Consultancy services

Consultancy work

Consultancy work is undertaken by Dr Bob Earll, his CV outlines a wide range of projects conducted during his career working with marine, coastal, water and environmental issues.

Cross-cutting skills

In addition to expertise in particular subject areas, Bob has developed a wide range of general skills including:

• All aspects of project and event management
• Listening, negotiating and building effective conference programmes
• Budget management and financial control
• Sponsorship
• Report preparation
• Organisational development and business planning
• Working with diverse professional interests, specialising in multi-sectoral meetings and networks
• Working with voluntary and local groups
• Facilitation, leading events, advocacy, visioning and scoping
• E-Communications - web and email

Themes and expertise

Some of the themes of his work include:

• Delivering sustainability, climate change, water-energy and the environment, renewables
• Flooding, catchment management, water quality, water regulation, water resources, biodiversity and wetlands
• Marine governance, policy, planning, integrated coastal zone management, information and socio-economics
• The ecology of the shallow sublittoral zone, marine conservation, shark ecology and conservation
• Marine pollution including litter and oil pollution and development including marine fish farming and offshore renewables

Conferences, events and facilitation

Bob works closely with the industry and sector leaders in the conferences and events he runs to understand their needs and enable the aims and objectives of the particular events to be delivered successfully. This work involves a clear understanding of the key issues spanning many different disciplines. The list of events run each year 2011, 2010, 2009 highlights the range of areas with which he is familiar. He has also worked with volunteers on science projects and community groups on parish and village energy issues.

Collaboration with Dr Sue Gubbay

Dr Sue Gubbay is a freelance marine environmental consultant working on projects for public sector, private sector, and non-governmental organizations on marine conservation, marine spatial planning, and Integrated Coastal Management (ICM), in the UK and abroad.

Using their complementary skills, Bob and Sue have completed a number of projects together in the last decade.

Please contact Bob on 01531 890415 or bob.earll@coastms.co.uk