2002
- Bachelor of Science in Forest Engineering, Karadeniz (Black Sea) Technical University Trabzon / TURKEY, 1986-1991
- Turkish, Native
- English, Master Level
- French, Very Basic Level
- Arabic, Very Basic Level
- Vice Chair of the Committee on Mediterranean Forestry Questions (Silva Mediterranea, FAO), Since March 2019, http://www.fao.org/forestry/silva-mediterranea/89588/en/
- Chair of the Committee on Mediterranean Forestry Questions (Silva Mediterranean, FAO, 2012-2017.
- Member of “Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee for a Legally Binding Agreement on Forests in Europe”, 2011 http://www.forestnegotiations.org/
- Member of the Steering Committee of European Forestry Commission Working Party on the Management of Mountain Watersheds http://www.fao.org/forestry/37705/en/
- Vice Chair of the European Forestry Commission, 2010-2011, http://www.fao.org/forestry/efc/en/
- Vice Chair of the UNECE Forest and Timber Committee, 2010, http://www.unece.org/forests/welcome.html
- Senior Agriculture and Forests Expert, FAO/WB Cooperative Programme – Turkey Resilient Landscapes Integration Project, 2020
- Coordinator of the Preparation the project titled “Restoration of Degraded Forest and other Wooded Lands in Caucasus and Central Asia: Forest Restoration Improvement for ENvironmental Development and Sustainability-FRIENDS”, 2019-2020
- Legal Expert for Sustainable Land Management and Climate-Friendly Agriculture Project (Turkey) –GCP/TUR/055/GFF-2018
- National Coordinator for Alignment of Turkey’s National Action Plan with UNCCD 10-Year Strategy and reporting process” GCP/TUR/060/GFF,2014-2015
- TCDC Consultant of Capacity Building for Sustainable Management of Mountain Watersheds in Central Asia and the Caucasus GCP/SEC/002/TUR, 2013-2014
- Chair of the steering committee of “Capacity Building in Sustainable Forest Management Planning and Forest Fire Management in Syria” Project, 2010-2011
- Member of the “Regional project” entitled “Adapting Forest Policy Conditions to Climate Change in the Mena Region” (Morocco, Algeria, Tunis, Syria, Lebanon, Turkey), 2009-2011.
- Member of The Middle East Watershed Monitoring and Evaluation Project, Israel, Jordan, Palestine, Turkey and the United States, 2004
- Member of Advisory Committee Enhancing FOrest RESearch in the MediTERRAnean through improved coordination and integration
- International Co-operative Programme on Assessment and Monitoring of Air Pollution Effects on Forests,2007-2010
- Integrating Forest Fire Protection and Sustainable Wood Pellet Production in Turkey, 2010 (Not completed)
- 2018, Honor Award of the Federation of Forest Engineers and Technicians of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
- 2010, Certificate of Appreciation, Given by the Minister of Environment and Forestry
- 2007, Certificate of Appreciation, Given by the Minister of Environment and Forestry
- 2006, Certificate of Appreciation, Given by the Minister of Environment and Forestry
- 1996, Certificate of Appreciation, Given by the Director General of Forests
- 2018, Co-Authors of the “State of Mediterranean Forests 2018” http://www.fao.org/news/story/en/item/1171441/icode/
- 2018, Sustainable Land Management Legislation and Gap Analysis Report, prepared for FAOSEC under the project “Sustainable Land Management and Climate Friendly Agriculture (GCP/TUR /055/GFF), http://www.gonder.org.tr/?p=7478
- 2015, Contributors to Global Guidelines for the Restoration of Degraded Forests and Landscapes in Drylands. Building Resilience and Benefitting Livelihoods. FAO Forestry Paper 175, http://www.fao.org/policy-support/resources/resources-details/en/c/449353/
- 2013, Foreword Writes of “Contributions of Forests to a Green Economy in the Middle East North Africa” https://www.researchgate.net/publication/269992265_Contributions_of_Forests_to_a_Green_Economy_in_the_Middle_East_North_Africa
- 2012, Newsletter of Silva Mediterranea, http://www.fao.org/forestry/44192-093c15cc88e5e71c526a9a30eb1531069.pdf
- 2020, Hungary, Steering Committee Meeting of the Council of European Foresters
- 2019, Azerbaijan, Field visit for “Restoration of Degraded Forest and other Wooded Lands in Caucasus and Central Asia” Project,
- 2019, Uzbekistan, Field visit for “Restoration of Degraded Forest and other Wooded Lands in Caucasus and Central Asia” Project
- 2019, Kyrgyzstan, Field visit for “Restoration of Degraded Forest and other Wooded Lands in Caucasus and Central Asia” Project
- 2019, Kazakhstan, Field visit for “Restoration of Degraded Forest and other Wooded Lands in Caucasus and Central Asia” Project
- 2019, Spain, International Meeting on Chestnut
- 2019, Lebanon, Sixth Mediterranean Forest Week
- 2018, Spain, Working Group on Forest Fires, Committee on Mediterranean Questions
- 2018, Canada, Seventy-sixth session of the ECE Committee on Forests and the Forest Industry, https://www.unece.org/forests/coffi2018.html
- 2018, Italy, Council Meeting of Union of European Foresters, http://www.european-foresters.eu/event/227
- 2018, Hungary, Forest Europe Workshop on Agroforestry, http://www.fao.org/europe/events/detail-events/en/c/1155443/
- 2018, Romania, Board Meeting of Council of European Foresters,
- 2018, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Award Ceremony, Honor Award of the Federation of Forest Engineers and Technicians of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, http://www.gonder.org.tr/?p=6724
- 2017, Morocco, Mediterranean Forest Week
- 2016, Kyrgyzstan, Fruit Diversity in Central Asia: Meeting on Karaalma Model Forest Farm
- 2016, Italy, FAO Committee on Forestry
- 2016, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Signing Ceremony of “The Platform of the Associations of Nature and Forestry has been established by nine NGO from three countries”
- 2016, the USA, The International Seminar on Forest Landscape Restoration
- 2016, Italy, 6th meeting of the Enlarged Executive Committee of Silva Mediterranea
- 2015, Morocco, Capacity Development Workshop on National Forest Funds (NFF)-Steering Committee of Collaborative Partnership on Mediterranean Forests
- 2015, Kyrgyzstan, Expert Workshop on Restoration and Adaptation of Mountain Forests in Central and Northeast Asia
- 2015, Turkey, UNCCD COP12
- 2015, Switzerland, The World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) Liaison Delegate Annual Meeting, Montreux
- 2015, Spain, Mediterranean Forest Week
- 2015, Morocco, Committee Meeting of Silva Mediterranean
- 2014, the USA, International Seminar on Disaster Management
- 2014, Kyrgyzstan, Capacity Building for Sustainable Management of Mountain Watersheds in Central Asia and the Caucasus
- 2014, Azerbaijan, Capacity Building for Sustainable Management of Mountain Watersheds in Central Asia and the Caucasus
- 2013, Turkey, United Nations Forum on Forests (UNFF10)
- 2013, Tunisia, Enlarged Executive Committee of Silva Mediterranean
- 2013, Senegal, International Workshop on Building forest landscapes resilient to global changes
- 2013 Algeria, Third Mediterranean Forestry Week
- 2012, Niger, Establishing Turkish-Niger Brotherhood Forest
- 2012, Greek, Regional workshop of experts to develop a Strategic Framework on Mediterranean Forests
- 2012, Austria, First Session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee for a Legally Binding Agreement on Forests in Europe (INC-Forests)
- 2012, Algeria, Fourth Enlarged Executive Committee of Silva Mediterranean
- 2011, USA, UNFF 9
- 2011, Turkey, United Nations Forum on Forests, First Meeting of the Bureau of the Tenth Session (UNFF10 Bureau)
- 2011, South Korea, UNCCCD COP10
- 2011, Norway, Forest Europe Ministerial Conference
- 2011, Germany, Study visit to the plants producing electric from forest biomass
- 2011, Germany, Regional Meeting Preparatory to the Tenth Session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 10) for Annex IV
- 2011, France, Second Mediterranean Forestry Week
- 2011, Egypt, Regional workshop on “Forest policy and Integrating Climate change in NFPs in the Near East Region
- 2011, Czech Republic, Preparatory meeting for INC
- 2011, Brussels, Preparatory meeting for INC
- 2010-2012, Italy, Committee on Forestry of FAO
- 2010, Slovak Republic, European Forestry Commission Working Party on the Management of Mountain Watersheds
- 2010, Hungary, Climate Change impacts on Forest Management in Europe and Central Asia
- 2010, Hong Kong, Study visit and conference on Mobile Government,
- 2010, Belarus, International Workshop on Policy Options for Wood Energy in CIS Countries
- 2009-2010, Syria, Project implementation
- 2009, Turkey, Forest Europe Workshop on Forest and Water
- 2009, Turkey, 5th World Water Forum
- 2009, Spain, Climate meetings for the preparation of UNFCCC
- 2009, Germany, Bonn Climate Change Conference
- 2009, Denmark, UNFCCC COP 15,
- 2008, Turkey, COST Strategic workshop, “Forest Ecosystems in a changing environment”
- 2008, Switzerland, MCPFE Expert Level Meeting
- 2008, South Africa, Study visit to Pilanesberg National Park
- 2008, Russia, International Conference on Forest and Climate and International Forest Forum
- 2008, Norway, Forest Europe Expert Level Meeting
- 2008, Jordan, Study visit for the preparation of World Water Forum
- 2008, Israel, Study visit on dry zone forestry activities
- 2008, Canada, International Model Forest Network (IMFN) Global Forum
- 2007, Germany, Steering Committee Meeting for the COST workshop “Forest ecosystems in a changing environment”
- 2006, Kazakhstan, Ministerial Meeting of Economic Cooperation Organization
- 2006, Austria, European Union Ministerial Meeting on Environment
- 2005, USA, UNFF5
- 2005, USA, International Seminar on Watershed Management
- 2005, Italy, Study visit for “forest reproductive materials”
- 2005, France, Study visit for mountainous area management
- 2005, Cyprus, Meeting on Monitoring and Evaluation of Watersheds in the Middle East Region
- 2005, Brussels, EU Basics Module- Euro Med Training of Public Administrations
- 2003, Switzerland, Second Workshop for Northern Mediterranean focal points on regional cooperation activities within Annex IV
- 2003, Netherlands, Study visit for nurseries and seedlings
- 2003, Cuba, UNCCD COP6
- 2000, Finland, Training Courses on Remote Sensing