Portfolio for 2007 – 2018
January – March 2018
Alliance Environnement (on behalf of European Commission DG AGRI)
Evaluation of the impact of the CAP on climate change and greenhouse gas emissions – case study report for Romania
January – March 2017
Alliance Environnement (on behalf of European Commission DG AGRI)
January – March 2017
November 2016 – May 2017
Ministry of the Environment, Waters and Forests (Romania)
Networking for Good Agricultural Practice – developing the concept and terms of reference for an innovative World Bank-funded Knowledge Transfer Network for Romania. You can read the concept paper that we prepared for consultation here
May 2016
NIRAS IC Sp. (Poland)
IPARD National Rural Network for Macedonia – support to the IPARD Managing Authority during the final stages of setting-up the 2014-2020 national rural network
May 2016
December 2015
INRA-ECODEVELEPPEMENT (France)
Rethinking the links between farm modernisation, rural development and resilience – facilitation and reporting for the Final Conference of the EU-funded (RURAGRI ERA-NET) RETHINK project. We also contributed to a paper in the Journal of Rural Studies which you can read here
October 2015 – March 2016
Bournemouth Borough Council - Sustainable Food City (UK)
Measuring Change and Double-checking Direction – strategic support to action planning for on-going implementation of the Bournemouth and Poole Sustainable Food City partnership
October 2015 – March 2016
June – October 2015
Estonian Organic Farming Foundation (Estonia)
Organic Farming Innovation Cluster (Maheklaster) – support to the development of a 4-year project “Innovations in organic plant production“ for testing innovative technologies in organic arable crop and vegetable production in Estonia. Read a review of organic farming in Estonia here
January – April 2015
FAO Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia (Hungary)
Strengthening Value Chains for Sustainable Development of Rural Economies in the Western Balkans – delivery of participatory training programme on partnerships for sustainable rural development and co-author of the resulting FAO/SWG (2017) Guidelines for Practitioners
January – April 2015
October 2014
Latvian Rural Advisory and Training Centre (Latvia)
Baltic Youth Conference on Entrepreneurship and Marketing – technical support and facilitation for a 2 day conference with young entrepreneurs from the Baltic region
October 2013 – May 2014
EAFRD Managing Authority (Malta)
Maltese National Rural Network 2014-2020 – technical assistance (with specific emphasis upon action planning) to support development of the Maltese Rural Network in line with the obligations of the 2014-2020 EU Rural Development Regulation
October 2013 – May 2014
October 2013 – November 2014
Asociaţia Grupul de Acţiune Local Ţara Vrancei (Romania)
Principles and practice of EU rural development policy – preparation and delivery of an interactive programme of training and capacity building for four LEADER Local Action Groups in Romania
Septembrie 2013 – Decembrie 2014
GBI Consulting Mehlmauer-Larcher & Kastner OG (Austria)
Strategic Programming of the 2014-2020 National Rural Development Programme for Romania – diverse range of technical support to the Romanian Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, with specific emphasis upon Measure 16 (cooperation) and networking
Septembrie 2013 – Decembrie 2014
May 2013 – December 2015
World Bank (USA)
Romanian Climate Change & Low Carbon Green Growth Programme – assessment of the Romanian agricultural and rural development sector for the integration of climate actions into 2014-2020 Rural Development Programme for Romania. Read our report here
August 2012 – June 2014
KantorQwentes SA (on behalf of European Commission DG AGRI)
European Network for Rural Development (ENRD) 2007-2013 – various contracts for the ENRD Contact Point providing technical assistance and capacity-building for National Rural Networks (NRNs), including a web-based ‘NRN Tool-kit’ and facilitation of peer-to-peer learning processes
August 2012 – June 2014
July 2012 – July 2015
Innovacion Y Desarrollo Local S.L. Madrid Sucursala Bucureşti (Romania)
Romanian National Rural Development Network 2007-2013 – comprehensive technical assistance and capacity building for the national rural network support unit
September– November 2011
International Union for Conservation of Nature (Serbia)
Capacity Building for Implementation of EU Environmental Policies and Strategies in Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia – development and delivery of a training module for civil society organisations on EU rural development policy and nature conservation
September– November 2011
March – October 2009
Institute for European Environmental Policy (on behalf of European Commission DG AGRI)
Provision of Public Goods through the European Union Agriculture – a case study assessing the environmental and socio-economic impacts of subsistence/semi-subsistence farming in Romania
May - July 2009
GFA Consulting (Germany)
Support to IPARD Preparation for Macedonia – development of a National Agri-environment Programme for Macedonia (EU CARDS Programme)
May - July 2009
May – June 2008
GRM International (Sweden)
“Reka Mleka” (Rivers of Milk) – training for farm advisers on participatory techniques for encouraging farmers to minimise water pollution from small-scale dairy farming in south-west Serbia
February – October 2007
WYG International (UK)
Organic Agriculture for Turkey – technical assistance and training for the Turkish Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs on necessary institutional reforms for supporting organic farming
February – October 2007