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William Bradfield CV

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Personal data
Year of Birth
TAA Member No
Title
Forenames:
Surname:

 1954

 1194

 Mr

 William John

 BRADFIELD

Record of posts and assignments
Year
Job Title
Organisation
Country
Responsibilities
2008 Team Leader / Rural Engineer PPMI Kyrgyzstan Project identification. Support to infrastructure development in rural areas of Batken, Osh and Djalalabad regions. EC funded.
2007 Rural Infrastructure Specialist Cardno Agrisystems Eritrea Ex-post evaluation of infrastructure component of refugee returnee programme implemented through UNHCR. EC funded.
2007 Rural Infrastructure Specialist Cardno Agrisystems East Timor Project design & formulation mission. 3rd EC Rural Development Programme for East Timor.

2006-07

Water Systems Engineer

Capita Symonds

Philippines

Review of village water systems, recommending improvements to the effectiveness of operation and sustainability. EC funded.

2006

Rural Engineer

Cardno Agrisystems

Kenya

Final evaluation of Community managed small scale infrastructure development programme. EC funded.

2006

Rural Infrastructure Specialist

BCEOM

Philippines

Assisting Local Government Units to sustainably implement and maintain rural infrastructure projects, notably rural access roads. EC funded.

2005

Rural Infrastructure Specialist

Agrisystems

Yemen

Evaluation of EC Food Security Programme and design of implementing arrangements for follow-on phase.

2004-5

Rural Infrastructure Specialist

BCEOM

Philippines

Assisting Local Government Units to sustainably implement and maintain rural infrastructure projects, notably rural access roads.

2003

Rural Infrastructure Specialist

IPP Consultants

East Timor

Mission to identify & appraise potential project proposals for the 2003 & 2004 EC allotment in the rural development sector.

2003

Rural Infrastructure Specialist

BCEOM

Philippines

Evaluation & preparing recommendations for the rural access component of EC funded programme in the Cordilleras

2002-03

Community-based Infrastructure Spec.

BCEOM

Philippines

Improving the quality of work and sustainability of rural infrastructure projects in EC funded upland programme in Southern Mindanao.

2002

Rural Infrastructure Spec.

Agrifor Consult

Laos

Final evaluation mission of upland integrated rural development project, using the micro-projects approach. EC Funded

2001

Agric. & Social Infra. Engineer

Symonds Group

Philippines

Preparation of inception phase of rural infrastructure component for EC funded support to agrarian reform communities in Mindanao;

2001

Water Engineer

ACE Einbeck

Yemen

Evaluation of countrywide small dam & spate irrigation development projects supported by EC.

2000

Irrigation Engineer

RWA International

Philippines

EC funded programme on Samar. Feasibility study of Calbiga river valley for irrigation, water supply and micro/mini hydro potential

1997-99

Institutional Specialist

Symonds Group

Sri Lanka

EC funded Mahaweli Consolidation Project. Design & implementation of institutional strengthening programme to irrigator organisations

1996-97

Rural Infrastructure Engineer

Symonds Group

Philippines

Technical assistance to rural infrastructure micro-project component of EC funded upland rural development programme in Mindanao.

1994-96

Field Co-ordinator/ Water Engineer

LWF

Uganda

Management of Karamoja Rural Development programme; specific responsibility for water development component.

1994

Lecturer

Univ. of East Anglia

UK

Design/delivery half semester course, Dept. of Development Studies: ‘Irrigation, Water & Land Use".

1993

Irrigation Specialist

ITAD

Nigeria

Project appraisal mission for European Commission. Agricultural programme expansion in NE Borno State.

1993

Irrigation Engineer

Ramboll

Ethiopia

Member of 2-man mission to evaluate UNCDF funded small-scale irrigation projects.

1992

Water/Infrastructure Specialist

ITAD

Nigeria

Member of Mid term review mission to EU funded rural development programme in Yobe state.

1991-92

On-farm Water Mngt. Specialist

ACIL (Australia)

Indonesia

ADB funded project. Assistance with establishment of tertiary demonstration units and viable water users’ associations on Lombok

1989-91

Water Engineer

FFHC/AD (FAO)

Ethiopia

Implementation of water development component for a number of integrated development projects in SW Ethiopia.

1988

Field Engineer/ Surveyor

MASDAR Ltd

Somalia

WB funded. Development of improved soil & water conservation techniques for smallholder crop production/watershed management.

1981-85

Technical Co-operation Officer

ODA

Solomon Is.

Assisting rehabilitation/establishment & management by local communities of plantations (copra/cocoa/cattle)

1977-79

Agric./Officer/VSO

Govt. of Kenya

Kenya

FAO-funded small-scale surface irrigation schemes.

 

Skills, expertise and qualifications

Principal Discipline 
Agricultural Engineering
Subsidiary fields
Institutions/Organisations; Irrigation; Mechanisation; Participatory Development; Rural Infrastructure; Soil & Water Conservation; Watershed Management; Water Supplies (Rural)
Higher education 

HND General Agriculture, 1977, Shuttleworth Agric. College, UK
MSc Ag.Eng. (Soil & Water), 1987, Silsoe College (Cranfield), UK

Countries worked in 
East Timor, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Indonesia, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Nigeria, Philippines, Somalia, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, Uganda, Yemen
Languages
Swahili, Malay & Bahasa Indonesia, Amharic
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