Sven-marten Schulte

Process Developer and Facilitator

Phnom Penh, Cambodia

Experience

Sep 2021 - Apr 2022
8 months

Process Developer and Facilitator

The Global Assembly

  • Involved in process design within the Community of Practice.
  • Moderation of one of the 12 core assemblies of the largest democracy project in history (60,000 assembly participants), funded by the United Nations, UN, UNFCCC, and national governments.
  • Consulting and facilitation of the most advanced format of participatory democracy and compilation of the "Peoples Declaration on the Sustainable Future of Planet Earth", which was then presented at subsequent UN Summits as the "Opinion of the World's Population" and played a key role in the historic amendment to include the right to a clean environment in the UN human rights canon.
Aug 2021 - Jan 2022
1 year 6 months
Frankfurt, Germany

Research Project Coordinator

Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences

  • Coordinated a four-person team within "Zukunft Bau", a research program of the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety (BMUB) on behalf of the Federal Institute for Research on Building, Urban Affairs and Spatial Development (BBSR). The commissioned work of the specific research report of FRA-UAS is: "Investigation into shifting the GEG balance boundary values to include additional energy components in the operational phase of buildings."
  • Main responsibility for leading the political and legal components, including aligning that accounting proposals and improvements in the GEG comply with the requirements of the EU Construction Directive EPBD.
  • Development of mathematical models and execution of calculations to include new energy components in accordance with existing accounting legislation, especially the DIN 18599 standard.
Feb 2019 - Mar 2023
4 years 2 months
London, United Kingdom

Coordinator

Extinction Rebellion

  • Co-founder and coordinator of Coaches for XR (now part of Climate Emergency Coaches), a network of 52 ICF-accredited psychologists offering professional help to members and external clients (including companies) on the "Climate Anxiety" nexus.
  • Co-founder and coordinator of Scientist Rebellion, Scientists for XR, and the Global Rebellion Academy network. Six-figure sums were raised from various sources and global actions were organized. Biggest success: one of the largest science declarations of modern times (XR Scientist Declaration).
  • Coordinator within XR Global Support (200 staff, 35,000 budget per month):
  • XR Global Support SOS: Former external coordinator and architect of the systemic-organizational structure (SOS, Self-Organizing Systems). Biggest success: article in Science and The Economist.
  • XR Global Support Participative Democracy: External coordinator of all democracy activities of the environmental movement. Biggest success: nomination for the Democracy Innovation Award 2021 (Council of Europe).
Dec 2017 - Present
7 years 8 months
Vienna, Austria

Chief Operating Officer (COO)

Dirtwater

  • Coordinated strategic and operational activity fields of a social business startup, Dirtwater Café, where profits flow into water and nutrition projects of Wasser für die Welt.
  • Created and monitored a business plan that advances the serving and distribution of coffee from project regions.
  • Promoted cooperation agreements with local NGOs and communities to financially support them beyond water.
Nov 2017 - Present
7 years 9 months
Vienna, Austria

Project Director and Vice-Chair

Wasser für die Welt & Dirtwater

  • Coordination of sustainable development projects by converting schools in rural areas with water, sanitation, and hygiene infrastructure (WASH), focusing on rainwater for rural areas and desalination for coastal communities, in accordance with national regulations to fulfill multiple UN SDGs (Phase I):
  • UN SDG 3 (Health and Well-being)
  • UN SDG 4 (Quality Education)
  • UN SDG 5 (Gender Equality)
  • UN SDG 6 (Clean Water and Sanitation)
  • UN SDG 10 (Reduced Inequalities)
  • Design and implementation of scalable, follow-on food security components with disaster resilience (WASH+) according to UN, WFP, and FAO technical guidelines to fulfill additional UN SDGs (Phase II):
  • UN SDG 1 (No Poverty)
  • UN SDG 2 (Zero Hunger)
  • UN SDG 11 (Sustainable Cities and Communities)
  • UN SDG 12 (Responsible Consumption and Production)
  • UN SDG 14 (Life Below Water)
  • Monitoring projects from start to finish, including preparing funding proposals (USAID, Horizon Europe, ADA, GIZ) and monitoring and evaluation with relevant ministries and partner organizations.
Mar 2017 - Jul 2017
5 months
Krong Battambang, Cambodia

Strategic Director

Salt Academy

  • Responsible for modernizing the organization to increase efficiency, as well as introducing good governance mechanisms after reviewing all operational processes.
  • Created a Strategic Plan that illuminated the NGO's potential in 100 pages. Chapters like "Diversification of Donor Portfolio" led to 15% growth in donations, while the "Staff Contingency Plans" reduced staff turnover.
  • Steered memoranda of understanding with partner organizations as well as a project plan that integrated healthy nutrition and food cultivation.
Jul 2016 - Feb 2017
8 months
Regensburg, Germany

Research Project Coordinator

University of Regensburg

  • Delegated a team of three PhD and one Master’s student to Europe’s only research center for sustainability in the real estate industry.
  • Partially independently planned the €100,000 research budget with a focus on international strategies for inventorying and reducing urban emissions.
  • Selected and evaluated 27 cities, as well as consolidated the individual contributions of the team.
Oct 2015 - Oct 2016
1 year 1 month
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Consultant

Center for Excellence in Environment for Design, City Planning and Construction

  • Prepared workshops, conferences, and training seminars in the context of urban design, planning, and construction.
  • Independently crafted project proposals, searched for cooperation partners, and raised research funds with focuses on water- and disaster-sensitive cities, green buildings, and indigenous building-material knowledge.
  • Evaluated project plans and conducted post-project monitoring using various methodologies and parameters.
Aug 2015 - Jun 2016
11 months
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Guest Lecturer

Addis Ababa University

  • Collaborated on research projects focused on water and urban food security.
  • Developed and delivered a lecture series within a Master’s program in Land and Property Valuation.
  • Integrated sustainability topics into the curriculum so that all course concepts were supplemented by green case studies.
Jul 2014 - Jul 2015
1 year 1 month
Krong Battambang, Cambodia

Project Manager

RDO Consult

  • Developed projects and acquired funding in the field of sustainable development and capacity building.
  • Led a project convincing rice farmers in the surrounding areas to use rice stalks, normally burned at the end of the dry season, as a substrate to cultivate and sell mushrooms using indigenous knowledge.
  • Advised regional NGOs through baseline studies, environmental impact assessments, and social impact estimations.
Jul 2014 - Jul 2015
1 year 1 month
Krong Battambang, Cambodia

Project Manager

Salt Academy

  • Executed a Sport & Peace project which used coaching of girls’ football teams to facilitate conflict resolution. Players had been victims of human trafficking, sexual violence, the loss of parents, and similar hardships.
  • Advised on creating English curricula and training sessions for the various football teams.
  • Integrated community leadership concepts, gender rights, and human rights to foster knowledge within civil society.
Jun 2013 - Mar 2014
10 months
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, United Republic of

Consultant

Bank of Tanzania

  • Conducted a baseline study to assess the population's financial and mortgage knowledge in various regions of the country to develop training strategies on that basis.
  • Independently led chapters focusing on an international comparison of initiatives from other East African countries to improve financial and mortgage literacy.
  • Coordinated and delivered the final presentation to assembled stakeholders.
Sep 2011 - Sep 2012
1 year 1 month
Ciudad Colón, Costa Rica

Guest Lecturer

United Nations - Mandated University for Peace (UPEACE)

  • Independently designed a module covering climate change, cities, capacity building, and disaster risk reduction, taught within the “Master of Arts in Sustainable Urban Governance” program.
  • The top-rated lectures by students were “A Peacebuilder’s Guide to Green Building Certification”, “Bloody Bricks: The Role of Real Estate in Social and Environmental Conflicts”, and “Dividend, and Rule: Calculating the Cost of Not Caring”.
  • Led a field excursion aiming to conduct community-based disaster risk and capacity assessments with the indigenous Quitirrisi community.
Sep 2010 - Jun 2015
4 years 10 months
Erbach im Odenwald, Germany

Project Assistant

European Business School (EBS) Immobilienakademie

  • Contributed to background research and creation of academic documents, including the third volume of the 1,000-page “Fundamentals of Real Estate Economics”.
  • Compiled research on sustainable cities within a research cluster.
  • Created flyers and proofread publications.
Oct 2009 - Oct 2010
1 year 1 month
Ciudad Colón, Costa Rica

Assistant to the Editor

Peace and Conflict Monitor

  • Edited submitted academic articles and collaborated on the website.
  • Coordinated additional office management tasks and communication with authors.
  • Produced background analyses for special dossiers or conflicts, often under high time pressure and coordination with international scholars.

Languages

English
Native
German
Native
Spanish
Intermediate
Amharic
Elementary
Central Khmer
Elementary
...and 1 more

Education

Sep 2011 - Jul 2013

University of Innsbruck

Master of Arts in Peace, Development, Security, and International Conflict Transformation · Innsbruck, Austria · Good (2.0)

Sep 2010 - Sep 2011

UN-mandated University for Peace

Master of Environmental Security and International Peace Studies · Ciudad Colón, Costa Rica · Very good (93%)

Sep 2006 - Sep 2009

London Metropolitan University

Joint Honours Bachelor of Arts in International Relations and Peace and Conflict Studies · London, United Kingdom · Joint Honours Upper Second Class

Certifications & licenses

Advanced First Aid Certificate for War Zones

Austrian Red Cross

Driver’s License A

Driver’s License A1

Driver’s License A2

Driver’s License B

Rescue Diver with Specialization in Marine Ecology

PADI

Theoretical and Practical Certificate in "Aspects of Civil-Military Coordination within International Peace Support Missions"

UN & EUFOR