Expertise in international
rural development at all stages of project cycle management (programming,
identification, appraisal, financing, implementation and evaluation of complex
rural infrastructure, irrigation and drainage with environmental conservation,
training, etc.); Expertise in human resources, technical and administrative
management, in diverse cultural and linguistic contexts (long term project
manager in Ecuador, Mauritania, Indonesia, Canada, Guinea, USA and Honduras); Expertise with
numerous institutional funding agencies (Belgian Cooperation, UNDP/OPS, UNCDF,
CIDA, IFAD, AfDB-AfDF, EC-European Union, IADB) and private corporations (NGOs,
Multinationals, Contractors); Wide computer and software literacy and autonomy;
Water resources and agro-environmental consulting services; SRIS (Spatially
Referenced Information Systems) development.
Start date
End date
Project title
Country
Position
Jan
05
May
05
Irrigation
rehabilitation formulation
Haiti
Consultant
in rural infrastructure
Oct
04
Dec
04
Shrimp
farm engineering
Guinea-Conakry
Technical
advisor
Jan
04
Sep
04
Feasibility
study for irrigated agriculture
Honduras
Project
Director
Sep
02
Dec
03
Construction
of 2 golf courses in Connecticut
USA
Administrative,
financial & human resources Manager
Feb 01
Jul 02
Surface
water development study in 13 districts
Guinea-Conakry
Project
Manager
Oct 99
Jan 01
Construction
of golf courses
Canada,
USA
Consultant
in construction management
Mar 99
Jun 99
Planning
study for improvement of Southern Benin continental lakes and waters
Benin
Consultant
in rural infrastructure
Mar 98
Feb 99
Consultancy
in agro-environment
Canada
Advisor
to farming enterprises
Aug 93
Feb 98
North
Bali groundwater irrigation and water supply project
Indonesia
Project
Manager
Jan 90
Jul 93
Various
short term missions
Various
Agricultural
engineering Advisor
Jun 88
Dec 89
Private
rural engineering
Canada
Engineer
rural & recreational infrastructure
Sep 86
Apr 88
Technical
and sales representative for agro-chemical products
Central
Africa
Representative
for Central Africa (7
countries)
Oct 85
Aug 86
Irrigated
paddy development policy in central region
Ivory
Coast
Responsible
for feasibility studies
Feb 83
Sep 85
Various
missions in rural engineering
Various
Project
Engineer
Sep 77
Jan 83
Irrigation
development in Pisque district
Ecuador
Project
Manager
Nov 75
Aug 77
Irrigation
and flood control projects
Mali,
Niger
Project
Engineer
Languages : Français,
English, Español, Bahasa Indonesia
Geographical
Asia (5 years)
Indonesia, Bangladesh;
synthesis
Europe (2 years)
Belgium;
North America (9 years)
Canada, USA;
Latin America
& Caribbean (9 years)
Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia,
Venezuela, Dominican Republic, Honduras, Haiti;
Direct
contact here :
yvan.castaigne@videotron.ca
