Eduardo Durand is a senior advisor to CIES, a consortium of 49 universities and research centres in Peru which is a party in the Project for financing administration and technical support.  Mr. Durand has an extensive career in national and sub-national planning and sustainable development in Peru and has been a national team leader in climate change negotiations at UNFCCC conferences for several years.  Alongside with these tasks, Mr. Durand is an international consultant for UNDP, World Bank and bilateral European cooperation agencies in sustainable development projects formulation and evaluation, with special focus on climate change issues.