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Guy Edmunds
Policy Advisor , Danish Refugee Council
Tbilisi, Georgia
Aid worker, journalist and lawyer who specialises in forced displacement, international migration, programme design, management, monitoring and evaluation. 12+ years experience. Seeking short-term assignments.
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Area of Expertise:
  • Capacity Building, Training, Advocacy
  • Human Rights, Law, Migration, Conflicts, Justice
  • Monitoring, Evaluation, Policy, Research, Analysis
Professional Experience:
Jan 09 – Date
Danish Refugee Council, GEORGIA
Policy Advisor / Programme Manager

- Responsible for programme development, grant writing, monitoring and evaluation, reporting and donor relations
- Devised and managed several projects for IDPs and returning migrants, including direct housing and livelihood assistance, legal aid, advocacy and institutional capacity-building, and diaspora outreach
- Advised DRC on all policy and strategy issues, including gender mainstreaming
- Supervised team of 9 international and national staff members, and managed several external consultants
- Oversaw production of numerous research reports, position papers and newspaper articles for DRC

Aug 08 - DATE
The Economist, London, UK
- Regular contributor to The Economist’s Eastern Approaches blog, reporting from Georgia, Azerbaijan and Armenia
- Recipient of 2008 Nico Colchester Fellowship

June 08 – July 09
Danish Refugee Council, GEORGIA
Programme Development Consultant
- Developed and wrote all aspects of DRC project applications for work in Abkhazia and western Georgia.

Nov 07 – Feb 08
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), SERBIA
Joint Programming Expert
- Responsible for all joint programming activities in conjunction with United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), to ensure improvement of IDP Living Standards across Serbia. This included programme design, proposal writing, negotiating with UNDP and liaising with National and Local Government Departments

May 06 - Oct 07
Novoe Ltd, UK
Head of Research/Strategy Consultant in this start-up consultancy company, focusing on the inter-section between the public, private and third sectors.
- Conducted extensive business development, delivering presentations and devising proposals
- Devised stakeholder engagement strategies for individual clients
- Project managed individual client projects

Oct 03 - March 06
Danish Refugee Council (DRC) KOSOVO
Programme Manager
- Designed and managed all aspects of Psycho-Social Capacity-Building Program with Ministries of Health and Social Welfare, including leading International Assessment Mission
- Designed and managed all aspects of multi-sectoral return projects for ethnic minority Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs)
- Wrote numerous Reports, Project Proposals, Budgets and Strategy Papers
- Devised and led training seminars for IDPs and Local Government Officials


Sept 00 - March 03 United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
Associate Protection Officer KOSOVO
- Advocated for the right to return for ethnic minorities, negotiating with a range of international and local actors, and initiating the opening of new return sites
- Managed all aspects of multi-sectoral return projects for IDPs to several different return sites
- Co-ordinated all aspects of monitoring project of minority forced deportees from Western Europe, and searched for durable solutions for individual cases
- Wrote
Education:
2006-8 BPP Professional Education, UK
Graduate Diploma in Law
Thesis: “Implementation of the EU Reception Conditions Directive in the UK”

1997-9 HARVARD UNIVERSITY, John F. Kennedy School of Government
Master of Public Administration (M.P.A.)
Focus on International Human Rights, Humanitarian Affairs, Negotiation and Conflict Management

1996-7 CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY
Clare College
M.Phil International Relations – High Performance
Thesis: "Human Rights and the Islamic Republic of Iran"

1993-6 OXFORD UNIVERSITY
Worcester College
BA(Hons) Modern History
Double First Class
Affiliations and Achievements:
Academic Awards
2008 Nico Colchester Fellowship, The Economist
1997-9 Frank Knox Fellowship, Harvard University
1996-7 Economic and Social Research Council Award, Cambridge University
1994-6 Fletcher Scholar for Modern History, Worcester College, Oxford University
1988-92 Exhibitioner, Winchester College


Training Courses
- Advanced Monitoring and Evaluation, INTRAC, Oxford, UK
- Course in Freelance and Feature Writing, London School of Journalism (online)
- DRC Emergency Roster Protection Training
- Humanitarian Accountability Project Training
- The Refugee Experience: A Psycho-social Training (Oxford University Refugee Studies Centre, online)
- Rights-Based Humanitarian Programming, Danish Refugee Council
- Do No Harm Training, Centre for Development Action

Available for:
  • Consulting assignments
  • Job opportunities
  • Being headhunted – make me an offer

    Years of Experience:
    10-15 years
    Highest Qualification:
    Masters
    Languages:
    English, French, Italian, some Spanish
    Nationality:
    United Kingdom
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