Personal history (CV) update November 2015

UNITED NATIONS
PERSONAL HISTORY
1. Family Name
van Dijk
First Name
Ronald
Middle name
Ernst
Maiden name, if any
2. Date
of Birth
Day
12
Mo
04
Yr
1950
3. Place of Birth
Deventer–The Netherlands
4. Nationality (ies) at birth
Dutch
5. Present nationality (ies)
Dutch
6. Sex
Male
7. Height
1.80 m
8. Weight
70 Kg
9. Marital status
Single  Married X Separated  Widow  Divorced 
10. Entry into the United Nations service might require assignment and travel to any area of the world in which the United Nations might have
responsibilities. Have you any disabilities, which might limit your prospective field of work or your ability to engage in air travel? YES  NO XX
If "yes" please describe.
11. Permanent email address rvandijk1@gmail.com
15. Do you have any dependents? YES XX NO if the answer is "yes", give the following information:
NAME Date of birth Relationship NAME Date of birth Relationship
Effie Ferdinandus 27- 08- 1949 Spouse Raven Ronald van Dijk 14 – 07 - 1988 Son
Olwen Effie van Dijk 26 – 09 – 1985 Daughter
19. What is your preferred field of work? Development cooperation / Programme planning and management /Social research /
Training
20. Would you accept employment for less than 6 months?
YES 
21. Have you previously submitted an application for employment with U.N.?
If so when? Employed by the UN from 1991 till retirement in 2012
22. KNOWLEDGE OF LANGUAGES. What is your mother tongue? Dutch
READ WRITE SPEAK UNDERSTAND
OTHER LANGUAGES Easily Not Easily Easily Not Easily Fluently Not Fluently Easily Not Easily
English X X X X
French X X X X
German X X X X
Arabic X X X X
Malaysian/Indonesian X X X X
24. EDUCATIONAL. Give full details - N.B. Please give exact titles or degree in original language.
A. UNIVERSITY OR EQUIVALENT Please do not translate or equate to other degrees.
NAME, PLACE AND COUNTRY ATTENDED FROM/TO DEGREES and ACADEMIC MAIN COURSE
Mo./Year Mo./Year DISTINCTIONS OBTAINED OF STUDY
London School of Hygiene and Tropical
Medicine, and the London School of
Economics and Political Science
Sep 1990 Aug 1991 MSc Economics Health planning and
finance, epidemiology,
health economics.
Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam,
Netherlands
Sep 1975 Mar 1981 MA Sociology, with
honours (“cum laude”)
Planning development
processes;
Medical sociology;
Social research;
Bahasa Indonesia.
Universiteit van Amsterdam, Amsterdam,
Netherlands
Sep 1971 May 1975 BA Social Anthropology Social anthropology;
Economics
Rijks Hogere School voor Tropische
Landbouw (College for Tropical
Agriculture), Deventer, Netherlands
Sep 1966 Aug 1971 BSc Agricultural
Engineering
Agriculture
Engineering;
Management;
Land surveying.
SCHOOLS OR OTHER FORMAL TRAINING OR EDUCATION FROM AGE 14 (e.g. high school, technical school or apprenticeship)
NAME, PLACE AND COUNTRY TYPE ATTENDED FROM/TO DIPLOMAS OBTAINED
Royal Tropical Institute, Amsterdam, The
Netherlands
Tropical epidemiology Jun 1983 Sep 1983 Certificate
Universiteit van Amsterdam (University of
Amsterdam) Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Classical Arabic Mar 1982 Aug 1982 Private training course
Royal Tropical Institute, Amsterdam Yemeni Arabic Mar 1984 May 1984 Private training course
Secondary School MULO Sep 1962 Jul 1966 MULO-B
25. LIST PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES AND ACTIVITIES IN CIVIC, PUBLIC OR INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
Nederlands Ministerie voor Buitenlandse Zaken, Drectoraat Generaal voor Internationale Samenwerking (Ministry of
Foreign Affairs, Directorate General for International Cooperation), The Hague, Netherlands
Koninklijk Instituut voor de tropen (Royal Tropical Institute), Amsterdam, Netherlands
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK
London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK
Nederlands Instituut voor Kinderstudies (Netherlands Institute for Children Studies), The Hague, Netherlands
United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)

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26. LIST ANY MOST IMPORTANT PUBLICATIONS AND DOCUMENTS WRITTEN:
2015 Analyse de la Situation des Enfants et des Femmes au Burkina Faso : Enjeu de l’Équité et de la Cohésion sociale.
Une analyse des goulots d’étranglement et des disparités dans les services de base.
2015 Généralités et spécificités du Burkina Faso : la pauvreté multidimensionnelle et les inégalités dans la réalisation des
droits de l’enfant.
2013 Suivi approfondi l’Equité et la Disparité sur le Terrain : Mode d’Emploi. République de Guinée
2011 Analyse de l’achèvement vers les Objectif Millinnaires du Developpement en RDC, Kinshasa, Rép.Dém. du Congo
2010 Enquete par Grappes et Indicateurs Multiples à la République Démocratique du Congo 2010,
(Multi-Indicator Cluster Survey MICS), Kinshasa, Rep. Dem. du Congo
2007 UNICEF Ghana Annual report 2007, Accra, Ghana
2007 Plan d’Action du Programme Pays entre le Gouvernement de la République du Sénégal et le Fonds des
Nations Unies pour l’Enfance (UNICEF) 2007 – 2011, UNICEF Sénégal, Dakar, Sénégal
2006 Survey on the Nutritional Status of Displaced Women and Children in Baluchistan, Islamabad, Pakistan
2003/4/5/6 UNICEF Annual Reports Pakistan Country Programme, Islamabad, Pakistan
1999, 2000/1/2 UNICEF Annual Reports Pacific Islands Multi-Country Programme, Suva, Fiji.
1996/7/8 UNICEF Annual Reports Mozambique, Maputo, Mozambique
1996 Multiple Cluster Indicator Survey Mozambique – 1995, Gov. of Mozambique and UNICEF, Maputo, Mozambique
1996 The Need for Social Statistics in a post-war Country Programme: the Case of Mozambique, policy paper, Maputo,
Mozambique
1991 with B.I.McPake, A.R.Katahoire, I.T.E.Olsen and C.K.Semwangu, DANIDA/ODA/LSHTM Evaluation of the Bamako
Initiative: Uganda Country Study, London, UK
1991 Evaluation of the Hodeida Primary Health Care Project, (for the Dutch Government), Hodeida, Yemen Arab Republic
1991 Assessed essays London School of Economics & Political Science and the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine,
London, UK :
- Household interviews in epidemiological research: a case from the Yemen.
- Manoeuvring Primary Health Care in the Yemen: decentralization within centralization.
- Malnutrition in early childhood in the Yemen: distribution and frequency in urban, slum and rural populations.
- The special relationship between malnutrition and infectious disease.
- Cost-effectiveness analysis as economic analysis in health care.
1990 The State of Affairs in the Dhamar Rural health Project – May 1990, (English) Dhamar, Yemen Arab Republic
1988 with S.E.Beatty, Childhood Malnutrition in Rural Dhamar and Mortality Survey, (English), Dhamar, Yem.Arab Rep.
1987 with S.E. Beatty, Child Mortality in Dhamar Governorate, (English), Dhamar, Yemen Arab Republic
1986 Guidelines for the Selection of Sites and Candidates for Primary Health Care, (Arabic, English), Dhamar, Yemen Arab
Republic
1986 The Administrative Organization in Dhamar Governorate, Hamam ‘Ali, (English), Dhamar, Yemen Arab Republic
1986 Plan for Health Research in Villages in the Dhamar Governorate, (English), Dhamar, Yemen Arab Republic
1985 Notes on the Selection of Female Primary Health Care Workers in the Region of Al Juma’a, Haman ‘Ali, (English),
Dhamar, Yemen Arab Republic
1985 Notes on the Social Research Department of Dhamar Governorate Health Services Programme, Haman ‘Ali,
(Dhamar), Y.A.R. (English), Dhamar, Yemen Arab Republic
1985 with N. Zee and E.de Coster, Towards a New Basic Health Services Project in the Dhamar Governorate Hamam ‘Ali
(Dhamar), Yemen Arab Republic (English), Dhamar, Yemen Arab Republic
1983 “Poverty and other “Social Diseases”: a Study in Concepts on health and Illness in Rural Tunisia” in: Antropologische
Verkenningen, no. 2, 1983 (2) (Dutch), Amsterdam, Netherlands
1982 “North African Classification of Health and Illness” in Medical Insurance and Mediterranean Migrant Laborers,
Municipal Medical Service (GMD), Amsterdam (Dutch), Amsterdam, Netherlands
1982 “Looking for Facts in Other Cultures: Development Cooperation and Social Anthropological Analyses at the Grass Roots
Level:, in Development Cooperation, University of Amsterdam, Department of Pedagogic and Special Education,
Amsterdam (Dutch), Amsterdam, Netherlands
1981 “Culture and Meaning: Health and Illness in the Culture of Rural Tunisia” in: Development Cooperation, University of
Amsterdam, Department of Pedagogic and Special Education, Amsterdam (Dutch)
1981 The Marabout, the Coranic Healer and the Doctor: a Study in Health Care Systems in Rural Tunisia, Free
University and Royal Tropical Institute, Amsterdam (Dutch) – Thesis, Amsterdam, Netherlands
1980 with D.G. Jongmans, “Migrant Laboring and how one might pay with his Health”, in Raad en Daad, Periodical of the
Union of Volunteers, no. 3, March (Dutch), Amsterdam, Netherlands
1979 and D.G. Jongmans, “Psychosomatic Illnesses among Migrant Labourers Abroad and at Home”, in Medicus Tropicus,
Journal of the Dutch Union of Tropical Medicine, no. 5/6 October / November (Dutch), Amsterdam, Netherlands
1978 with D.G. Jongmans, “Doctor, Meddeb or Marabout? Health Care in Rural Tunisia”, in Medicus Tropicus, Journal of the
Dutch Union of Tropical Medicine, no. 3, June (Dutch), Amsterdam, Netherlands
1977 with Ph.Quarles van Ufford, Health Care as an Entrance to Rural Development: a Case Study and Recommendations,
Hedera Project, Java, Indonesia, Free University, Amsterdam (Dutch)

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27. EMPLOYMENT RECORD: Starting with your present post, list in reverse order every employment you have had. Use a separate block for each post.
Include also service in the armed forces and note any period during which you were not gainfully employed. If you need more space, attach additional pages
of the same size. Give both gross and net salaries per annum for your last and present post.
A. PRESENT POST (LAST POST, IF NOT PRESENTLY IN EMPLOYMENT)
FROM TO GRADE EXACT TITLE OF YOUR POST:
MONTH/YEAR MONTH/YEAR STARTING FINAL
October 2014 to September 2015 P5 P5 Consultant Situation Analysis
NAME OF EMPLOYER:
UNICEF
TYPE OF BUSINESS:
Development Cooperation
ADDRESS OF EMPLOYER:
UNICEF Burkina Faso, Ouagadougou
NAME OF SUPERVISOR:
Sylvain Nkwenkeu Fils
DESCRIPTION OF YOUR DUTIES
1. Designed the analysis of the situation of children and women in Burkina Faso
2. Conducted an analysis of available data from reports, literature and data-bases of the actual situation
3. Developed and facilitated two participative workshops for senior Government officials and UNICEF staff
4. Included life-cycle analysis, trend analysis, poverty analysis, equity and inequality analysis, bottleneck analysis, causal
analysis, and counterpart analysis .
5. Provided technical assistance in the development of the table of contents of the final SitAn report and wrote key-sections of
the report concerning multi-dimensional and causal analysis, about the methodology, and other subjects as requested
6. Co-edited the final Situation Analysis report
Part time from April to August 2013 P5 P5 Consultant Mid-Term Review Country Programme
NAME OF EMPLOYER:
UNICEF
TYPE OF BUSINESS:
UNICEF Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur
NAME OF SUPERVISOR:
Victor Karunan, Deputy Representative
1. Provided technical assistance to the Country Office management on the requirements, the process and methodology of the
Mid-term Review exercise of the Country Programme.
2. Assisted the Country Office team with the internal programme review and write the Programme Review report.
3. Drafted tools and formats for the various programme/project review presentations to counterparts.
4. Designed the final MTR report, wrote the first draft and provided comments and corrections and subsequent drafts.
22 Jan 2013 4 April 2013 P5 P5 Consultant Monitoring Evaluation and Social Policy
NAME OF EMPLOYER:
UNICEF
TYPE OF BUSINESS:
UNICEF République de Guinée, Immeuble Koutouba,
Commune de Camayenne, BP 222, Conakry
NAME OF SUPERVISOR:
Felix Ackebo, Deputy Representative
Julien Morcom-Harneis, Representative
5. Developed a methodology for programme impact monitoring with regard to the Country Programme priority areas in health,
education, child protection, water and sanitation, addressing UNICEF’s refocus on equity of social services.
6. Tested the newly developed impact monitoring tool in the field in two districts at sub-district and village levels.
7. Trained the team of eight project officers of a UNICEF Sub-Office and their principal Government counterparts in using the
impact monitoring tool in the field in a third district.
8. Presented to the provincial Government the impact monitoring methodology and introduced the presentation of the field
findings, analysis, conclusions and the recommandations.
May 2008 April 2012 P5 P5 Chief Planning, Monitoring Evaluation and Social Policy
NAME OF EMPLOYER:
UNICEF
TYPE OF BUSINESS:
UNICEF Republique Democratique du Congo, 87
Boulevard du 30 Juin, BP 7248, Kinshasa
NAME OF SUPERVISOR:
Anthony Bloomberg, Representative (2008)
Pierrette Vu Thi, Representative (2009 – 2011)
Barbara Bentein, 2012
NO. AND KIND OF EMPLOYEES SUPERVISED BY YOU:
two International Professional staff P3; three National Professional staff NOC, three National Professional staff NOB; one
General Service staff GS 6 plus technical assistance to a large number of profesional colleagues of various grades
REASON FOR LEAVING:
Retirement

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1. I directed the planning of the UNICEF Country Programme in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), which is
implemented through 8 sector programmes delivered by 11 Provincial Offices, 3 Zonal Offices, a national Country Office
and over 400 staff.
2. I directed nation wide research projects, among others the Multi Indictors Cluster Survey 2010, the Country Assessment of
Essential Commodities 2009.
3. I participated in (and for some posts led) staff recrutement for national and international senior and mid-level posts .
4. I directed the monitoring of the Country Programme implementation and mid-year and annual programme reviews and
annual programme planning.
5. I led the monitoring and analyse of the situation of children and women with regards to human rights implementation and
achievements towards the Millennium Development Goals.
6. I represented UNICEF in the development of DRCs UNDAF 2011/12 and chaired the thematic interagency working group
on health, education, protection, water and sanitation, and monitoring UNDAF implementation.
7. I designed and provided training of staff in situation analysis, programme planning, monitoring and evaluation and advised
on staff capacity building.
8. I participated in, and provided leadership in the development and introduction of new programme implementation strategies.
9. I provided strategic programme policy advice and contributed to the evaluation of programme strategies
10. I provided technical advice and support to the audit of the DRC Country Programme by the Office of the Internal Auditor
TO GRADE EXACT TITLE OF YOUR POST:
Nov 2007 April 2008 P5 P5 Chief programme Health, Nutrition, Water and Sanitation
NAME OF EMPLOYER:
UNICEF
TYPE OF BUSINESS:
UNICEF Ghana, 4 – 8th
Rangoon Close,
POB AN5051, Accra-North, Ghana
NAME OF SUPERVISOR:
Yasmin Ali Hague, Representative
NO. AND KIND OF EMPLOYEES
SUPERVISED BY YOU: (5) 1 IPO P3; 3 NOB; 1 GS4
REASON FOR LEAVING:
Mission accomplished. New assignment in Kinshasa
1. I managed the Health & Nutrition and Water & Sanitation programmes, which together constituted some 75 per cent of
the UNICEF Ghana Country Programme
2. I represented UNICEF Health & Nutrition programme in the Health Sector Wide Approach Programme (SWAP)
3. I directed the annual review of the Health & Nutrition and the Water & Sanitation programmes and planning of the
Annual Work Plans
4. I managed the Water & Sanitation programme, including the extensive Guinea Worm eradication project.
5. I took charge of programme management activities, such as financial and progress reports, project proposals, fund
mobilisation, guidance to staff, and provided strategic advice on programme policy.
6. I composed and wrote the Health & Nutrition and Water & sanitation Annual Reports and finalized the Country Office
Annual Report 2007.
7. I participated in the recruitement of various staff including a Health & Nutrition Section Chief and a Water & Sanitation
Section Chief.
April 2008 Oct 2008 P5 P5 Deputy Representative on special assignment to Dakar to
develop the new five-year Country Programme for UNICEF in
Sénégal
NAME OF EMPLOYER:
UNICEF
TYPE OF BUSINESS:
UNICEF Senegal
NAME OF SUPERVISOR:
Ian Hopwood, Representative
(10) 3 IPO P4; 2 NOD; 1 GS7
REASON FOR LEAVING: MISSION ACCOMPLISHED
1. I was assigned by HQ on special mission to the Sénégal Country Office to developed a five-year UNICEF Country
Programme 2009 – 2013, the Country Programme Action Plan (CPAP) and the Country Programme Management Plan
(CPMP) which obtained Government approval.
2. I developed the 2009 Annual Management Plan for the Senegal office.
3. I led the recruitment of staff for the new Deputy Representative, the Assistant Planning and M&E Officer, the Chief of
the Sub-Office, and several other posts.
4. I took charge of the preparation of the evaluation of the FBS (Fonds Belge de la Survie) funding multi-sectoral projects
5. I assisted the UNICEF Regional Office in planning and formulating of the Regional Office Annual Management Plan
Sep 2003 Oct 2007 P5 P5 Deputy Representative
NAME OF EMPLOYER:
UNICEF
TYPE OF BUSINESS:
Development Coopereation

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UNICEF Pakistan, 90, Margalla Road, F8/2, PO BOX
1063, Islamabad, Pakistan
NAME OF SUPERVISOR:
Omar Abdi, Representative (2003 – 2007)
Thomas McDermott (2007)
Martin Mogwanja (2007)
(10) 7 IPO P4; 2 NOD; 1 GS7
REASON FOR LEAVING:
End tour of duty. Assigned on mission to Senegal
Representation, programme coordination and management.
1. As OIC I represented the office on many occasions and advised the Representative on programme policy and management
issues.
2. I provided programme and management guidance to the Programme Section Chiefs based in Islamabad and to the provincial
offices in the Punjab, Sindh, Balochistan, the North Western Frontier Province and the Special Desk for programmes in the Tribal
Areas and the Northern Areas. I coordinated between the Heads of Provincial Offices and Programme Section Chiefs through
group and individual meetings. Positive ambience and staff moral was achieved resulting in team work and absence of conflicts. I
ensured effective implementation of the annual workplans.
3. I provided leadership to the policy and strategy development in the Water & Environmental Sanitation programme which
resulted in the national policy on sanitation for Pakistan and a draft policy on safe drinking water. I provided leadership to the
Child Protection programme, which resulted in a bill for national legislation of child protection in Pakistan ready for submission
to obtain cabinet approval in 2007.
4. I led the development of the office strategy on UNICEF’s role in HIV/AIDS prevention in Pakistan and supervised a cross-
sectoral HIV/AIDS programme in line with UNICEF's global policies and in close coordination with Government and other
partners. In 2005 UNICEF Pakistan was declared by HQ one of the “champion countries” in the ‘Unite for Children, Unite
against AIDS’ campaign.
5. I guided the development of an enhanced programme monitoring framework through monthly CMT, quarterly PMT meetings;
mid-year and end-of-year programme reviews; ongoing monitoring of programme budget control, donor reporting and
fundraising. I coordinated the Mid-Term Review starting in 2006 and which was successfully concluded in early 2007.
6. Together with the Sr Operations Officers I designed workflow processes to efficiently implement the country programme and
trained all staff in head and provincial offices.
7. I designed a streamlined programme structure in ProMS, which highly improved the implementation and monitoring of the
new Country Programme 2003 - 2007.
Emergency preparedness and response
8. I enhanced the emergency preparedness capacity of UNICEF Pakistan by initiating and developing a training package for
EPRP and by training key-staff members. The emergency preparedness capacity proved adequate. The office responded
successfully in the six emergencies that occurred during my tour of duty 2003 – 2007 gaining the office a ‘front-line’ position in
humanitarian assistance in Pakistan.
9. As emergency focal point I coordinated UNICEF’s response at the time of the 2005 earth quake. As OIC I led UNICEF’s
humanitarian assistance during the first month after the earth quake.
UN Reform and Inter-agency work
10. I chaired in 2005 the “Deputy Representatives Group” that contributed actively and innovatively to UNDAF implementation
and joint-programming and joint monitoring.
11. Under the political leadership of the UN Resident Coordinator I initiated and provided technical leadership in preparing a
joint UN response (UNICEF, UNDP, WFP, UNFPA, UNHCR, WHO) to the humanitarian emergency situation of IDPs in
Balochistan.
Personnel management
12. Regularly I met with supervisees individually to review work objectives and performance. I provided constant feedback to
supervisees and gave serious and objective PERs.
13. I participated actively in the recruitment of international and national officers in all programme sectors through shortlisting,
reference checking, interviewing and write-up of recommendations concerning the selection of applicants.
Miscellaneous
14. I conducted a mission to Senegal and provided technical leadership in completing the new Country Programme plans, which
was successful with the signing of the CPAP 2007-2011 and CPMP, finalization of the AMP and recruitment of the new Deputy
Representative. I participated in the recruitment of various other staff and provided advice and leadership on various
programmatic aspects.

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March 1999 Sep 2003 L4 L4 Deputy Representative / Programme Coordinator
NAME OF EMPLOYER:
UNICEF
TYPE OF BUSINESS:
UNICEF Pacific, Victoria Parade, Suva, Fiji
NAME OF SUPERVISOR:
Nancy Terreri, Representative (1999 – 2002)
Gillian Mellsop, Representative (2003)
(5) 1 GS5, 1 NOB, 3 IPO P3
REASON FOR LEAVING:
Transfer to Pakistan
Representation, programme coordination and management
1. I represented the UNICEF office in the Pacific sub-region on many occasions in different Pacific Island Countries, acted
frequently as OIC and advised the Representative on programme and management issues.
2. I provided programme coordination and management guidance to the sector programmes in health & nutrition, education,
child protection & advocacy, and developed the planning, monitoring and evaluation capacity in the office.
3. In 1999 I coordinated the introduction of ProMS in the Suva office and the establishment of statutory and other committees
(CRC, APC, CMT) as part of the requirements of becoming a Country Office. Previously Suva office was a sub-office of the
Pillipines CO in Manilla.
4. I coordinated and led the MTR in 1999 covering the UNICEF programmes in 14 Pacific Island Countries and conducted
in-country MTRs with counterparts in 9 countries.
New multi- country programme
5. As OIC I represented the office and took active part in the End-of-Cycle country programme evaluation led by the
UNICEF HQ Evaluation & Policy Unit. Donor countries, in particular Australia and New Zealand, highly appreciated the
evaluation and supported the new Mult-Country Programme.
6. In 2002 I initiated, led and coordinated the preparation and development of the new UNICEF Multi-Country Programme
2003-2007 in the Pacific. The UNICEF Executive Board and Pacific Islands Countries approved the new programme in 2002.
I calculated a detailed programme and staff budget plan covering the five years of the new programme cycle and designed the
programme structure in ProMS.
7. I established the UNICEF sub-office in Solomon Islands and advised the representative on the establishment of the sub-
offices in Vanuatu and in Kiribati being the three focal countries in the new UNICEF Multi-Country Programme 2003-2007 in
the Pacific.
Emergency response
8. As OIC I provided leadership to the office during the coup d’etat in Fiji 2001 and represented the office in the UN Disaster
Management Team led by the UNRC. I initiated and coordinated UNICEF response to the emergency caused by cyclone in
2002 in the Sate of Chuuk in the Federated States of Micronesia. The efficient coordination with UNOCHA was noted and
appreciated in the UN. In 1999 I participated in the UN assessment mission to the Solomon Islands when rebel factions had
incapacitated the government and a complex emergency situation developed.
supervisees and gave objective PERs.
13. I participated actively in the recruitment of national and international officers (particularly volunteers) in all programme
sectors through shortlisting, reference checking, interviewing and write-up of the final recommendations for selection of
applicants.
14. In 2003 I was during 6 months responsible for Operations functions of cash and supply due to the departure of the
Operations Officer.
May 1995 Feb 1999 L4 L4 Chief Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation
NAME OF EMPLOYER:
UNICEF – Mozambique
TYPE OF BUSINESS:
ADDRESS OF EMPLOYER: NAME OF SUPERVISOR:
Shob Jhie, Representative,
Mark Stirling, Representative

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P.O Box 4713
Maputo, Mozambique
SUPERVISED BY YOU: (8)
1 IPO P3, 3 GS7, 4 GS6
REASON FOR LEAVING:
Transfer to the Pacific
Planning, monitoring and evaluation of the Country Programme
1. I developed a monitoring format of Country Programme implementation that served the monthly CMT, the quarterly
progress report to Regional Office and annual reports to Head Quarters.
2. I designed a reporting system using GFSS and Micro-Soft Power Point to present monthly progress on key-indicators of
Country Programme implementation, such as Programme funding and allocation; fundraising; expenditure, requisition and
allocation by Sector Programme; Cash and Supply requisition and expenditure; CAG liquidation; Requisition status of
expiring PBA’s; Donor reporting; Staff recruitment; PER completion; and action points.
3. I analyzed Country Programme progress and budgetary development for the MTR.
4. With the SPO (OIC) I presented the Country Programme adjustments in staffing and budget at the bi-annual PBR in Nairobi
1998. The adjustments were accepted by the meeting chaired by the Regional Director and confirmed by the Deputy Executive
Director at the meeting.
5. At the end of my tour of duty I assisted the Representative in the preparation for the new short duration Country Programme
1999 -2001
Programme budget control / Donor report control / Studies & evaluations / Annual report coordination
6. I provided ongoing budgetary advice to the Representative, the two SPO’s and Heads of Programme Sections on
programme budget issues relevant to the Country Programme implementation.
7. I monitored and coordinated the donor reporting and reviewed/edited each report before it was submitted to PFO and to
donors.
8. I monitored the studies and evaluations by Programme Sections and provided technical advice with regard to the
methodology of research, data analysis and conclusions. The Studies & Evaluations data base was regularly updated and
shared with HQ.
9. I took responsibility for the coordination, finalization and editing of annual reports and wrote the Executive Summaries and
the Programme Progress Analyses for the Mozambique Annual Reports 1996, 1997 and 1998.
Annual Work Plan coordination/ Introduction of ProMS
10. I designed and ensured the standardization of the annual workplans by programme and project showing objectives, targets,
and activities, budget details, funding sources, funding status, and staff responsibilities.
11. Annually I designed the staff salary funding plan for all staff of the Programme Sections (names, functions, post number,
funding source) and calculated the programme budget availability.
12. In 1998 I started in close cooperation with the IT colleagues the introduction of ProMS, including staff training and
transfer operations from GFSS to ProMS.
Multi Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS)
12. I provided technical leadership to the questionnaire development, the sampling methodology, the statistical analysis and
interpretation of findings, and wrote the final MICS report. I conducted subsequent secondary data analyses using SPSS. The
DHS survey that was carried out in the following year, confirmed the MICS statistics.
Ongoing analysis of the situation of women and children.
13. I collected, analyzed and reported regularly national and sub-national social statistics about the situation of women and
children (CRING, preparing Child Info, etc.).
14. Using data of the Ministry of Education I analyzed the results of the government strategy on girl education to close the
gender gap over a time period of five years.
15. I ensured that all statistics about the situation of women and children published in donor reports, fund raising proposals,
official presentations of UNICEF programmes, were in line with government statistics and/or substantiated by reliable survey
publications.
UN Reform
16. I participated actively in the development towards UN Reform in line with the UN Secretary General’s agenda.
17. I represented UNICEF in the inter-agency Thematic Working Group on Planning, Monitoring & Evaluation and provided
the baseline data for the first UN Common Country Analysis (CCA) on which Mozambique;s first UNDAF was based.
18. I supervised 8 staff, including the IT department.
supervisees and gave serious and objective PERs.
20. I led the recruitment of international staff in the PME section through shortlisting, reference checking, interviewing and
writing up final recommendations concerning the selection of applicants.
21. I improved the PME section’s efficiency by adjusting the staffing according to PBR recommendations, which entailed
reducing from 8 to 4 staff. The output of the PME section increased substantially.

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Dec 1991 May 1995 L4 L4 Chief Health and Nutrition programme
NAME OF EMPLOYER:
UNICEF – Liberia
TYPE OF BUSINESS:
UNICEF Liberia, Mamba Point, Monrovia
NAME OF SUPERVISOR:
Omar Abdi, Programme Coordinator
Carl Tinstman, Representative
Allan Everest, Representative
1 NOC, 3 NOB, 3 NOA, 2
GS7, 2 GS6, 3 GS4, 4 GS3.
REASON FOR LEAVING:
Transfer to
Mozambique
Health & Nutrition Programme planning, implementation, monitoring and reporting
1. I coordinated and supervised the establishment of UNICEF’s Health & Nutrition programme in Liberia, which included its
planning, implementation and output monitoring, after the return of the UN to Liberia in 1991. It entailed projects
implemented in each province of Liberia in partnership with MoH Monrovia, MoH Gbarnga, MSF/B, MSF/H, MSF/Spain,
MSF/F, SCF/UK, AICF, ADRA, MERCI, CONCERN Ireland, and various other national NGO’s.
2. I co-chaired the Board of Directors of the National Drugs Services (NDS) project, a local NGO established by UNICEF
and MSF/Belgium to ensure capacity in Liberia to procure, store and distribute essential drugs and medical equipment. The
NDS catered to over 60% of the needs in Liberia for drugs and medical supplies. The Board comprised MoH, UNICEF,
WHO, UNDP, USAID, MERCI, and several commercial banks.
3. I supervised the planning, procurement and installation of EPI equipment and vaccine procurement, distribution,
monitoring utilization. UNICEF was in Liberia the sole agency importing vaccines and EPI equipment and the lead agency for
essential drugs and medical supplies.
4. I supervised the introduction in Liberia of the BFHI strategy, which became a very successful project implemented by local
NGOs.
5. I initiated programme communication especially on BF, immunization, HIV/AIDS, and diarrheal diseases, using
Monrovia’s taxi drivers and their taxi’s as advocacy tools, the so-called “talking-taxi” project.
6. I supervised emergency programme communication during the cholera outbreak in Monrovia in 1993.
UNICEF Liberia received in 1993 a commendation from the organization’s Dep. Executive Director for its work on EPI and
Nutrition during the three months war in late 1992. UNICEF’s HQ Emergency Coordinator made a special visit in 1993.
UNICEF Office capacity building up and Staff recruitment
7. I served several years at the APC, participated in numerous SAP’s and took co-responsibility for the recruitment of over 40
professional staff. Most of them have continued successfully in UNICEF and several became international staff.
8. Served at CRC, PSB, and JCC committees
9. I took responsibility for facilitating the planning and monitoring modules of the PP training in Monrovia in 1992.
10. Established and maintained regular programme section meetings of the Health & Nutrition team
Fundraising
11. Succesful project fundraising proposals to the Netherlands government, USAID, ECHO (humanitarian assistance) and to
several other donors.
Emergency interventions in Monrovia and in rebel held territories ‘cross-line’ and ‘cross border’.
16. I represented UNICEF Health & Nutrition in regular meetings with the ‘ministry of health’ in rebel held territory.
17. Personally I provided leadership to emergency health teams operating in combat-zones during the fighting in 1992 and
again in 1994.
18. I led UNICEF participation in numerous ‘cross-front line’ missions delivering food, nutrition, medicines and medical
supplies from Monrovia to health services operating in rebel held territorities, i.e. all provinces outside the capital Monrovia.
19. I led UNICEF participation in two ‘cross-front line’ missions by sea (with the Nigerian navy) delivering food, nutrition,
medicines and medical supplies to the in rebel held province of Sinoe.
Negotiation of humanitarian assistance issues with various warring factions/warlords
20. I participated in several missions led by the UNSCOL negotiating ways and means of humanitarian assistance with war
lords in rebel held territories.
21. I took part in the negotiation and successful evacuation (by helicopter) of several hundred orphaned and/or abandoned
children held hostage in rebel territory.
FROM TO EXACT TITLE OF YOUR POST:
MONTH/YEAR MONTH/YEAR
Jan 1988 Jun 1990 Chief of Party, Dhamar Rural Health Programme
(DRHP), Yemen Arab Republic
NAME OF EMPLOYER:
Consultants for Development Programmes (CDP)
TYPE OF BUSINESS:

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Dr. Koen de Wilde
Achter Clarenburg 25
3511 JH Utrecht, Netherlands
3 Medical Doctors,
3 Nurses, 3 Midwives,
4 Health trainers,
1 Technical engineer,
1 Construction engineer,
1 Finance administrator,
2 Secretaries,
6 Drivers, 1 Cleaner
REASON FOR LEAVING:
End of contract.
Proceeding to
London, UK, for
reasons of study
-Programme management and representation
-Monitoring and reporting
-Advocacy for primary health care among tribal communities
-Construction and equiping the Dhamar provivincial health office, 2 training centers, 25 village health units
-Recruitment and training of over 50 male and 25 female primary health care workers
-Baseline survey on the health and nutrition ststaus of children among tribal communities in rural Dhamar province
-Negotiation of tribal affairs with central and provincial government
Jun 1984 Dec 1987 Social Researcher, Dhamar Rural Health Peogramme
(DRHP), Yemen Arab Republic
NAME OF EMPLOYER:
Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Department of
TYPE OF BUSINESS:
Dr. K. Schaapveld (1984-1985)
Dr. B Schaap (1986)
P.O Box 20061
2500 EB The Hague, Netherlands
NO AND KIND OF EMPLOYEES
SUPERVISED BY YOU:
One assistant
REASON FOR LEAVING:
Promotion
-OIC of the DRHP most of 1987
-Social research in health, nutrition, tribal affairs & organisation
-Recommendations on project planning and expansion
-Advocacy of primary health care in rural Dhamar province of the central highlands of the Yemen Arab Republic
-Technical assistance to various assessment and programme design missions from the Netherlands government and the Royal
Tropical Istitute (Amsterdam)
April 1982 May 1984 Social Researcher, Health Services and Ethnic
Minorities
NAME OF EMPLOYER:
Netherlands Institute for Children Studies
TYPE OF BUSINESS:
Social research
Dr. A. Vis
Statenlaan 24, The Hague, Netherlands NO. AND KIND OF EMPLOYEES
SUPERVISED BY YOU:
Three research assistants
REASON FOR LEAVING:
End of contract.
-Research project design of a survey on help-seeking behaviour of ethnic minorities and presentation at the Ministry of
Health and Social Affairs
-Coordinate the implementation the approved research project
-Staff recruitment and training
Jun 1977 Dec 1981 Assistant Social Researcher
Tunesia – North Africa
NAME OF EMPLOYER:
Royal Tropical Institute
TYPE OF BUSINESS:
Social research
Prof. Dr. D.G. Jongmans
Mauritskade 63
1092 GC Amsterdam, Netherlands
SUPERVISED BY YOU:
One research assistant
REASON FOR LEAVING:
End of contract

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-Sociological and social-anthropological research of concepts of health and illness, utilization of modern and
traditional health care systems. Research into the success and the constraints of introducing primary health care in the
Governorate of El Kef, Tunisia – North Africa.
29. ARE YOU NOW, OR HAVE YOU EVER BEEN A PERMANENT CIVIL SERVANT IN YOUR GOVERNMENT EMPLOY? YES  XX
If answer if "yes", WHEN?
June 1984 - October 1987, Netherlands Government
30. REFERENCES: List three persons, not related to you, who are familiar with your character and qualifications.
Do not repeat names of supervisors listed in item 27
FULL NAME FULL ADDRESS BUSINESS OR OCCUPATION
Barbara Bentein UNICEF Dem. Rep. of Congo +243 81 3330202
bbentein@unicef.org
Representative
Omar Abdi UNICEF HQ +1 212 326 7014 or +1 212 326 7090
oabdi@unicef.org
Dep. Executive Director
Steven Lauwerier UNICEF Somaliland, slauwerier@unicef.org Representative
Ruud Knippenberg UNICEF- HQ +1 212 326 7324
rknippenberg@unicef.org
Principle Advisor Health Syst. Dev.
Carl Tinstman carl.tinstman@gmail.com Representative (retired)
Gillian Mellsop UNICEF Ethiopia gmellsop@unicef.org Representative
Raana Syed UNICEF HQ rsyed@unicef.org Emergency Learning Officer
Dr. K.T de Wilde Oude Gracht 289, 3511 PA Utrecht – The
Netherlands
Company Director
31. STATE ANY RELEVANT FACT. INCLUDE INFORMATION REGARDING ANY RESIDENCE OUTSIDE THE COUNTRY OF YOUR
NATIONALITY
- Have been employed since 1977, and acquired skills in management, planning, and social research;
-Am computer literate and can handle wordprocessors, spreadsheets, and data bases;
-Lived in: the Netherlands, Tunisia, Yemen, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Mozambique, Fiji, Pakistan, Senegal, Ghana and
the Dem. Rep. of Congo. After retirement end April 2012 we have taken up residence in Malaysia.
-Stayed and travelled extensively in: Europe, Algeria, Morocco, Egypt, Indonesia, Uganda, Sierro Leone, South
Africa, Botswana, Kenya, most Pacific Island Countries and Australia.
32. HAVE YOU BEEN ARRESTED, INDICTED, OR SUMMONED INTO COURT AS A DEFENDANT IN A CRIMINAL PROCEEDING, OR
CONVICTED, FINED OR IMPRISONED FOR THE VIOLATION OF ANY LAW (excluding minor traffic violations)? YES  NO XX
If "yes", give full particulars of each case in an attached statement.
33. OTHER AGENCIES OF THE UNITED NATIONS SYSTEM MAY BE INTERESTED IN OUR APPLICANTS. DO YOU HAVE ANY OBJECTION
TO YOUR PERSONAL HISTORY FORM BEING MADE AVAILABLE TO THEM? YES  NO XX
34. I certify that the statements made by me in answer to the foregoing questions are true, complete and correct to the best of my knowledge and belief. I
understand that any misrepresentation or material omission made on a Personal History form or other document requested by the Organization renders a
staff member of the United Nations liable to termination or dismissal.
DATE: 30 November 2015 SIGNATURE: [Signed]

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