Vineta Goba

Vineta Goba works as Principal Consultant/Project Manager across several competence areas (EU and global environmental, climate and research and innovation policies, biodiversity/nature conservation, natural resources management, climate change mitigation and adaptation, Blue Economy/bioeconomy, water/Oceans, waste management/circular economy, sustainable energy, regional and cohesion policies, just transition). She has expert level knowledge in international environmental governance, evaluation and impact assessment, proven experience in performing qualitative/quantitative analysis, and solid experience in project planning, implementation and evaluation, technical assistance, business needs assessment, risk assessment, financial assessment, analysis of regulatory constraints or standards regimes, and feasibility studies. Due to her recent involvement in various projects aimed at nature/biodiversity protection and conservation (Evaluation of EU LIFE Programme Nature and Biodiversity grant proposals; Evaluation of EU Biodiversity Strategy to 2020), and support to EC Mission Oceans (Baseline Study for The Baltic and North Sea lighthouse; Mission Oceans Implementation Platform) she has obtained expert level knowledge of nature/biodiversity and Ocean policies/Blue Economy sector in Europe.  Throughout her career, Vineta has been coordinating the implementation of numerous complex projects, therefore she also gained significant experience in project coordination and management.