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Personal data

Year of Birth	TAA Member No	Title	Forenames:	Surname:
1941	954	Mr	Keith James	VIRGO

Record of posts and assignments

Year	Job Title	Organisation	Country	Responsibilities
2004-ongoing	Tourism Consultant	Private Co: Village Ways	India & Thailand	Director of Community-based Responsible Tourism company (www.villageways.com) focused on walking holidays and improving livelihoods in villages in Uttarakhand, Karnataka & Kerala.
2010	Impact Study Consultant	Coffey International	Nepal	Member of DFID Phase I Mission for the Study of Long Term Impacts of Development Interventions in Koshi Hills.
2006-7	Documentation Spec	IDRC	India	Assisting IFAD-funded project in reporting and documentation.
2006	Team Leader PCR	ADB	Sri Lanka	Staff Consultant preparing Completion Report for Upper Watersheds Project.
2005	Watershed Specialist	Agrisystems Ltd	Afghanistan	Western Basins Water Resources Project preparation (ADB-TA), community-based watershed management proposals.
2004	Team Leader	IPP France	Egypt	EC Final Evaluation Mission for Bustan Ag Dev Project
2004- ongoing	Tourism Consultant	Private Co	India	Director of Community-based Responsible Tourism company (www.villageways.com) focused on walking holidays and improving livelihoods in Himalayan villages.
2002	Watershed/Agriculture Specialist	IFAD	India	Member of IFAD formulation mission for Livelihood Improvement Project for the Himalayas, covering Meghalaya & Uttaranchal States.
2002	Team Leader	URS Corp Ltd	India	Team Leader of Mid Term Review of the EC-funded Transfer of Technologies for Sustainable Development. A poverty reduction rural community development project implemented by BAIF in five States.
1999-06	Consultancy Team Leader	WS Atkins	India	Team Leader of consultancy team supporting the Western India Rainfed Farming Project Ò Phase II, under DFID funding. Co-ordination of multi-discipline consultancy team assisting the NGOs GVT and IFFDC in implementing a process-driven, participatory village development programme in Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Rajasthan.
1992-01	Technical Assistance Team Leader	WS Atkins	India	Team Leader on Doon Valley Watershed Management Project (EC-fund), Uttaranchal state. Participatory programme based on village communities.
1999	Mission Leader	WS Atkins	Egypt	Leader of EC Review Mission of Al Bustan Agricultural Dev. Project in New Lands..
1994-96	Land Resources/ Agric. Planner	WS Atkins	Thailand	Mun Basin Water Master Plan (EC); preparation of agricultural plans for basin.
1987-93	Resource Planner/ Assistant Coordinator	WS Atkins	Nepal	Koshi Hills Development Programme (DFID funding); participatory development of hill areas
1991	Consultancy Coordinator	WS Atkins	Sri Lanka	Southern Province Development Project, ADB TA; responsible for coordinating team and report preparation.
1988-89	Agriculture & Land Resources Consultant	WS Atkins	Oman	Southern Region Development Plan; irrigated agriculture, livestock and fisheries.

Skills, expertise and qualifications


Principal Discipline	Project Management / Agriculture
Subsidiary fields	Development Planning; Eco-tourism; Institutions/Organisation; Land Evaluation/Land use Planning; Land Husbandry; PRA Techniques; Procurement; Project preparation/Appraisal; Publications/Publicity; Rural Development; Soil & Water Conservation; Training Needs; Village/Community Participation; Watershed Management
Higher education	1962 BSc Agri (Hons) Wye College, Univ. of London; 1964 MSc Soil Science, Univ. of Aberdeen; 1976 Diploma in Agric. Engineering, Silsoe College, University of Cranfield
Countries worked in	Afghanistan, Algeria, Bahrain, Barbados, China PR, Cote dÌIvoire, Egypt, Ethiopia, India, Kenya, Liberia, Mexico, Nepal, Niger, Nigeria, Oman, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Swaziland, Thailand, United Arab Emirates, Yemen, Zaire (Congo), Zimbabwe
Languages	French, Arabic, Thai
Webpage	http://www.keithvirgo.com
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