We, the members of the board, in TAKRA (Andishe Pouya Rural Entrepreneurship Development Center) are consisted of 9 persons. Each of us have between 10 to 35 years of experience, knowledge and expertise in a wide range of activities such as: Capacity Building, Education/Training, Empowering people in rural area, holding Entrepreneurship Workshops, Development of alternative livelihood like producing handicrafts, rural industries, cultivation of Medicinal Plants, honey production, collecting and selling by products of forest/rangelands, Using participatory approaches like Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA), Participatory Technology Development (PTD), Participatory Monitoring and Evaluation, Participatory GIS (PGIS), Community-Based Development, Community-Based Tourism (CBT), Institutional Coherence and Strengthening, Multi-Stakeholder Processing and Coordination. It is such a great opportunity for all of us to share our knowledge and experiences among other CSOs & NGOs. In the meantime, we would like to support poor people in order to improve their living condition by relying on their own potentials and capabilities. We believe in using integrated approaches in rural entrepreneurship development context. On the other hand, for achieving synergy, we are going to coordinate and harmonize all efforts of the key stakeholders in planning and implementing of any rural development projects.Some of us have cooperation with few international projects, for example, GEF-UNDP projects in Islamic Republic of Iran (www.menarid.ir, http://www.ircsp.net/, http:// http://chfp.ir/).Our NGO as a facilitator in rural interventions, not only knows the expectations of the European community but also understand the sensitivity and concern of the local communities. Hopefully, these special capacities, enable us to achieve the project targets with minimum deviation and maximum results during the defined period.

Summary of Qualifications • Over 20 years of experience in Remote Sensing & GIS applications.• Strong background in GIS Modeling and Analysis in Raster & Vector data structure • Proven skills in Mapping, Analyzing and Modeling in ESRI GIS software (since 1995).• Demonstrated ability to Digital Image Processing and extraction of land use map & land use change detection by using multi-temporal satellite imagery.• A lot of experiences in import/export of Data between GIS & CAD programs.• Employed strong communication skills to “Train the Trainers” in the field of GIS Analysis. • Graduate of MSc. in RS/GIS applications in Water Resource Survey from ITC; The Netherlands in 1994. • Computer skills include: MS-Office & MS-Project, internet and email; Specialized Software Programs such as: ILWIS, ArcView, IDRISI, ERDAS, ArcGIS (ArcMap, ArcCatalog, ArcScene, ArcToolBox, ArcScan and also Spatial Analyst, 3D Analyst, Geo-Statistical Analyst Tools, Conversion Tools, ET-Geowizard, Xtools Pro and so on), and AutoCAD,