PROJECT MANAGEMENT DECENTRALIZED COOPERATION, HELP FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, EUROPEAN POLICIES 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
Surname: Name: Date and place of birth: Nationality: Civil Status:
GENDRON Alain, Michel, Daniel 21st June 1952 French Married Address: 72, rue Jeanne d’Arc 75013 Paris – France Phone/Fax: 00 33 1 45 83 44 94 and 00 33 6 86 00 96 82 Email:
[email protected] Web: http://gendron.alain.free.fr
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Education:
Institutions CNA-CEFAG - Training Centre for Graphic Arts and Multimedia (may to November 2006) University of Clermont Ferrand I in 1995. (European Commission training program) ISTOM - College of Advanced Studies in International Agro-Development (from 1986 to 1987). ORSTOM – Research Institute for Development (from 1975 to 1976). 7.
DEA of Pedology (level 1).
Language skills (Mark 1 to 5 for competence, where 5 is the highest): Language French English
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Degree Professional training as Web Designer (level II). HTML language, java script, Web functions, graphic software, Flash animation Economics and political science (level I). Administrative, economic and financial management. Logical framework, EDF Funding. Diploma of Agro-development (level 1).
Level Mother Tongue
Passive
Spoken
Written
3
3
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Membership of Professional Bodies: Classified as expert by: Europe Aid Co-operation Office (Areas of professional activity: Rural development / Food Security, Environment, Administration / Management). AFECTI - French Association of Experts for International Technical Cooperation (Assistant Secretary General). BAD –African Development Bank and FAO – Food and Agriculture Organization.
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Other skills (e.g. computer literacy, etc.): Mastery of procedures of European Union and of European Development Funds (consultant UE for 5 years), 25 years of experience in ACP countries. Mastery of bureautics (Word, Excel, Power Point, Access, MS Project), of Internet (IE, Netscape, Firefox), and of web design (Dreamweaver MX, Flash MX, Photoshop CS, Illustrator CS), qualifications acquired at the time of trainings. Rigour and ethic (respect for the economic and budgetary requirements, punctuality). Perseverance (determinate to reach his goals) and diplomat (skill, tact in relationships with decision-makers and other actors).
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Present Position: European policies consultant.
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Years of professional experience: 7 years.
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Key qualifications: Project manager and Management. Strategy development. Institutional support on a ministerial level. Intensification of the operational capacities, projects and programs management abilities as well on the national level as regional. Environment and natural resource management. Participative and durable management of the natural resources. Support to the institutions. Strategy consulting in the natural stock management. Rural development. Development program management. Support to the institutions and agricultural organisations. Irrigation and drainage systems. Rural water supply. Vegetal production.
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Specific experience in these countries: Country
From (year) to (year)
France
2000 – 2007
Sahel
1991-1998
Sub Saharan and equatorial Africa
1975-1989
Haiti
1982-1983
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Name and brief description of the project Integration of the European Policies to the service of the communities application of the procedures and rules of the structural funds and other community interest’s programs. Search for financing. Organization of projects. Management, consulting and education. Institutional support on a ministerial level, identification and management of projects ands programs financed by FED funds and other budgetary headings. Administrative, economic and financial management in the sectors of environment, rural development, air safety, health education. Tropical agronomy, coffee-growing/cocoa agriculture, pedological studies. Environment, fight against desertification, education, rural engineering, management. Institutional support, remote sensing, human geography, education.
Professional experience:
From (year) to (year)
Location
Company / Organisation
European public affairs Consultant. Governing board member of the Cercle des Entreprises de Paris Ile-de-France
2003-2007 France
2002-2003 France
Alain Gendron Conseil
2000-2001 France
1992-1997 Niger
Position
European commission
Job Description
European policies (FSE, FEDER, FEOGA, Objectifs 1, 2 et 3 etc.) Community services, setting up grants search project according to the EU rules and process, training, consulting. Project management, development strategies, negotiations. Primordial R&D European policies applicable to member Associate director in states, setting up strategy for Communities, European public setting up grants search project according to affairs the EU rules and process, training, consulting. Management. Negotiations. Conseil Régional IDF Integration of European policies to Project manager Community services as regards NTIC, setting European public up grants search project according to the EU affairs rules and process, training, consulting. Management – Setting up development strategies – Negotiations. Foreign policies of EU, development aid for ACP states. Technical, administrative and economic Adviser in delegation management of national and regional projects of the EU and programs financed by European Development Fund. Environment, rural engineering, agronomy,
fight against desertification. Coordination with the financial backers present for the regional programs.
1991-1992 Niger
SOFRECO
1990-1991 Togo
SOFRECO
1989-1990 Niger
TECNO TRANSFERT
Africa – Caribbean 1975-1989 BDPA – Middle east 15.
Representative of the UE within the ministry of agriculture and environment for: Agronomy, environment, rural engineering. Agricultural engineer Projects financed by the European Environmentalist Development Funds. Administrative, economic Adviser to the minister and financial project manager. of agriculture Project manager, coordination of SOFRECO’s technical adviser for the Tarka project. Program management, small and large scale irrigation, private irrigation, rural water supply Agricultural pedological engineer. Funding: CFD Revival of the cocoa culture in the Litimé Agricultural engineer (TOGO) Pedologist Pedological and topographical survey. Project manager Defense and restoration of water and soil, environmental conservation. Photo analysis and remote sensing. Mapping, working plan. Reports. Project manager (5 engineers) Diminution program for social costs of structural adjustment financed by the European Development Fund. Agricultural engineer Administrative, financial and human resources Environmentalist management of the project. Fight against desertification CES-DRS program. Tropical agronomy. Environment. Rural water supply practice. Agricultural pedological engineer. Soil survey. Tropical agronomy. Fight against Agricultural engineer desertification, CES DRS. Rural engineering, Pedologist irrigation, drainage. Photo analysis, mapping, working plan.
Others:
Abilities and social competences: Great adaptability, twenty years in non industrialized countries of Africa, West Indies, near/middle east (15 countries of different languages and culture – 1975/1997) Teamwork abilities (adviser to the delegation of the European communities – 1991/1997 and Project manager of technical assistance SOFRECO – 1991/1992) Abilities to work in co-operation, eight operating sectors: politic, economy, health, education, agronomy, environment, carriage, institutional support – 1991/2005) Organizational skills. Coordinate the actions of all the actors (Delegation, financial backer, sub-regional countries, ministry, technical services, projects, ONG and economical companies) as part of projects or programs as well as national or regional level (CILSS, ASECNA, Park W, protection of the last giraffes in western Africa, etc. – 1992/1997) Anticipate population in order to call for their participation and support in all the steps (programs of diminution of social costs for structural adjustment – 1990) Supervise 22 programs performed in 15 countries, EDF budget for 150 million of Euros in 5 years (1992/1997)
