Sri Lanka

Agronomist with specialization in applications of remote sensing for agriculture. After 10 years on control of CAP subsidies with remote sensing and GPS, I moved to the group dealing with food insecure countries; we monitor agriculture (with a foucus towards drought) in 80 food insecure countries on a monthly basis (see JRC ASAP); we also work on yield forecasting at regional (infra country) level using meteo and remote sensing yield indicators. Our main challenges there are to access crop statistics (over at least 15 years) and find relations between these statistics (which may be biased) and yield indicators (the ones we have may not be the best ones).

Experienced Project Manager for international development, capacity building, and humanitarian projects with more than 12 years of experience implementing technical assistance projects in Ukraine, with proven expertise in project management, strategic planning, concept and proposal drafting, reporting, budgeting, government liaison, stakeholder management, training and development, and risk management.

I am a dedicated person and advocate for community development, focusing on education and youth empowerment. My work emphasises access to protect vulnerable populations. I have experience in the technical and social sectors.

Currently employed with GIZ. 14+ years of experience in development & corporate sectors; technically engaging with multifarious public & private sector stakeholders.
Skilled in program management; and proficient at conveying communication and analytical skills in stakeholder management. Professional background in TVET, Trade facilitation, Public-Private-Partnerships, Human Resource Development.
Experience in strengthening public relations and possess extensive knowledge of orchestrating program strategies into results.