Velibor Spalevic, Biografija

Rodjen 1. jula 1970. godine u Ivangradu (Andrijevica), Crna Gora, gdje je kao nosilac diplome »Luca I« (ekvivalencija Vukovoj diplomi) završio osnovnu školu i Beransku gimnaziju, »Luca II«. Diplomirao juna 1995. na Poljoprivrednom fakultetu Univerziteta u Beogradu, Odsjek za melioracije zemljišta. Postdiplomske studije upisao 1995. godine na Poljoprivrednom fakultetu Univerziteta u Beogradu, a tezu pod naslovom »Primjena racunarsko-grafickih metoda u proucavanju oticanja i intenziteta erozije zemljišta u Beranskoj kotlini« odbranio aprila 1999. godine. Doktorsku disertaciju iz oblasti nauke o zemljištu i fizicko-geografskih istrazivanja Polimlja odbranio jula 2011. godine na Poljoprivrednom fakultetu Univerziteta u Beogradu, te na taj nacin stekao zvanje doktora nauka.

Kao clan prve generacije (2004) Programa stipendiranja mladih naucnika pod pokroviteljstvom nobelovca Normana Borlauga, usavršavao se na Univerzitetu Kornel (SAD) pod mentorstvom Harolda van Es-a, tada predsjednika Americkog društva nauka o zemljištu. U više navrata pohadjao medjunarodne kurseve naucno-strucnog usavršavanja iz oblasti biotehnickih i geo nauka, zaštite zivotne sredine i upravljanja projektima (1995-2022):

- Oktobar 2020. – februar 2021: English for University Lecturers Course [completed with honours], Erasmus+ „Fostering Internationalisation at Montenegrin HEIs through Efficient Strategic Planning - IESP“, Crna Gora;
- Maj 2019: International training „Watershed management“ Tarbiat M. University, Iran;
- Decembar 2017: "Cours sur les bassins versants", Béni Mellal, Maroko;
- Maj 2015: Training on „Research design: A focus on DELPHI method and Social Network Analysis“, Biotehnicki fakultet, Ljubljana, Slovenija;
- Februar – mart 2015: International training program on Watershed management and Land use changes, Tarbiat Modares University, Iran;
- April 2013: "Water footprint application for water resources management", FAO, Italija;
- Januar – februar 2013: International training program on Watershed management, Forestry and Environment protection at the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna (Universität für Bodenkultur Wien), Austrija;
- Novembar – decembar 2010: International training program on Combating Desertification: Afforestation in Arid and Semi-Arid Zones. Israel’s Agency for International Development Cooperation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Centre for International Agricultural Development Cooperation of the Ministry of Agriculture Development, Izrael;
- Maj 2010: International training program on "Certified Project Cycle Management", arranged by European Commission & Business Management Consultants, Luxembourg, E.U;
- Oktobar 2005: FAO training program“Combating Land Degradation”, Rome, Italy, E.U;
- Maj 2005: Training program on Rural development, Brussels, Belgium, EU;
- Avgust – oktobar 2004: “Young Scientists Program” Soil Conservation, Watershed and Forestry management science subject under the mentorship of Prof dr Harold van Es, Training course arranged by United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Cornell University, Ithaca, NY State, USA;
- Februar – mart 2001: “Watershed Management” Israel’s Agency for International Development Cooperation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Centre for International Agricultural Development Cooperation of the Ministry of Agriculture, Izrael;
- 2001 – 2014: Programi obuke Evropske komisije: Training on Project Cycle Management for the EAR staff; Cross-cutting issues Seminar; Environmental Mainstreaming; Training on Selection/Interviewing Techniques; Training on Anti-corruption policy; Framework Contract Training; Gender Equality; Media Techniques; Certified Project Cycle Management, Evaluation and Monitoring.

Radni odnos zasnovao septembra 1995. godine u administraciji lokalne uprave Opštine Berane, Crna Gora. Na predlog tadašnjeg Sektora za nauku Crne Gore, novembra 1995., prešao je na Biotehnicki institut Univerziteta Crne Gore, gdje je 1999. izabran u zvanje viši istrazivac. Predavac na Biotehnickom fakultetu i Studijskom programu geografija Univerziteta Crne Gore na predmetima: Geografija zemljišta, Geoinformatika, Biogeografija, Lokalna geografska sredina, Poljoprivredna mehanizacija, ranije na predmetima Eko-menadzment, Pejzazi, Redukovana obrada zemljišta. Bio predavac na predmetu Metodologija naucnog rada na postdiplomskim studijama Arhitektonskog fakulteta Univerziteta Crne Gore.

U periodu 2001-2014. kao Senior Task Manager rukovodio projektima Evropske komisije za Crnu Goru (105 medjunarodnih projekata, sa godišnjim fondom od 3 do 18 miliona evra; lista projekata u prilogu bibliografije). U ime Evropske komisije rukovodio projektom izrade Strategije poljoprivrede i ruralnog razvoja 2007-2013, Crnogorska poljoprivreda i Evropska unija - Strategija proizvodnje hrane i ruralnog razvoja. U ime Evropske komisije rukovodio projektom izrade Strategije razvoja ribarstva Crne Gore i izgradnje kapaciteta za implementaciju EU Zajednicke politike ribarstva (Montenegro’s Fisheries Development Strategy and Capacity Building for Implementation of the EU Common Fisheries Policy).

U periodu 2010–2013. da bi završio doktorski rad, vraca se na Univerzitet Crne Gore i ukljucuje se na projekte Biotehnickog fakulteta, radeci pri tom ekspertize iz oblasti nauke o zemljištu; uporedo radeci kao jedan od eksperata na FP7 projektu „AgriSciMont”; te kao jedan od BTF istrazivaca na AMF IPA Adriatic projektu Evropske komisije; zatim kao medjunarodni ekspert na SWG/GIZ projektu „Jacanje regionalne saradnje upravljanja vodnim resursima u slivovima jugoistocne Evrope”.

U periodu 2013–2014., ponovo radi u Delegaciji EU kao Task Manager za oblast zivotne sredine, energetike i klimatskih promjena.

Od septembra 2014. do oktobra 2015. godine radi kao vodeci istrazivac na Institutu za šumarstvo Crne Gore, a uporedo sa tim je bio i predsjednik borda direktora istog Instituta (2014–2016.). Paralelno sa redovnim aktivnostima na Institutu, kao medjunarodni ekspert angazovan je na projektu iz oblasti erozije zemljišta finasiranom od strane EU: Preparation of the main design for rehabilitation of the landslide on road embankment at border crossing point in Dobrakovo in Montenegro.

Bio direktor kancelarije UN IFAD (2016-2018) Medjnarodnog fonda za razvoj poljoprivrede za Crnu Goru vrijednog 13.6 miliona dolara (International Fund for Agricultural Development, sjedište u Rimu), gdje je radio na razvoju Klastera lanca vrijednosti u cilju odrzivog razvoja i transformacije ruralnih podrucja; te na razvoju ruralne infrastrukture; fokusirajuci se na pitanja razvoja poljoprivrede planinskog podrucja Crne Gore, ekonomskog i ruralnog razvoja, analizu ruralne politike. I dalje je periodicno angazovan od strane IFAD kao medjunarodni ekspert.

U zvanje naucnog saradnika biran na Univerzitetu u Beogradu 2014. godine. Decembra 2017. godine izabran u zvanje docenta na Univerzitetu Crne Gore; u zvanje vanrednog profesora na Univerzitetu Privredna akademija u Novom Sadu 2020. godine; u toku (2022) izbor u zvanje vanrednog profesora na Univerzitetu Crne Gore.

Bio glavni i odgovorni urednik casopisa „Poljoprivreda i šumarstvo" (Crna Gora) za period 2005-2013, casopisa koji je u bazi SCOPUS. Prethodno radio u istom casopisu, pod rukovodstvom akademika Milorada Mijuškovica i dr Zore Vucinic, kao tehnicki urednik i generalni sekretar (1995-2001.). Bio urednik i jedan od osnivaca (2016.) "AgroFor International Journal" (Bosna i Hercegovina). Clan uredništva (Scientific Editor) medjunarodnog casopisa Notulae Botanicae Horti Agrobotanici Cluj-Napoca (ISSN 0255-965X, 1842-4309) i Eurasian Journal of Soil Science (ISSN 2147-4249); Clan urednistva Turkish Journal of Agriculture and Forestry (Q1, 1303-6173); uredništva casopisa “Malaysian Journal of Soil Science” (Scopus, ISSN: 1394-7990), Clan uredništva the "Perm Agrarian Journal" (ISSN 2307 - 2873) of the Perm State Agricultural Academy (ISSN: 2307-2873); The Bulletin of the University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine Cluj-Napoca Horticulture (Print ISSN 1843-5254); jedan od naucnih urednika casopisa „Nova Geodesia“ (ISSN 2810-2754; ISSN-L 2810-2754). Bio clan uredništva "Spanish Journal of Rural Development - SJRD" (Print ISSN: 2171-1216, Online ISSN: 2172-2277); “Ecologica Montenegrina” (ISSN: 2336-9744), clan redakcije „Educa“ Nastavnickog fakulteta Univerziteta Dzemal Bijedic u Mostaru; lokalnog casopisa “Tokovi”, elektronskog medija „ESpona“.

Predsjedavajuci Odjeljenja mladih naucnika i savjetnik Svjetske organizacije za zaštitu zemljišta i voda (World Association of Soil and Water Conservation – WASWAC; Council Member and Chairman of the Youth Committee - YC) za period 2020-2023.; clan Unije geonauka Evrope (European Geosciences Union – EGU), predsjednik jednog od odbora EGU (Soil, Environment and Ecosystem Interactions). Clan brojnih medjunarodnih naucnih udruzenja (Member of the International Union of Soil Sciences – IUSS; Watershed and Forestry Management Society of Iran, Srpsko društvo za proucavanje zemljišta, The Macedonian National Committee on Irrigation and Drainage - MAKCID, Crnogorsko geografsko društvo, Elected Honorary Member of the Horticulture and Forestry Society from Transylvania, Balkan Environmental Association - B.EN.A., Naucnog društva agrarnih ekonomista Balkana).

Odrzao 10 plenarnih izlaganja na sledecim medjunarodnim konferencijama:
- 2021, Preliminary Speaker, Soil Erosion in Montenegro, South-East Europe: Processes, Prediction, Modeling, Measurements, October 2021, Conference: 3rd International Youth Forum on Soil and Water Conservation (3rd IYFSWC) At: Faculty of Natural Resources and Marine Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Noor, Iran (Key note Speaker);
- 2020, Preliminary Speaker, GEA (Geo Eco-Eco Agro) International Conference, University of Montenegro, 28-31 May, Podgorica, Montenegro;
- 2018, Preliminary Speaker, GEA (Geo Eco-Eco Agro) International Conference, University of Montenegro, 1-3 November 2018, Podgorica, Montenegro;
- 2017, Preliminary Speaker, Congress "Water, Waste and Environment" 12-14 December 2017, Béni Mellal, Morocco (Key note Speaker);
- 2017, Extra program: Cours sur les bassins versants, Par Velibor Spalevic, Congress "Water, Waste and Environment" 12-14 December 2017, Béni Mellal, Morocco;
- 2017, Sustainable Ecological-Economic modelling at the Watershed scale in the Balkan Watersheds. The 8th International Agriculture Symposium "AgroSym 2017", Jahorina, 5-8 October 2017, Bosnia and Herzegovina (Key note speaker);
- 2017, 16th International Symposium” Prospects for the 3rd Millennium Agriculture”, Rumunija (Key note speaker);
- 2017, "40 Years of Horticulture Education" special event Faculty of horticulture Cluj Napoca, 26-27 septembar 2017 (Key note speaker);
- 2017, Velibor Spalevic (Preliminary Lecture): The Assessment of the Soil Erosion and Runoff in the Sekularska River Catchment, Northeast Montenegro. 14th International Congress of Soil Science Society of Serbia: “Solutions and Projections for Sustainable Soil Management”, Soil Science Society of Serbia and Faculty of Agriculture Novi Sad, 25-28th September 2017, Novi Sad, Serbia.
- 2013, Velibor Spalevic (Key note speaker), Jan Nyssen, Milic Curovic, Tom Lenaerts, Annelies Kerckhof, Klaas Annys, Jeroen Van den Branden, Amaury Frankl: ?he impact of land use on soil erosion in the river basin Boljanska Rijeka in ?ontenegro. 4th International Symposium “Agrosym 2013”, 3-6 October, 2013, Jahorina, Bosnia.

Clan naucnih odbora sledecih medjunarodnih naucnih konferencija:
-    2022, International conference “Science meets public policies” 11-12 April, 2022, Novi Sad – Serbia, Co-organized by the Faculty of Sciences, University of Novi Sad and Public Policy Secretariat of the Government of Serbia under the Erasmus+ CBHE project Public policy making and analysis (PPMA), Srbija;
-    2022, International Eco-Conference® and Eco-Conference on Safe Food, Novi Sad, Serbia, September 2022, ...2016, 2015, 2014..., Srbija;
-    2021, 2020... „Forestry: Bridge to the Future“, International Conference, Sofia, Bulgaria;
-    2021, Conference: 3rd International Youth Forum on Soil and Water Conservation (3rd IYFSWC) At: Faculty of Natural Resources and Marine Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Noor, Iran;
-    2020, GEA (Geo Eco-Eco Agro) International Conference, University of Montenegro, 28-31 May, Podgorica, Montenegro, Crna Gora;
-    2018, GEA (Geo Eco-Eco Agro) International Conference, University of Montenegro, 1-3 November 2018, Podgorica, Montenegro, Crna Gora;
-    2018, 2nd International Congress Urban Environment Health, Cappadocia, 16-20 April 2018;
-    2017, The 6th Edition of the international congress subtitled "Water, Waste and Environment" in December 2017 in Béni Mellal, Morocco;
-    2017, International conference “40 years of horticulture education in Cluj-Napoca, 1977-2017”, Faculty of Horticulture at the University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary, Medicine Cluj-Napoca, Romania;
-    2017, The 8th International Scientific Conference RURAL DEVELOPMENT 2017: Bioeconomy challenges, 23-24th November, 2017, A. Stulginskis University, Lithuania;
-    2016, The Third World Conference of World Association of Soil and Water Conservation: New challenges and strategies of soil and water conservation in the changing world sustainable management of soil and water resources. August 2016, Belgrade, Serbia;
-    The 7th, 6th, 5th, 4th International Scientific Agriculture Symposium "Agrosym", Jahorina, Bosnia and Herzegovina for the years 2016, 2015, 2014 and 2013;
-    2015, The 7th International Scientific Conference RURAL DEVELOPMENT 2015: Towards the Transfer of Knowledge, Innovations and Social Progress 19-20th November, 2015, Aleksandras Stulginskis University, Lithuania;
-    2015, The 9th Congress of the Soil Science Society of Bosnia and Herzegovina, November 2015, Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina;
-    2015, The 2nd International Symposium for Agriculture and Food - ISAF 2015, October 2015, Ohrid, Macedonia;
-    2015, The International Conference on Soil, May 2015, Tirana, Albania;
-    2014, The International Scientific conference: Challenges in modern agricultural production, December 2014, Skopje, Macedonia;
-    2013, The First International Symposium on Agricultural Engineering, October 2013, Belgrade, Serbia;
-    2012, International symposium for agriculture and food organized by the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences and Food, Skopje, University "SS. Cyril and Methodius", December 2012, Skopje.
-    2012, The Role of Research in Sustainable Development of Agriculture and Rural Areas, May 2012, Podgorica, Montenegro.
-    Convener, Special session: Modeling of Soil Erosion of the 5th EUROSOIL International Congress, Istanbul, Turkey, 2016. As of 2016, participating in the organization of the European Geosciences Union (EGU) General Assembly as a Committee Member of the Division on Soil System Sciences (SSS): Soil, Environment and Ecosystem Interactions.

Nacionalni koordinator (National Contact Point - NCP), 2015, Horizon 2020 / Climate action, environment, resource efficiency and row materials.

Ucesnik sledecih COST inicijatova: COST actions: ES1306 Earth System Science and Environmental Management - Connecting European connectivity research (MC Member); TN1401 Targeted Networks - Capacity building in forest policy and governance in Western Balkan region, CAPABAL (MC Member); ES1106 Earth System Science and Environmental Management - Assessment of EUROpean AGRIculture WATer use and trade under climate change, EURO-AGRIWAT.

Clan je Odbora za poljoprivredu i šumarstvo Crnogorske akademije nauka i umjetnosti (CANU); clan Inzenjerske akademije Srbije. Clan Naucnog odbora Univerziteta Crne Gore (2019-2022.).

Do 2022. objavio 380 naucnih rezultata u sledecim naucnim casopisima (85 SCI/SCOPUS naucnih radova; detaljna lista dostupna na www.geasci.org/Publications): "Water, Web if Science (WOS), Q1; Hydrological Sciences Journal, WOS, Q1 category; Remote Sensing, WOS, Q1; Sustainability, WOS, Q1; Journal of Maps, WOS, Q1; Applied Sciences, WOS, Q2; Land Degradation & Development, WOS, Q1; Agronomy, WOS, Q1; Forest Ecology and Management, WOS, Q1; Turk Tarim ve Ormancilik Dergisi/Turkish Journal of Agriculture and Forestry, WOS, Q1; Agriculture, WOS, Q1; Journal of Mountain Science, WOS, Q2; Archives of Agronomy and Soil Science, WOS, Q2; International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, WOS, Q2; Revista Ciencia Agronomica, WOS, Q2; Sensors, WOS, Q2; The Scientific World Journal, WOS, Q2; Agriculture and Forestry, Q3; Archives of Biological Sciences, WOS, Q3; Austrian Journal of Forest Science, WOS, Q3; Ciência Rural, WOS, Q3; Environmental Engineering and Management Journal, WOS, Q3; Journal of Environmental Protection and Ecology WOS, Q3; Notulae Botanicae Horti Agrobotanici Cluj-Napoca WOS, Q3; Semina: Ciencias Agrarias, WOS, Q3; Zeitschrift fur Geomorphologie, WOS, Q3; Hrvatske Vode, WOS, Q4; Kartografija i Geoinformacije, Q4; Kastamonu University Journal of Forestry Faculty WOS, ESCI; Malaysian Journal of Soil Science, WOS, Q4; SpringerPlus, WoS, Q4.

Recenzent u sledecim medjunarodim naucnim casopsima: "Water" (ISSN 2073-4441); "Hydrological Sciences Journal-Journal des Sciences Hydrologiques" (ISSN: 0262-6667); "Journal of Water and Land Development" (ISSN 1429-7426; e-ISSN 2083-4535); "International Journal of Sediment Research", (ISSN: 1001-6279); "Catena" (0341-8162); "Ecological Indicators" (ISSN: 1470-160X - Print, 1872-7034 - Electronic); "Environmental Engineering and Management Journal" (ISSN: 1582-9596); "Journal of Environmental Management" (ISSN: 0301-4797); "Environments — Open Access Environmental Conservation and Technology Journal" (ISSN: 2076-3298); "Natural Hazards" (ISSN: 0921-030X, print version; ISSN: 1573-0840, electronic version); "Global and Planetary Change" (ISSN: 0921-8181); “Science of the Total Environment" (ISSN: 0048-9697); "International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health" (ISSN 1660-4601); "Land Degradation & Development" (Online ISSN: 1099-145X); "Journal of African Earth Sciences" (ISSN: 1464-343X); "Ecopersia" (ISSN: 2322-2700); "Malaysian Journal of Soil Science" (ISSN: 1394-7990); "Notulae Botanicae Horti Agrobotanici Cluj-Napoca" (Print ISSN 0255-965X; Electronic ISSN 1842-4309); "Agriculture and Forestry" (ISSN 0554-5579 printed, ISSN 1800-9492 Online), "Forest Review" (ISSN: 0585-9069, E-ISSN 1857-9507). Recenzent: Le Studium Loire Valley Institute for Advanced Studies.

Mentor i komentor doktorantima i magistrantima na univerzitetima u
-    Gentu - Fakultet za geografiju, Belgija (Supervisor - Mentor of field research to students of geography Gent University: Klaas ANNYS, PhD research, MSc thesis, Jeroen VANDENBRANDEN (MSc thesis); Annelies KERCKHOF (MSc thesis); Tom LENAERTS (MSc), Geomorphology and Watershed management.);
-    Federalnog univerziteta Lavras - Departmana za zemljiste, Lavras, Minas Gerais, Brazil (Supervisor - Mentor of the research Master of Science at the Federal University of Lavras, Brazil: Pedro VELOSO GOMES BATISTA, area of Watershed and Foestry management.);
-    Federalnog univerziteta Alfenas - Departmana za geonauke, Lavras, Minas Gerais, Brazil (Co-supervisor to students who, using the models: Surface and Distance measurement (Spalevic, 1999), River Basin (Spalevic, 1999), IntErO (Spalevic, 2011) perform scientific research in Brazil: MSc student André Silva Tavares; MSc student Augusto César Ferreira Guiçardi; MSc student Natanael Rodolfo Ribeiro Sakuno, Ministry of Education, Universidade Federal de Alfenas / UNIFAL-MG, Programa de Pós-graduáção - Ciências Ambientais, Brazil, area of Watershed and Forestry management);
-    Univerziteta u Novom Sadu - Departman za geografiju – Srbija (Mentori Mladjen Jovanovic? i Velibor Spalevic? doktorantu Dušku Vujacic?u na doktorskim studijama Univerziteta u Novom Sadu, oblast geografija i vodoprivreda: Korišc?enje zemljišta i erozija zemljišta u 30 slivova Crne Gore, Srbije i Irana);
-    Mentor na završnim radovima na Studijskom programu za geografiju Univerziteta Crne Gore (kandidati: Nikola Vujacic, Ksenija Lukovac, Violeta Gruban, Ivana Popovic (2018), Marko Cabarkapa, Milivoj Dendic, Dragana Lješevic, Dušan Bajic, Okica Karadzic, Vladan Babovic, Petar Albijanic, David Ljutica (2019), Marko Draškovic, Amela Drljan, Ljiljana Mirkovic, Gutic Amela, Maja Nikolic, Ljubomir DJacic, Neris Muratovic, Mladen Delic, Filip Vujovic (2020).
Clan komisija postdiplomskih – doktorskih studija na Univerzitetu u Zagrebu, Arhitektura, Hrvatska (Pejzazi); Univerzitet u Ferari, Odeljenje za fizicku geografiju i nauku o zemljistu, Italija (pronos nanosa); Univerzitet Abdelmalek Essaadi, Geologija, Maroko (modeliranje erozije zemljista); Univerzitet u Beogradu, Sumarstvo (erozija zemljista). Inicijator i predsjednik naucnog odbora GEA (Geo Eco-Eco Agro) medjunarodne konferencije (2018, 2020).

Autor tehnicko-inovativnog rešenja primijenjenog u praksi: "IntErO" model za proracun intenziteta erozije i oticaj, koje zvanicno koristi Društvo za vodoprivredne melioracije Irana od 2019. godine; Makedonski nacionalni komiteta za navodnjavanje i odvodnjavanje od 2019. godine. Tehnicko inovativno rešenje priznato od strane Ministarstva nauke Srbije u 2019, potvrdjeno medjunarodnim Ugovorom o isporuci, instalaciji i obuci o korišcenju (1) tehnickog rješenja "IntErO model", u naucne i komercijalne svrhe, sa kljucnim elementima ugovora, Iran, 2019; Makedonija, 2019 (www.af.ac.me/Spalevic/IntErO).
Na Univerzitetu Crne Gore 2018. godine nagradjen za postignute rezultate i posebne doprinose u razvoju naucno-istrazivackog rada i medjunarodnog pozicioniranja Univerziteta. Na 16. Medjunarodnom sajmu obrazovanja „Putokazi“ koji je odrzan u Novom Sadu marta 2021. godine, Komisija za ocjenu kvaliteta obrazovno vaspitnih ustanova nagradila dr. Velibora Spalevica diplomom sa posebnim priznanjem za razvoj visokog obrazovanja. Na Univerzitetu Crne Gore decembra 2021. godine ponovo nagradjen za postignute rezultate i posebne doprinose u razvoju naucno-istrazivackog rada i medjunarodnog pozicioniranja Univerziteta.

Velibor Spalevic
1. Novaka Miloševa, Podgorica
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