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Professional Experience Record |
| Date: | 2008/2009 | |
| Description: | Running a demonstration apiary for education and training purposes. |
| Date: | 2006/2007 | |
| Client: | Shemp | |
| Location: | Zambia | |
| Position: | Consultant | |
| Description: | Situation analysis of Bark Hive beekeeping in Zambia |
| Date: | 2006 | |
| Client: | ITC | |
| Location: | Zambia | |
| Position: | Consultant | |
| Description: | 3 seminars to develop a beekeeping strategy for Zambia |
| Date: | up to 2004 | |
| Client: | Private Industry | |
| Location: | Europe | |
| Position: | Auditor, Inspector | |
| Description: | Chain of custody evaluation and follow up reports, multisite reorts according to SCS/FSC standards |
| Date: | 2004 | |
| Client: | GTZ | |
| Location: | Vietnam | |
| Position: | Consultant | |
| Description: | Evaluation of the economics of pine resin production, processing and marketing in Quang Tri Province |
| Date: | 2003/2004 | |
| Client: | International Tradecenter (ITC), Geneve | |
| Location: | Tanzania, Kenya, Zambia, Europe | |
| Position: | Consultant | |
| Description: | Potential analysis, market analysis for organic beeproducts like honey, beeswax, propolis |
| Date: | 2002 | |
| Client: | GTZ | |
| Location: | Tanzania | |
| Position: | Consultant | |
| Description: | Supply and Demand of Fire Wood and Timber in the Mwanga District Project Area. |
| Date: | 2001/2002 | |
| Client: | EU | |
| Location: | Indonesia | |
| Position: | Consultant | |
| Description: | Midterm Evaluation of a Forest and Forest Industry Project. |
| Date: | 2001 | |
| Client: | Privat Industry | |
| Location: | Europe | |
| Position: | Consultant | |
| Description: | Chain of Custody Certification Evaluation Reports for FSC-standard. Chain of Custody Follow up Inspection Reports for FSC-standard. |
| Date: | 2000 | |
| Client: | Privat Industry | |
| Location: | Europe | |
| Position: | Consultant | |
| Description: | Chain of Custody Certification Evaluation Reports for FSC-standard. Chain of Custody Follow up Inspection Reports for FSC-standard. |
| Date: | 1999/2000 | |
| Client: | International Trade Centre (ITC), Geneve | |
| Location: | Germany, Emirates, The Netherlands, Belgium, Switzerland | |
| Position: | Consultant | |
| Description: | Export promotion forest minor products including a marketing tour |
| Date: | 1999 | |
| Client: | International Trade Centre (ITC), Geneve | |
| Location: | Africa, Near East, Europe | |
| Position: | Consultant | |
| Description: | Export promotion for timber products, honey and beeswax including organising an export promotion mission for Tansanian exporters |
| Date: | 1999 | |
| Client: | Privat Industry | |
| Location: | Europe | |
| Position: | Consultant | |
| Description: | Diverse audits and inspections for FSC certifications for timber industry |
| Date: | 1998/1999 | |
| Client: | Phare | |
| Location: | Estonia/EU | |
| Position: | Consultant | |
| Description: | Export promotion for Estonian wood based industry incl. market studies of two EU target markets and a sectoral development plan for the Estonian wood based industry |
| Date: | 1998 | |
| Client: | Private industry/USA | |
| Location: | Europe | |
| Position: | Consultant | |
| Description: | Chain of Custody Audit, inspection and evaluation of timber trade companies trading timber from certified sources |
| Date: | 1998 | |
| Client: | WWF/GTZ | |
| Location: | Zar, Germany | |
| Position: | Consultant, member of team | |
| Description: | National Park Pufferzone management, here: planing of a sustained yield management of a tropical rain forest under FSC management standards |
| Date: | 1997/1998 | |
| Client: | GTZ | |
| Location: | Ethiopia | |
| Position: | Consultant | |
| Description: | Evaluation of Boswellia and Acacia forests, fact finding to prepare a general management plan to improve cropping of incense and gum arabic in regard to sustained utilisation of forests in the North Western Province |
| Date: | 1997/98 | |
| Client: | GTZ | |
| Location: | Egypt | |
| Position: | Consultant | |
| Description: | Fact finding mission of the Egyptian furniture industry, evaluation of furniture companies, proposals for improvements and recommendations for furniture export into the EC market, especially Germany |
| Date: | 1997 | |
| Client: | GTZ | |
| Location: | Mexico | |
| Position: | Consultant | |
| Description: | Evaluation of furniture factories producing rustic and other furniture, export promotion , improvements of products and possible participation in fairs |
| Date: | 1997 | |
| Client: | GTZ | |
| Location: | Mexico/Germany | |
| Position: | Consultant | |
| Description: | Evaluation of wood working and furniture industry for export promotion and partizipation at European furniture and timber fairs |
| Date: | 1997 | |
| Client: | EU | |
| Location: | Suriname | |
| Position: | Consultant | |
| Description: | Evaluation of the forest industrie, raw material supply, quality control |
| Date: | 1997 | |
| Client: | Private Industry/USA | |
| Location: | Europe | |
| Position: | Consultant | |
| Description: | Chain of Custody Audit, inspection and evaluation of timber trade companies trading half finished and finished timber products from certified sources |
| Date: | 1996 | |
| Client: | Private Industry/USA | |
| Location: | Europe | |
| Position: | Consultant | |
| Description: | Chain of Custody Audit, inspection and evaluation of timber trade companies trading timber from certified sources. |
| Date: | 1996 | |
| Client: | Private Industry | |
| Location: | Northern States/Germany/Europe | |
| Position: | Consultant | |
| Description: | Marketing analysis for sawn timber from Scandinavian countries in the EU |
| Date: | 1996 | |
| Client: | GTZ | |
| Location: | Benin/Europe | |
| Position: | Consultant | |
| Description: | Evaluation of the forest management and timber processing industry according to market demands and market analysis for tropical timber for the local market and the EU market, quality and quantity of half finished and finished products |
| Date: | 1994/1995 | |
| Client: | ADB | |
| Location: | Philippines | |
| Position: | Consultant/team leader | |
| Description: | Identification, evaluation and feasibility studies on alternative income possibilities for forest communities with timber and nonwood products, incl. furniture from rattan and other material for the local and export market. |
| Date: | 1995 | |
| Client: | GTZ | |
| Location: | Germany | |
| Position: | Consultant | |
| Description: | Preparing and implementing a marketing tour for participants from Madagascar |
| Date: | 1995 | |
| Client: | Private Industry | |
| Location: | Germany/Nordic Countries | |
| Position: | Consultant | |
| Description: | Analysis about the relation between quality and price and market mechanism for Nordic sawn timber |
| Date: | 1994 | |
| Client: | Private Industry/UK | |
| Location: | Europe | |
| Position: | Consultant | |
| Description: | Market chances for furniture, furniture parts, and other value added timber products out of small diameter timber from teak plantations. |
| Date: | 1993 | |
| Client: | EU | |
| Location: | Belize | |
| Position: | Consultant | |
| Description: | Sector study of the timber industry incl. raw material analysis, possible product range for the EU market and necessary investment to reach European requirements in quality and quantity. |
| Date: | 1993 | |
| Client: | GTZ | |
| Location: | Germany/Baltic Countries | |
| Position: | Consultant | |
| Description: | Evaluation of EU import regulations regarding the import of untreated logs, timber and timber products from Eastern European Countries. |
| Date: | 1993 | |
| Client: | GTZ | |
| Location: | Malaysia | |
| Position: | Consultant | |
| Description: | Marketing-symposium on high value added timber products for foreign markets. |
| Date: | 1993 | |
| Client: | EU | |
| Location: | Ecuador, Bolivia | |
| Position: | Consultant | |
| Description: | Seminars on marketing of furniture and furniture parts in the European and other markets. Evaluation of furniture companies as potential exporters |
| Date: | 1993 | |
| Client: | GTZ | |
| Location: | Germany | |
| Position: | Consultant | |
| Description: | Trade promotion for teak and palm wood products from Costa Rica, Benin, Fiji on the Protrade stand during the INTERZUM FAIR, Cologne and the IMPORT FAIR, Berlin. |
| Date: | 1993 | |
| Client: | GTZ | |
| Location: | Benin | |
| Position: | Consultant | |
| Description: | Evaluation of the furniture industry for trade promotion in Europe |
| Date: | 1992 | |
| Client: | EU | |
| Location: | Peru/Bolivia/Ecuador/Europe | |
| Position: | Consultant | |
| Description: | Evaluation of the furniture industry, raw material supply, proposals for forest industry development and proposals for export promotion into the EU market with special regard to solid timber furniture. |
| Date: | 1992 | |
| Client: | GTZ | |
| Location: | Benin | |
| Position: | Consultant | |
| Description: | Evaluation of a teak forest plantation and a timber industry complex processing teak incl. proposals for future organisations and activities in regard to investment, marketing, and training. |
| Date: | 1992 | |
| Client: | Private Industry | |
| Location: | Latvia | |
| Position: | Consultant | |
| Description: | Potential analysis for forest products for export promotion |
| Date: | 1992 | |
| Client: | EU | |
| Location: | Peru | |
| Position: | Consultant | |
| Description: | Seminars on marketing of furniture products in the EU markets. |
| Date: | 1991 | |
| Client: | GTZ | |
| Location: | Europe/Germany | |
| Position: | Consultant | |
| Description: | Identifying organisations, institutions, and persons who are active in research and/or processing and/or marketing and/or utilising of forest minor products. |
| Date: | 1991 | |
| Client: | Private Industry | |
| Location: | Germany | |
| Position: | Consultant | |
| Description: | Evaluation of woodworking industry in East Germany |
| Date: | 1991 | |
| Client: | GTZ | |
| Location: | Europe | |
| Position: | Consultant | |
| Description: | Trade promotion and follow up during the furniture fair in Cologne for different countries from Asia and Latin America. |
| Date: | 1991 | |
| Client: | Private Industry | |
| Location: | Germany/Europe | |
| Position: | Consultant | |
| Description: | Preparing and organising the PRO HOLZ FAIR in Chemnitz 1992 |
| Date: | 1990 | |
| Client: | Private Industry | |
| Location: | Cameroon | |
| Position: | Consultant | |
| Description: | Evaluation of the forest, felling equipment and logging equipment and the sawmill and furniture production of a private company |
| Date: | 1990 | |
| Client: | Private Industry | |
| Location: | Russia | |
| Position: | Consultant | |
| Description: | Evaluation of a forest and woodworking complex for export promotion and joint venture arrangements in Leningrad |
| Date: | 1990 | |
| Client: | Finish Government (FTP) | |
| Location: | Botswana | |
| Position: | Consultant | |
| Description: | Improvement and strengthening of forestry and forest industry colleges in the SADACC region; preparation of a project document for implementation of a forest education program |
| Date: | 1989/1990 | |
| Client: | EU | |
| Location: | Europe | |
| Position: | Consultant | |
| Description: | Evaluation of drying kiln technologies and sharping equipment for private company furniture and construction in Western Samoa |
| Date: | 1989 | |
| Client: | Private Industry | |
| Location: | Albany/Europe | |
| Position: | Consultant | |
| Description: | Market survey on the German market for planned timber goods and wooden components, evaluation of Albanian industries for export capacities |
| Date: | 1989 | |
| Client: | Private Industry | |
| Location: | Russia/Europe | |
| Position: | Consultant | |
| Description: | Evaluation of the woodworking industries in Kiev and West Russia for joint ventures and trade possibilities into EU countries and product identification in the EU market |
| Date: | 1989 | |
| Client: | GTZ | |
| Location: | Europe | |
| Position: | Consultant | |
| Description: | Trade promotion during the furniture fair in Cologne and during the INTERZUM, Cologne, a special fair for furniture components and half finished timber products |
| Date: | 1989 | |
| Client: | Finish Government (FTP) | |
| Location: | Zimbabwe | |
| Position: | Consultant | |
| Description: | Seminar for planning officers of the SADACC countries for planning and implementation of appropriate forest industry and furniture production projects for rural development, here sawmilling, rural woodwork shops, sustained yield in forest utilisation. |
| Date: | 1988 | |
| Client: | FAO | |
| Location: | Ethiopia | |
| Position: | Consultant | |
| Description: | Evaluation of timber industries and woodwork shops in Ethiopia and specially in Addis Ababa in regard to machinery, product markets and marketing, incl. recommendations |
| Date: | 1988 | |
| Client: | FAO | |
| Location: | Ethiopia | |
| Position: | Consultant | |
| Description: | Planning of small woodwork shops as villages industries and for training purposes |
| Date: | 1988 | |
| Client: | Finish Government (FTP) | |
| Location: | Botswana/Malawi/Zambia | |
| Position: | Consultant | |
| Description: | Assisting participants of a seminar in preparing projects in forest industries and forest minor products up to the state of implementation |
| Date: | 1988 | |
| Client: | EU | |
| Location: | Europe | |
| Position: | Consultant | |
| Description: | Planning of a pilot palmwood processing plant for Tonga, incl. products and marketing strategies, exports |
| Date: | 1988 | |
| Client: | EU | |
| Location: | Europe | |
| Position: | Consultant | |
| Description: | Organisation of marketing study tour for exporters visiting importers processing plants quality control institutions in Belgium, Germany, France, The Netherlands, and The United Kingdom |
| Date: | 1987 | |
| Client: | FAO | |
| Location: | Ethiopia | |
| Position: | Consultant | |
| Description: | Promotion of forest minor products as part of rural development, planning and training in Agricultural Junior Colleges |
| Date: | 1987 | |
| Client: | EU | |
| Location: | Western Samoa | |
| Position: | Consultant | |
| Description: | Processing technology appropriate for the Pacific: wood sector; seminar on improvement of timber industry and export promotion |
| Date: | 1987 | |
| Client: | EU | |
| Location: | Pacific Islands | |
| Position: | Consultant/team leader | |
| Description: | Evaluation of timber industries, rehabilitation proposals and market prospects |