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- Personal data
- Year of Birth
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- TAA Member No
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- Title
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- Forenames:
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- Surname:
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1950 |
096 |
Dr |
Robert |
BLACK |
- Record of posts and assignments
- Year
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- Job Title
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- Organisation
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- Country
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- Responsibilities
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2006 - present |
Consultant in Biosecurity Law and Risk Assessment |
Self-employed
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UK-based
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Took early retirement in 2006. Since then providing
consultancy services and training in law and regulation specializing in
SPS issues, biosecurity law and risk analysis (including legislative
reviews and drafting, pesticides, quarantine, food safety, etc.
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2007- 2008 |
Key Legal Expert in EC-funded project: Approximation
of EU and RF legislative and methodological basis in Sanitary and
Phytosanitary area |
British Standards Institution / EU |
Russian Federation
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Harmonisation of Russia's laws in line with EU and WTO
including legislative drafting, training in law, risk analysis and other SPS issues.
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2002- 2006 |
Reader in Biosecurity Law & Risk Assessment |
Department of Law, University of Greenwich |
UK-based. Short visits to various countries
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Research, consultancy and training in Biosecurity law
and regulation (see below). Lecturing in law.
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1990- 2002 |
Principal Scientist |
Natural Resources Institute, University of Greenwich |
UK-based. Short visits various countries |
Research/consultancy (DFID, EC, IFAD, GTZ, etc.) in
legal and regulatory affairs in Biosecurity (agriculture/ environmental
protection; phytosanitary operations) incl. plant quarantine and pest risk
analysis, pesticides control, fruit fly quarantine/ eradication. Teaching
and training in these and other subjects.
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1989- 1990 |
Plant Pathologist |
ODA |
UK |
In-Service Training Scheme: advanced study in plant
pathology and diagnostics.
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1986- 1989 |
Plant Pathologist |
ODA (OSAS)/Govt. of Belize |
Belize |
Plant Pathologist i/c Plant Protection & Quarantine
Section. Executive Officer of Pesticides Control Board.
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1980- 1989 |
Plant Pathologist
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ODA |
Thailand |
Plant Pathology R&D; extension and advisory
services. |
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1976- 1979 |
Lecturer in Botany
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University of West Indies
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Jamaica |
Lecturer and research in microbiology etc. |
- Skills, expertise and qualifications
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- Principal Discipline
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Agriculture /
Environment |
- Subsidiary fields
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Agrochemicals, Crop Protection, Horticulture,
Institutional/ Organisation, Public Sector Reform (including legal &
regulatory issues), Quarantine, Training,
Tree Crops
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- Higher education
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BA Agriculture, Oxon., June 1971. PhD Soil Microbiology,
Stirling, Dec. 1974. Common Professional Examination
(Law), July 1997. LLM, 1999.
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- Countries worked in
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Belarus, Belgium, Belize, China, Ethiopia, Georgia, Honduras, India, Ivory
Coast, Jamaica, Kenya, FYR Macedonia, Malawi, Malaysia, Mauritius, Nepal,
Poland, Réunion, Russian Federation, Seychelles, St Helena, St Vincent
& Grenadines, South Africa, Tanzania, Thailand
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- Languages
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French, Spanish, Thai, German |
- Webpage
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http://www.ocimum-biosecurity.eu |
- Download
one page CV
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>>Download CV with further information and contact
details (Word doc) |
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