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Joost Noordholland de Jong
Co-Director of eMJee consult Nederland and eMJee consult Tanzania , eMJee Consult, private sector
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Institutional Development specialist with an extensive experience (>25 years) in East and West Africa, as well as South America, working in the field of ID/OD, Monitoring & Evaluations, oversight missions, strategic planning and training. Areas of expertise include agriculture, irrigation (O&M and water user associations) and value chain development amongst others expertise areas.
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Area of Expertise:
  • Agriculture, Livelihoods, Microfinance, Rural
  • Capacity Building, Training, Advocacy
  • Government, Governance, Reforms
  • Monitoring, Evaluation, Policy, Research, Analysis
  • Private Sector, Social Enterprise, Corporate Social Responsibility
Professional Experience:
Joost holds a MSc in Water use management, with more than 23 years of experience in various countries in the region, like Tanzania including Zanzibar and Pemba, Burkina Faso, Mozambique, Morocco as well as in Ecuador outside the region.
As Co-Director/ Senior Consultant for eMJee Development Consult, he is engaged in various assignments for NGOs, Development Partners, the Government/World Bank and the Millennium Challenge Corporation. These assignments vary from context analyses, assessing bilateral cooperation programs, process facilitation, Organisational Development, (which has been provided to Action-Aid, Femina Hip, ANSAF TFCG etc looking among others in work processes, job profiles and assessment systems to be put in place), Institutional strengthening (related to the performance of the Authorité de mis en valeur de la Vallée du Sourou (Burkina faso), support to urban development initiatives and oversight missions related to irrigation schemes and training for water user associations in the irrigation and water supply sector. The urban support includes the assessment of the capacity of municipal and town councils on mainland Tanzania as well as in Zanzibar/ Pemba island. Focus of the assessment is on the selection of strategic urban investments as well as the capacity of the entities to implement these investments.
Before starting as Director/ consultant for eMJee Development Consult LTD, he was engaged as a manager of a multi-disciplinary team of professional advisors in Tanzania. This team deals with national initiatives as well as local/regional activities. Main focus is to manage change processes that will lead to improved performance and enhanced quality of services delivery in areas of education, water supply/sanitation and income generating activities. He held a similar function in Mozambique
Education:
1995 Structure and management of organisations
Open University of the Netherlands.

1981 – 1988 Agricultural University of Wageningen (MSc)
Integrated water resource management, Irrigation & drainage and water supply.

1984 Development strategies, Institute of social studies, Leiden

1974 – 1981 VWO College Ursula Scholengemeenschap, Horn.

COURSES:

2005-2006 Leadership and coaching for managers, Inwent/SNV

1994 Project management MDF
Available for:
  • Consulting assignments

    Years of Experience:
    More than 20 years
    Highest Qualification:
    Masters
    Languages:
    English, French, Spanish, portuguese, dutch
    Nationality:
    Netherlands
    LinkedIn Profile: tz.linkedin.com/pub/joost-noordholland/1a/617/283/
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