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With a background in Law and Diplomatic Studies, Liesl Harewood is a Development Consultant and Entrepreneur with over ten years practical expertise in business, gender and youth development, human rights, entrepreneurship, trade in services and trade facilitation. |
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Area of Expertise: |
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Capacity Building, Training, Advocacy
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Director, CEO, COP, President
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Private Sector, Social Enterprise, Corporate Social Responsibility
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Social, Education, Gender, Youth, Child
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Trade, Finance, Economics, Cooperation, Global
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Professional Experience: |
Over ten years experience providing business development services, including project management and proposal writing, to both government and non-governmental organizations in the Caribbean, Africa, Europe and North America.
Facilitated multi-sector trade missions from Nova Scotia to Ghana, Senegal, Washington, DC, The Bahamas, Jamaica, Barbados and Trinidad.
Facilitated Caribbean manufacturing and services businesses’ participation in Trade Missions to the Dominican Republic, Curacao, Martinique, Guadeloupe, St. Kitts, Dominica, Grenada, United Kingdom, United States of America, France and Germany in partnership with Caribbean Export Development Agency, the Investment and Development Corporation, Manufacturing Association, the Small Business Association and the Coalition of Service
Industries of Barbados.
Wrote project proposals and managed projects with International Financial Institutions and Funding Agencies such as the European Union (EU), USAID, Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), Caribbean Export Development Agency (CEDA), Inter-American Institute for Cooperation in Agriculture (IICA), Inter-American Development Bank (IADB), Commonwealth Secretariat, Organisation of American States (OAS) and United Nations (UN).
Experience in Marketing and Communications, working with both private and public sector clients to develop and maintain a presence and brand in various media forms including print and social media.
Group Co-Chair for the Canada-Caribbean Emerging Leaders’ Dialogue 2011, which assembled 120 future leaders from Canada and the Caribbean to participate in a two-week, leadership development conference in Ottawa, Montreal, Bermuda and Barbados.
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Education: |
MA in Diplomacy, Law and Global Change 2004 - 2005
Coventry University, Coventry, United Kingdom
Gained an understanding of the development and contemporary practice of diplomacy and the rules of international law in the emerging global order of the twenty-first century
LLB in European Commercial Law with French 1999 - 2003
University of Sussex, Brighton, United Kingdom & Université Toulouse I, Toulouse, France
Developed knowledge of the language, culture, society and political system of the United Kingdom and the common law jurisdictions, as well as the legal principles of a civil law jurisdiction in France
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Available for: |
- Consulting assignments
- Job opportunities
- Internships / Fellowships
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Years of Experience:
10-15 years |
Highest Qualification:
Masters |
Languages:
English, French |
Nationality:
Guyana
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LinkedIn Profile:
ca.linkedin.com/in/lieslharewood
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