June 2009
Specialist profile
Professional background
Qualifications & Languages
Academic qualifications
University of Zagreb, Croatia; 1976-1980 B.Sc. Electrical Engineering
University of Zagreb, Croatia, 1981-1983 M.Sc. Electrical Engineering
University of Zagreb, Croatia, 1985-1990 Ph.D. in Power Systems
Imperial College, London, 1996 MBA in finance, 1/2 of the course completed, than suspended due to relocation to Thailand
Languages
Croatian (mother tongue)
English (fluent)
German (medium)
Serbian (fluent)
Bosnian (fluent)
Montenegrin (fluent)
Macedonian (medium)
Employment
International assignments, 1997–2009
June 2009
Lecturer
April 2009
Lecturer
March 2009
Senior adviser
February 2009
Senior energy expert
January 2009
Energy efficiency expert
July 2008
Senior energy advisor
June 2008
Expert
February–May 2008
Visiting expert
December 2007
Project Manager
May / November 2007
Senior expert
April–December 2007
Project Manager
May–December 2006
Advisor
July 2005 onward
Project Manager
August–December 2005
Consultant
July 2004–July 2005
Senior Energy Advisor
January 2003–July 2004
Head of Energy Office, Policy and Strategy
July–December 2002
Consultant for Energy Strategy development
1997–2002
Managing Director
Selected projects, 1997–2009
- Adviser to the Minister of Economic development on energy issues and integrated rural development
- Lectures on EE policy making and effective policy implementation
- Energy management in cities – developeing and implementing a national program
- Capacity building for energy management in cities and new projects development
- Scoping of energy support needs for new country program and action plan
- EE training for loan officers, identification and definition of typical EE measures in SME and residential sector
- Support for implementation of and capacity building for national energy efficiency project in Montenegro
- Short term energy efficiency expert
- Preparation and kick off EP participation in the Energy foresight project
- Evaluation of implementation results of the 2002 energy strategy of Republic of Croatia, Update of energy strategy for next 10 years, and new energy strategy implementation program,
- Environmental audit of “Zeljezara Split”, a steel maker
- Preparation of Energy Efficiency Master Plan for Croatia, and national energy efficiency action plan
- Introduction of energy and environmental management system for a holding of 23 public utility companies
- Managing implementation of national energy efficiency program in building sector (20 M USD total funding)
- Feasibility studies on cogeneration plants based on bio mass and bio gas, and for small scale hydro power plants
- Establishing a partial financial guarantee facility with Croatian Bank for Reconstruction and Development (HBOR) and negotiating respective agreement between UNDP, HBOR and Ministry of Economy
- Managing a project development fund (PDF), procuring goods and services of consultants and suppliers, and managing their contracts
- ECO efficiency project E3Agro for improvement of competitiveness of Thai palm oil industry through electricity generation from bio gas and by better energy and environmental management,
- UNMIK representative at Permanent High Level Group (PHLG) of the Athens Process on establishment of Regional Energy Market (REM) in South East Europe: -Negotiations of the legally binding Treaty on REM -Review and comments on regional energy strategy -Relationships with neighboring power systems -Coordination of implementation of Athens Process commitments within Kosovo
- UNMIK’s coordinator for the REBIS study (Balkan regional electricity study on demand, generation, transmission and environmental issues in the region) financed by European Commission, and co-managed by the World Bank
- Project Manager of the World Bank supported project ‘Review of legal and institutional framework for investment in the energy sector of Kosovo’
- Responsible for development of legal and institutional framework in energy sector in Kosovo (the Energy office was established in Jan. 2003, no sectoral governance structures were in place at the time).
- Completion of the Energy Strategy and Policy ‘White Paper’ for Kosovo and submission to Government for review and approval, inclusive of a consolidated public investment plan for energy sector development in excess of 800 M euro
- Coordination of preparation of an Energy Efficiency Master plan and a feasibility study for establishment of Kosovo Energy Efficiency Agency
- Advising deputy director general of DEDP (governmental Department of Energy Development and Promotion) on implementation of Thai National Energy Conservation Program (with budget of more than 500 M US$)
- Managing an EU-THERMIE supported project for implementation of the Thai energy conservation programme (ENCON) by technology transfer and related training
- Capacity building and on-the-job training for the Training division of DEDP on developing and managing training projects, sponsored by GTZ – ENEP (Energy Efficiency Promotion Project of German International Cooperation Agency (GTZ) in Thailand)
- Implementation of large number of projects on energy management systems with the monitoring and targeting techniques for Japanese blue chip companies
- Capacity building and train-the-trainers project (12 months) for energy and environmental auditing in industry, 8 groups of trainers trained in Hanoi, Ho Shi Min City and 6 regional centers in Vietnam for MOSTE, sponsored by the Government of the Netherlands and EU-Synergy
- Risk assessment at financing energy efficiency improvement projects, training course for trainers, ibid.
- Development of 8 bankable industrial energy efficiency improvement project proposals for CDM (Clean Development Mechanism), MOSTE, Vietnam sponsored by JICA (Japanese International Cooperation Agency)
- Energy and environmental management training programme for regional authorities in Chong Chin and Guang Zhou in China, EU Synergy
Earlier employment
1992–1997
Business Development Director
Projects in this period
- Energy conservation technologies related training programme for Department for Energy Development and Promotion, Thailand, 3-ten days workshops in North, South and Central Thailand, sponsored by EU-THERMIE
- Emergency assistance through Detailed energy and environmental auditing in petrochemical complex (oil refinery, fertilizer and petrochemical plants) Pancevo in Yugoslavia, sponsored by UNIDO, Vienna, Austria
- Managing a number of Environmental audit and impact assessment projects, for EBRD, London
- On-the-job training on identification, preparation and appraisal of energy projects and facilitation of disbursement of an approved loan, for Ministry of Economy of FYROM, for EBRD London
- Investors Guidebook on Environmental protection, Health and Safety, for Albania, Croatia, FYROM and Slovenia, EBRD, London
- Preparation and Implementation of National Energy Policy, European Union, 1st and 2nd TACIS energy projects for Armenia
October 1990–January 1992
General Manager
October 1981–October 1990
Lecturer and project manager
Projects, 1981–1992
- Proposal for energy sector programs for Task force meeting on preparation of UNDP 5th programming cycle projects, Ankara, Turkey
- International Environmental Academy, Geneva – Training Course for Ukraine government/industry representatives on energy and environmental management
- Production of 3 ‘Energy Conservation Buses’ and a Training Bus for „Electrical Power Resources Survey and Development Administration” Ankara, financed by the World Bank
- Environmental Protection and Natural Resources Management – setting up priorities, study for Yugoslavia ordered by UNDP New York
- 1986-1990: Project Manager on behalf of Croatia, of UNDP/UNIDO Project „Industrial Energy Conservation”, Sub Project „Energy and Environmental Auditing „. Manager of Training Centre on Energy and Environmental Auditing and Energy Management Systems.
- 1985 – 1989: Project manager of Croatian Energy Conservation Program
- Member of the UN-ECE Energy Commission in Geneva
- Teaching: Power systems, Industrial energy systems, Energy and environment
January–September 1981
Researcher
Project in this period
- Reliability of electricity supply
Publications and Papers
Z. Morvaj, and others: Energy Audit in Industry , published in proceedings: Environmental Management in Ukraine, held in Geneva, Switzerland, 1991 (English)
Z. Morvaj, and others: Energy Auditing Handbook, UNIDO, 1993, (English) Z. Morvaj, M. Kosir: Manual on business planning for energy efficiency projects, including software for financial analyses, supported by Thai ENCON Fund, EU Thermie, 1994, (English) Z. Morvaj, Gvozdenac, D., Košir, M.: Systematic Approach to Energy Conservation in the Food Processing Industry, Manual for Train-the-Trainers Programme consisting of guidebook, workbook, case study, software tools, lecturers’ notes), supported by Thai ENCON Fund, EU Thermie, ENEP program, 1999, (English) Z. Morvaj, Gvozdenac, D., Sathapornprasath, M.: Integrated Energy And Environmental Performance Monitoring Of Manufacturing Processes, International Conference on Energy and Environment, Pukhet, Thailand, February 2003, (English)
Z. Morvaj, Kosir, M., Limari, S., Hamiti A.: Restructuring of a vertically integrated electric power utility for a competitive regional electricity market, International Conference on Energy and Environment, Pukhet, Thailand, February 2003, (English)
- V. Bukarica, Z. Morvaj, Z. Tomšić: Evaluation of energy efficiency policy instruments effectiveness – case study Croatia, IASTED International Conference on Power and Energy Systems (EuroPES), Spain, 2007, (English)
Z. Morvaj, D. Gvozdenac: Applied Industrial Energy and Environmental Management, a book published in September 2008 by John Wiley and Sons, UK, and IEEE press USA, (English)
Z. Morvaj and others: Energy Management in Cities – lerning through change, presented at and published by Learning Cities in a Knowledge based Societies, 11thEURA conference, Milan, 9-11 October 2008, (English)
Z. Morvaj, B. Sucic: A guide for preparation and conducting of preliminary energy audits in industry, published in June 2009, (in Croatian)
Z, Morvaj, G. Cacic: Systematic resource management as a basis for sustainable development of cites, 12 EURA conference, Madrd. 3-6 June 2009 (English)