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KEYWORDS
Local Government and Water Board (see current job) Poverty reduction and Rural Development, Income Diversfication, Nature Conservation, Rural Extension, Participatory Training and Facilitation. Water and Waste Management, (Eco)toxicology, Recycling, Climate Change, Water Quality, Organic Agriculture, Certification, Fair-Trade.
INTERESTS
As a project manager I am interested in projects and business plans that have the potential to reach through the thick layers of bureaucracy and reach the poorest on our planet. In my current job we focus on strangthening local govenments and/or water boards as a condition for sustainable development. Capacity building focuses on municipal or district water and waste management, citizen participation, financial management, Human resourses management, education and health.
As a biologist/toxicologist I am interested in plants and other natural resources with medicinal/toxic properties to benefit human/verterinary health or use an alternative for synthetical pesticides. I am also interested in sustainable land-use practices as to conserve our natural environment.
PREVIOUS INITIATIVES
I have experience in participatory business development and creative training programmes in developing countries. One of my former initiatives is setting up a small production plant for rural communities in the vicinity of a national park in Belize. Local women prepare medicinal plants and herbs in a sustainable manner as to conserve the environment and traditional healing practices. The balms and dried herbs are sold at local and international markets through fair-trade agreements to ensure sustainable income. Other (research related) work includes: investigation of toxicological properties of 10 botanical pesticides in Indonesia and conducting an Environmental Impact Assessment of pesticides used in flower production in Ethiopia and Egypt.
CURRENT JOB
In daily life I work as a Project Manager / Business Developer Acquisition for VNG International (the International Development Co-operation Agency from the Association of Netherlands Municipalities). VNG International is committed to strengthening democratic local government worldwide by facilitating decentralisation and strengthening local governments and/or water boards in developing countries and countries in transition. We work with bilateral and multilateral donors such as the EU (EuropeAid/EDF), the World Bank, UNDP, Dutch and other National Ministries and Embassies.
PROJECTS I MANAGE
TANZANIA - Strengthening Local Government in fee based service provision
GHANA - Strengthening Local Governments in Waste Management initiatives
EGYPT - Strengthening water companies in service delivery of good quality drinking water ansd sanitation of waste water
SURINAM - Strenghtening Waterboards
INDONESIA - Building a 'Polder' institution with the Union of Water boards
SUDAN - Strengthening Water boards
Please don't hesitate to contact me for support, contacts or ideas. I look forward to screen and coach new creative ideas that have the potential of really making a difference in people’s lives!
