Successful launching of experimental projects, innovation of professional posts, establishment of new offices, set-up of new organizations.
Good records both as a team-mate and as an independent manager.
Actively contributed to the creation of a number of effective professional networks.
Good records in representation functions.
Main working environments acquainted to: Mostly international organizations -- UN, EU, Development Bank -- but also civil society (charities, NGOs, associations, advocacy groups).
Example of fields of work: policy analysis, development strategies, knowledge management, post-conflict reconstruction, multi-partner coordination, and public health policies, organization personnel mentoring and coaching. Any innovative field of work otherwise.
Countries of past missions: Australia, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, Fiji, India, Japan, Laos, Mongolia, New Caledonia, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Philippines, Singapore, South Africa, Switzerland, Thailand, Vietnam.
Membership: Member of the Technical Review Panel (TRP) of the Global Fund (Geneva) Member of the Center for Global Development (Independent research and practical ideas for global prosperity). Member of the Alumni of La Sorbonne, Paris (Dept. of Political Science, Development & Cooperation)
Bio data: Male, French National, 52, married, 2 children (at university).
Duties included the coordination in the Asia-Pacific region of WHO technical assistance to countries for the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (GFATM) projects. At time of tenure, the GFATM supported 42 projects in 17 countries in the region, totalizing US$740 millions.
Detailed Description
As the WHO focal point, duties included the organizing and chairing of regular meetings on various GF topics, the keeping of all WPRO and in-country WHO personnel up-to-date on all GF developments, the day-to-day desk as well as in-country troubleshooting, preparation of a WHO position paper on GF, the representation of WHO at international Global Fund meetings, etc.
Achievements include a recognized contribution to the drafting of key GF policy documents, the establishing of a large network of professionals, the development of a central archives system, the establishing of a Sharepoint focus site, the regional coordination of the preparation of the successive rounds for proposals, etc.
With a collective credit one may note that the Asia-Pacific region (WHO-defined "WPR") scored the highest proposal success rate (65%) in the World (worldwide rate:30%) at the fifth round.
