Professional Development
| 1997- (Australia) | Australian Council for Overseas Aid course on monitoring and evaluation, 1997Canberra Institute of Technology, Training the Trainer Category 1, 1998RMIT, Melbourne, Project Management, 2000The Nature Conservancy, Basic Principles of Financial Sustainability for non-profits, 2001 |
| 1980-1991 (Sweden) | Strategic planning for non-government organisations (4 weeks)Conflict resolution and negotiation (4 weeks)Information and communication techniques (3 weeks)Development theories (4 weeks)Project design, monitoring and evaluation (1 week)
International economic issues (2 weeks) Understanding national economies – principles for non-economists (4 weeks) Multinationals - their role and influence (1 week) Adult education methodology (3 weeks) Uppsala University, practical methods in adult education (1 week) Roles and responsibilities of office-holders (4 weeks) Occupational health and safety (8 weeks) |
Formal qualifications
| 1963-1977 | Two year Preliminary Trade Cookery (City and Guilds 147), Letchworth College of Technology, England (1963?65)Two year training, Berkeley Hotel London (Savoygroup), as a trainee chef (1965-67)Preliminary Trade Cookery, Swedish Board of Further Education, Västerås, (1977) |
Employment history
| March 1997- | Capacity International Pty Ltd, Melbourne—Director for company focused on capacity building for civil society organisations, participatory development, governance & gender. Services include analysis, project design, research & writing, policy development, training, adult & community education, planning and running study circles, facilitator training, strategic planning. |
| January 1998-2002 | Director, More Than Just Talk Pty Ltd: Consultancy, product development, including learning circles material, discussion guides and other adult and community education resources. The directors of MTJT were involved with some 80% of learning circle material produced in Australia in this period. |
| Nov 1998-2000 | Associate member, Learning Circles Australia, Canberra: Assisted with development of a national organisation for popularising learning circles as an adult learning methodology including development of organisational structure, business plan, outreach & web site; marketing & publicity; tenders, proposals |
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