Barbara Schreiner
CURRICULUM VITAE
Company name
Pegasys Institute
Present position
Director
Proposal position
Years of experience 20 years
Citizenship
South African
Date of birth
22 November 1958
Language
English
Qualifications
Advanced Project Finance and Financial Modeling Techniques, IP3, 2011
MPhil (Environmental Science) with distinction, UCT, 1993
MA, Lancaster University, 1987
BA (Hons), University of Natal, 1980
BA, University of Natal, 1978
Economics 1, University of South Africa
Other training and
positions
Specialisation
Finance for Non-Financial Managers, Gordon Institute of Business Science, University
of Witwatersrand
Executive Learning Network, Gordon Institute of Business Science, University of
Witwatersrand
Barbara is a Director at Pegasys Consulting, Executive Director of the Pegasys Institute,
Chairperson of the Water Research Commission of South Africa, member of the IWMI
Board, and member of the CGIAR Aquatic Agricultural Systems Programme Oversight
Panel. She is an experienced manager and consultant with highly developed strategic
leadership and communication skills (written and oral), and considerable expertise in
research, policy, strategy, regulation, financial governance and institutional issues,
particularly in the public sector. She also has expertise in the translation of policy and
legislation into implementation. She has written extensively on issues of water, gender
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and poverty. She worked in the NGO sector and at a senior level in government prior to
becoming a consultant. She was a member of the Global Water Partnership Steering
Committee for several years and a Board member of the Challenge Programme on
Water for Food. She has chaired finance and audit committees of various institutions.
She has excellent management, research, communication and strategic expertise, and
considerable experience in working in diverse project teams.
Professional Experience
Period
Employer and Position
Summary of activities performed
2013- date
Executive Director, Pegasys Institute
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Establishment, strategic leadership and
management of the Institute
2008 – date
Director, Pegasys Strategy & Development
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Project management,
Institutional management,
Specialist in WRM, institutional
arrangements, climate change;
2007 - 2008
Senior Consultant, Pegasys Strategy &
Development
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Project management,
Institutional management,
Specialist in WRM, institutional
arrangements, climate change,
2002 – 2007
Deputy Director General , Department of
Water Affairs and Forestry, South Africa.
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1998 – 2002
Chief Director: Water Use and Conservation,
Department of Water Affairs and Forestry
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1995 – 1998
Advisor to Minister of Water Affairs and
Forestry
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Policy and Regulation
Responsible for 9 direct senior reports with
a staff of over 400 (largely professional and
technical) and a budget of over $50
million.
Forestry, water resources and water
services policy and strategy development,
including policy and strategy related to the
implementation of the National Water Act
and the Water Services Act.
Responsible for authorization of water use
and water trading, management of water
quality, establishment of catchment
management agencies and water user
associations, and water conservation
Involved in the drafting of the White Paper
strategy
on a National Water Policy for South Africa
and the drafting of the National Water Act,
as well as the development of policy on
forestry and gender
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Professional Experience
Period
Employer and Position
Summary of activities performed
1995
Head of Environmental Unit, Gauteng
Provincial Government
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1994
Member of Strategic Management Team,
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Department of Development Planning and
Environment, Gauteng Provincial Government
Establishment of the new Department of
Environment
1993 – 4
Materials Development Officer and
Environmental Co-ordinator, Planact
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Development of publications and reports
on environment and urban development
as well as on gender issues
Establishment and management of the
new Department of Environment
Project Experience
Integrating Climate Change in Water Resources Monitoring
2015
Development of technical input for regulations under the Water Act 2011, Zambia
Project Manager
Client: GFA, WARMA
Enhancing institutional arrangements for integrated water, energy and food security through improved planning
and implementation in Kenya
2015-16
An examination of the current institutional arrangements and challenges regarding integrated water-energy-food
planning and decision making in Kenya, within the context of the new Constitution and the tensions regarding
powers and functions between national and county level government and identification of opportunities for
improved vertical and horizontal integration n in decision-making to support inclusive climate compatible
development with a particular focus on the poor and women; and the role of private sector and local
entrepreneurs in enhancing implementation of integrated and sustainable governance.
Project manager
Client: CDKN CIRF
Techno-economic Analysis of InterbasinTransfers in South Africa
2014
Analysis of the technical and economic implications of major inter-basin transfers in South Africa with reference
to lessons for India and other countries.
Project manager
Client: International Water Management Institute, India
Support to the Development of a Transboundary Water Resources Management Unit, Malawi
2014 - 2015
Organisational development of TWRMU, development of technical briefs and website, and training of officials in
transboundary water resources management issues and negotiation skills
Project manager
Client: Department of Water, Malawi
Mid-term review of SADC RSAP III and Evaluation of Protocol
2013-14
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Mid-term review of the implementation of the SADC RSAP III and an evaluation of the implementation of the
SADC Revised Protocol on Shared Watercourses.
Project manager; development of review methodology and tools, site visits, interviews, analysis of findings,
report writing, client liaison.
Client: SADC Water Division and GIZ
Water Resources Expert Member of Committee of Enquiry to review and advise the Minister of Water Affairs on
the business process review/re-engineering of the Department of Water Affairs
2012-13
Convenor of Mandate, Strategy and Future Water Challenges workstream. Member of Institutional
Arrangements Workstream and report writing team.
Client: Minister of Water Affairs, South Africa
Institutional Realignment and Reform project
2012
Institutional realignment of Catchment Management Agencies and institutional arrangements for national water
resources infrastructure for DWA, South Africa
Task leader and institutional expert
Client: Deloitte and PDG
Development of a Climate Change Strategy for Water Resources in South Africa
2012
Project manager
Client: Dept of Water Affairs, South Africa
Project to Revise the Pricing Strategy for Water Use Charges and Develop a Funding Model for Water
Infrastructure Development and Use and a Model for the Establishment of an Economic Regulator
2012 - 2013
Project manager and team leader
Client: Dept of Water Affairs, South Africa
Training programme on new water allocation process for Zambia
2011
Development and implementation of a training programme for water officials in Zambia on the new water
allocation procedures
Project Manager
Client: WRAP Programme, Zambia
External Review of Waternet
2011
External independent review of Waternet
Project manager
Client: Waternet Board
Support for the Revision of the Water Legislation
2011
Provision of support to the Department of Water Affairs in the revision of the National Water Act and the Water
Research Act
Task leader: Revision of the National Water Act
Client: Dept of Water Affairs, South Africa
IFC study on water related risk in Sub-Saharan Africa
2011
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Assessment of water related risk in Sub-Saharan Africa
Expert team member
Client: IFC
Development of a Small Grants Fund for the Pungwe Basin
2011
Development of a Small Grants Fund to disburse funds for IWRM projects at community level in the Pungwe Basin
Institutional expert
Assessment of the Status of Water in Six Countries in Southern Africa
2011
Assessment of the state of water and water management in six countries in Southern Africa
Researcher and author
Client: ASSAF
Development of an Improved Water Allocation System for Zambia
2010
Development of 3 options for improved water allocation, and the selection of one option to provide an improved
allocation system to guide decisions on the use of water for productive or environmental purposes, appropriate to
the conditions pertaining in Zambia.
Team leader
Client: WRAP Programme, Zambia
DFID Assessment of Corporate Engagement in Water, 2010
Team member on an assessment of the poverty eradication and climate resilience implications of the emerging
corporate initiatives and engagement in the water sector, including interviews and reviews of the current trends
at a global level and engagement by individual companies.
Development of AMCOW Workplan
2010
Provision of technical and specialist support to AMCOW in the drafting of their workplan for 2010-2012
Technical support
Client: AMCOW Secretariat
Strategic and Technical Support to WWF-India on basin planning in the Ganga Basin
2010
Provision of strategic and technical support to WWF-India in engaging with the Indian government on basin
planning in the Ganga Basin, including the collation and editing of a position paper on the matter.
Technical specialist
Client: WWF India
High level Technical Advisor to develop a focus area on water and payment for ecosystem services within the
Grasslands Programme
2009-10
Development of pilot projects, and institutional and financing arrangements for the promotion of PES in South
Africa
Project manager and institutional expert
Client: South African National Biodiversity Institute
China International Expert Advisory Panel on River Basin Master Plans
2009-10
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Team member of an international expert panel to advise the Chinese Ministry and General Institute (GIWP) on
international approaches to IWRM and River Basin Planning as input the current River Basin Master Plan review,
responsible for review of specific international experiences in basin planning and allocation.
Review of National IWRM Planning in SADC
2009
Coordinating and synthesising national consultant reviews of IWRM planning and national strategy development
and implementation for GWP-SA, and drafting report on lessons and guidance for the region and partnership in
rolling-out IWRM planning in SADC
Team leader and author of synthesis report
Client: GWP SA
Towards a Water Resources Regulatory Framework for South Africa
2009-10
Examination of institutional options, regulatory impact assessment, and a regulatory framework for a pro-poor
water resources regulation in South Africa
Project manager and primary researcher
Client: Water Research Commission
Assessment of Vulnerability to Climate Change in Transboundary Basins and Aquifers in Africa, 2009
Review and analysis of climate change predictions and their implications for transboundary river basins in Africa.
The intention of the project was to produce a high level report identifying the key transboundary basins and
aquifers in Africa that are most at risk as a result of climate change, and in this manner, identify areas for action as
input to the AMCOW position for COP15.
Project manager, policy analysis, technical and institutional assessment
Client: UNEP
Establishment of a SADC Groundwater Management Institute
2008-09
Planning and establishment of SADC GMI for the coordination, information sharing, training and drought response
around groundwater in SADC, including the identification of an appropriate host country-institution, the legal
establishment, financing strategy and business plan.
Project Manager
Client: GIZ and SADC Water Division
Review of the International Architecture for Transboundary Basin Management
2008-09
Review and evaluation of legal instruments and institutional arrangements supporting transboundary river basin
management at the global, regional, basin and national levels, leading to the development of possible options for
the strengthening of the international architecture, for WWF-UK and DFID
Team member
Client: WWF-UK/DfiD
Water services pricing and financing study
2008-09
Scoping study of water services pricing and financing in South Africa
Project leader
Client: Financial and Fiscal Commission, South Africa
Feasibility Study for a Mechanism to Fund Catchment Conservation in the Orange Senqu River Basin
2008-09
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Identification of conservation issues in a project investigating the development of a funding mechanism for
ORASECOM to plan and implement conservation measures, including a review of funding arrangements,
conservation issues and institutional mandates, leading to a business case for the fund
Task leader
Client: ORASECOM
Review of the Involvement of National Institutions and Civil Society in International Water Agreements
2007-09
Project to investigate the roles and relationships of water sector institutions at the national, provincial and local
spheres of government with international water agreements and transboundary water institutions.
Task leader
Client: Water Research Commission
Reality Check on Water Resoures Management in South Africa
2008-09
Author of paper for the Development Bank of Southern Africa on the implementation challenges relating to the
National Water Act of South Africa
Client: Development Bank of Southern Africa
South African 2012 World Water Forum Bid Concept Paper
2009
Lead author of Concept Paper for 2012 World Water Forum Bid by the Department of Water Affairs and Forestry
Client: Dept of Water Affairs and Forestry, South Africa
Masibambane III NEC Contract
2008-11
Member of consortium management team and leader of WC/WDM project looking at institutionalisation of
WCWDM in the Department of Water in South Africa, development of regulations promoting water conservation,
and support to municipalities for water conservation and demand management
Client: Dept of Water Affairs and Forestry
Development of a Strategic Framework on Water for Sustainable Growth and Development
2008
Drafting of a pro-poor draft Strategic Framework on Water for Sustainable Growth and Development
Project Leader
Client: Department of Water Affairs and Forestry
Development of a Toolkit for Establishing Water Rights
2009
Toolkit for Establishing Water Rights for the Roundtable on Sustainable Biofuels to assist biofuels developers to
ensure sustainable, equitable and fair use of water
Project manager and key author
Client: Roundtable on Sustainable Biofuels
Development of an Integrated Catchment Management Plan for the Metolong Catchment in Lesotho
2008-9
Project manager for the development of an integrated catchment management plan for the Metolong catchment
in Lesotho
Client: Commissioner of Water of Lesotho.
National Groundwater Strategy
2008
Provision of strategic input and support to the development of the National Groundwater Strategy
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Client: Department of Water Affairs and Forestry, South Africa
Drafting of an HIV and AIDS strategy for the Water Sector
2008
Specialist responsible for the final drafting of the HIV and AIDS strategy for the Water Sector in South Africa
Client: Department of Water Affairs and Forestry
Development of a Water Allocation Plan for the Inkomati Water Management Area
2007-8
Part of a specialist team to develop a plan for the reallocation of water within the Inkomati Water Management
Area to achieve equity and poverty alleviation, meet international obligations and meet the requirements for the
ecological reserve.
Client: Department of Water Affairs and Forestry, South Africa
Development of a Water Conservation Revolving Fund and Economic Instruments for Water Use Efficiency
2007-8
Project manager on the evaluation and recommendation on the development of a fund for WCDM, including the
institutional options, strategic objectives, financing arrangements and socio-economic consequences of the fund
and charge.
Client: Department of Water Affairs and Forestry, South Africa.
CERTIFICATION
I, the undersigned, certify that to the best of my knowledge and belief, these data correctly describes my
qualifications, my experience and me.
20th March 2014
Signature of Staff Member or Authorised
Representative of Firm
Date (Day/Month/year)
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