ETH NADEL Center for Development and Cooperation

ETH Zurich

Executive Director at the Swiss Academy for Development

Kosovo

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Swiss Academy for Development

Executive Director

Advisor, coach, trainer and developer for sustainable change in institutions and sectors working for the visions of the agroecological and organic movements.Main mandates: - Management coaching for Albinspekt/bio.inspecta, Tirana, Albania- Organic trade facilitation project preparations for the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs through Como Consult, Hamburg, Germany- Representation of the Sekem Group, Egypt for Organic Knowledge Hub development in Northern Africa and for GIZ- Management coaching for Biovision Africa Trust, Kenya with focus on the East Africa Agroecology Conference 2019- Strategy advise regarding the Organic World Congress of IFOAM Organics International- Curriculum implementation training in Organic Agriculture for principles and teacher of agriculture vocational schools in Tanzania for SAT in Morogoro. - Farmers needs assessment related to credits and advisory services in rural Kosovo. Coaching farmer associations in organisational development. For Caritas Switzerland- Project direction and management support for the Enhancing Youth Employment Project of Helvetas Swiss Intercooperation

Organics & Development Strategies

Consultant

Honorary representative of FiBL for the Balkans. Facilitating organic research and sector development.

Research Institute of Organic Agriculture FiBL

FiBL representative

I am still affiliated with IFOAM Organics International and happy to volunteer for its mission.

IFOAM - Organics International

Ambassador

Executive Director of IFOAM Organics International, the Global Umbrella for the Organic Movement with 800 members in 120 countries and Change Agent for True Sustainability in agriculture and value chains. (30 staff, budget of 3 million € in Bonn, Germany with frequent travels around the world for program management, conference keynotes, organic advocacy, capacity building, stakeholder advise and the Organic World Board facilitation. <a href="http://www.ifoam.bio">www.ifoam.bio</a>

Executive Director of Bio Suisse, Swiss federation of the organic farmers’ associations and owner of the well known (70% of Swiss population) „bud-label“ (40 staff, budget of 6 million €, 5500 members. Total turnover of organic products in Switzerland 0.9 billion €, market share of the bud used to be 75% of organic and 3.6% of total food consumption (now 9%), Swiss per capita consumption of organic products used to be 110 € per year (now 280 €), in Basel, Switzerland.  <a href="http://www.bio-suisse.ch">www.bio-suisse.ch</a>

Bio Suisse

Independent consultant with the following main mandates:1. Implementation of the inception phase and planning of the Improved Livelihoods to Rural Communities project for Helvetas/SDC (Swiss Development Cooperation) in rural Afghanistan. 7 months;2. Technical and methodological advisory support to milk producers in the Spreca vallley, Bosnia;3. Publication of: You pay for what you get. From Budget Financing to Result Based Payments;4. Development of the tender document for backstopping the Livelihoods and Equity desk of SDC; 5. New Public Management in Development Cooperation. An introduction of market principles in health projects in South Africa.

Markus Arbenz Consulting

Consultant for Rural Development

- Manager of the Kyrgyz Swiss Agriculture Programme (KSAP) on behalf of SDC for Helvetas in collaboration with the Kyrgyz Ministry of Agriculture, the International Fund for Agriculture Development (IFAD) and the World Bank. - Project Leader of the Agriculture and Rural Vocational Education Project (AVEP)- International Advisor to the Rural Advisory Services, Naryn, Kyrgyzstan

Helvetas

Manger of the Kyrgyz Swiss Agriculture Programme

At the Renewable Natural Resources Research Centre Jakar, Bhutan for Helvetas. Genetic, phenotype and socio-economic characterisation of local cattle in Bhutan and neighbouring regions as well as the development of a breed conservation strategy.

Visiting Research Fellow

Rearing various endangered domestic animal breeds in part time

Markus Arbenz

Small scale farmer

Director, Head of the Herdbook Department and Co-ordinator of the animal husbandry projects