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International Vocational Education and Training Assocation (IVETA) Founding Member, Past President, current Vice President for North America. IVETA – IVETA 

International Center for Career Deveopment and Public Policy (ICCDPP). Current member of Executive Board.   ICCDPP Home - ICCDPP 

World Bank/China: Support to Climate Change and Energy Sectors for identification of labor policies and programs to ameliorate the negative social impacts of economic change and industrial restructuring in China.

Pakistan: Support to the World Bank for sector analysis, and project preparation, for layoff of workers at the Karachi Dock Labor Board.

Uzbekistan: support to the Asia Development Bank as lead consultant to analyze labor force demand and supply policies and programs to facilitate development of the economy

Pakistan: support to the World Bank for Mid Term Review (MTR) of the Sindh Skill Development Project.

Pakistan: support to World Bank for preparation of Sindh Vocational Training Development Project for unemployed youth, and support for similar component in Punjab Province. Includes the design and supervision of tracer studies of existing training programs, and employer surveys. 

Armenia: Lead consultant for provision of support to USAID employment and pension project, specifically to analyze and develop an action plan for career guidance policies and programs (sub-contract with Deloitte Consulting)

Georgia: Support to MCC for design vocational/technical component of a human resource investment Southern Sudan: Support to FHI360 for evaluation of the Adult Education Programs (AES), Project to educate and train youth displaced by the conflict, financed by the World Bank. 

Equatorial Guinea: Team leader to FHI30 for implementation of a labor market demand and supply analysis, including employer surveys and tracer studies, and design of a new Polytechnic Institute. Project funded by Hess Oil Company. 

Nepal: Support to the World Bank for redesign and implementation of employment and self-employment services to assist youth and other conflict affected persons enter the labor market. 

US Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC):On call consultant to MCC for development of demand-based employment and training policies and programs. Initial assignments have included Cape Verde (identification on human capital requirements for investment in the water and sewage sector, Namibia (design of employment and training fund, Indonesia (commenting on proposed TVET investment projects), Georgia (labor market gap analysis and design of TVET component for HRD project). 

Ministry of Education and Science, BIBB Germany: Guest lecturer on design and implementation of human resource development technical assistance in developing countries.

Center for Education for Employment-The Ohio State University: Guest lecturer on methods to development of labor market information in developing countries.  

Pacific Islands: Team leader for an Asia Development Bank financed study on “Demand Based Skill Training Programs” for youth and adults. Assignment includes contact with most  Pacific Islands and in-depth on-site analysis of labor markets and development of recommendations in Timor Leste, Republic of Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia f or market i

Nepal: Consultant to the World Bank for redesign of a project to provide demand based active labor programs to assist youth and other individuals displaced by the civil conflict re-enter the labor market. 

Armenia: support to the Armenia State Employment Agency to refine employment policy, labor market information development, and demand based active labor programs (USAID financed – sub-contact with Deloitte).

Namibia: support to the US Millennium Development Corp to develop plans and terms of reference technical vocational education and workforce development components of a human resource development grant (sub-contractor to the Academy of Educational Development. 

Kazakhstan: support to World Bank for preparation of Vocational/Technical Education Modernization Project (project now complete and financed by the IBRD).

Kazakhstan: support to World Bank for preparation of HRD component of a Regional Development Project.

Kuder Inc.: Support the US private sector firm to track and develop proposals for internationally funded projects in the field of career and employment counseling 

Azerbaijan: support to the World Bank to develop draft terms of reference for development of employment services and occupational standards and assessment components of a Social Protection Project. 

Iran: Team Leader for World Bank financed technical vocational education Project Planning Facility (PPF) to review technical and vocational training polices in Iran with ISC.

Pakistan: support to World Bank for preparation of the Karachi Port Labor Board labor redeployment project (completed – project cancelled by new Government).

Egypt: Team leader for USAID funded project implemented by the US Academy of Education Development to complete a GAP analysis of technical colleges including tracer studies of graduates and employer surveys.

Egypt: Support to the ‘World Bank for sector analysis of Ministry of Trade and Industry vocational/technical training initiatives with ISC.

Vanuatu: Support to AusAID for review of first phase investments in technical vocational education and planning for a follow-up second phase.

Serbia, support to World Bank Quality Enhancement review of a privatization project.

EU/ECORYS: third party review of the evaluation of the 1.9 Billion EURO European Union Leonardo da Vinci program.

Pakistan, support to World Bank for vocational training policy study as part of labor strategy study and development of National ISC.

Zambia/Mauritius/Sri Lanka: keynote speaker at African Regional Conference on Technical Vocational Education VET hosted by Zambia (2008), and peer review of re-organization plan for TVET and keynote speaker at similar conference hosted by Mauritius (2007), and in Sri Lanka (2009) for the International Vocational Education and Training Association (IVETA).

Turkey: support to EU Mission and Ministry of National Education for design of vocational/technical training, governance, and small business development projects and support for ISC;

Poland, supporting the World Bank for development and implementation of a Post Accession Rural Support Project,

US Community Colleges: provision of support for development of High Growth Job Training Initiative proposals for a Country Community and Technical College in Georgia, and the W. Virginia Community and Technical College Chancellors Office, for implementing high tech training with financing from the US Department of Labor Workforce Investment Act (complete).

Armenia, support to Ministries of Education and Labor for implementation of a World Bank Education Project and development PADCO/USAID proposal for support in the labor sector and ISC 

Saudi Arabia: keynote presentation on Evaluation of Vocational Technical Education” to Middle East Conference on Technical and Vocational education, December 2006.

Qatar, support for World Bank Labor Strategy Study and Implementation.

China, supporting the World Bank WBI Conference on lifelong learning, career guidance and counseling, and support on the design of a labor migration project.

Argentina, peer review and support for preparation of a World Bank employment project. 

Bulgaria, support for preparation of employment and education/training components of a World Bank Programmatic Adjustment Loan.

Turkey, support for preparation of the 2nd World Bank Privatization Social Support Project.

Georgia, support to USAID/Ministry of Education/AED for implementation of vocational education components of education project and ISC.