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CURRICULUM VITAE
Alida Laurense

alaurense@hotmail.com

1. Surname: LAURENSE

2. First name: Alida

3. Date and place of birth: 20-01-1953. Meppel, the Netherlands

4. Nationality: Netherlands

5. Civil status: Married

6. Education:

Institutions:	Wageningen University, the Netherlands
Date: from - to	09/1971 - 09/1978
Degree:	Ir. Landbouwwetenschappen (MSc Agricultural Sciences) Majors: Tropical Pest Management, Tropical Agriculture.
Other training	Post-graduate courses in Organic Agriculture and Communication and Innovation Science, Wageningen University, 09/2004 – 06/2005
	Project Management, Danida Training Center, Hornb¾ck (DK) 08/2000
	Project Management and Programme Administration, MDF, Ede (NL) 01/1991

7. Language skills: (mark 1 to 5 for competence, where 5 is the highest)

Language	Reading	Spoken	Written
Dutch	5	5	5
English	5	5	5
French	4	4	3
German	4	4	3

8. Membership of professional bodies: KLV, Royal Netherlands Society for Agricultural Sciences; NEDWORC Association, Netherlands Association of Development Cooperation Experts

9. Other skills: Windows, MS-Word, MS-Excel, MS-PowerPoint, Internet, e-mail, Navision (accounting)

10. Present position: Impact Assessment Expert, NEDWORC Foundation (until 31-08-2006); Branch Unit Manager Tanzania, Agro Eco (from 01-09-2006)

11. Years of professional experience: 28

12. Key qualifications: Ms. Laurense is a Senior Expert in Ecological Agriculture with a strong background in programme development and –implementation. She gained extensive experience in the formulation and evaluation of Integrated Pest Management (IPM) projects and in the management of IPM Programmes. She advised donor- and local governments on programme development, capacity development and strategic planning of their Natural Resource Management related programmes. She successfully initiated and introduced a range of innovative concepts and approaches in the projects under her responsibility. Ms. Laurense has long-term experienced in human resource management, capacity building and staff training and coaching. She worked intensively with participatory training- and facilitation methodologies, in particular with the Farmer Field School (FFS) approach. She has been Development Advisor in 6 long-term assignments (2 – 6 years each) for the Dutch (DGIS) and Danish (DANIDA) governments and for the FAO. For the latter she completed also 3 short-term assignments. Presently she is executing an Impact Assessment Study for the SPPS component of the DANIDA ASPS programme in Bangladesh.

13. Specific experience:

Country	Date: from - to	Name of the project
Bangladesh	July – Sept. 2006	Strengthening the Plant Protection Services Component of DanidaÕs Agricultural Sector Programme Support for Bangladesh
Mozambique	Aug. – Sept. 2005	Identification and formulation Mission for IPM activities in ÒProject Prevention and Disposal of Obsolete Pesticide Stocks in MozambiqueÓ
Ethiopia	Oct. – Nov. 2004	Identification Mission for IPM activities in ÒProject Prevention and Disposal of Obsolete Pesticide Stocks in EthiopiaÓ
S and S-E Asia	Aug. 2004	Evaluation Mission FAO-EU IPM Programme for Cotton in Asia
Cambodia	Sept. 2000 – July 2004	Cambodian Integrated Pest Management Farmer Training Project. Part of the Natural Resource Management component of the Danida National Resource and Environmental (NRE) Programme.
Egypt	May 1998 – June 2000	Fayoum Horticultural Development Project (IPM)
Zanzibar (Tanzania)	Jan. 1991- May 1998	Project Strengthening the Plant Protection Division of Zanzibar (IPM)
Niger	Nov. 1988 – Jan. 1991	Projet de Formation en Protection des VŽgŽtaux (IPM)
The Gambia	Sept. 1984 – April 1988	Project Strengthening the Plant Protection Service of the Gambia (IPM)
Sudan	March 1979 – Sept. 1981	Project Strengthening the University of Juba, Southern Sudan

14. Professional experience record:

Date: from – to	07-07-2006 – 20-09-2006
Location	Bangladesh
Company	Nedworc Foundation, the Netherlands
Position	Impact Assessment Expert
Description	Assessment of the impact of the DanidaÕs ASPS for BangladeshÕ SPPS component activities in Integrated Pest Management. Includes environmental, economic, socio, political and institutional aspects. Special attention is given to DanidaÕs cross-cutting issues (e.g. gender).

Date: from – to	23-08-2005 – 18-09-2005
Location	Mozambique
Company	FAO
Position	International Consultant Integrated Pest Management
Description	Preparation of proposal for two pilot projects on cotton- and vegetable IPM to help to catalyse the uptake of IPM by smallholder farmers. The proposals were based on the assessment of past and ongoing IPM and FFS initiatives and were building on current experiences and capacity.

Date: from – to	06-10-2004 – 03-11-2004
Location	Ethiopia
Company	FAO
Position	International Consultant Integrated Pest Management
Description	Preparation of proposal for a pilot project on cotton-IPM to assist the government to catalyse the uptake of IPM by smallholder farmers. In preparation past and ongoing IPM activities in vegetables and cotton were assessed and local FFS initiatives were evaluated. Contacts established with cotton-IPM programmes in India and Pakistan.

Date: from – to	14-08-2004 – 04-09-2004
Location	S & SE Asia (from Bangkok, field visits to Pakistan, India and Bangladesh)
Company	FAO
Position	Member (IPM specialist) of Evaluation Mission FAO-EU IPM Programme for Cotton in Asia
Description	Assessment of the efficiency and adequacy of the project through field surveys and report analysis. Assessment of technical and socio-economic impact at farmer- and regional level. Proposals for sustainable future IPM-FFS activities.

Date: from - to	02-09-200 – 30-06-2004
Location	Cambodia
Company	Danida (DK)
Position	Senior Programme Advisor / IPM Advisor
Description	Advise to the National IPM Programme concerning programme development and strategic planning. Initiation of innovative topics and approaches to increase the impact and the sustainability in the National IPM Programme. Development of a participatory monitoring and impact assessment system. Introduction of integrated rice-fish-culture in the programme activities. Initiation and supervision of Impact Assessment studies. Donor coordination related to the development and establishment of ecological- and organic agriculture. Implementation and management of the Danida IPM Farmer Training Project. Staff training and coaching.

Date: from - to	13-05-1998 – 31-05-2000
Location	Egypt (Fayoum)
Company	Arcadis (NL)
Position	Team Leader /IPM Extension Specialist
Description	Management of the Horticultural Development Project. Refocusing the project through the development and introduction of an IPM-FFS programme with illiterate female vegetable farmers. Training and coaching of project staff on IPM and FFS methodologies. Initiation and supervision of Impact Assessment study. Preparation of a follow-up project. Production of a video on the implementation of IPM-FFS with illiterate female farmers.

Date: from - to	01-01-1991 – 01-05-1998
Location	Tanzania (Zanzibar)
Company	DGIS and Wageningen University (NL)
Position	Plant Protection/IPM Training Specialist
Description	Advise to the Plant Protection Service of Zanzibar on IPM training and extension approaches. Introduction of IPM-FFS approach in rice, vegetables, banana cowpea and cassava. Training and coaching of the staff on crop protection topics and FFS methodologies. Development and supervision of on-farm trials with farmers. Establishing international contacts with IPM programmes and IPM experts in Africa and Asia.

Date: from - to	07-11-1988 – 31-12-1990
Location	Niger
Company	DGIS (NL)
Position	Lecturer Entomology and Ecology
Description	Curriculum development and teaching of BSc level courses in applied entomology and ecology for technical assistants of Crop Protection Services of the West African Sahel countries. Writing of ecology course handout. Preparations of the next project phase.

Date: from - to	01-04-1987 – 28-03-1988
Location	The Gambia
Company	FAO
Position	Advisor in Grasshopper Control Programme
Description	Assisting the Gambian Government - Crop Protection Service - in preparation and execution of the 1987 grasshopper control campaign. Supervision of pest survey activities during the campaign. Preparation of local survey handbook.

Date: from - to	02-09-1984 – 31-03-1987
Location	The Gambia
Company	FAO
Position	Associate Expert Entomology and Training
Description	Research and training on IPM of millet pests in the Gambia. Assisting the local Crop Protection Service Training Officer in training activities

Date: from - to	15-05-1982 – 15-12-1982
Location	The Netherlands (Wageningen)
Company	Wageningen University (NL)
Position	Scientific Officer Entomology
Description	Research on population dynamics and biological control of Maize aphids, Curriculum development Entomology Department

Date: from - to	15-03-1979 – 01-09-1981
Location	Sudan (Juba)
Company	DGIS (NL)
Position	Lecturer Crop Protection – Pest Management
Description	Establishment of the Pest Management department of the University. Curriculum development and teaching of courses in entomology and nematology for BSc students

15. Others

o Coordinator of the Cambodian Forum for Organic Agriculture, 2001 - 2004

o Member of the preparing Committee of the symposium on ÔIPM for V