Institutional
strengthening of enterprise support and financing organisations
In Guinea
Bissau, Bert helped set up the Department of Investment Promotion and
Assistance to Small Industry within the Ministry of Industry. The first two
years he worked as investment analyst, preparing 30 small enterprise business
plans. The third year he was team-leader and in charge of a SMI credit fund.
The work included assistance to newly established or privatised enterprises, analysis
of their financial viability and training of entrepreneurs. He also prepared
Business Guides for starting entrepreneurs: 1
Planning, 2 Legalisation, 3 Licensing, 4 Bookkeeping, 5 Credit. (Jan 1992 - Jan 1995).
In Lesotho,
Bert established a rural enterprise evaluation unit (linked to savings and
credit groups) (two months in 1997, and one month
supervision the next year).
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In Ukraine,
Bert worked in the 'Western Ukraine Management Consulting' company, established
in the framework of the TACIS post-privatisation programme. He worked with
local management consultants in enterprise restructuring, business planning and
financial analysis (eight missions from Dec 1997 to June 1999).
A similar project was executed in Kazakhstan, where Bert worked in the post
privatisation centre 'Medeo Consulting'. He worked
with local management consultants in enterprise restructuring, business
planning and financial analysis (seven missions from May 1998 to Jan 1999).
In Cape
Verde, Bert set up an micro-lending programme
for multi-sectoral lending to small enterprises. The assignment included the
elaboration of statutes, a procedures manual, and a loan tracking system (Sept
1997).
In Malaysia,
Bert was as UNIDO programme officer involved in various enterprise support
programmes, such as a science and technology park, engineering and foundry
park, semi conductor centre, and short-term experts services (volunteers from
companies) to local industry (two years from Nov 1989 to Nov 1991).
In Macedonia, Bert helped establish a farm
evaluation unit and helped select and train ten young
agricultural credit advisors (Feb 1997).
In Moldova,
Bert worked in a project assisting the privatisation of agricultural
enterprises in Orhei region (Banking study and financing technology). Later he
was involved in a Grains Policy Project - Rural Finance Study (Nov / Dec 1995
and Nov / Dec 1997).
In Azerbaijan,
Bert worked with the local business support organisation 'Kosia-SMEDA',
and helped them expand the services to the interior regions and rural
population (July 1997).
In Afghanistan,
Bert took part in a management review of three large Humanitarian NGOs, aiming
to prepare them for a phase of capacity building and improved management
practices (July 2004 and Jan 2005).
Bert is
involved in training of national governments in EU/EDF contractual and
financial procedures (Djibouti 2004, Congo Brazzaville, Chad, Burundi, Brussels, Cameroun, and
Mozambique 2005, Guinea Bissau, Cape Verde and
Gabon 2006, Algeria, Morocco, Jordan, Senegal,
Egypt, Mozambique 2007, Guinea Conakry, Kenya,
Jordan, Syria, Algeria, Egypt and Paris, 2008, Chad
and Brussels, 2009, Paris, Madrid, Brussels, DPR
Korea, and Curacao, 2010, Algeria, 2011,
Paris, Pakistan,
2012,
Algeria and Chad
2013),
Jamaica
2014.
Bert worked with the Centre for Develop of Enterprise (CDE) in Brussels (Belgium) in the development of a manual for organising business-to-business partnership meetings (2003). He also helped CDE design a contractual and financial procedures manual and trained staff in its use (2009/2010, update 2012).
A similar project was undertaken for the Centre for Agricultural Technology (CTA) in Wageningen (Netherlands) (2012 and 2013).
See also training of consultants and credit
officers, business development, and Banking
studies.
Other
services: Turnaround, Business Support,
Credit Appraisal, Banking, Training, Project Cycle, Policy.
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