Ian Howie Email & Phone Number

Ian Howie, Adjunct Professor in International Studies at RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia, has spent more than 30 years working in the field of international development. The bulk of this time was spent with the United Nations as a career official and included multi-year assignments as the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) representative in China (with responsibilities also for Mongolia and North Korea), Viet Nam, Ghana, Rwanda and Papua New Guinea. He also spent seven years at UN Headquarters, New York, following his appointment as Director, Division of Human Resources. In this capacity he undertook many missions to countries where the UN operates. Earlier, he served as a Chief Technical Adviser (CTA) with the International Labour Organisation (ILO) managing primary health care projects in rural Bangladesh, in the plantation sector in Sri Lanka and in the industrial estates of Kenya and the slums of Nairobi.Prior to joining the UN, Professor Howie spent a number of years in the South Pacific working as a university lecturer, a trade union official and as a ministerial adviser. Professor Howie during the course of his career, has built a specialisation in the areas of cultural studies, communications for change, gender, human rights, migration, urbanisation, the environment, population policies, sexual and reproductive health, HIV/AIDS and human resource management. Ian Howie has also been the recipient of a number of national awards including Distinguished Service medals from Viet Nam, China and Mongolia and a presidential citation from Ghana. Currently, Ian is on the boards of the Australian Institute of International Affairs, the Hotham Mission Asylum Seeker Project, the United Nations Association of Australia and the Australian Reproductive Health Alliance, and is a patron of Mari Stopes International. In this capacity he is a regular speaker on matters concerning international relations and international development.Specialties: 1. Technical Cooperation- Programme/Project Design & Management- Reproductive Health & Family Planning incl HIV/AIDS- Behaviour Change - Population Policy & Planning- Cultural Transitions- Gender- Migration- M&E2. Institutional Development- Aid Effectiveness- UN Reform- Leading Change 3. Human Resources- HR Policies & Programmes- Learning & Career Development- Conflict Resolution- Team Building- Preparation for International Assignments- Work in Cross-cultural Settings

Listed skills include International Development, International Relations, Human Rights, Policy, and 26 others.

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  University Of Sydney

  Master Of Economics