University of Leiden

Consultant Inclusive Private Sector Development

Project formulation, strategy development, review, evaluation and advisory support in the areas of Market Systems Development (MSD), local and regional economic development and other private sector development for pro-poor growth approaches. Specialised experience in quality of work issues, gender in PSD, post-conflict and reconstruction programmes and social sustainability aspects of microfinance. Consultancy assignments, among others, for the Swiss Agency for Development Cooperation (SDC) in several countries in the Balkans and in Bangladesh (reviews of MSD projects), Helvetas Swiss Intercooperation, also in the Balkans, the UK Department for International Development (DFID) in Nigeria (independent long-term evaluation of an MSD programme), the International Labour Organisation ( lead author of its revised value chain development manual and support to a project in Afghanistan), and UNDP Nepal (project evaluation).

(free lance)

Chief Technical Adviser of the Enterprise for pro-poor growth project in 4 districts in Sri Lanka. The project acted as a facilitator of pro-poor local economic development, location-based as well as in priority value chains. It used participatory approaches and worked with District Enterprise Forums for public-private dialogue. One of its more unusual features was a social marketing campaign to promote a pro-enterprise culture, that used forum theatre. Prior to this, CTA of the last few months of the Start and Improve Your Business project, also in Sri Lanka, and support to the ILO office in Colombo in the development of a post-tsunami recovery programme.

Chief Technical Adviser

In charge of an inter-regional project, covering ten countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America, that developed services that enabled MSEs to improve their performance through better working conditions. The project conducted needs and demand assessment and developed and tested business services and other interventions based on the findings. These included training programmes and an innovative social marketing campaign using mass media (see http://www.ilo.org/dyn/empent/docs/F1606979783/WP65-2004.pdf). Also carried out project formulation and evaluation assignments during this period, and was part of the implementation team of the Decent Work Pilot Programme in Ghana.

International Labour Organisation

Senior Specialist in Small Enterprise Development and Job Quality

Member of a project team that supported the Small Industries Development Organisation of Tanzania. Provided advice and support aimed at making the organisation a more business-like service provider, through e.g. drafting restructuring and policy proposals; workshops with senior management; workshops to develop strategic and business plans with regional offices; and institutional development activities in support of the implementation of these business plans.

German Technical Cooperation (GTZ)

Adviser Organisational Development

Assignments in enterprise development and microfinance for the ILO, World Bank, EU, GTZ, in project identification, formulation, evaluation as well as support to implementation. Much of this work was in war-affected contexts, e.g. Somalia, Angola, Namibia, Croatia, Bosnia. Also contributed to the first Donor Committee for Enterprise Development Business Development Services study, "Business Development Services for SMEs; Preliminary Guidelines for Donor-Funded Interventions”.

Consultant Micro and Small Enterprise Development

Managed the multi-donor Enterprise and Informal Sector Promotion project, which supported the establishment of a national NGO (the Association of Cambodian Local Economic Development Agencies, ACLEDA) for MSE development. During the project ACLEDA evolved into a microfinance provider, and, later, a formal MFI and finally a fully-fledged commercial bank (the largest in the country - see www.acledabank.com.kh). Apart from overall management, was responsible for institutional development; relations with donors; and developing proposals for additional funding. Main concerns were the design of a variety of programmes and approaches appropriate to the different target groups, with an emphasis on including women; the development, from scratch, of a national capability in micro and small enterprise promotion; the long-term sustainability of ACLEDA; ACLEDA's gradual development into a financial institution for micro and small enterprise; and linkages with other development interventions. At the start of this period responsible for recruitment in Cambodia and bordercamps and a survey of soldiers to be demobilised. Also carried our assignments in Palestine and Mozanbique.

Roel Hakemulder