Communications Specialist 

Mr. Tesfagebriel Tekola is a communication specialist with 6+ years of experience in research and teaching. He has a BA and MA degree in Journalism and Communication as well as BA in Political Science and International Relations. He worked as a Content Specialist in an ICT company called Africa 118 while undertaking his postgraduate studies at Addis Ababa University. Tesfagebriel has served Mekelle University as Media Production Manager and lecturer at the University's Journalism Department. He has taken International Climate Journalism training offered by Climate Tracker, he is also a fellow of the African Film Making Fellowship at the University of Cape Town, South Africa. Currently, he is serving Eco-justice Ethiopia as a communications specialist.  

Eco-justice Ethiopia has committed and experienced legal professionals who are ready to take legal action to defend nature, combat climate change and protect the environment. We can be a reliable partner for policy advice, legal drafting, and related research needs.   

Accountant

Samrawit has a BA Degree in Management and MA in Business Administration. She has five years of experience as an office administrator and accountant. Samrawt has been handling different office administration, accounting systems including follow-up and compiling expense receipts, revenues payments, and bookkeeping for many companies.

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ለስርዓተ ምህዳር፣ ለአካባቢና  የተፈጥሮ ሀብት እንክብካቤ የሚረዱ ምቹ የሆኑ የዘላቂ ልማት ፖሊሲዎችና የህግ ማዕቀፎች እንዲወጡ፣ እንዲተገበሩና  ማህበረሰቡ ለከባቢያዊ ፍትህ ትኩረት እንዲሰጥ በማድረግ የበለጸገና ጤናማ የአኗኗር ዘይቤን ለቀጣዩ ትውልድ ማቆየት፡፡

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• በአካባቢ ጥበቃና በተፈጥሮ ሀብት አጠቃቀም ዙሪያ ያሉ ህጎች በሚገባ እንዲተገበሩ መንግሥታዊና መንግሥታዊ ካልሆኑ ተቋማት ጋር  አብሮ መሥራት፡፡
• በሃገሪቱ ባሉት ህጎች ላይ ያሉ ክፍተቶችን በማጥናት ለመፍትሄው ከሚመለከታቸው አካላት ጋር በጋራ መስራት፣
• ዜጎች ንፁህና ጤናማነቱ የተረጋገጠ አካባቢ ላይ የመኖር ህገ-መንግስታዊ መብታቸው እንዲከበር፣ እንዲሁም መንግስትና ዜጎች አካባቢን ለመጠበቅ ያለባቸውን የህግ ግዴታ በአግባቡ እንዲተገብሩ ማገዝ፡፡
• ኢትዮጵያ የአካባቢና የተፈጥሮ ሃብት ጥበቃና እንክብካቤን በተመለከተ ጠቃሚ የሆኑ ዓለማቀፍ ህጎችንና ስምምነቶችን እንድትፈርምና ቀደም ሲልም የፈረመቻቸውንም  በአግባቡ እንዲተገብር ማገዝ፡፡
• የአከባቢና የተፈጥሮ ሀብት እንክብካቤ ጠቀሜታ ማህብረተሰቡ ግንዛቤ እንዲያዳብር የተለያዩ ስልጠናዎችን ማዘጋጀት፡፡ የአከባቢና የስነ ምህዳር ሀብት እንክብካቤ ጠቀሜታና ይህ በማይተገበርበት ወቅት የሚያስከትለውን  ጉዳት በተመለከተ ከህትመትና ከኤሌክትሮኒክስ ሚድያዎች ጋር በመተባበር ሰፊ የግንዛቤ ማስጨበጫ ሥራዎችን ማከናወን፡፡
• የሥነ ምህዳር ህጎች በመጣሳቸው ምክንያት ጉዳት ለሚደርስባቸው የኅብረተሰብ ክፍሎች/ግለሰቦች በችግራቸው መድረስና ከችግራቸው መውጣትና መልሰው የሚggሙበትን መንገድ ከሚመለከታቸው አካላት ጋር በመሆን ማመቻቸት፣
• የአከባቢ፣ የተፈጥሮ ሀብትና ስነ ምህዳር ተቋማት፣ ክበባት እንዲቋቋሙ፣ እንዲጠናከሩ መቀስቀስና ማገዝ፤ በአዲስ አበባ እንዲሁም በመላው ኢትዩጵያ ጥሩ የሆኑ የሥራ ግንኙነቶችን በመፍጠር የአከባቢና የተፈጥሮ ሀብት እንክብካቤና ጥበቃ ማድረግ፡፡

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Multi-stakeholder Strategic Chemical Management

The purpose of this particular project is the implementation of a strategic multi-stakeholder chemical management in Ethiopia, based on developing and supporting multi-stakeholder models for chemicals and waste management. Thus, the project prepares Eco-Justice Ethiopia to promote the use of various guidance documents by respective decision makers and authorities for legal and institutional reforms in support of implementing a strategic sound management of chemicals. Additionally, this project will serve as a basis for a strengthened science-policy interface where stakeholders from the scientific community, civil society, academic and policy makers engage in meaningful ways to inform decisions and actions on chemicals management in the context of Ethiopia. Accordingly, considering the overarching aim of the whole project, Eco-Justice Ethiopia has started to advance in the establishment of multi-stakeholder fora in Ethiopia, and is prepared to support the sound management of chemicals and waste at national and regional levels.   

The Strategic Approach to International Chemicals Management (SAICM) is a voluntary multi-stakeholder multi-sectoral global policy framework. Since its inception in 2006, it has aimed to achieve the sound management of chemicals throughout their life cycle and for chemicals to be produced and used in ways that minimize significant adverse impacts on the environment and human health. An important objective of such approach at the national level is to build upon existing chemicals management initiatives in various sectors and strengthening coordination and coherence among various government and stakeholder initiatives. 

Formalized and systematic multi-stakeholder models for a sound chemical management, involving CSOs, private and public stakeholders, altogether, are missing in most African countries. Similarly, many countries in the global south lack a systematic and coordinated multi stakeholder approach to chemicals and waste management. In some countries where multi stakeholder forums do exist, these have remained largely ad hoc and underfunded due to low political understanding and will on chemicals impact resulting in poor coordination on safe chemicals and waste management.

Co-founder

Wondwossen is an environmental lawyer and policy consultant with an in-depth know-how about the policy and legal terrain in Ethiopia. He coordinated the preparatory process of the Ethiopian green economy strategy known as the Climate Resilient Green Economy Strategy (CRGE) since its inception (in 2010) and its launch in 2011. His key functions included mobilizing expert groups from each of the CRGE sectors (including the agriculture, forest, and energy sectors and the respective ministries) and help to broker interests among a wide array of stakeholders; getting approval for deliverables from the Inter-ministerial committee; representing the country at various fora for tasks related to green growth. He negotiated on the Scaling-up Renewable Energy Programme of the World Bank that enabled to secure a project in various energy projects worth more than 90 million USD. Also, Wondwossen served as a director of Environmental Law and Policy, where he oversaw the development of laws, strategies, and policy documents on the Clean Development Mechanism of the Kyoto Protocol, the Prototype NAMA Registry, and other thematic areas such as forests, biosphere reserves, waste management, and a host of other environmental issues. He is currently doing his research on the Science-Policy Interface on Climate Change and is a PhD candidate at the University of Massachusetts Boston. He has Masters Degrees in Environment & Development, and Global Governance & Human Security. He earned a Bachelor of Laws degree from AAU and has been serving as the Policy and Legal Head at the former Environmental Protection Authority in Ethiopia.

Founder and Executive Director

With LLB in law and a master’s degree in Environment and Natural Resources Law, Eskedar has over 10 years of experience in environmental advocacy, legal research, and project management. He is the founder of Eco-justice Ethiopia and former director of the Environment and Natural Resources Law Center, at Mekelle University. Also, he lectures at the law school in addition to engagement in research-based advocacy works which consist of consulting for enactment/amendments of new laws that promote sustainable development and awareness creation works for better implementation of existing legislation. His extensive research and advocacy experience comprise's various independent consultancy works with international development actors and national government organs. For instance, he has undertaken stakeholder mappings, translation of scientific researches to specific policy advice, development of legal drafts, and management of various legal researches. To mention a few of his international experiences, he started his career with an internship program at Heidelberg University, German, he was a 2018 Mandela Washington Fellow with the public management track at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA, and he also joined the Horn of Africa Climate Security Working Group.

Board Member

Alemtsehay started her career journey in the early ’90s as a teacher and spent more than ten years teaching at different colleges and high schools before moving on to the HR field. She is now a seasoned Human Resource (HR) expert with a Master of Business Administration and degree in Accounting.  She has ample work experience in the manufacturing sector as a training specialist and Human resource development. Over the past years, she has held various roles in the field of HR. At present, her role is to ensure that an organization employs the right balance of staff in terms of skills and experience. She has developed excellent experience in Multi-site leadership, team engagement, training and development of teams, engagement strategy, procedure/policy creation, target setting and monitoring, relationship management, crisis management, health and safety strategy, budget accountability.