Vera Noon

  • vera.noon@archi-mare.com
  • France
  • 12/03/2024
Field work, Office work Blue economy Communication Coastal management Environmental education Management and consultancy Marine policy Marine research Other

Personal Summary

Vera Noon is a multidisciplinary planning expert for terrestrial and marine spaces. She began her career in Architecture, followed by Urban Design, and finally landed in Maritime Spatial Planning (MSP) and Sustainable Blue Economy.

Her knowledge in sustainable development principles spans various scales, covering both coastal and marine ecosystems. This back-and-forth motion between development and conservation realms allowed for a wider understanding of human activities’ impacts on the marine natural and cultural environment.

In the past few years, she has worked as a consultant for UNESCO IOC, UNEP MAP PAP/RAC, the UfM, and the Honor Frost Foundation. She has given trainings on the topics of MSP, Blue Economy, Blue Planning in Practice, Sustainable Development. Since 2020 she is a guest lecturer at the American University of Beirut in the Maritime Cultures and Science Master course.

She worked for 3 years at ACTeon Environment on Ocean Literacy and Marine Policy international EU projects, where part of her work consisted of bringing together experts, policy makers and industries. She is currently self-employed at ArchiMare consulting, working on a range of topics centered around the Ocean and Sustainability.
She was recently appointed as a member at ICOMOS Lebanon, and at the Honor Frost Steering Committee on Underwater Cultural Heritage.
She speaks five Mediterranean languages, and practices painting, photography and freediving as her hobbies.

Work Experience

Project Manager
Nov 2020 - Nov 2023 Acteon Environment
Urban Designer
Nov 2018 - Aug 2020 Khatib and Alami

Education

Architecture
Sep 2008 - Sep 2024 Lebanese University
Maritime Spatial Plannning
Sep 2016 - Sep 2018 Erasmus Mundus consortium
Sustainable Blue Economy
Mar 2020 - Mar 2021 University of Trieste

Name and surname

Vera Noon

Nationality

Lebanese

Years of experience

7-10 years

Are you looking for a job in:

In my country of residence, Only remotely

Language (indicate level)

French - Native or Bilingual 

English - Native or Bilingual

Arabic - Native - Mother Tongue

Italian - B2

Spanish - B2

Digital competences (indicate level)

AutoCAD - Adobe Photoshop / Illustrator / InDesign [Very good command]

ArcMap [Good command]

Personal website / LinkedIN

https://www.linkedin.com/in/veranoon/