Richard Eberlin Email and Phone Number

Work experience include: Agriculture and Rural Development Policy, EU Rural Development Policy for Accession (IPARD) and European Neighborhood Countries (ENPARD), Agricultural Policy Analysis, Land Tenure, Land Policy and Administration, Land Consolidation, Participatory Planning and Project Cycle Management, Farming Systems Research and Economics, Participatory Research and Development, Cooperative Societies.Geographical experience include: Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Belorussia, Croatia, Georgia, Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Mozambique, Nicaragua, Pakistan, Romania, Tajikistan, Togo, Tunisia, Serbia, Switzerland, Ukraine.Recent activities include land tenure and rural development focused projects, studies and analysis; Clients: FAO Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia, Regional Rural Development Standing Working Group in South Eastern Europe (SWG).Recent specific assignments include:• Provide support to the Ministry of Agriculture of Georgia to elaborate a rural development strategy and to implement rural development pilot projects, project funded by the EU and Austria• Elaboration, review and finalize training material and guidelines for rural development programming• Team leader for project “Promoting secure land tenure within the framework of the Voluntary Guidelines – VGGT”• Elaboration, review, and finalization of land tenure related publications (EU funding for land consolidation, land banks/funds) Co-director and co-founder of “business, innovation, research and development – bird Ltd.”;Member of GBO - The Unboring Business Club (https://gbo.international/)