Steering Board

Prof. at ULB, head of the Master Resilient Cities, former ISOCARP General Secretary

With its African roots from Burkina Faso, Eric Alira has lived in Austria, Poland and Belgium, where he's played a key role in regional and EU politics. Eric is Independent consultant on European ACP-EU development policy issues, former Member of Parliament for Lower Silesia in Poland and Vice-Chairman of the region's Foreign Affairs Committee, former Parliamentary Advisor to the Development Committee (DEVE) at the European Parliament in Brussels.

Dr. Alain Simon is a Belgian expert in Marine Ecology with experience both in Europe and in the U.S. He is in charge of environmental affairs at the municipality of Molenbeek in the Brussel's region, and he is one of the founders of the 'House of Nature' in Molenbeek. He is also a scuba diving instructor. He joined the Board of Pilot4dev in December 2023.

Ravi Guru is the Deputy Director General at All India Institute of Local Self Government. His professional experience is concentrated on climate change, climate resilience & mitigation, policy development, state action plan on climate change, environmental management, sustainable development, CDM, renewable energy and energy management.