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| Gillian has sixteen years' experience
in international aid, eleven of them in rural and community development,
principally in the post-communist states of Eastern and Central
Europe during the transition from a command to a market economy.
She has carried out training, advisory, management, monitoring and
evaluation activities concerned with group development and small
enterprise. Her special interest is in women's enterprise and group
development. |
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| Danny has a long term interest
in environmental and development issues and over five years experience
in overseas project work. His recent focus has been on practical
approaches to local community development - managing and implementing
development projects in both rural and urban contexts, mainly in
Central Eastern Europe. |
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| Lynne has run PI's office for the last
three years and provided invaluable support in a number of development
projects. Before joining the organisation Lynne spent 7 years running
children's play groups and working with social services with children
at risk. |
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| An engineer by training, Henrijeta works
with community groups, carrying out social surveys and coordination
of small projects in Kosovo. |
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| Mike has a long term interest in environment
and education and spent many years working as a consultant and campaigner
on energy policy and waste management before getting involved in
development issues. Mike set up PI in 1990 after a fact-finding
trip to West Africa and has since initiated, managed and or taken
part in more than 40 information, training and education projects
in countries as diverse as Benin, Latvia, Lithuania, Ghana, Moldova,
Nigeria, Romania, Russia, Sierra Leone and Vietnam. Mike is an experienced
facilitator, writer and communicator. He is particularly interested
in the role of NGOs in social development and the nature of public
mentality and different value systems. |
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| Livestock specialist and senior lecturer
at the Agricultural University of Tirana, Petrit has successfully
managed a range of rural and community development projects since
Albania changed from communist to market economy in 1990. Since
1997, these initiatives include -support to livestock associations,
seed groups, beekeepers, craft-workers, and herb growers. |
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| Tamara has over 10 years' experience
of project management, training and education involving collaborative
groups, mainly in Moldova (republic of, and cross-border region).
She was recently awarded an MBA, and is expert at small business
assessment. |
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| An agricultural economist by training,
Trevor has 20 years' experience in rural development in Europe,
Asia and Africa. This has been split 50% at the grassroots community
development level, 50% at the policy level. The emphasis of Trevor's
career has always been on improving the lot of the rural dweller,
building on people's creative potential by fostering self-help and
cooperation initiatives. His project experience includes all aspects
of the project cycle, from identification to evaluation. |
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