Edwin van Someren

Background

About Edwin van Someren

Short profile: Quality officer/Security coördinator, Data Protection Officer (DPO) and International Development Consultant Over 20 years professional experience in developing countries, including long term posting in Latin America and Southern Africa, in assessment, planning, implementation, multi stakeholder coordination, follow-up, monitoring and participatory evaluation of sustainable development projects & programmes and institutional development & organisational strengthening of organisations, with special emphasis on: Rural and (peri-) Urban (drinking) water supply, irrigation, agriculture & food security, rural & (peri-)urban sanitation (onsite & offsite sanitation, EcoSan & Waste to Energy), WASH, Renewable energy, Community based operation & management systems for water supply & sanitation, Catchment management, Erosion control, Climate change adaptation & mitigation, environmental management & sustainability. Personal qualities: Independent, flexible, analytical and critical Team worker, facilitator and trainer; evaluation & advisory oriented with assessment, research, presentation, reporting and coordination, dialogue & negotiation skills in multi stakeholder settings, strong writing skills, eager to share & learn, practical engineer & hands-on technical, design and implementation experience in rural and urban settings. Knowledge/Approaches/Areas: Strong knowledge of Organisational Development & Institutional Strengthening, Quality standards and processes, Data Protection and Privacy (GDPR/AVG), Theory of Change, EC PCM (Project Cycle Management), LFA (Logical Framework Approach), EU Call for Proposal Guidelines, Proposal assessment, DEVCO Evaluation methodology, Contract Procedures, Grants and Programming approach. Participatory approaches (PRA, RRA & Labour intensive participatory construction of infrastructure), WASH, Project & Contract management, Process management, Research, Monitoring, Evaluation, Policy development, Capacity building, Gender, Workshops, Training, Presentation, Institutional development, Organisational strengthening, Inter-institutional coordination, Multi stakeholder negotiation, Fundraising (including public and private financing), Lobby and Networking.