Atilio Armando SavinoAtilio was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina on the 4th. of August of 1947. He is married with four children.
He obtained his title of Certified Public Accountant in the University of Buenos Aires, Argentina (UBA) in 1971.
In 1974 he got a Bacheor degree in Economics in the University of Buenos Aires, Argentina.
In 1985 he finished his Doctorate in Political Sciences at the University of Belgrano, Buenos Aires, Argentina, pending the presentation of the thesis.
At present he is a senior consultant on solid waste management and climate change with an experience of more than thirty years.
He is now the Vicepresident of "Asociación para el Estudios de los Residuos Sólidos - ARS" (Association for Solid Waste Studies), Argentine National Member of the International Solid Waste Association - ISWA.
At the same time, he is Board Member of the International Solid Waste Association - ISWA representing the Regional Developing Network of Latin America, and member of the International Advisory Board of ISWA´s oficial journal "Waste Management & Research".
He was one of the participants at the preparation of the Global Waste Management Outlook (UNEP - ISWA 2015) and one of its reviewers.
He was Chief Editor and author of the Waste Management Outlook for Latin America and the Caribbean -UNEP 2018, and Lead-author of the Cross-Cutting issue "Waste" of the Geographical Environmental Outlook 6 (GEO 6)- UNEP 2019.
Between his different professional activities it is worth to mention that he was General Manager of CEAMSE, a public company for the final disposal of waste of the Metropolitan Area of Buenos Aires, Argentina (16 million inhabitants) between 1992 and 2003.
From 2003 to 2006 he was the Secretary of Environment and Sustainable Development of Argentina, Vice-president of COP 11 Bureau (Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change - COP UNFCCC) in 2006 and Secretary of Sanitary Health Determinants, Ministry of Health of Argentina in 2007.
Between 2008 and 2010 he was the President of the International Solid Waste Association - ISWA. Read More Read Less