Please select your country or click at here to see the project experience organised by sectors:

Countries:

• Cambodia
• China
• Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
• India
• Laos
• Nepal
• The Netherlands
• The Philippines
• Sudan
• Tanzania
• Thailand

Cambodia:

Gravel Road Maintenance Model; Cambodia; 2002
Ministry of Rural Development/ International Labour Organisation
Statistical analysis for the development of a maintenance demand model for gravel roads in Cambodia.

China:

Liaoning Medium Cities Infrastructure Project (China); 2005
World Bank
Reviewing the institutional structure for planning and executing urban road maintenance, and make recommendations for an appropriate institutional strengthening program for urban road maintenance agencies. These approaches include systematic budgeting and planning procedures; studying the feasibility of Maintenance Performance contracts and scooping reforms of State-Owned Contractors and procurement practices.
Appraise loan requests for road maintenance projects and maintenance equipment requests from Liaoning Urban Construction and Renewal Project Office (LUCRPO) to World Bank

Kingdom of Saudi Arabia:

Jeddah Unplanned Settlement Upgrading Strategy Formulation Project ; 2006
Jeddah Municipality
Employee to Buro Happold: Develop market-oriented strategies to upgrade the living conditions in unplanned settlements in Jeddah.

India:

Integrated Rural Accessibility Planning; Rajastan (India); 2001-2002
Birla Institute of Technology & International Labour Organisation
Providing training, information and advisory services to professionals of Birla Institute of Technology and Science to enable them to develop and test Integrated Rural Access Planning tools. Supervise tests with local governments in Rajastan and analyse test results and pre-empt additional capacity building needs within BITS.

Integrated Rural Accessibility Planning; Orissa (India); 2001-2002
OSVSWA & International Labour Organisation
Providing training, information and advisory services to professionals of OSVSWA to enable them to develop and test Integrated Rural Access Planning tools. Supervise tests with local governments and analyse test results, pre-empt additional capacity building needs within OSVSWA. Provide directions with regard to promoting and institutionalising of the tools within government. Development of maintenance demand models for rural roads, irrigation and water supply and sanitation systems.

Local Economic Development Orissa; (India); 2003-2004
OSVSWA & International Labour Organisation
Providing training, information and advisory services to professionals of OSVSWA to enable them to develop and test Local Economic Development Planning tools. Supervise tests with local governments and analyse test results, pre-empt additional capacity building needs within OSVSWA.

Training in road network planning and development of maintenance control systems; India; 2004
Birla Institute of Technology
Development of training materials and provide classroom training to Master students a) Road network planning; and b) Development of maintenance control systems

Laos:

Shifting Cultivation Stabilisation Project Houaphan Province (Laos); 2001-2002
Asian Development Bank & International Labour Organisation
Development of a cost effective poverty impact study method, including questionnaires and observation tools. Organise the baseline study, including training of data collectors.
Review of road alignment designs and contract documentation

Nepal:

Integrated Rural Accessibility Planning Nepal Version 2; 2003-2004
DoLIDAR/Ministry of Local Development/ World Bank
Adapt original Integrated Rural Accessibility Planning (IRAP) tools to existing local government planning procedures, responsibilities and directions of national Ministries. It was in particular necessary to modify indicators to accommodate sectoral priorities and allow local governments to set priorities between sectors. This project not only tested adjusted tools in one district but also mediated between different ministries and donors. Development of maintenance demand models for rural roads, irrigation and water supply and sanitation systems.

Decentralised Financing and Development Program; Nepal; 2003
UNCDF
Preparation of labour-based road construction manuals; procure training service and provide classroom training to freshly recruited district engineers.

Decent Works Deficit Analysis in the Construction Industry in Nepal; 2003
International Labour Organisation
Studying the deficits between Nepal’s labour related acts and common labour practices in the construction industry. Development of questionnaires, observation check lists, analyse collected data and draft reports. Procurement of data collection services. Discuss initial results with involved parties (ministries, contractors and donor representatives).

Netherlands:

Witteveen + Bos; The Netherlands; 1991
a) Surveying and setting out; b) reviewing cost calculations and tender documents; c) preparing sewer maintenance plans; d) designing sewer systems

Rijkswaterstaat; Planning & Control Division; Gedrop The Netherlands; 1997 -1998
• Preparation of transport Masterplans for the road district (team leader)
• Preparation of short and mid-term rolling investment plan (team leader)
• Traffic engineer road congestion project definition phase (team member)
• Traffic engineer road safety project; definition phase (project manager)
• Research & Development project with regard to maintenance demand forecasting (project manager)
• Project manager of environmental sensitive road furniture project (definition phase)

Witteveen + Bos; The Netherlands; 1991
Drafting manuals and guidelines for sewer (financial) management system, this system forecasts future financial claims to provide sanitation services to all households in a municipality; it forecasts future population developments and allow municipalities to set user fees on basis of flat rates; property value or income levels.

Solid waste management; The Netherlands; 1992
Gewest Midden IJsel
a) Design Solid Waste Management System that enable self-sufficient recycling; b) Design Recycling Infrastructure; c) prepare cost calculations and d) develop (financial) management system, this system forecasts future financial claims to provide solid waste collection services to all households within the district; it forecasts future population developments and allows the district authorities to set user fees on basis of flat rates; property value or income levels.

Lokaal Beheerplan; The Netherlands; 1997-1998
Rijkswaterstaat
Development of road master plan planning system, including tools for preparing rolling short and mid-term plans. These plans concentrated on four areas; maintenance, congestion, road safety and environment. The objective of the systems was to improve the efficiency of Rijkswaterstaat with regard to their allocation of resources.

Reorganisation DAS Eindhoven; The Netherlands; 1997
Rijkswaterstaat
Draft organisation structure on basis of long-term work load forecasts and prepare job descriptions for new Planning & Control division.

Philippines:

Integrated Response 2; Philippines; 2002
Department of Labour and Employment
Design of local economic development strategy for municipalities in the Philippines

Decent Works Deficit Analysis in the Construction Industry in Philippines; 2003
International Labour Organisation
Studying the deficits between labour related acts and common labour practices in the construction industry. Development of questionnaires, observation check lists, analyse collected data and draft reports. Procurement of data collection services. Discuss initial results with involved parties (ministries, contractors and donor representatives).

Training Needs Assessment among Possible Implementer of Labour-Based Works; The Philippines; 2001
International Labour Organisation
Preparation and implementation of training needs assessment among possible implementers of labour-based publics works in the Philippines.

Labour-Based Technology Transfer Assessment in the Construction Industry; The Philippines; 2001
Department of Public Works and Highways
Preparation and implementation of the barriers and constraints hampering the adoption and diffusion of labour-based technology in the Philippines.

Sudan:

Dutch University Gedaref Assistance Program; Sudan; 1995-1996
• Preparation of designs for primary schools and health centres on basis of various low cost building materials and techniques
• Conduct market research to identify preferred design
• Prepare all tender documents
• Prepare marketing strategy for the adoption and diffusion for low cost building materials and techniques

Tanzania:

Public-Private Partnership Development in the Solid Waste Sector in Dar es Salaam; Tanzania 2000-2001;
UNDP
Team leader; This project included two components; a) developing the public-private partnership and capacity building of the involved partners; b) small and medium-sized contractor development

Technical assistance to the Appropriate Technology Unit (ATU); Tanzania; 1999-2001
NORAD
The ATU had the objective to promote the application of labour-based technology within the road authorities in Tanzania

Monitoring and Evaluation Advisory Council to National Income Generation Program (NIGP); Tanzania; 1999-2001
UNDP
Appraisal project proposals and evaluate ongoing small and medium-sized enterprise development projects

Pemba Small Scale Irrigation Project; Tanzania; 1999-2001
EU
Backstopping of project team; pre-empting additional needs of the project team in terms of information, training and consultancy services; technical designs of spillways and other structures; preparation of work plans and monitoring of progress; design and supervision of the post project evaluation.

Hanna Nassif Urban Upgrading Project Phase 2; Dar es Salaam; Tanzanian; 1999-2001
UNDP
Backstopping of project team; pre-empting additional needs of the project team in terms of information, training and consultancy services; supervision of technical works; preparation of cost comparisons between various technology and implementation options; technical, financial and institutional feasibility studies of a community managed water utility.

Thailand:

Decent Works Deficit Analysis in the Construction Industry in Nepal, Philippines and Thailand; 2003
International Labour Organisation
Studying the deficits between Thailand’s labour related acts and common labour practices in the construction industry. Development of questionnaires, observation check lists, analyse collected data and draft reports. Procurement of data collection services. Discuss initial results with involved parties (ministries, contractors and donor representatives).