My professional background is in rural and environmental engineering with 25 years of experience in strategy development and program management as well as design, planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of global initiatives, national programs and local projects in the fields of water and environmental sanitation, rural infrastructure and mobility. I have been engaged in development and disaster relief interventions as project director, program manager, backstopper, consultant and researcher in WASH, water resources management, rural transport, social housing and small enterprise development in Albania, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Chad, China, DR Congo, India, Kosovo, Madagascar, Mali, Moldova, Niger, Nepal, Rwanda, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and Switzerland.My strengths are on backstopping and coaching of implementing agencies and staff, project cycle management support, institutional development and capacity building, networking and knowledge management, policy development, situation analysis and evaluation of water sector endeavors. I practice multi-stakeholder dialogues including mobilisation of partners, negotiation with protagonists, facilitation of decision taking processes and managing interdisciplinary teams, accumulating more than 10 years of field experience overseas.