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Areas of Expertise
· Twenty two years of development practice and management
in long term postings in Latin America, SE Asia, Central Africa
and Central Europe.
· Social policy and social development.
· Human rights, including the human rights of indigenous
peoples and children.
· Humanitarian assistance.
· Institutional strengthening of NGOs and civil society.
Recent Consultancies
Roma Rights and Access to Justice Programme in Europe. Output
to Purpose Review in Czech Republic and Bulgaria.
European Dialogue/DFID, November 2001
Tools for strengthening Civil Society relationships with local authorities
in Albania. Training of trainers.
COMPASS/NOVIB September 2001.
Civil Society Strengthening in SE Europe. Analysis of capacity building
needs in Albania, Bulgaria, Romania and the successor states of
Former Yugoslavia. NOVIB/INTRAC September 2000 - March 2001
Civil Society Strengthening in Serbia. Pre-Scoping Mission, DFID/INTRAC,
October 2000
Building State Civil Society Relationships in Serbia: Programme
Design manager, DFID/INTRAC, February-July 2001
NGO Accreditation in Romania. Children's Legal Centre, University
of Essex/DFID, December 2000-
Organisational assessment of indigenous institutions and their territorial
claims in central Peru, Nouvelle Planete/Geneva, July 2001
Employment History
2000 - Programme Manager Central/East Europe & Mediterranean
INTRAC - International NGO Training & Research Centre
Formulating strategic directions for INTRAC programming in the
Region, with a priority focus on support to the institutional and
organisational development of CSOs, particularly NGOs in the Balkans.
Managing consultancies in the field of civil society strengthening
throughout the region, especially in Albania, Armenia, Bosnia &
Hercegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Georgia, Kosovo, Romania, Serbia
and Ukraine.
1998-2000 Regional Programme Director Central and Eastern Europe
Save the Children Norway & UK, Budapest, Hungary
Establishing a joint regional office of two members of the Save
the Children Alliance to manage operations (mainly) in the Balkans.
This post involved formulating long term strategy for social development
in the region as well as devising and implementing emergency interventions
in Albania, Bosnia, Macedonia, Kosovo and Serbia. Initiated the
SE Europe Child Rights Action Network (SEECRA) with NGOs of 11 countries.
Policy development included participation in the Stability Pact
Working Table for Youth and liasing with the Youth Directorate of
the Council of Europe and UNICEF in policy formulation for the UN
General Assembly Special Session for Children (UNGASS).
1994-98 Programme Coordinator Mongolia - Save the Children Fund
UK
Setting up a Save the Children office and programme aimed at mitigating
the impact of transition on children and vulnerable groups. Programme
development included advisory support and funding to the National
Poverty Alleviation Programme; the design for the Ministry of Science
and Education of a National Programme of Pre-school Strengthening;
initiating social work education at the State Pedagogical University;
management of the country's first British Partnership Scheme under
contract to the UK Embassy; and management of an AsDB technical
assistance contract for the monitoring of poverty alleviation interventions.
In 1998 received a state award from the President of Mongolia for
services to education and development.
1992-94 Project Director, Tharparkar Rural Development Programme
Sindh Arid Zone, Pakistan, Save the Children Fund, UK
Managing the transformation of a desert region drought-related emergency
intervention to a long term, self-managed and integrated rural development
programme in collaboration with IUCN, UNICEF, the Swiss Development
Corporation and the Aga Khan Foundation. The project has since developed
into a 350-village locally-registered association supported by an
umbrella organisation that brings together 40 local NGOs.
1987-92 Rural Development Adviser, Kasais, Zaire, OXFAM UK
Supporting the development of community groups in pre-war East and
West Kasai Provinces, Central Zaire. A major focus was the
Introduction of ox traction technology in collaboration with the
Belgian NGO COOPIBO. From 1991 also managed the Oxfam
Health programme for 21 Rural Health Zones in the Kasais.
1986-87 Researcher, OXFAM Research & Evaluation Unit, Oxford
UK
Researching and writing an Oxfam Manual on Indigenous Peoples and
Development under the auspices of a Leverhulme grant (see publications).
The book documented the indigenous movement's early experiences
in rights based development approaches.
1979-86 Project Manager, River Ene Project, OXFAM, Peru
Initiating a rural development programme in support of 40,000 Ashaninka
indigenous people as their Amazonian territory faced
incursions from drugs traffickers, Maoist guerrillas and Andean
settlers. Work included advising an indigenous organisation in its
efforts to press for land titles and develop primary health care,
education, agricultural and income generation programmes.
1976-79 Archaeological Reconnaissance, Eastern Peru
Historical and archaeological research of Middle and Late Horizon
sites in the Cordillera Vilcabamba, the "last stronghold of
the Incas". (See publications).
Elected member of the New York Explorer's Society, 1978.
1973-76 Journalist, Peruvian Times, Lima
Features writer and freelance cameraman focusing on economic and
social development, including agrarian reform.
1970-73 Sub-editor, UPITN, London
Scriptwriter for the international television news gathering agency
of United Press International and Independent Television News. Duties
included pacing commentary to newsfilm and editing documentaries.
1968-70 Insurance Broker, Leslie & Godwin Ltd, London
Placing aviation insurance at Lloyds.
Publications
1999 Central and Eastern Europe Regional Strategy, SCF UK &
Norway
1994 Mongolia Country Strategy Paper 1994-2000, SCF UK
1993 Notes on the Social Development of Sindh Arid Zone, SCF UK
1992 On the Margins of Development: Hunter Gatherers of Central
Africa
OXFAM Occasional Paper
1986 Indigenous Peoples & Development - an Oxfam Fieldguide
1984 An Unnatural Disaster - Land Invasions in Eastern Peru
Disaster mitigation issue of the Bulletin of AERDC - Agricultural
Extension & Rural Development Centre, University of Reading,
UK.
1982 Agricultura Para Promotores - a tropical agriculture manual
for extensionists
River Ene Project
1979 Apuntes Historicos de la Cordillera Vilcabamba.
Boletin Cultural de Lima, Vol III, IV
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