Andrei Iatsenia, UN/ISDR


Andrei Iatsenia is working at present as Senior Adviser, Private-Public Partnerships at the United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction in Geneva (UN ISDR). His work is based on more than 10 years of practical experience on the subject of Private-Public partnership and Disaster Risk Reduction. In 1996, Mr. Iatsenia designed and launched an Environmental Emergencies Network in the World Bank that involved private sector parties (insurance companies, construction, computer and communication industries, etc). In 1996 he worked as the task Manager of the Bay of Bengal GEF project that focused on PPP early warning as related to cyclones and floods in the Bay of Bengal countries. In 1996- 1997 he participated in the Andhra Pradesh Disaster Management Project and Poland Flood project. In 1998 he moved to Latin America Environmental Department where he established and managed a disaster management unit with four seconded professionals. In 1998 he was part of the team that got the first award (USD 150,000) from the President of the World Bank as part of the "Development Marketplace" proposal related to private-public partnership for disaster reduction. In 1999 he lead the World Bank team for the Hurricane Mitch project in Honduras and Nicaragua, participated in the Caribbean Disaster Preparedness project and task-managed the Central America Disaster Management Grant. Since 1999 he was also involved in promoting international partnerships based on the success of the "Project Impact" of FEMA and "PPP 2000", lead by the White House (both are the USA based effort on private-public partnership for disaster reduction).

After moving to Switzerland in 2000 under the World Bank Staff Exchange programme, Mr. Iatsenia worked for three years as UNEP Coordinator of the Mountain Programme, itself a private-public partnership involving the Aga Khan Development Network and the World Economic Forum. In 2003 he developed and raised funds for the Water and Mountain Initiative, funded by the GEF and co-organized with the World Economic Forum. In 2003, he was invited by the CEO of the World Economic Forum to bring the Water Initiative to the Forum and worked there as the Director of this Initiative under the UN staff exchange programme.

During 2003-2005, he engaged several major private sector partners, such as Alcan Inc, RWE/Thames Water, Umgeni Water, African Ministerial Council on Water, Coca-Cola HBC, Switcher, Nestle, Confederation of Indian Industries, USAID, Swiss Cooperation for Development and arranged secondment of three professionals to the Water Initiative. In 2004, he started the Water Project Exchange as the dedicated facility to match private sector with the public one for water related PPPs, with the first regional launch in Africa jointly with AMCOW and the President of Mozambique.  In 2005, he started the Indian Business Alliance on Water, co financed by USAID, Switcher SA and Confederation of the Indian Industries. In early 2006, he introduced ISDR to the World Economic Forum Disaster Management Initiative. After the end of the World Economic Forum-UN Staff Exchange programme, he was invited to join ISDR and is currently working on several projects involving private-sector partners that are willing to collaborate with the UN on Disaster Risk Reduction activities.

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   Hansin Dogan, UNDP

Mr. Hansin Dogan was born on May 7, 1970 in Turkey. He received a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Ankara University in Turkey in 1993. He took MBA courses at Bilkent University in Turkey in 1998 and received his master’s degree in 1999 from Exeter University in England in the field of European studies granted by the Jean Monnet scholarship.

After a short-term private sector experience at the subsidiary of Compaq Inc. in Turkey between 1993 and 1994, Mr. Dogan was established on the staff of the Political Sciences Faculty of Ankara University as an expert researcher and, at the same time, appointed the secretary general of the Human Rights Center at that university in 1995. During his six year engagement with academia, he has carried out research, conducted trainings, issued a bi-monthly Human Rights Journal, published several articles and books, and also provided consultancy to several institutions including the Turkish Under-secretariat of Treasury, GTZ, the American Embassy in Turkey, the Fulbright Commission, and the Middle East and Turkey Public Administration Institute.

Mr. Dogan started his career at the United Nations Development Programme, Turkey Office as a Programme Associate in 2001 and has been responsible for Governance, GEF/Environment and ICT for Development portfolios. He has also been responsible for providing coordination support to the UN System in Turkey during emergency response operations during the aftermath of earthquakes and armed conflicts, including the war in Iraq in 2003. Having assumed his new duties as of November 2005, Mr. Hansin Dogan now serves as the Private Sector Programme Manager of UNDP Turkey and administrates the private sector project office based in Istanbul. The office under his management has established a rapidly growing portfolio of public private partnerships with several multi-national and local companies and has been instrumental in advancing the implementation of the UN Global Compact in Turkey.

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