Assignment context
Organization: CESVI / IUCN (South Africa Regional Office). Role: Programme Director. Project or assignment: Limpopo Transboundary Programme. Geographic scope: South Africa / Mozambique / Zimbabwe.
Documented responsibilities and activities
- Project start up
- Establishment of legal and institutional framework at regional level
- Strategic planning
- Strategic direction
- Dialogue with stakeholders in the region
- Identification of key CBNRM opportunities and schemes for communities to enhance resilience by promoting transboundary interventions in the agriculture, livestock and tourism sectors in the GLTP buffer zone (Pafuri)
- Implementation of livelihood development actions in the sectors of agriculture, livestock and tourism with a regional focus
- Transboundary dialogue between institutions, organisations and local communities
- Dialogue and policy development at regional scale for transboundary management and integration
- Transboundary dialogue
- Regional integration in the framework of the development of ‘Peace Park’
- Mobility and movement for tourist development and community development
- Development of tools to enhance planning and data management to support decision-making for the management of parks, protected areas, buffer zones and communal lands
- Support decision-making processes to benefit regional, national and local institutions dealing with sustainable development and environmental management
- Management of an international team for the implementation of programme activities
- Development of tools for data management and data collection to feed GIS – Decision Support Systems
- Overview of communication and outreach activities
- Report to donors and stakeholders
- Budgeting and financial management
Assignment particulars
- Period: January 2009 – May 2015
- Organization: CESVI / IUCN (South Africa Regional Office)
- Position: Programme Director
- Programme / focus: Limpopo Transboundary Programme
- Location: South Africa / Mozambique / Zimbabwe
- Funding source / donor: Italian Development Cooperation (DGCS)
- Financial context: EUR 5.5 million (project budget)