 Profile of Paul Mundy
I am a British freelance consultant in development
communication, based in Germany and working throughout the developing world. I have
extensive work experience with universities, agricultural research and extension agencies
and non-government organizations. I provide development
communication services in the following areas: |
- Production of publications: writing,
editing and desktop publishing
- Writeshops to produce information materials
- Communication projects and extension systems
- Clip art for development, including the
DevelopmentArt
service
- Participatory communication
- Communication and media training
- Online training courses
- Communication research
- Digital libraries
- E-learning training courses
- Computers in communication; CD-ROM and website development
- Audiovisual media
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Qualifications and skills
- PhD in mass communications, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA,
1992
- MA in SE Asian studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison,
1993
- MS in journalism and mass communication, Iowa State University,
USA, 1988
- BSc in geography, University of Bristol, UK, 1978
- Skilled computer user and trainer of major word processing,
desktop publishing, digital library, database, spreadsheet, CD-ROM and
web design, weblogs, Internet, graphics and statistics programs.
- Experienced trainer, writer, publications designer, editor,
workshop manager and communicator.
Languages
- Fluent in English, German and Indonesian
- Good French, Spanish and Arabic
- Some Tagalog, Sundanese and
Vietnamese
Countries
- Long-term work experience (5
countries): Egypt, Germany, Indonesia, Philippines, USA
- Short-term experience (30 countries):
- Asia: Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, India, Iran, Myanmar, Nepal,
Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam
- Europe: Belgium, Denmark, France, Italy, Netherlands,
Sweden, Switzerland, UK
- Africa: Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Mali, Senegal, Tanzania, Uganda, Zimbabwe
- Americas: Bolivia, Grenada, St Kitts and Nevis
- British national, resident of Germany
Experience
Since 1996: Freelance consultant in development communication:
100 separate consultancies for the following clients (donors are in italics):
- Agromisa (Netherlands)
- Business Partners for Development (UK,
Germany)
- CARE (Denmark,
Bangladesh)
- Catholic Relief Services (Kenya, Germany)
- Centre for Development and Environment
(Switzerland)
- CTA (Germany,
Grenada, Netherlands, Kenya, Senegal, St Kitts, Uganda)
- Dutch Sustainable Trade Initiative (IDH)
- Endogenous
Livestock Development Network (HIVOS, Germany)
- Euroconsult (Asian
Development Bank, Indonesia; World Bank, Iran)
- Food and Agriculture Organization of
the United Nations (FAO) (Germany, Italy,
Nepal, Thailand)
- Growing Nations
(Lesotho)
- German Technical Cooperation
(GTZ) (Germany, Bolivia,
Kenya)
- HTSPE (Asian Development
Bank, Vietnam)
- International Institute of
Rural Reconstruction (IIRR) (various,
Ethiopia, Kenya, Germany, Philippines, Tanzania, Uganda)
- ISG (Danida,
Uganda)
- Royal Tropical Institute (KIT) (various,
Germany, Netherlands, Kenya)
- League for Pastoral Peoples (Misereor,
Germany, Italy, S Africa)
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- LEI, Wageningen University and Research Centre (Uganda)
- Lokhit Pashu-Palak Sansthan (Germany, India)
- Macro (USAID,
Mali)
- Masdar (World Bank and
DFID, Nepal)
- Misereor (Germany)
- Overseas Development Institute
(ODI) (DFID, Sida, UK,
Germany, India, Kenya, South Africa, Vietnam)
- Orgut (SIDA,
Ethiopia, Vietnam)
- Participatory Integrated Watershed
Management Project (African Development Bank, Gambia)
- Relma (SIDA,
Ethiopia, Kenya, Zimbabwe)
- Swedish Cooperation Centre (Zimbabwe)
- SNV (Zimbabwe)
- Swedish
Cooperative Centre (Zimbabwe)
- Unesco (Germany)
- UN-HABITAT (Kenya,
Germany)
- Unops (UNDP,
Myanmar)
- Uniconsult International Ltd (UCIL)
(Asian Development Bank, Bangladesh)
- Wetlands International (Mali)
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1993-96: Director of communication, International Institute of Rural
Reconstruction (Philippines): communication management, project planning, workshop
management, editing, publication, audiovisuals, training.
1986-92: Research, teaching and graduate study on agricultural information and technology dissemination,
University of Wisconsin-Madison, Iowa State University (both USA), and Agency for Agricultural
R&D (Indonesia).
1983-86: Editor, Central Research Institute for Food Crops (World
Bank, Asian Development Bank, Indonesia)
Availability
I undertake short-term consultancy assignments (no longer than 4
weeks at a time). I will consider long-term work in
Europe. For family reasons, I am not currently considering long-term employment
overseas. Click here for a list of recent jobs.
Consulting work is inherently uncertain: funding doesn't come through,
projects are delayed, or a competitor may win the bid. Because of demand, I try
to plan my work at least 9 months in advance. It is sometimes necessary to
juggle dates to make things fit the calendar.
I am occasionally able to take on activities at short notice if a prior
commitment falls through, or if it happens to fill a gap in my calendar.
Contact me to check on
my current list of commitments. Email messages are forwarded to me while I'm away if I
am somewhere with email access.
Rates
My consultancy rates are negotiable: they depend on the client (less
for impoverished NGOs), location (less if I can work at home) and type
and duration of the job. I can charge per day, or for a completed job
(depending on the estimated amount of time the job will take). The client also
pays any expenses (airfare, visas, hotel, per diem). Contact
me for details.
Contact
me for a full curriculum vitae and list of publications, audiovisuals,
CD-ROMs, websites, workshops and training courses.
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