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Roger Schmid, M.Sc.

Principal Advisor Water & Environmental Services

Project Manager IWRM, Kosovo; Lead Backstopper BSM for the SDC Section Water

Roger Schmid is an experienced water and environmental sanitation specialist who combines technical expertise, backstopping proficiency and strategic reasoning for challenges in water supply, sanitation, water governance and rural infrastructure.

Areas of Expertise

  • Water and environmental sanitation
  • Rural infrastructure
  • Soil-water management
  • Backstopping and coaching of implementing agencies and staff
  • Project cycle management support
  • Institutional development and capacity building
  • Networking and knowledge management
  • Policy development
  • Situation analysis and evaluation

Education

M.Sc. in Rural Engineering with Specialization in Environmental issues (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne, Switzerland)

Country experience and regional expertise

Sub-Saharan Africa: Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Chad, DR Congo, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Rwanda

Asia: China, India, Indonesia, Nepal, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan

Eastern Europe: Albania, Kosovo, Moldova, North Macedonia