I am a Programme Officer to the EU Delegation in Benin in charge of Energy and Environment. I also have a strong interest for Rural Development and Infrastructures in general. I have been working for the European Commission since September 2005.
Programme Manager. Resilience and Climate Change.
Delegation of the European Union to Zimbabwe
Johan van Geijn has a unique track record as a specialist in international corporate social responsibility (CSR) in the world of sports, particularly in football and international development cooperation. With more than 25 years of experience – heading the international programs at the Royal Netherlands Football Association (KNVB) since 1998 to build local capacity through football in developing countries and low-income countries. More than 20,000 young volunteer coaches have been able to improve themselves in their local environment through programs developed by Johan.
As founder of the WorldCoaches program, Johan has proven many times how sport can serve as a means for social development. Using football as a catalyst for social cohesion, for the position of girls and women in society, for awareness of communicable diseases, drugs and addictions or clean water.
With the international challenges surrounding migration and refugees, using football as an initiator for programs to tackle youth unemployment in these countries. A range of thematic social challenges where Johan has been able to let football contribute to the approach and often to the solution.
Practical and academic experience in the fields of development economics, aid programming, project cycle management, monitoring and evaluation, institutional capacity building (including NAO support), regional integration and strategic consultancy.
A strong sense of communication and diplomacy developed over more than three decades working in multi-cultural and multi-disciplinary environments through team leadership and relations with high-ranking officials of governments and national institutions, of development aid partners, of the private sector and non-state actors.
Editorial and reporting skills refined during years of meeting deadlines as editor of an economic forecasting journal, as author of quarterly reports for The Economist Intelligence Unit, through presentations to workshops, conferences and seminars, and preparing studies and mission reports destined for public and private sector authorities (in English and in French).
I am Chief of Cabinet at SESRIC, a subsidiary organ of the OIC.
