CURRICULUM VITAE - hANS PETER DEJGAARD - Inka Consult

Curriculum Vitae/2PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCESince 1993 -Senior Consultant. Danish consultancy firm INKA Consult.2008: Southern Africa. Review the development of the regional farmer network, SACAU, which isa network of member based national farmers’ unions in 9 countries in Southern Africa.Suggestion made for future programme based joint donor support from Swedish CooperativeCentre (SCC) and other donors.Danida Fellowship Centre. Course leader and teaching at 8-weeks course in programmemanagement for Spanish-speaking staff from Latin America. Implemented by MVH-Consultand INKA Consult.Global. Team Leader on Sida evaluation of the Swedish Society for Nature Conservation(SSNC) programme with partners in 20 countries in Asia, Latin America and Africaworking with trade, climate, biodiversity, forest, corporate social responsibility, etc. Fieldwork in Peru and Ecuador.Zambia. Team Leader for proposing strategic focus for future support from the SwedishEmbassy to Zambian civil society within Agriculture, Energy, Health and advocacy/budgetmonitoring. Proposal related to Sida’s future role in the Joint Assistance Strategy (JAS).Tanzania, Ethiopia and Kenya. Team Leader on study providing proposal for SwedishForum Syd coalition’s new Africa strategy.2007: Zambia, Kenya and Honduras. The Team Leader on Sida evaluating of SwedishCooperative Centre (SCC) development cooperation within sustainable agriculture, whichhas a yearly frame-agreement with Sida amounted to 143 million SEK.Afghanistan. Training Danish soldiers’ preparation linked to Danish government support forcommunity projects and the Provincial Reconstruction Teams (PRT) in Afghanistan.Belarus. Adviser and Monitoring consultant for the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs’‘Neighbourhood Programme’ in Belarus, which aims to support civil society, democracyand human rights.2006: Nicaragua. Review of the Environmental sector budget-support from Denmark andFinland, with focus on the experiences with the Ministry of Economy (mainstreaming),Ministry of Environment and the on-going decentralisation process in Nicaragua.Malaysia. Team leader in the formulation of Danida assistance to the Civil Society Sub-Component meant to supplement the Biodiversity Component 2007-2009 under theMalaysian-Danish Environmental Cooperation Programme.Lesotho. Team leader in programme identification and formulation aimed at supportingDecentralization and Non-State Actors (civil society) in Lesotho. The team assisted theNational Authorizing Officer (NAO) in the Ministry of Finance and the EuropeanCommission within the framework of the 9 th European Development Fund (EDF).2005: Bangladesh, India, Nepal and Philippines. Appointed by Danida as co-team leader ofReview cum Appraisal of the Danish labour union LO-FTF’ programme in Asia.Nicaragua. Team leader of consultancy to provide the Danish Embassy with a proposalconcerning support for the civil society component in the new Education Sector2008 * Hans Peter Dejgaard *

Curriculum Vitae/3Programme in Nicaragua (total of € 24 million granted as sector budget support fromDanida).Bolivia. Consultant on appraisal mission concerning the planned 5 years of Danida supportfor the environment in Bolivia (US$ 30 million), based upon integrating sustainabledevelopment into country policies (MDG 7, target 9). In charge of appraising the support forprotected areas and civil society.2004: Nicaragua. Team leader on lessons-learnt evaluation of Danida’s environmental sectorsupport for protected areas (Indio-Maíz and Bosawas) in Nicaragua (with the Ministry ofEnvironment, municipalities, NGOs and indigenous peoples’ organisations).Nicaragua, Guatemala and Honduras. Co-team leader of review/appraisal of the secondphase of the Danida-supported regional programme with trade unions in Central Americaand the Caribbean, which is implemented by the Danish labour union 3F.2001-04: Adviser in the preparation and follow-up to the 2002 Johannesburg World Summit onSustainable Development and the 2005 UN Summit on Millennium Development Goals(MDGs). This has lead to the establishment of the network “Sustainability Watch”, withnational civil-society networks affiliated from 20 countries in Asia, Africa and LatinAmerica. Focus on advocacy and capacity building efforts. € 5 million granted fromDanida, SIDA, Norway and the EU Commission. In 2003, this effort was nominated by theDanish Foreign Minister for the UN award “Global 500 Roll of Honour for EnvironmentalAchievement”.The involved countries were: (in Asia) Philippines, Bangladesh, Vietnam, Nepal, India,Indonesia, and Malaysia, (in Africa) Tanzania, Uganda, Kenya, Mozambique, SouthAfrica, Ghana, Togo, Zimbabwe, Namibia (and in Latin America) Bolivia, Brazil,Argentina, Guatemala, Nicaragua and El Salvador.2003: Bolivia. Team leader on the pre-appraisal mission concerning Danida’s Sector ProgrammeSupport Document regarding 'Indigenous Peoples in Bolivia'. The grant of US$ 30 millioncontemplates, in particular, a five-year continuation of efforts in the field of land-titling andmanagement of indigenous community territories.2002: Kenya. Review of Danida’s support for the Human Rights, Democracy and GoodGovernance Programme in Kenya. The support has been almost entirely channelledthrough Kenyan NGOs.2001: Russia. Consultant to the Danish Ministry of Environment (DANCEE) with the task ofdesigning a project in support of Kaliningrad’s environmental authorities, promotingsustainable use and conservation of natural resources. The project is designed to stimulatecross-border cooperation with Poland and Lithuania.Palestine. Elaboration of proposal to the Danish trade union, SiD (today 3F), concerningfuture cooperation with the trade union movement in Gaza and the West Bank.2000: Central America. Consultant to Danida, undertaking a capacity assessment of SiD, withfield study in Central America and assessment of the headquarters in Denmark.Central America. Consultant to Danida in order to prepare the 5 year RegionalProgramme for Environmental Management and Sustainable Development in CentralAmerica, that will consist of three main components: Watershed Management, Reductionof pesticide use and Environmental policy framework.2008 * Hans Peter Dejgaard *

Curriculum Vitae/4Bolivia. Consultant to Danida in a Review cum Appraisal of the Danish Sector Programmesupport to 'Decentralisation and Indigenous Peoples' in Bolivia (Potosí and Chuquisaca).Guatemala. Team leader of review and organisational analysis of Copmagua, which is thenational organisation of indigenous Maya peoples, with 130 member organisations.Consultancy commissioned by UNDP, Danida, Ibis and Diakonia Sweden.1999: Central America. Consultant to Danida in a review of the progress of the Danish support tohuman rights and democracy in Central America (PRODECA), which covers four priorityareas: administration of justice, good governance, labour rights and investigativejournalism. Furthermore priority to mainstreaming of gender and indigenous peoples.Central America. Appointed by Danida as team leader to facilitate and assist the CentralAmerican Commission for Environment and Development, CCAD (regional secretariat forenvironmental ministers from Panama, Costa Rica, Belize, Nicaragua, Honduras, Guatemalaand El Salvador) in the institutional strengthening of CCAD/SICA to be provided byDanida and SIDA. Furthermore, consultant to CCAD in the formulation of a Regional WaterAction Plan for Central America.Empowerment Asia, Africa and Latin America. Consultant to Nordic Consulting in athematic study on popular participation and empowerment, which is part of Danida’sevaluation of Danish Support to Promotion of Human Rights and Democratisation. Casestudies of South Africa, Palestine, Indonesia and Bolivia.Palestine. Team leader of review of SiD’s support to trade unions in Gaza and the WestBank. SiD is the Danish trade union for semi-skilled workers.Peru. Appointed by Danida as leader of a mission commissioned to review the supportprovided by IWGIA (international NGO) to the land-titling, legal advice, and production ofthe indigenous Harakmbut people in the Madre de Dios Province of Peru.1998: Bolivia. Team leader of review and appraisal mission for CARE Denmark’s MIRNA NaturalResource Management project in the Caranavi province in Yungas.Dominican Republic, Honduras and Nicaragua. Team leader during thematic evaluationand project formulation of SiD’s support to unions in the Export-Processing Zones of thesethree countries. SiD is the Danish trade union for semi-skilled workers.Nicaragua. Consultant to Danida on the appraisal of the SI-A-PAZ Buffer-zone ManagementProject in the Rio San Juan area of Southern Nicaragua. Elaboration of the final projectdocument for the second phase of the project.Central America. Consultant to Danida, the Central American Commission for Environmentand Development (CCAD) and the Regional Committee of Water Resources (CRRH) in orderto make the region participate in the Global Water Partnership initiative and to prepare aCentral American Water Action Plan.1997: Nicaragua. Consultant to Danida on Review and Appraisal Mission for the SI-A-PAZBuffer-zone Management Project in the Rio San Juan area of southern Nicaragua, which ispart of Danida's general support to the region's environmental sector (MARENA).Bolivia. Team leader on the formulation of the Sector Programme Support Documentregarding Danida's support to 'Decentralisation and Indigenous Peoples in Bolivia'. Supportwith emphasis on institutional development of municipalities, titling of indigenous2008 * Hans Peter Dejgaard *

Curriculum Vitae/5community lands (INRA), and bilingual education through the Ministry of Education.1996: Regional cooperation with Andean countries and Central America. Impact studycommissioned by IRELA, Institute for European-Latin American Relations, a research centrefinanced by the EU Commission. The study aims to assess the extent to which the two subregionshave utilised third-generation agreements with the European Union.Bolivia. Team leader on three formulation missions in a continuous process to prepare thenew 'Danida Sector Programme in Support of Decentralisation and Indigenous Peoples inBolivia'. The missions focus on indigenous population and the application of the new statereforms.1995: Nicaragua. Consultant to Rambøll on the case study of Nicaragua as part of the thematicevaluation of the impact of the Danida Plan of Action for Environment and Development.Peru. Consultant to Danida on the project review: "PACAYA-SAMIRIA IntegratedProgramme for Development and Conservation". This project works with indigenous peoplesof northern Peru, who inhabit one of the biggest natural reserves in the Amazons.Central America. Invited by the EU Commission (DG-I) to "Perspectivas del Proceso deSan José", a joint Central American and European group of parliamentarians, governmentofficials and experts responsible for drawing up proposals to enhance the dialogue andcooperation programmes between the two regions.Angola. Identification mission to look into the potential for a new programme in Angola,aiming to combine relief aid with development, possibly in a joint programme between theDanish Refugee Council and Ibis (NGO).1994: Peru & Ecuador. Consultant to Danida on the project evaluation: "Inscription and Titling ofNative Communities in Ucayali Region" for indigenous peoples of the Peruvian Amazon. Aproject in Ecuadorian Amazon' near Coco was also appraised.Central America. Leader of a team composed of Danish and Central American consultants,setting out to outline a coherent strategy and programme for Danida's assistance to CentralAmerica's environmental sector. Three issues are highlighted: natural resource management;environmental economics; pollution control and cleaner technology.Central America. Co-leader of a team composed of two desk officers from the EUCommission (DG I) and two independent consultants. First draft proposal elaborated for anoverall EU regional co-operation strategy for Central America (150 million Euro per year).Elements from the report were drawn upon by the Commission proposal presented to the SanJosé XII Ministerial Meeting between EU and Central America in Italy, March 1995.1993-1997: Denmark. Chairman of the Board of Ibis (major Danish NGO with yearly turnover about 22million dollars and more than 100 person employed). Done as voluntarily work.1993-94: Central America. Consultant to the Royal Danish Embassy (12 months). Duties includeappraisal and monitoring of projects in Guatemala, El Salvador, Nicaragua and Belize. Alsoincluded development of the gender issue.1992: Nicaragua. Team leader of Project Formulation Mission for FINNIDA and the Ministry ofMunicipal Government, INIFOM. Decentralisation programme with five municipalities andlocal organisations located in Chontales and Boaco.2008 * Hans Peter Dejgaard *

Curriculum Vitae/61989 - 1992: Central America. Regional Representative and Head of Regional Office of Danish NGO,Ibis, based in Managua, staffed by two Danes and fifteen Nicaraguans. Responsible for theregional programme in Nicaragua, El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras with an annualturnover of approximately USD 5 million and 20 Danish advisers.1984 - 1989: Denmark. Development engineer and project leader at Nokia (former Philips ResearchCentre in Copenhagen. Financial analysis, design and development of custom integratedcircuits (chip) for Philips's cellular phones, which were followed by the manufacturing of theworld's first mobile phone of less than 500 grams.1984 - 1989: Denmark. Member of the Executive Committee of Ibis (Danish NGO, former WorldUniversity Service WUS) overseeing projects in Latin America and Southern Africa (SouthAfrica, Namibia and Mozambique).1983: Nicaragua. Responsible for school construction project for Nicaragua's Ministry ofEducation, implemented in co-operation with the target group by a Danish team livingtogether with local peasant communities.1981 - 1983: Denmark. Development engineer at DANAVOX (GN Nord) working on hearing aids.1975 - 1977: Denmark. Adult teacher at Hvidovre Continuation School.Experiences with NGO’sThe section below elaborates upon my NGO experience.Key NGO activities:• 1997-2006. Active involved in the Danish 92 Group, a coalition on sustainable development and themost influential NGO network in Denmark on issues such as trade policy, environmental assistance andmultilateral environmental agreements (Kyoto, biodiversity and follow-up to Rio and JohannesburgSummits). This activity involved participation in numerous international conferences, for instance theWorld Bank-IMF Annual Meeting 2006 in Singapore, the UN hearing with civil society in New Yorkin June 2005 (related to the September 2005 UN Summit), and the Fifth WTO Ministerial Conferencein Cancun 2003.• 2001-2005. Adviser to the network “Sustainability Watch” (see above in CV).• 2002. One of five NGO members of the official Danish delegation, headed by the Prime Minister ofDenmark, to the World Summit of Sustainable Development in Johannesburg. Participated in the Eco-Equity coalition, which included WWF, Greenpeace, Friends of the Earth, Oxfam, Third WorldNetwork, Indonesia Peoples Forum, and others.• 1993-1997. Chairman of the Board of Ibis (former World University Service) after being a regularmember of the board since 1984. Active participation in turning Ibis into one of the largest and mostcapable Danish NGOs (annual turnover increased from DKK 15 million to DKK 180 million duringthese 13 years. We obtained in this period a very fast increase in the project portifolio in South Africa,Namibia, Mozambique, Angola and Central America. This prolonged period of intensive voluntarywork served to build experience for the successive years of consultancy assignments.2008 * Hans Peter Dejgaard *

Curriculum Vitae/7• 1990-92. First-ever regional representative of a Danish NGO in Central America, where Ibis wasdeveloping a regional programme in cooperation with about 20 NGOs and popular organisations.Served as Head of Regional Office located in Managua.• 1993-1995: European Coordinator of CIFCA (Copenhagen Initiative for Central America), a networklobbying the European Commission/Parliament, United Nations Human Rights Commission, etc.About 20 member organisations among European NGOs (e.g. Oxfam, Novib, Hivos).• 1980-1984: Member of the Board of the Nicaragua Solidarity Committee. Took part in establishing theEuropean school-building project ”El Sol” with the participation of working brigades from nineEuropean solidarity committees.Teacher at training courses:• 2005, 2007 and 2008. Teacher at the 8 weeks training course held in Spanish at the Danida FellowshipCentre in Denmark, training 20 participants from Bolivia, Peru, Nicaragua and Honduras in organisationalstrengthening, strategic planning, good governance/decentralisation/anti-corruption and aidmanagement/Paris.• 2000-2005. 3 weeks as teacher in capacity building-module in the ‘NGO Management course’ at theDanida Fellowship Centre, where 20 NGO leaders from Asia and Africa attend a 10-week course inDenmark.• 1997-2001. Teacher for the Danish NGO Counselling Service (Projektraadgivningen), which servicesabout 140 small and medium-sized Danish NGOs, offering courses, public meetings and advice.Instructor at four annual courses in Logical Framework Approach and in capacitybuilding/organisationaldevelopment.PUBLICATIONSSince 1985 permanent free-lance journalist on third world issues in Danish. More than 200 articles have beenpublished in 'Engineering Weekly' ('Ingeniøren'). In addition to a number of articles concerning developingcountries issues in various magazines and newspapers. Journalistic reporting: in 1989 travelling to Brazil,Paraguay and Bolivia (Danida grant) and in 1988 to Zimbabwe and Mozambique (EU journalistic grant).Frequently writing to the blog (in Danish): www.ing.dk/blogs/projektulandFrequently invited speaker at a vast array of public meetings (and debates) in Denmark on developmentcooperation and the situation in Africa, Latin America and Asia.2008 * Hans Peter Dejgaard *