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Curriculum Vitae
Personal information
First name(s) / Surname(s)
Dr. Alexander Wegener
Address(es) Sundgauer Strasse 100
D-14169 Berlin
Germany
Telephone(s) +49 30 939 555 90
Fax(es) +49 30 939 555 91
E-mail(s)
Alexander.Wegener@interpublic-berlin.de
Nationality
Germany
Date of birth 14 July 1967
Gender
Occupational field
Male
International Consultancy
• international comparative case study research
• public policy
• public sector reforms in OECD countries, profound and empirical knowledge
based on long-term research in fifteen countries, special fields of interest are
• local and regional government structure and management,
• local and regional government finance and financial management,
• public competition (utilities and support services),
• public-private partnerships,
• regionalisation,
• governance,
• strategic management.
• public sector reforms in developing countries, profound and empirical knowledge
based on consultancy and research, especially
• local and regional government structure and management,
• local and regional government finance and financial management (taxation,
revenue enhancement, expenditure management, financial system and financial
management)
• European Institutions and Policies
• lecturer at various universities and universities of applied sciences
Work experience
a list of projects can be found in the annex
Occupation or position held
Main activities and responsibilities
Name and address of employer
Type of business or sector
Dates since 01 of May 2002
Managing Director
Managing Director of interpublic berlin, a research and consultancy company
interpublic berlin
Sundgauer Strasse 100
D-14169 Berlin
http://www.interpublic-berlin.de
International Consultancy
Dates 01/05/1994 - 30/04/2002

Occupation or position held
Main activities and responsibilities
Name and address of employer
Type of business or sector
Researcher
Researcher in various international comparative projects on public sector modernisation
Berlin Science Center
Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin
Reichpietschufer 50
D-10785 Berlin
http://www.wz-berlin.eu
Research Institution
Occupation or position held
Main activities and responsibilities
Name and address of employer
Type of business or sector
Education and training
Title of qualification awarded
Principal subjects / occupational
skills covered
Name and type of organisation
providing education and training
Level in national or international
classification
Title of qualification awarded
Principal subjects / occupational
skills covered
Name and type of organisation
providing education and training
Level in national or international
classification
Personal skills and
competences
Dates 01 October 1992 - 30 April 1994
Researcher
Researcher in a local government project on local labour market policies
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Unter den Linden 6
D-10999 Berlin
University
Dates 25 April 2001
Dr. phil.
PhD on Local competition policies in the USA, the United Kingdom and New Zealand
FernUniversität Hagen
Prof. Dr. R. Czada
Prof. Dr. A. Benz
Feithstrasse 140
D-58084 Hagen
PhD
Dates 01 October 1988 - 30 September 1992
Diplom-Verwaltungswissenschaftler
Public Law, Public Policy, Public Finance, Business Administration, Political Science
Universität Konstanz
D-78547 Konstanz
Master
Mother tongue(s)
German
Other language(s)
Self-assessment Understanding Speaking Writing
European level (*) Listening Reading Spoken interaction Spoken
production
English
French
C2 Proficient user C2 Proficient user C2 Proficient user C2 Proficient user C2 Proficient user
Independent Independent Independent
B2
B2
B1
B1
user
user
user
(*) Common European Framework of Reference (CEF) level
Independent
user
A2
Basic User

Social skills and competences
Organisational skills and
competences
Computer skills and competences
Other skills and competences
cross-cultural work experience in Europe, the Americas, Australasia, Asia, and Africa
Entrepreneur, team leader in a number of projects, lead expert in a number of projects
advanced experience with MS product family as well as with OpenOffice and other
software
Lecturer for public management since 1992 at German and universities abroad
List of Projects
2007 – 2008 Consultant to the German Development Corporation (gtz) and the Government of Nepal for
the Minimum Conditions and Performance Measures for Local Government Finance
2007 – 2008 Consultant to the World Bank for the Woreda City Government Benchmarking Survey II
2007 Senior consultant for the “European Public Sector Award” organised by the European
Group of Public Administration, the Deutsche Hochschule für Verwaltungswissenschaften
Speyer and the Bertelsmann Foundation
2007 – 2008 Lead Consultant for the Woreda and Municipal Benchmarking II in Ethiopia, study funded
by CIDA (Canada), DFID (United Kingdom), World Bank and German Development
Corporation (gtz)
2006 – 2007 Expert for the National Academy for Public Administration in Kiev, Ukraine for the
development of a curriculum for a master study for the German Development Corporation
(gtz)
2006 – 2008 Local Government Finance Expert for the German Development Corporation (gtz) in
Mongolia
2006 – 2007 Potential of Public Business Outsourcing in German Local Governments, Study funded by
the German City and Local Government Association and the Bertelsmann Foundation
2006 Local Government Consultant for the Government of Serbia and Montenegro for the
redesign of the legal status of local government staff funded by the World Bank
2005 – 2006 Local Government Finance in Germany, Review of recent reform proposals, Study funded
by the Bertelsmann Foundation
2005 – 2006 Regionalisation Processes in European Countries, project under the programme “Staat der
Zukunft” (State of Tomorrow) of the Bertelsmann Foundation
2005 – 2006 Municipal Finance Specialist (tax and tariffs system, legal foundation, financial
management) in Ethiopia, project run by German Development Corporation (gtz
International Services) and funded by the World Bank
2004 – 2006 Woreda and Municipal Benchmarking in Ethiopia, study funded by German Development
Cooperation (gtz) for the Institutional and Governance Review of Ethiopia, coordinated by
the World Bank
2003 – 2004 Family-friendly working arrangements in enterprises in the UK, Denmark and France,
funded by Bertelsmann Foundation and the Minister for Family, Senior Citizens, Women
and Youth
2002 short term consultant on R&D policies in Serbia-Montenegro (Beograd) for the Fraunhofer
Gesellschaft IPK, Berlin
2002 Consultant in a consortium on the potential of Community policies for employment
promotion, in the policy area rural development, funded by the European Commission, DG
Employment and Social Affairs
2002 – 2004 Preparing local government support services for competition, funded by the Hans Böckler
Foundation
2001 – 2003 Strategic Management for Quality of Life in Local Government (Canada, USA, UK,
Norway), funded by Bertelsmann Foundation

2002 – 2004 Local Government Finance in Europe (UK, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Poland,
Switzerland, France), funded by the Hans Böckler Foundation
1999 – 2001 Public Private Partnerships (UK, Denmark, Germany), funded by the Fraunhofer
Gesellschaft and the Minister for Science and Research
since 1998
Webmaster and Operator of the internet site www.kommunaler-wettbewerb.de, an
information portal on local government competition, management by contracts, public
private partnerships and public business outsourcing
1998 – 2001 Advisor to the international city network „Cities of Tomorrow“ organised by the Bertelsmann
Foundation
1998 – 2001 Advisor to the national city network „Kommunen der Zukunft“ organised by Bertelsmann
Foundation, the KGSt (local government association), and the Hans Böckler-Foundation
1998 short term consultant on local government legal framework in Ethiopia funded by German
Development Corporation (gtz)
1997 – 1999 Competition in Local Government (UK, USA, New Zealand), funded by the Hans Böckler
Foundation
1995 – 1997 Public Sector Reform on the Local Level (UK, USA, Netherlands, Switzerland, Denmark,
Sweden, Finland, France, New Zealand), research project funded by the Hans Böckler-
Foundation and the Berlin Science Center
1992 – 1994 Local Government Employment Policies in the New Länder in Germany, funded by the
Hans Böckler-Foundation
List of Lectures
since 2007
since 2002
since 2002
Lecturer for various courses at the private Zeppelin University in Friedrichshafen for the MA
and BA „Public Management and Governance“
Change Management
Public Accounting
Controlling and performance measurement
Introduction to Public Policy and Public Management
Managing Public Companies
Lecturer for European Governance and Management in the Long Distance Study
„European Master of Administrative Management“ at the Adam Mieckowicz University
Poznan, the Fachhochschule des Bundes in Brühl, and the Fachhochschule des
Saarlandes in Saarbrücken; Member of the Study Commission
Comparative public policy analysis
Public management and governance in European member states and the European Union
Lecturer at the annual summer school organised by the Copenhagen Business School, and
several universities from Norway, the United Kingdom, Poland and South Africa
1994 – 2002 Lecturer for „Public Management“ at the Fachhochschule für Verwaltung and the
Fachhochschule für Wirtschaft und Technik in Berlin
International public sector reforms
Management in public companies
Methodologies for empirical social sciences
Lectures also at other universities of applied sciences and universities, including University
of Potsdam and lectures in internal trainings for public employees