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Washington, Dc, Us

United States

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

Ncr - National Capital Region, Philippines

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Supporting CAO's compliance function by:- reviewing, organizing and synthesizing information on the social and environmental performance of IFC/MIGA - providing inputs into the design, organization, and conduct of compliance appraisals, investigations and monitoring processes- providing research and coordination support to senior staff and technical consultants- contribute to CAO office functions, including in relation to reporting, strategy, communications, and outreach.

Philippines

Assisted ADB’s Sustainable Development and Climate Change Department (SDCC) / Environment and Safeguards Division (SDES) to contribute to Country Safeguard Systems (CSS) studies and to help ensure project social safeguard compliance as defined in the ADB's Safeguard Policy Statement (SPS 2009) and Operations Manual (OM) F1.Key activities:- compliance reviews of ADB-funded projects- identifying potential impacts in terms of involuntary resettlement and Indigenous Peoples- reviewing of country strategy papers and social safeguard knowledge products- joining safeguard review missions to assess project processing and administration in support of ADB work on Country Safeguard Systems (CSS)- providing guidance on safeguard compliance to ADB staff

New Delhi Area, India

Contributed to ADB's equivalence and acceptability assessments of India's Country Safeguard Systems (CSS) at the agency level (Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd.). This work involved reviewing POWERGRID's institutional capacity and process and procedures for social safeguard implementation (involuntary resettlement and Indigenous Peoples), as well as evaluating project outputs and outcomes (impact assessments and monitoring reports).

Great Barrington, Ma

Assisted Bard College at Simon's Rock to maintain and extend the college IT ecosystem (computers and telephony). Helped end-users (students, staff, faculty) to understand and interact with college IT resources, as well as to diagnose, troubleshoot and solve problems. Designed and led workshops for IT Department Computer Assistants (CAs) about the use of software in collaborative project management.

Remote

Advised Cross-Cultural Consulting Services, PLLC, (CCCS) on short- and medium- term strategies for corporate growth in the field of international social development strategies—primarily with respect to the rights of Indigenous Peoples. Also helped CCCS to ensure effective knowledge-transfer and staff training to enable a smooth transition to new company directorship following my resignation for the position of Director of Business Development & Research.Key activities:- definition of institutional research objectives- finalization of web-based consultant CV management database- finalization of web-based knowledge /document management platform- finalization of web-based project map application- articulation of client outreach strategy- knowledge-transfer of financial accounting- knowledge-transfer consultant management system- data transfer

Global

As an executive officer of Cross-Cultural Consulting Services, PLLC, (CCCS) I was responsible for market analysis, strategic planning, project bid formulation, expert recruitment / legal contracting, corporate partnerships, project administration (personnel, finances, task-definition, time tables, performance metrics), and information technology (IT) system design and administration.Led CCCS engagement with the following private-sector clients: - Abadi LNG Project (INPEX Masela, Shell Indonesia) - Royal Dutch Shell & Shell Canada - Weda Bay Nickel (ERAMET) - International Institute for Environment Development (IIED) - Sakhalin Energy (Gazprom)Also led CCCS engagement with the following international organizations: - World Bank - United States Overseas Private Investment Corporate (OPIC) - Asian Development Bank - European Bank for Reconstruction and Development BankAs a consultant, my areas of expertise included:- social safeguards (Indigenous Peoples; Cultural Heritage; Involuntary Resettlement)- social inclusion (gender & vulnerable groups)- public consultation and participation- socio-economic screening and baseline data collection- monitoring and evaluation- legal / policy analyses: Safeguards; Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC); Country Safeguard Systems- software applications for social data management & geospatial analysis

Beijing City, China

Greater Jakarta Area, Indonesia

Multiple contracts: - Public Consultation and Disclosure Plan: Preparation - Public Consultation and Disclosure Plan: Soft Launch & Implementation - Baseline Field Study Preparation - Advisory Paper on IFC PS7 Applicability - Social Advisory Services

Greater Jakarta Area, Indonesia

Shell Indonesia requested strategic social advisory services to ensure the security of its investment in the Abadi LNG Project.Key activities:- evaluating project compliance with IFC 2012 Performance Standards- proposing gap-filling measures and action plan for achieving IFC social safeguards compliance [consultation and engagement; involuntary resettlement; Indigenous Peoples]- recommending corrective actions to the Logistics Supply Base site selection process and the Saumlaki Airport Upgrade- analyzing Indonesian law on land acquisition and involuntary resettlement

North Maluku Province, Indonesia

Multiple contracts: - Bank Feasibility Study: Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESHIA) - Cultural Heritage Assessment - Rapid Influx Migration Assessment - Strategic Planning: Forest Tobelo - Advisory Services for Social Interventions - Forest Tobelo Management Plan, Phase II (Advance Preparation & Locational Scoping)

Kenya

Engaged by OPIC to plan and implement a due-diligence site visit of a client wind farm project in Kenya.Key activities:- reviewing all project plans and reports pertaining to socio-cultural issues- designing a rapid assessment and evaluation methodology for determining project social compliance with IFC Performance Standards- coordinating compliance assurance officer ground-truthing site visitDeliverables:- document review findings report- Sociocultural Due Diligence Report

Calgary, Canada Area

Invited by Shell, Canada, to design a performance evaluation methodology with respect to project engagement with Indigenous Peoples that could be applied across Royal Dutch Shell’s global portfolio.Key activities:- performance evaluation methodology design- definition of separate protocols for review of internal [project performance] and external [project perception] literatures- discussion of avenues of utilizing public outreach on social safeguards processes as opportunities for improving both performance and perceptionDeliverables:- outcomes presentation workshop attended by Shell’s global team of safeguard specialists hosted by Shell Canada Ltd. [Calgary, Canada]- outcomes report: Indigenous Peoples and Shell: A lessons-sharing study

Moscow, Russian Federation

Engaged by the World Bank to conduct a country review of Indigenous Peoples safeguard systems for the Russian Federation. This assignment had the following objectives:1. to provide Bank task teams with an understanding of the historical and political context for making a determination to apply the Bank’s Indigenous Peoples policy (OP 4.10), and, if invoked, to inform Bank staff of the key concerns of Indigenous Peoples and the requirements of the Russian legal context; -and-2. to define a priority list of issues of particular concern to Indigenous Peoples of the Russian Federation that the Bank might reference as it continues to work with the Government of the Russian Federation.Key activities:- investigating issues relevant to the identification and socio-economic development of Indigenous Peoples, taking into consideration Russia’s legal and policy systems- creating social profiles of Indigenous Peoples of the Russian Federation- gap analysis of Russian legal and regulatory frameworks for the protection of Indigenous Peoples with requirements of World Bank OP 4.10- recounting self-defined developmental priorities of Russia’s Indigenous Peoples- facilitating survey of experts and stakeholder workshop in collaboration with the Russian Association of Indigenous Peoples of the North- providing recommendations to the World Bank for promoting the developmental preferences of Indigenous Peoples in the Russian FederationThe final report, *Indigenous Peoples of Russia : Country Profile*: is available online at: http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/06/19739321/indigenous-peoples-russia-country-profile

United Kingdom

As part of an internal capacity-building effort to augment its knowledge of the globally-emerging concept of Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC), IIED engaged consultant support for FPIC policy analysis as well as insights into project implementation.Key activities:- supplying a comparative matrix of public sector institutional policies as they pertain to FPIC; - compiling a list of standard-setting initiatives from FPIC policy applications;- providing a case study of FPIC experience on Sakhalin Island; - consulting IIED about organizational approaches and operational challenges for FPIC implementation.Deliverables- annotated bibliography of FPIC literature- analysis of FPIC in international law- case study of FPIC experience on Sakhalin Island

Greater New York City Area

Engaged Chinese anthropologists to translate and publish their scholarship in English. Coordinated with the team at ME Sharpe on related matters of copyrighting and manuscript editing.

Philippines

Providing support to the ADB safeguards policy update (SPU).

Philippines

- comparison of Indigenous Peoples policies across IFIs- review of case study materials for operational "lessons learned" - interview of ADB professional staff for operational "lessons learned"- internship final presentation on Indigenous Peoples policy issues- internship report on Indigenous Peoples policy issues and lessons from case studies and staff interviews

Zhongshan University, Guangzhou, Guangdong

Derived operational lessons-learned from a portfolio-level review of social action plans, indigenous peoples development plans, and other social safeguard and development planning frameworks prepared by the the China Cross-Cultural Consulting Center (中山大学中国族群研究中心) for the World Bank. This review focused especially on issues of minority ethnic nationalities' participation in Bank-financed development projects (primarily transportation infrastructure development and agricultural extension).Also translated a museum exhibition on the Hakka diaspora.

United Kingdom

In the lead-up to the periodic review of their environmental and social safeguard policies, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development engaged consultant support to review all multilateral development bank policies dealing with vulnerable groups and to provide recommendations for policy strengthening.Key activities:- survey of policies safeguarding vulnerable groups among multilateral development banks and among major private sector companies- analysis of key safeguard issues across public- and private-sector institutions- research supportDeliverable:- IFI vulnerable peoples policy comparative survey

Beijing City, China

Intern with the Culture Sector at UNESCO Office Beijing. Facilitated the work of the UNESCO Office Beijing Culture Sector by coordinating with national experts from China, Japan, South Korea, North Korea and Mongolia to edit a book about innovative practices in museum curation: *National Case Studies on Good Practices in Museum Management in Northeast Asia (2004-2005)*.I also supported UNESCO Office Beijing as website editor, manuscript editor and speech writer.

Zhenjiang, Jiangsu, China

- teaching English as a Second Language (ESL) to first, second, fourth and fifth grade students - designing curriculum and teaching aids - public relations for Pearl S. Buck International and the Zhenjiang Foreign Affairs Office

Master Of Science - Ms, Asian Studies

Education record

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Anthropology

Trained, German Language, Sociology And Media Studies While Completing Additional Liberal Arts Curriculum