CURRICULUM VITAE
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JACOBI, Klaus
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born in 1951
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| Main fields of experience: |
- Water Management
- Hydrology / Water Quality
- Hydrometry / Irrigation systems monitoring
- Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA)
- System Analysis and Programming
- Database and GIS applications
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| Nationality: |
German |
| Marital status: |
Married, 2 children |
| Languages: |
German, English, French
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| Professional education: |
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| 1970 - 1976 |
Technical University, Berlin/Germany
M. Sc. Civil Engineering |
| Short courses: |
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| 2005, 2006 |
Courses on ArcGIS, Spatial Analyst and Python scripting |
| 1994 |
Training seminar on geographical information system ARC/INFO /
ESRI, Germany |
| 1992 |
Seminar on Computer Aided Water Management Planning and
Operation Models / DVWK, Germany
Seminar on Environmental Impact Assessment / DVWK, Germany |
Professional activities: |
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| 2009 |
Pakistan |
| Donor/Company/Client |
Asian Development Bank / AHT GROUP AG / Government of Sindh) |
| Position: |
Hydrologist |
| Description: |
Sindh Water Resources Development and Management Investment Program
- Review of more than 100 proposed sites for small dams
- GIS-based hydrological calculations
- Development of selection criteria for different dam types
- Ranking of sites and recommendations for further studies
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| 2008 - 2009 |
Mali |
| Donor/Company/Client |
GTZ / AHT GROUP AG / Direction Nationale de l'Hydraulique
(DNH) |
| Position: |
Expert for IWRM, hydrological databases and information
management |
| Description: |
Assistance to the DNH - Introduction of an Integrated Water
Resources Management (IWRM)
- Review of existing databases and electronic maps
- Determination of suitable spatial management units
- Selection of a suitable software environment
- Development of algorithms and user interfaces
- Training in the operation and updating of the system
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| 2007 - 2009 |
Algeria |
| Donor/Company/Client |
GTZ / AHT GROUP AG / Ministère de Ressources en Eau
(MRE) |
| Position: |
GIS and Database Expert |
| Description: |
Implementation and dissemination of an integrated water resource
management system in oases:
- Analysis of existing IT equipment
- Recommendation and procurement of hardware and software
- Design and implementation of a database concept for IWRM
- Elaboration of a medium-term water management plan for the
oasis of Béni Abbès
- Development of a water balancing tool
- Development of an information management strategy and of an
M&E system
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| 2006 - 2007 |
Serbia |
| Donor/Company/Client |
Lux Development / AHT GROUP AG / Municipality of Novi
Pazar |
| Position: |
GIS Expert |
| Description: |
Social Investments in the Municipality of Novi Pazar
- Evaluation of tenders for IT, GIS and GPS hardware
- Design and execution of application training courses in
MapInfo
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| 2005 - 2010 |
Chad |
| Donor/Company/Client |
GTZ / AHT GROUP AG / Lake Chad Basin Commission |
| Position: |
Team Leader, Integrated Water Resources Management Expert |
| Description: |
Lake Chad Sustainable Water Management
- Analysis of existing IWRM knowledge within LCBC;
- Analysis of existing and specification of future hard and
software;
- Formulation of IWRM tasks of LCBC;
- Selection of water resources management methods;
- Evaluation of data requirement for IWRM;
- Specification of data types and formats;
- Implementation of water resources data base;
- Adaptation of hydrological models;
- Implementation of training measures for GIS, database,
modelling and visualisation.
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| 2004 - 2005 |
Jordan |
| Donor/Company/Client |
KfW / AHT GROUP AG / Water Authority of Jordan |
| Position: |
Environmental Expert |
| Description: |
Re-use of treated waste water in irrigated agriculture
- Evaluation of chemical, physical and biological parameters of
effluents from wastewater treatment plants and their effects on
soils, crops and biodiversity
- Preparation of an Environmental Impact Assessment for the
feasibility study.
- Hydrological calculations and reservoir simulations for testing
the option of storage of treated wastewater during the winter
season.
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| 2003 - 2004 |
Macedonia |
| Donor/Company/Client |
KfW / AHT GROUP AG / Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and
Water Economy |
| Position: |
System Analyst |
| Description: |
South-Vardar Irrigation Programme
- Development of an Information System for the storage,
processing and presentation of results from baseline surveys
(farmer's questionnaires)
- Supervision of construction of a computer-based cadastral
system, using maps scale 1:2500 and 1:1000.
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| 2000 - 2007 |
Tanzania |
| Donor/Company/Client |
GTZ / AHT International / Rural Water Supply Directorate -
Ministry of Water |
| Position: |
Data base expert and GIS trainer |
| Description: |
Development and implementation of a nationwide database on
rural water supply schemes
- Design of a database under MS-Access, preparation of base
maps
- Development of data entry forms dealing with the input of the
following data groups: address, resources, environment, technical,
institutional, financial aspects, tariffs and revenue collection,
administration, performance indicators
- Development of queries and reports with dynamic maps integrated
in MS-Access
- Performance of both on-the-job and formal training on GIS and
database applications
- Set-up of a small local computer network, assistance in the
procurement of additional computers.
- Discussion with other ongoing projects in Tanzania dealing with
computer-based information systems for the water sector to attempt
a harmonisation in the documentation, user-interfaces and data
structures
- Transformation of the local system into a web-based information
system using PHP/MySQL and MapServer.
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| 1996 - 2007 |
Jordan |
| Donor/Company/Client |
GTZ / AHT International / Ministry of Water and Irrigation |
| Position: |
Water management adviser and system analyst |
| Description: |
Water Sector Planning Support at the Ministry of Water and
Irrigation
- Participation in the development of a water balancing model
linked to ArcView GIS
- Description of water transfer systems of national
importance
- Set up of a digital terrain model
- Countywide regionalisation of observed precipitation and
evapotranspiration records on a 1-km-grid
- Development of a raster model (processing daily rainfall and
monthly evaporation records) for the determination of the
regeneration of water resources (run-off, deep infiltration)
- Advice on structuring of pre-processing demand modules for a
"Scenario Tables Pool"
- Integration of the software modules written under various
languages (Delphi, Avenue, VBA) into a uniform system running under
MS-Access and integrated GIS with optional connection to a
central ORACLE server
- Development of the pre-processing modules for detailed
assessment and projection of irrigation water demands
- Development of a model for calculation of reservoir safe
yields
- Development for a nationwide model to simulate water transfers
and perform regional water balances under consideration of
different source and demand types as well as water quality
classes.
- Participation in the formulation of the National Water Master
Plan
- Set-up of digital documents in HTML and PDF
- On-the-job-training for GIS applications in water management
planning
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| 1997 - 2003 |
Macedonia |
| Donor/Company/Client |
GTZ / AHT International / Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and
Water Economy |
| Position: |
Water management adviser |
| Description: |
Advice to the Administration for Water Economy for Preparation
of a Digital Water Master Plan
- Assessment of available data and facilities for computer aided
water management planning
- Active participation at a planning workshop on the
establishment of a new water master plan
- Elaboration of workshop results and formulation of a detailed
work plan and quantification of required inputs
- General advice on institutional and technical matters for
preparation of a digital water master plan
- Advice on data requirements and data bank structuring
- Testing and evaluating applicants to join the local team for
water master planning
- Assistance in the procurement of digital geographic data
- Assistance in importing observation data to the database from
external sources and preparation of reports for the master
plan
- Advice and active participation in building a the project's
homepage (contents, structure, programming in JavaScript)
- Formulation of TOR for new projects in the water sector
- Revision of a detailed report on causes of the environmental
degradation of Lake Dojran and options for its rehabilitation.
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| 2002 |
Algeria |
| Donor/Company/Client |
GTZ / AHT International / National Agency of Water
Resources |
| Position: |
GIS and database trainer |
| Description: |
Assistance to the National Agency of Water Resources -
evaluation of water quality data
- Linkage of MapInfo GIS to MS-Access data base
- Calculation of water quality classes under MS-Access
- Automated production of surface water quality maps under
MapInfo
- Visualisation of Groundwater Quality under Surfer and
MapInfo
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| 1999 - 2000 |
Morocco |
| Donor/Company/Client |
GTZ / AHT International / Water resources association
Tensift |
| Position: |
Database and GIS Advisor |
| Description: |
Support to the re-organisation of a public authority into a
private water association
- Preparation of base maps under ArcView, design of a
database
- Development of interfaces to transfer resources and
administrative data individually managed by various departments
into a common system
- Discussions with the Ministry in Rabat on harmonisation with a
new nation-wide database on natural resources data.
- Development of a sample GIS application to visualize the
relation between authorisations for groundwater abstractions and
the decline of groundwater levels over the last 30 years.
- On-the-job training on GIS, with emphasis on dealing with data
under different map projections.
- Participation in a workshop to present the project achievements
to other potential donors
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| 1998 - 2000 |
Macedonia |
| Donor/Company/Client |
EU-Phare / AHT International / Ministry of Agriculture,
Forestry and Water Economy |
| Position: |
Project Manager and GIS trainer |
| Description: |
Assistance to the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Water
Economy (MAFWE), EU-Phare
- Project Management
- Procurement and supervision of installation of hard- and
software (14 working places including network server) suitable for
GIS and database development of a new computer-aided water master
plan on national level.
- Procurement of hydrometrical field measuring equipment
- Execution of two training courses on GIS and database
applications for water management planning.
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| 1997/98 |
Tunisia |
| Donor/Company/Client |
KfW / AHT International / Ministry of Agriculture - Directorate
of Studies and Hydraulic Works |
| Position: |
Hydrologist and modelling expert |
| Description: |
Irrigation Project Galaat Andlous - Ras Djebel - improvement of
the quality of irrigation water
- Establishment of a model for water and salt balancing
- Modelling for localisation of main sources of salinisation
- Long term modelling for prediction of the salt content in soils
and drainage waters
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| 1995 |
Uzbekistan, Kasachstan |
| Donor/Company/Client |
EC-Tacis / Agrar- und Hydrotechnik / Executive Committee of the
Interstate Council for the Aral Sea Basin |
| Position: |
Hydrologist |
| Description: |
Water Resources Management and Agricultural Production in the
Central Asian Republics (WARMAP)
Hydro-meteorological Survey of the Aral Sea Basin (Tadjikistan,
Kirgistan, Uzbekistan, Kasachstan and Turkmenistan)
- Evaluation of the hydro-meteorological information system
- Consultation of the counterpart institution in the selection of
stations for a "strategic network"
- Proposals for modernisation of existing stations for monitoring
of water quality and quantity as well as agro-meteorological
parameters. Particular emphasis on irrigation return flows
- Proposals for improvement of remote data transfer and
structuring of hydro-meteorological data for a Management
Information System (MIS)
- Pre-processing of spatial data as well as of time series for
integration into a Geographic Information System
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| 1995 |
Pakistan |
| Donor/Company/Client |
World Bank / Agrar- und Hydrotechnik / WAPDA |
| Position: |
EIA expert |
| Description: |
Sukh Beas Irrigation and Drainage Project - structural and
operational improvement of a large scale irrigation system
- Environmental impact assessment (EIA) consistent with GOP and
World Bank procedures
- Identification of the requirements for the monitoring of the
impact of the proposed project
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| 1993 - 94 |
Tunisia |
| Donor/Company/Client |
KfW / AHT International / Ministry of Agriculture - Directorate
of Studies and Hydraulic Works |
| Position: |
Water management expert |
| Description: |
National Water Master Plan "Économie d'eau 2000"
- Elaboration of regional and nation-wide water balances for
various scenarios, water quality levels and time horizons
- Selection of the most economic water saving measures in the
field of irrigated agriculture
- Information exchange between GIS, external data banks and
various numerical models
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| 1992 - 1994 |
Pakistan |
| Donor/Company/Client |
KfW / Agrar- und Hydrotechnik / WAPDA |
| Position: |
Hydrologist and modelling expert |
| Description: |
Salinity Control and Reclamation Project Dera Ghazi Khan
- Participation in the assessment of various scenarios to improve
irrigation water management and to monitor system efficiencies
- Computer assisted assessment of flood flows from hill torrent
catchments endangering the Project Area
- Set-up of a flood routing model for dimensioning of a flood
protection bund
- Evaluation of existing measures and new proposals of flood flow
reduction and/or diversion
- Processing and evaluation of water and discharge hydrographs of
the river Indus upstream and downstream from the Project Area
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| 1992 |
Mali |
| Donor/Company/Client |
KfW / Agrar- und Hydrotechnik |
| Position: |
Hydrologist |
| Description: |
Regional Development Plan for the Dogon Plateau
- Search and selection of sites for small dams
- Simulation of runoff volumes and dimensioning floods using
specially developed rainfall-runoff models
- Detailed water balancing of small reservoirs for various
cropping calendars
- Calculation of the potential for various water harvesting
schemes
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| 1991 - 1992 |
Tunisia |
| Donor/Company/Client |
GTZ / AHT International / Ministry of Agriculture - Directorate
of Studies and Hydraulic Works |
| Position: |
Water quality monitoring expert |
| Description: |
Water protection for the Sidi Salem Dam and the Medjerda
River
Detailed planning of two water quality monitoring stations
- Determination of topographic conditions and extreme values of
water quality parameters at the sites
- Planning and design of the hydraulic systems for taking water
samples from the river, conveyance to the measuring station and
return
- Planning and design of systems for flushing and mechanical
cleaning of the pipe system
- Selection of devices for continuous recording and retaining of
samples
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| 1991 |
Poland |
| Donor/Company/Client |
World Bank / Agrar- und Hydrotechnik / Ministry of
Environment |
| Position: |
Project manager |
| Description: |
Environmental Management Project Training Programme on the
Location and Installation of Water Quality Monitoring and Warning
Stations
- Co-ordination of a seminar and consecutive study tour through
Germany, Switzerland and France
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| 1989 - 1991 |
Yemen Arab Republic |
| Donor/Company/Client |
UNDP / Agrar- und Hydrotechnik / High Water Council |
| Position: |
Hydrologist |
| Description: |
Assistance of the High Water Council in Preparation of a Water
Master Plan (UNDP Project YEM/88/001)
- Collection and computer-aided reorganization of available data
on surface water resources
- Planning and implementation of the extension of the existing
hydro-meteorological network with electronic data loggers
- Inventory and partial evaluation of surface water development
schemes
- Computer-aided creation of a base-map and various thematic
maps, with software interfaces to the data bank and to application
programs
- Development and application of a program for calculation of
Penman evapotranspiration with directly measured radiation as
optional input
- Training of counterparts (data collection, input and
processing)
- Preparation of a part for the national masterplan (surface
water assessment)
- Lecturing at two subsequent courses on applied hydrology
organized by the University of Sana'a and the International
Institute for Hydraulic and Environmental Engineering (IHE),
Delft
- Advice of the High Water Council in the restructuring of the
authorities active in the water sector
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| 1987 - 1988 |
Sri Lanka |
| Donor/Company/Client |
KfW / Agrar- und Hydrotechnik / Ministry of Irrigation |
| Position: |
Water management expert and system analyst |
| Description: |
Kirindi Oya Irrigation and Settlement Project Water Management
Strategy Plan
- Compilation of a data base relevant for irrigation system
simulation
- System analysis and development of a program package for
detailed simulation of a complex irrigation project with several
reservoirs
- Simulation of various scenarios with different area extent,
cropping pattern and cropping intensity
- Development of a program package for operation of an irrigation
system (with tertiary canals as smallest unit)
- Counterpart training (general operation of PCs, application of
the specially developed programs)
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| 1982, 1985 - 1986 |
Jordan |
| Donor/Company/Client |
GTZ / AHT International / Ministry of Agriculture |
| Position: |
Hydrologist |
| Description: |
Zarqa Soil Conservation Programme
- Monitoring of surface runoff and sediment transport,
compilation and evaluation of historical data
- Hydraulic calculations for soil conservation structures
- Updating of the climatology and hydrology of the Project
Area
- Development and application of computer programs for the
calculation of suspended sediment and bed load transport
- Estimation of reservoir life time with a stochastical
model
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| 1983 - 1985 |
Somalia |
| Donor/Company/Client |
GTZ / AHT International / Ministry for Juba Valley
Development |
| Position: |
Hydrologist |
| Description: |
Advisory Assistance to the Ministry of Juba Valley Development
- Rehabilitation of river gauging stations at the Juba River
- Collection of hydro-meteorological data from various
sources
- Design and establishment of a computerised data bank
- Development of computer programs for data process-ing and
hydrological analysis (all programs including graphical
presentations)
- Development and calibration of a hydrological flood-routing
model
- Training of computer operators
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| 1978, 1981, 1984 - 1985 |
Yemen Arab Republic |
| Donor/Company/Client |
IBRD / Agrar- und Hydrotechnik / Ministry of Agriculture |
| Position: |
Hydrometric expert |
| Description: |
Wadi Jawf Basin Development Project
- Establishment of a precipitation observation network and of
agro-meteorological stations
- Construction of river gauging stations and performance of
discharge measurements
- Rehabilitation of wadi gauging stations and training of local
observers
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| 1981 |
Mauritania |
| Donor/Company/Client |
KfW / Agrar- und Hydrotechnik / SONADER |
| Position: |
Hydrologist |
| Description: |
Boghé Irrigation Project
- Field observations of surface runoff
- Calculation of runoff from a small catchment with a
rainfall-runoff computer model and proposals for flood
diversion
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| 1981 |
Tanzania |
| Donor/Company/Client |
KfW / Agrar- und Hydrotechnik / Self Reliance Fund West
Lake |
| Position: |
Hydrologist |
| Description: |
Ngono Multipurpose Project
- Repairs and installations of river gauges and meteoro-logical
stations
- Measurements of water discharges and suspended load
- Evaluation of hydrological and meteorological data
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| 1981 |
Tanzania |
| Donor/Company/Client |
GTZ and IBRD / Agrar- und Hydrotechnik / Ministry of
Agriculture |
| Position: |
Hydrometeorologist |
| Description: |
National Coconut Development Project, Land Suitability Survey,
Phase I
- Collection and evaluation of meteorological data for
precipitation-evapotranspiration balances
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| 1979 - 1980 |
Tanzania |
| Donor/Company/Client |
NORAD / Agrar- und Hydrotechnik / Rufiji Basin Development
Authority |
| Position: |
Hydrometric expert |
| Description: |
Rufiji Valley Agricultural Development Project
- Observations of riverbed erosion and sedimentation
- Collection of hydrological data and field measurements in the
Rufiji River and its floodplain
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| 1979 |
Mauritania |
| Donor/Company/Client |
KfW / Agrar- und Hydrotechnik / SONADER |
| Position: |
Hydrologist |
| Description: |
Tagant Regional Development Project
- Design of a hydrometeorological observation network based on
representative catchments
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| 1979 |
Sudan |
| Donor/Company/Client |
GTZ / Agrar- und Hydrotechnik / Ministry of Water |
| Position: |
Hydrologist |
| Description: |
Red Sea Hills Project
- Determination of surface water resources for ground water
recharge and siting of storage dams for irrigation and urban water
supply
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| 1978 |
Tanzania |
| Donor/Company/Client |
UNHCR / Agrar- und Hydrotechnik / UNHCR |
| Position: |
Hydrometric expert |
| Description: |
Mishamo Refugee Settlement Scheme
- Hydrological survey to determine the availability of surface
water for domestic supplies
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| 1978 |
Tanzania |
| Donor/Company/Client |
IBRD / Agrar- und Hydrotechnik / Tanzanian National Agriculture
and Food Corporation |
| Position: |
Hydrologist |
| Description: |
Kapunga Feasibility Study
- Hydrological investigations for irrigation of a 3,000 ha rice
farm
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| 1978 |
Sudan |
| Donor/Company/Client |
IBRD / Agrar- und Hydrotechnik / Ministry of Irrigation |
| Position: |
Hydrometric expert |
| Description: |
New Halfa Rehabilitation Project
- Evaluation of canal capacities in an existing 150,000 ha
irrigation scheme
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| 1976 - 1977 |
Tanzania |
| Donor/Company/Client |
GTZ / Agrar- und Hydrotechnik / Ministry Water |
| Position: |
Hydrologist |
| Description: |
Tanga Integrated Rural Development Plan
- Strengthening of the Region's hydrographical network:
maintenance and data processing of newly established
hydro-meteorological stations and their integration into the
existing network
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