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Personal Information

Name: Raoul M. Boucke
Nationality: Dutch
Date of birth: 1 November 1975
Place of birth: Paramaribo, Suriname

Education and Training

TiasNimbas, Management School, The Netherlands
International Programme on the Management of Sustainable Development, 2009
Course in the techniques of multilateral dialogue to resolve the conflicts that arise in the context of implementing sustainable development by using the Mutual Gains approach.

Technische Universiteit Delft, The Netherlands
Msc. Chemical Engineering, 1993 – 2001
Graduation Thesis: The Implementation of Life Cycle Costing in Conceptual Process Design

Mr. Dr. J.C. de Miranda College, Suriname
Senior High School, 1990 – 1993

Work Experience

Deputy Head Environment Division at the Permanent Mission of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to the EU
March 2007 – Present
Responsible for:

• negotiating and reporting on legislation files (all co-decision) in Council Working Group
• briefing, assisting and reporting on Coreper, Environment Council and Conciliation Committee
• relations with European Parliament (regular contacts with MEP’s on environment issues, following ENVI commission meetings, drafting position papers)
• maintaining a network with European Commission and all other EU institutions
• briefing and giving lectures to several interest groups (business, press, students, local government etc.)

Dossiers:

• Eco-efficient Economy
• Adaptation to Climate Change
• Sustainability criteria for bio fuels (Climate and Energy package)
• CO2 emissions from passenger cars and minivans
• Fuel Quality Directive
• EURO standards for road transport
• Marine Framework Directive
• Flooding Directive
• Regulation on the ban of Mercury
• Directive on the Waste of Electric and Electronic Equipment
• Directive on the use of Hazardous Substances in Electric and Electronic Equipment

Senior Policy Advisor (International Affairs Directorate) at Ministry for Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment
July 2006 – March 2007

• Responsible for Multilateral Environmental Agreements: Rotterdam Convention (Prior Informed Consent, PIC), POP’s (Persistent Organic Pollutants), Basel (Shipment of Waste)
• EU-China Relations
• Environment and Trade (WTO negotiations)
• EU Waste Framework Directive
• EU Policy on GMO’s (Genetically Modified Organisms)

Policy Advisor (International Affairs Directorate) at Ministry for Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment
May 2003 – July 2006
Coordination of The Netherlands positon on EU Environmental dossiers, Preparation of EU Environment Council.

Trainee at Ministry for Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment
April 2002 – May 2003

• Member of Project group National Strategy for Sustainable Development.
• Member of Project group Netherlands EU Presidency 2004
• Member of Cabinet Secretary General

Activities and Societies

Numerous lectures on EU Environmental Policy (EIPA, European Institute for Public Administration), 2007-present

Member of Working Group on the Implementation of Competence Management within the Trainee Program of the Ministry of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment, 2002-2004

Member of Foreign Excursion Commission of Student Society ‘Technologisch Gezelschap’
Case study manager: Carried out and coordinated study entitled: ‘The Implementation of Safety, Health, Environment and Sustainability in the Chemical Industry: A comparison between Europe and America’, 1997-1998

Editor Surinamese Career Fair for students and experienced professionals with 40 Surinamese companies represented, 1,500 visitors and a €60,000 budget; event received high praise from visitors and business community, 1997

Member of Symposium Commission of Studiname, Surinamese Student Body in the Netherlands. Theme: Social, Political and Economic Change in Suriname, 1996

Languages

Mother tongue(s): Dutch
Other language(s): English (excellent), French (moderate), Spanish (poor)

Additional Information

Interested in Opera, Classical and Jazz Music, Staying Healthy and Eating Good Food.