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James Sutcliffe CV

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

 1940

1899 

 Mr

 James Peter

 SUTCLIFFE

Record of posts and assignments
Year
Job Title
Organisation
Country
Responsibilities

2005-2006

Team Leader

Hydrosult, Canada

Egypt, Sudan, Ethiopia

Watershed Management Cooperative Regional Assessment for the Eastern Nile River Basin; trans-boundary watershed analysis; distributive cost-benefit analysis; tranboundary coop mechanisms.

1999-2005

Team Leader/Land Use Planner

Tecsult International, Canada

Ethiopia

Woody Biomass Inventory & strategic planning for Biomass Energy Sector 75% of Ethiopia

1998-1999

Chief Technical Advisor

World Conservation Union (IUCN), Switzerland

Viet Nam

Advising on environmental policy, institutional strengthening, and information management 

1994-1998

Team Leader/Strategic Planner

Canadian Consortium, Canada

Ethiopia

Woody Biomass Inventory & strategic planning for Biomass Energy Sector 25% of Ethiopia.

1990-1994

Senior Technical Advisor

World Conservation Union (IUCN), Switzerland

Ethiopia

Technical assistance in developing national environmental policy, strategy and action programme.

1989-1990

Community Level Planning Specialist

International Forest Science Consultancy, UK

Ethiopia

Within agricultural extension service developing system of participatory planning at community level and integrating this into government's programming and budgeting system.

1987-1989

Land Use Planner/Technical Team Leader

F.A.O. , Rome

Ethiopia

Preparing area-based development plans for 2 areas of 90,000ha and 3 areas of 1million ha. Technical co-ordination natural resources and socio-economic data collection.

1986-1987

Team Leader/Agricultural Planner

Australian Agricultural Consulting Company, Australia

Ethiopia

Undertaking agricultural assessment of Ethiopia's lowlands to determine potential for agricultural development and resettlement.

1986

Consultant Economist

World Bank, USA

USA

Undertaking Domestic Resource Cost analysis of major crops in Nigeria's agricultural sector

1983-86

Senior Agricultural Planning Co-ordinator

World Bank Direct Service Contract

Nigeria

Project formulation and preparation, micro and macro economic studies covering Nigeria's Smallholder Sector.

1980-83

Head of Rural Development Division

World Bank Direct Service Contract

Nigeria

Management of extension, irrigation development, planing , monitoring and evaluation of area based agricultural development project.

1976-79

Land Planning and Development Manager

World Bank Direct Service Contract

Liberia

Planning, design and construction of low cost swamp development for rice. Management of farm-to-market road programme.

1970-76

Land Use Planner

Overseas Aid Scheme, UK

Swaziland

Collection and analysis of natural resources and socio-economic data; land use planning rural development areas; land purchase areas; and resettlement areas.

1969

Soil Surveyor

Land Resources Division, UK

Malawi

Member of Soil survey team: detailed soil survey for irrigation development.

 

Skills, expertise and qualifications

Principal Discipline 
Rural Development
Subsidiary fields
Ecology and Environment, GIS/Land Information, Land Evaluation/Land Use Planning, Participatory Development, Project Management, Remote Sensing, Rural Development, Watershed Management
Higher education 

B.A. (Hons) Geography (1966-69) Manchester University, UK
M.Sc. Pedology and Soil Survey, University of Reading, UK
Final Examination of Royal Town Planning Institute (1982), UK
Certificate in Geographic Information Systems, Pennsylvania State University, USA

Countries worked in 
Egypt, Ethiopia, Liberia, Malawi, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Nigeria, Uganda, Vietnam
Languages
French
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