Capacity Development

MSc Corporate Communications and Development Cooperation specialist, with experience in European projects, the achievement of public and private funds, the administration of profit and non-profit organisations and the management of projects for social promotion, in Europe and Latin America.

During the last 7 years, Patricia has been working as Project Manager and Communication Expert in a series of advocacy campaigns for European funded projects and for the European Commission Directorate-General for International Cooperation and Development.

Project Management, Communication, Advocacy and International Cooperation for Development.

Nathalie Larsen is a cooperation officer at the European Commission in DG INTPA, where she currently focuses on the EU’s partnership with Namibia, and on the EU’s efforts regarding critical raw materials in Southern Africa. She has also worked for DG INTPA as a policy officer promoting development effectiveness, strengthening the Team Europe approach, and supporting the implementation of the Global Gateway strategy, as well as in the EU Delegation to Ghana where she was responsible for human rights and public financial management projects, while also working on reinforcing the joint programming process and donor coordination mechanisms. Prior to joining the European Commission, she worked in the development-focused arm of the consulting house, McKinsey & Company, and as a Senior Value for Money Analyst in the UK’s National Audit Office Department for International Development team. Nathalie holds a MSc in Research for International Development from the School of Oriental and African Studies, and BA in Philosophy, Politics and Economics from the University of Oxford. On Capacity4Dev, she used to manage a restricted group to support information sharing and lesson learning between Team Europe actors, as well as the Team Europe Tracker, but now identifies as a Capacity4dev articles and blog pos avid reader and fan.

This profile is managed by the DEAR Support Team, which works with DEAR projects and DG INTPA to help manage the EU DEAR Programme.

Support Facility Roadmaps for EU engagement with Civil Society

Economiste, passionné des questions relatives à la protection sociale, la santé, l'éducation, la lutte contre toutes les formes d'inégalités (sociales, territoriales, urbain / rural), la culture, le développement rural, les forêts.

Former project manager capacity4dev.eu

edemocracy evangelist, social networks enthusiast, working on developing web tools 4 capacity development in civil society and pub. admininstrations

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The consultant has a solid background in the field of food and nutrition security for ensuing active and healthy life, has over 25 years of international experience involving communication with various stakeholders, policy-making and strategic planning, results-based management and performance monitoring, and implementation of plans and activities. He is a specialist in agriculture, food and nutri-tion and transformation of agri-food systems, with experience in International Cooperation.
• Over 20 years of experience in the agriculture, food and nutrition sector providing technical assistance to strengthen the capacity of Ministries and relevant authorities with regards to de-veloping Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Policies
• Experience as Team Leader of numerous projects addressing agriculture, food security, and rural development, including conducting evaluations in fragile contexts.
• Solid track record in programme and project management, well prepared to undertake devel-opment and monitoring and review of operational plans, and providing support to implementing them and addressing cross-cutting issues (gender equality, environmental sustainability, and good governance issues).
• Solid track record of conducting evaluations, analysing projects relevance, performance and contribution to development objectives, including relevant aspects of intervention logic and re-sults framework and workplans.
• Angus has worked on food systems and business development across various relevant sub-sectors.
• Good capacity to analyse key actors and business environment. He is well experienced in broad based socio-economic development and poverty reduction processes.
• Solid career in support to programming, risk analyses and the identification of mitigating measures, organizational capacity development, management, and consultation and continu-ous learning processes.
• Practical expertise in capacity building and institutional development, including the provision of training and conducting of workshops.
• Frequent Team leader of multidisciplinary teams

In 2016 and 2017 he he worked in South Sudan in the role of Monitoring and Evaluation_Team Leader
Technical support and advisory services to increase the effectiveness of EU financed Rural Development interventions (FSTP, SORUDEV and ZEAT-BEAD) to support the South Sudan Development Plan 2011-2016 to reduce the vulnerability of rural communities and enhance their agricultural productivity and food security. Key areas of support: 1) Monitoring and coordination of actions; 2) Organising extension services; 3) Supporting calls for proposals and new projects; 4) Evaluating programme performance. Beneficiaries are the implementing partners and key stakeholders of the EU's rural development programmes in South Sudan.