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Name Hans Bjørn Olsen
Specialisation Public Sector Reform, Decentralisation, Organisational / Institutional Development, Capacity Development, Financial Management
Nationality Danish
Date of Birth 1959 (04‐06)
Education MA Public Administration, Socio‐Economics and Planning 1989, Roskilde University Centre
Membership Danish association of Economists (DJØF)
Languages Danish, English, (French, Dutch & German reading/spoken)
Country experience Afghanistan, Belgium, Bhutan, Burkina Faso, Denmark, Egypt, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Mali, Nepal, Netherlands, Nicaragua, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, Turk‐menistan, Uganda, Ukraine, Venezuela, Zanzibar and Zimbabwe.
Employment record: 2005 ‐ Senior Partner, DEGE Consult, East Africa/Europe 2003 ‐ 2005 Decentralisation Adviser, PORALG, HSPS III, Tanzania 1998 ‐ 2003 Independent Consultant (Netherlands 1998‐2001, Tanzania 2001‐2003) 1993 ‐ 1998 COWI Consulting Engineers and Planners AS 1992 ‐ 1993 UNDP, Development Programme Pakistan, Local Consultant 1989 ‐ 1992 UNDP, Development Programme Pakistan, Programme Officer 1985 ‐ 1989 Danish International Development Agency (DANIDA), Assistant Officer,
Procurement and Contracts Contact Details C/O Min. Buitenlandse Zaken
Postbus 20061 2500 EB Den Haag The Netherlands E‐mail: [email protected] &/or [email protected] Mobil: Belgium: +32 478 37 14 11 Tanzania +255 756 77 96 46
Key qualifications Mr Hans Olsen is a public sector reform and governance specialist with over 20 years of professional experience and over 15 years experience planning, imple‐menting, monitoring and evaluating donor‐financed development projects over‐seas. As a provider of expert advice to public administrations and organisations throughout Africa and Asia, he has taken particular interest in public sector reform especially decentralisation and good governance. Mr Olsen has provided consul‐tancy services to projects and programmes funded by the full range of international donors and have an intimate knowledge of the political economy and development policy, donor policy and aid modalities, and the wider development context in East‐ern Europe, Asia, and Africa; especially in the East African region.
Mr Olsen has specialist expertise in output‐to‐purpose reviews, M&E and strategic evaluation, programme design and strategic planning, institutional analysis and ca‐pacity building. He also has significant experience providing advice to and assessing democratisation and human rights interventions.
Selected Assignments
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Joint Assessment of Local Governance and Community Development Programme: The “Joint Assessment” reviewed the proposed “Local Governance and Community Development Programme (LGCDP), presented by Ministry of Local Development, and made recommendations with regard to: (i) Further improvements of the Pro‐gram Document; (ii) How best the international partners can support the LGCDP; (iii) Institutional arrangements for program management, including the strengthen‐ing required of MLD and sub‐national levels of Government to start‐up and imple‐ment the program; (iv) The Way Forward in terms of Priority Actions during the Ap‐proach Period (May to July 2008) and during the Inception Period, which is pro‐posed to be the first six months after the launching of the Programme in January 2009; and (v) How best the proposed programme will yield results for children, young people, women and disadvantaged in terms of fulfilment of their rights. Ne‐pal for Joint Donor Group on Decentralisation/Local Governance, April – May 2008.
Local Governance /Decentralisation
Team Leader Formulation Mission for Local Service Delivery and Governance Pro‐gramme (LSDGP): The present Danida support (totalling app. DKK 600 million) ex‐pires for all three activities by the end of 2008. Instead of continuing the Danish support in three individual programmes it has been decided, in close collaboration with the Ghanaian authorities – Ministry of Local Government, Rural Development and Environment (MLGRDE); Ministry of Water Resources, Works and Housing (MWRWH); Ministry of Transportation (MoT); Office of the Head of the Civil Service (OHCS); Department of Feeder Roads (DFR); Community Water and Sanitation Agency (CWSA), and the Water Resource Commission (WRC) – to merge the activi‐ties into a LSDGP totalling DKK 600 million over five years from 2009‐2013. The in‐tention is to regard the District Development Fund (DDF) as the pivotal instrument for providing Danish funding for service delivery and capacity building. The objec‐tives of the formulation mission are to prepare a Programme Document with Com‐ponent Descriptions integrated therein for the LSDGP according to the present Danida Aid management Guidelines www.amg.um.dk through a consultative proc‐ess. Ghana for Danida January – June 2008.
Team Leader Pre‐formulation mission for assistance and advice to the Embassy of Denmark in Accra for formulation of the LSDGP: (i) The Programme must be formu‐lated in view of the Paris Declaration and thus focus on ownership, alignment and aid effectiveness of the Programme; (ii) The programme must focus on the possibili‐ties of close collaboration with other Development Partners (DP’s); (iii) The Pro‐gramme must be focused and work with a limited number of key agents of change focusing on accountability, transparency, oversight and the rule of law; (iv) Issues pertaining to cross cutting issues, M&E and strategic planning will require specific attention, including a comprehensive risk assessment. Ghana for Danida Decem‐ber/January 2007/08.
Team Leader for the Final Evaluation of the LICP: project started in 2002 and com‐pleted by end of 2007. The Local Infrastructure and Capacity‐Building Project (LICP) support investment in local‐level physical infrastructure in order to improve local government services and budget support to municipalities. It also aims at strength‐ening good governance and local governments’ planning and financial management capacity and the capacity of councils to plan, budget and implement local develop‐ment initiatives. Improved governance and participation in planning and budgeting procedures and transparency in the financial management are key features of the
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support to the local government units. Palestine for BTC, November/December 2007.
Mid‐Term Evaluation of Local Government Support Programme (LGSP), which has as objectives (i) to strengthen fiscal decentralization, improve accountability in the use of local government resources, and improve management of the intergovern‐mental transfer system; and (ii) to increase access to infrastructure and services in unplanned areas of Dar es Salaam and to improve their operations and mainte‐nance. The project comprises three components: Component 1: Support for the local government capital development grant (LGCDG) system; Component 2: Dar es Salaam Upgrading and Institutional Strengthening; and Component 3: Support to PMO‐RALG. M&E and Planning Expert. For the World Bank, October/December 2007.
Prepare Concept Paper on Decentralisation and Local Governance for SDC, Swit‐zerland: (i) Base for a common understanding about decentralisation and local governance within SDC (field and HQ), (ii) document of reference which explains the link between decentralisation and other concepts used by the Governance division and by the operational SDC’staff, (iii) Basic elements for capacity‐building activities in decentralisation, (iv) The document should clarify concepts with a clear opera‐tional orientation. For SDC August/September 2007.
Team leader for Formulation of a five‐year Good Governance Programme includ‐ing the Decentralisation Component: The general objective of the Burkinabé gov‐ernment’s efforts with respect to local governance according to the National Policy for Good Governance is “to implement the principle of responsibility and participa‐tion at the base”. As for the operationalisation of this objective, the Ministry for Decentralisation has formulated a strategic plan (2006‐2015) along with a triennial action plan. The Team assisted Danida in formulating a programme which fits into this framework. Also responsible for completing the overall Programme of Good Governance including component on Human Rights and one on Gender Issues as well as the Decentralisation Component. For Danida Burkina Faso May/December 2007.
Team Leader for UNCDF Mid‐Term Evaluation of Local Development Project, Amhara Region, Ethiopia: (i) To assist the recipient Government, beneficiaries, and the concerned co‐financing partners, to improve the efficiency, effectiveness, relevance and impact of the programme; (ii) To provide an external, objective view on project status and feedback to all parties to improve the policy, planning, pro‐gramme formulation, appraisal and implementation phases; and (iii) To ensure accountability for results to programme financial backers, stakeholders and bene‐ficiaries. For UNCDF Ethiopia April/May 2007.
Team member for Alignment strategies in the field of Decentralisation and Local Governance: the general objective of this study is to propose common good prac‐tices / guidelines for DP support to decentralisation and local governance that will enhance aid effectiveness. The specific objectives of the study are: (i) To analyse the institutional arrangements for the management of the decentralisation reform process and how they interrelate with the arrangements for the management of a broader public administration reform; (ii) To assess the effectiveness and perform‐ance of DP coordination mechanisms in the field of decentralisation, paying also attention to coordination mechanisms in a limited number of sector programmes where decentralisation of service delivery is concerned (ex. education, health); (iii) To assess how DPs support interrelates with the country strategies and decentrali‐
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sation reforms and how different country strategies facilitate or restrain DP har‐monisation and alignment; (iv) To assess how the use of various entry points by DP in their support to decentralisation and local governance reinforce or weaken coun‐try decentralisation reforms. For Informal Donor Working Group on Local Govern‐ance and Decentralisation, funded by KfW and Danida March/September 2007.
Team Member for Survey on Local Governance and Decentralisation: Following the Paris Declaration on Donor Harmonisation and Alignment the group of Donors, Danida, GTZ, KfW, BMZ, BTC, DEZA/SDC, DGIS, AFD, EC/EuropeAid etc., only few efforts have been taken to pursue better harmonised and better aligned program‐matic support. The survey focuses on (i) Stock‐taking of operations, strategies and approaches including a brief overview of portfolios; (ii) Decentralisation as compre‐hensive state reform process and the political dimension of the decentralisation process; (iii) Monitoring decentralisation/appropriate indicators; and (iv) Aid deliv‐ery / sector approach. For Informal Donor Working Group on Local Governance and Decentralisation (OECD) August/December 2006.
Team leader to assist UNDP Turkmenistan Country Office in formulation of the local governance/local development programme, and preparation of project con‐cept (ideas) papers that outline potential entry points within: (i) Analysis of existing legal and institutional framework governing the system of local governments and functions of central and local government institutions, (ii) to identify areas of op‐portunity and challenge for the promotion of improved local governance and local public services delivery, (iii) identification of potential partners (within government, civil society, and within the donor community) in this process; (iv) Analysis of cur‐rent donor initiatives (including the project proposal received from national coun‐terpart) in light of this framework; (v) development of a programmatic framework. For UNDP Turkmenistan September/October 2006.
Local Level Service Delivery, Decentralisation and Governance: The specific objectives of the study are: (i) Provide a basic comparative analysis of the forms and processes of decentralisation reforms in the three East African countries: Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania, (ii) Analyse the specific modalities in the three countries for local service delivery planning and provision within the 3 sectors of basic education, primary health care and agricultural extension, (iii) Explore the impact of the spe‐cific forms of decentralisation and local level service delivery arrangements in terms of efficiency, accountability (transparency) and democratic process (participation); this will include analysis of various practices for direct user participation in planning and delivery of services (forms of collective action etc). For JICA East Africa July/January 2006/2007.
Team Leader to Assist Ministry of Local Government to finalise a Local Government Sector Investment Plan (LGSIP): The assignment includes: Prepare a Common Result Matrix, i.e. a robust M&E system with strong indicators based on the objectives of the Decentralisation Policy and the JARD 2004 analysis, and re‐flecting the contribution of the LGSIP outputs and outcomes to the realisation of the PEAP goals, and costing a three‐year rolling plan and a detailed 1‐year activity plan. May and June 2006, for MOLG and Decentralisation Donor Partner Group, Uganda.
Agricultural Sector Development Programme (ASDP) World Bank Appraisal Mission (14th February – 1st March 2006) ; A joint Government‐Development Part‐ner Team appraised the Government’s ASDP document which defines interventions to be supported through a development partner basket fund, the Technical aspects of design: (i) Finalize technical design; (ii) Institutional arrangements; (iii) Financial
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management and procurement; (iv) integration with Government systems; (v) Costs and Economic Analysis; (vi) environmental and social; and (vii) letter of Sec‐toral Policy. Team Leader for Sub‐group on Local Government component and streamlining of agricultural investment into the Local Government Capital Devel‐opment Grant system. February 2006, Danida for the World Bank/Government of Tanzania.
Team Leader for review of Danida support programme (phase III) for Decentralisa‐tion support to the Ministry of Local Government Uganda. A review of the pro‐gramme performance and all inputs in terms of output‐to‐purpose and in terms of proposing reallocation of funds for the last year of the programme lifespan. Uganda for Danida 2006.
Team Leader for Review DRP III (Local Government and Decentralisation Programme), technical assessment of specific elements of the Programme and re‐late findings to the key efforts in decentralisation reform process in Uganda. The exercise shall focus on the following key areas: Technical assessment of the pro‐gramme implementation & management, partner relations and activity progress vis‐à‐vis programme objectives and the 2005 review recommendations. With point of departure in the JARD plan and benchmarks, advise on the future focus and stra‐tegic priorities of the programme, Uganda for Danida 2005.
Team Leader of UNCDF Mid‐Term Evaluation of Decentralisation Support Pro‐gramme (DSP). Objectives: i) Assist the recipient Government, beneficiaries, UNCDF, UNDP and, as appropriate, the concerned co‐financing partners, to improve the efficiency, effectiveness, relevance and impact of the project; ii) Provide feed‐back to all parties to improve the policy, planning, project formulation, appraisal and implementation phases; and iii) Ensure accountability for results to the pro‐ject’s financial backers, stakeholders and beneficiaries, Bhutan for UNCDF 2005.
Decentralisation adviser, President’s Office Regional Administration and Local Government (PORALG): (i) Assist PO‐RALG in developing, addressing and promoting structural issues (devolution of staff, fiscal decentralisation, legal harmonisation) pertaining to how to work with sectors in the context of LGR; (ii) Assist and advice the outcome manager on “Reform coordination”; (iii) Assist PORALG in identifying and addressing the capacity needs related to reform coordination. Tanzania, Danida (2004 ‐ 2005).
Team leader for Review of Support to Rakai District Development Programme (III): Key areas considered were: Linkages to LGDP II; UNCDF/DDP II’s revenue enhance‐ment initiatives for LGs; coordination of donor support to the district etc. Mr Olsen finalised the report presenting the detailed assessments and recommendations of the Annual Review Mission. Uganda, Danida February/March 2004.
Evaluation of the District Rural Development Programme (DRDP), Evaluate DRDP’s overall achievements in the current programme phase (1997‐2003), with particular attention for the modalities and achievements of the financial assistance and tech‐nical assistance provided since 1999, and the lessons to be learned from this for future Netherlands support as well as the process of decentralisation and LGR in Tanzania in general. Quality assurance and overall assessment of M&E, institutional development. Tanzania, Royal Dutch Embassy/DGIS, June‐December 2003.
Output to Purpose Review (OPR) for the DFID supported Urban Authorities Part‐nership Programme (UAPP), propose future support focus especially level of finan‐
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cial assistance, community participation mechanisms, outputs and OVIs, and man‐agement and human resources needed. Tanzania, DFID 2003.
Review Mission for Decentralisation Reform, Human Rights and Good Govern‐ance: asses the inception and progress of the programme in relation to the activi‐ties outlined in the Programme and Component Documents, and the project im‐plementation plans for each component and make recommendations for the fund‐ing of support during the financial year 2001‐2002. Responsible for finalising the report. Nepal, Danida 2002.
Main formulation mission to a proposed Programme for Danida support to decen‐tralisation reform in Uganda for a third five‐year phase, 2002‐2007. The pro‐gramme includes capacity building and institutional support aimed at local govern‐ments and MOLG, investment funding through the LGDP modality, the Local Gov‐ernment Associations (continued from Phase II), the Local Government Finance Commission (continued from Phase II), continued operation of crucial Decentralisa‐tion Secretariat functions (for a limited period through non‐budget). Uganda, Danida 2001.
Review Mission for Decentralisation Reform, Human Rights and Good Govern‐ance. (Same outline as mentioned above for the 2002 mission). Mr Olsen was re‐sponsible for finalising the report. Nepal, Danida 2001.
Review Mission for the Decentralisation Reform. The objectives of the review were to: assess the progress since the inception of the 2nd phase of the programme in relation to the activities outlined in the project document and project implementa‐tion plans for each component and make recommendations for the funding of the support during the financial year 2000/2001. Uganda, Danida 2000.
Review Mission for the Decentralisation Reform. The objectives of the review are to: assess the progress since the inception of the 2nd phase of the programme in relation to the activities outlined in the project document and project implementa‐tion plans for each component; identify possible problems in the implementation of the programme components; recommend any revision in the programme set‐up in order to improve on the impact of the activities. Uganda, Danida 1999.
Appraisal mission to Uganda to appraise a comprehensive support programme for phase II of the Danish support to the decentralisation reform process in Uganda. Support to Ministry of Local Government, Local Authorities association, Auditor General and the Local Government Finance Commission. A. o. looks into the possi‐bilities of support to a pilot project with an urban authority and to a Capital Devel‐opment Fund. Uganda, Danida 1997.
Preparation of Final Review of the Support to the Decentralisation Reform in Uganda. Was responsible for financial management, accountability and institutional aspects of the review. The mission is to identify areas of future Danish support to the decentralisation reform. Uganda, Danida, 1996.
Appraisal Mission for Phase II of the Rakai District Development Programme (RDDP) in Uganda looked into the general economic situation of the district; espe‐cially in agriculture, education, and the health sectors; the overall gender aspects of the various programme components were reviewed. Future co‐operation possibili‐ties were identified with the various NGOs operating in Rakai District. Uganda, Danida 1995.
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Appraisal of the Good Governance Programme in Mali (2009‐2013): the Mission was focusing on ‐ (i) ensuring the quality of the process and the documents pro‐duced ; (ii) make recommendations for finalising the documents ; (iii) conformity to Danida priorities such as: (a) evaluate the process regarding international objectives within harmonization and alignment, (b) evaluate the document in relation to other key policies and documents such as Danida Aid Management Guidelines (www.amg.um.dk) and transversal themes such as HIV/AIDS, Gender, Human Rights etc, (c) clearly specify if the risks associated with the Programme and mitigating fac‐tors have been stated. Mali, for Danida June – July 2008.
Institutional and Or‐ganisational Devel‐opment
Human Rights and Good Governance Programme in Nepal: Formulation of the Lo‐cal Governance Component of the Third Phase. The work of the mission is part of the preparation of Phase III of the HRGGP, in particular Component 3. With refer‐ence to the “Concept Paper” for the third phase, the objectives of the formulation mission are: (i) To examine the two or more approaches to local governance devel‐opment, which are being proposed, and see how they best can be combined, or which one of them may have a greater prospect of success in the current context of Nepal; (ii) To assess, together with other experts and representatives of donor agencies, the national programme, proposed by MLD “Local Governance and Com‐munity Development Support Programme” and make recommendations regarding Danida support to the programme; (iii) To examine in particular (a) the best ways to strengthen the role of civil society in governance monitoring and advocacy for bet‐ter public services at the local level; (b) the most appropriate ways to channel funds from central to local levels. Nepal for Danida, April – June 2008.
Identification Mission and Formulation Mission for Danida Support to Public Sec‐tor Management in Uganda 2007 – 2010; the aim is to identify an appropriate and strategically focused and flexible four year programme for support to the Public Sector Management. The mission looked into Public Service Reform and Decentrali‐sation Reform and General Budget Support based the work on the priorities of the PEAP, the UJAS and the Danida Country Strategy. Uganda, Danida March/August 2006.
Team Leader for preparing a strategic plan for the College of Health Sciences (CHS), Zanzibar; the preparation of a draft Plan of Action for the period 2005 – 2009, taking into account the limited availability of resources through HSPS; and deciding on the design and contents of a national meeting to discuss the draft POA with all stakeholders. Zanzibar, Danida Health Sector Programme Support 2005.
Team Leader for the Appraisal Mission for Final Appraisal of the Danida Anti‐Corruption Programme in Uganda. The re‐designed Programme focuses on three main components: (i) Support to Implement the Leadership Code Act, (ii) Support to Impart Good Governance in Key Government Institutions handling public procure‐ment and tax collection, and (iii) Support to Civil Society Organisations and the Me‐dia. Uganda, Danida October 2003.
Review to propose an enabling governance framework for the full and effective participation of all stakeholders in environmental and natural resource manage‐ment in Uganda. Propose an institutional arrangement that facilitates and empow‐ers all key stakeholders to effectively participate in the management of the envi‐ronment and natural resources. Uganda for DFID, January – June 2003.
Appraisal Mission to assess the Governments of Tanzania and Denmark initiated Ereto ‐ Ngorongoro Pastoralists Project. Danish development assistance, including
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poverty reduction, considerations of cross‐cutting issues with special attention to mainstreaming of gender and HIV/AIDS issues and sufficient consideration of the environment impact of the project. Tanzania for Danida April/May 2003.
Appraisal of the Gender and Poverty Programme. Five components (Health, Women Land Rights, Child Rights, Rural Credit and Gender Budgeting Fund) were appraised, and a comprehensive programme document with extensive logical framework was completed. Tanzania for Danida 2002.
Review of the Human Rights and Democratisation Programme in Uganda, with the establishment of HRDP managed basket funds for the Uganda Human Rights Com‐mission (Danida, EU and Sida) and for support to civil society organisations (Danida, EU) and an office sharing arrangement with the EU’s Human Rights and Govern‐ance. Uganda Danida, March 2002.
Short‐term Senior Technical Advisor to the Commission for Human Rights and Good Governance, Tanzania. Tanzania, January to April 2002.
Team Leader to Prepare project Document for Phase II support to the Danida funded co‐operation project between Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS) and the Statistics Denmark. Uganda, for Danida 2000.
Team Leader for Technical Assistance to the Ugandan Human Rights Commission (UHRC) to provide TA for preparation of a Corporate Plan for the Commission. The major focuses of the plan are: decentralisation of operations; co‐operation with viable stakeholders for shared objectives; co‐operation with civil society organisa‐tions such as NGOs and youth, women, religious and cultural groups. Uganda for Danida, 1999 and 2000.
Evaluation mission to prepare the Implementation Completion Report (ICR) for the Kenya Protected Areas and Wildlife Project (PAWS). The areas of focus were: i) management, research, planning and organisation structure; ii) evaluating the appropriateness, effectiveness and impact of the training activities financed under the project iii) assessed the adequacy of the institutional arrangements for ensuring proper financial management, and efficacy of the decision‐making structure at both the central and local levels. Kenya, World Bank, 1999.
Mission preparing an Environmental Sector Programme for Egypt with focus on pollution protection, abatement and prevention within an industrial pollution com‐ponent, waste and hazardous waste disposal component and support to the local administrations at governorate level as well as NGOs component. Egypt, Danida 1997/98.
Participated as Danida representative in the World Bank Mission within the road sector, in order to strengthen the co‐ordination among donors and client in the identification and needs assessment of possible road projects. Zimbabwe, Danida, 1997.
Assessment of UNDP carried out by senior consultants from Denmark, Sweden, United Kingdom, and India. The study looked at reasonable links between needs and demands on UNDP and its capabilities and potentials. The assessment covers UNDP resources and technical services, human, financial, and administrative capac‐ity, and lead to a recommendation to an effective, concentrated role to UNDP in terms of profile, tasks, and resources needed to support its comparative advantage. Sri Lanka, India, Nepal, Uzbekistan, Zimbabwe for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Sweden, Denmark, United Kingdom, and India and for UNDP, 1995/96.
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Evaluation of the Financial Mechanism of the Montreal Protocol for the phase‐out of ozone depleting substances. Participated as member of the evaluation team and through field visits to Burkina Faso and Venezuela. Venezuela, Burkina Faso (Global), for the Multilateral Fund/UNEP 1994/95.
Preparation of Road Maintenance Financing Study Nicaragua arriving at a priority list of project proposals. Nicaragua, Danida 1994.
Port of Esbjerg; Prepared organisational models for co‐operation between the commercial users and the port authorities. This study was a follow‐up on a major strategic study prepared by COWIconsult for the port authorities of Esbjerg and the Danish Ministry of Transport, 1994/95.
Evaluation of the framework agreements that Danida has with the 4 largest Dan‐ish NGOs in regard of their development assistance programmes/projects. Nepal, Mozambique, Nicaragua, Uganda for Danida 1994/95.
Case study of UNDP's role in aid management and aid co‐ordination at country level. UNDP's country programme and its new forms of co‐operation as a frame‐work for national aid management. Zimbabwe and Sri Lanka, UNDP, New York 1993/94.
Quantitative data collection for UNDP, Afghanistan for two development co‐operation reports for 1991 and 1992. Due to dislocation of UNDP office from Kabul to Islamabad the consultancy was carried out in Pakistan. The assignment consisted among other things in visiting Afghan NGOs for financial data regarding develop‐ment activities inside Afghanistan. Pakistan, 1993.
Identification of project for the expansion and improvement of the linkage be‐tween the R&D institutes and their users in the private and public sectors. The project aimed at developing methodologies and carrying out pilot studies, that would assist in defining needs for R&D in selected public sector agencies, in se‐lected industries, and to orient, through re‐organisation, the larger public sector research institutions towards these needs. Pakistan, 1992.
Identification, planning, and implementation of a project to assist the Pakistan Telecommunications Corporation in human resources development in connection with plans to re‐organise and partly privatise the Corporation. Pakistan, 1991/92.
Identification and planning of a project for improved road construction and main‐tenance in the northern areas of Pakistan. The main objective was to establish a more effective organisational set‐up and to improve the capacity of the Public Works Department, through better training programmes and on‐the‐job training. Pakistan, 1991/92.
Study of organisational changes in the Danish public sector. The main aim of the study was to establish if this organisational structure was suitable to institutions in the social sector, already characterised by a high degree of autonomy and delega‐tion. Denmark, 1989.
Public Financing Preparation of macro‐economic country profiles for Uganda and Kenya, (PERs, CAS, PFPs, Poverty Reports, CG papers etc.) as well as donor publications and mate‐rial of relevance. Desk study for Danida, 1997/98.
Prepared an assessment of proposed pre‐investment activities for 1997‐98 for the PHARE Multi‐Country Transport Programme (PMCTP), PHARE partner countries, EU, 1997/98.
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Private Enterprise Review Mission to the Small and Micro Industrial Enterprises (SMIE) Development in the Aswan Governorate, Egypt. The project consists of five overall components, among which is the introduction of marketing strategies including a credit line in a bank for SMIEs. Egypt, for Danida, 1996/97.
Evaluation of the "growth fund" under the Ministry of Commerce. For the Ministry of Commerce, Denmark 1996.
Research programme for the municipality of Aalborg, with the aim of proposing measures to limit the amount of truck traffic distributing goods in the city centre. Was responsible for suggesting relevant organisational models and regulatory framework for introducing city‐logistics. For the Danish Transport Council, 1995‐96.
Conducted a marketing analysis for Post Danmark by preparing 12 case studies. For Post Danmark, 1995.
Institutional Expert for ODS project preparation in Belarus and Ukraine. Belarus and Ukraine, for The World Bank and the Danish Ministry of the Environment. 1995.
Ex Post Evaluation of an Industrial Programme for Promotion of Business Co‐operation between Denmark and Eastern European Countries. (Poland, Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, Czech Republic, Slovenia, Romania, Bulgaria, Russia, Belarus). Cli‐ent: Regional Danish Agency for Development of Trade and Industry, 1994/95.
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