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1 CURRICULUM VITAE Proposed role in the project: Key Expert 1: Team Leader 1. Family name: VAHAPASSI 2. First names: Antero Eero Elias 3. Date of birth: 24 May Nationality: Finnish 5. Civil status: Married 6. Education: Institution (Date from - Date to) Turku School of Economics, February 2010 Turku School of Economics, Tampere University of Technology, Technical University of Helsinki, Degree(s) or Diploma(s) obtained: Certificate in Management Consulting Diploma in Business Management Lic.Tech. (Licentiate of Science in Technology), equivalent to PhD in USA M.Sc. (Civil Engineering) 7. Language skills: Indicate competence on a scale of 1 to 5 (1 - excellent; 5 - basic) Language Reading Speaking Writing Finnish English Swedish German Membership of professional bodies: International Commission on Occupational Health (ICOH); Nordic Ergonomic Society; Finnish Trade Guild of Geneva; Rotary International (Uusikaupunki Rotary Club) 9. Other skills: Computer Literacy: All programmes of MS Office, Open Office, dbase (incl. programming), Internet, and Web; Windows XP and Linux (Ubuntu) operating systems; Adobe Connect Pro 7 web-conferencing; Scientific Workplace 5.5, LyX 1.6, MiKTeX 2.7; Ulead VideoStudio 11; and Hardware knowledge of structure, components and functionality of the PC. Database design: OHS Workplace Information Systems (Turkey, in several countries in Africa, Asia and Eastern Europe) Workplace Monitoring Systems (OSH Management Systems, Social Compliance, Child Labour) 10. Present position: Team Leader (EU Project on Improvement of Occupational Health and Safety 11. Years within the firm: 1.5 years Conditions at Workplaces in Turkey, Ankara, Turkey) 12. Key qualifications: (Relevant to the Project) Qualifications and Skills: M.Sc. (Civil Eng.); Lic.Tech. (Safety Engineering and Construction Economics., PhD equivalent); Diploma in Business Management; Certificate in Management Consulting. OSH Management Systems, Risk Assessment Methods, Performance Monitoring, Incident Investigation and Control, and Internal Auditing of OSH Management Systems. Training in OSH, especially Training-of-Trainers methodology based on cognitive view of learning. Full command in English with drafting skills (laws and standards), and fully computer literate.

2 General Professional Experience: 2 28 years ( ) of international development from which 3.5 years as a Senior Social Development and Labour Specialist of ADB (including social protection; formal and non-formal labour administration; and employment and migration issues), 15 years as a specialist in the ILO s labour, occupational safety and employment standards. One and half years (2010-) as a Team Leader of the EU Project in Turkey (on-going), six months (2008) as a Social Management Specialist in an EU/DFID funded project in Bangladesh regarding social management and compliance, and 3 years ( ) as a CTA and Senior Labour Inspection Specialist of EU project collaboration in the Baltic States with labour and employment agencies. 10 years ( ) working assignment in a national labour administration (the National Board of Labour Protection, Finland, later the name changed to the OSH Department of the MoH&SA). Specific Professional Experience: Experience as a Team Leader in international projects: 16 years (Tanzania, Zimbabwe, all English speaking African countries, the Baltic countries, Pakistan, China, India, Thailand, Indonesia, and the Philippines), and from April 2010 onwards in Turkey. Professional and proven competencies in OSH, Labour Administration and Risk Management: Excellent knowledge of OSH related acquis: Introducing of the Council Framework Directive 89/391/EEC in the Baltic States and Slovak Republic, writing a Core Labour Standards Handbook for ADB operations in the Philippines, good knowledge of social security, labour inspection and labour relation, social dialogue with social partners, freedom of movement of workers, social policy and employment related international standards. Professional experience in OSH Management and Risk Assessment: 10 years in Finland (State Labour Inspectorate and as a University Professor), 18 years in international OSH projects (Tanzania, Zimbabwe, all English speaking African countries, the Baltic countries, Pakistan, Thailand, Indonesia, the Philippines, Cambodia, and Bangladesh and Turkey) applying BS 8800, OHSAS 18001, ILO 2001, BS 18004, and ISO (draft). Proven knowledge in inspection and control of major accident hazards installations, especially in chemical industry (India and Thailand). Experience in the promotion of OSH: Implementing Training-of-Trainers programmes for Baltic labour inspectors and social partners (designing of a detailed 178 page training manual); producing training programmes in safety management (detailed OSH Management Guides for metal, construction and mining sectors in Turkey); training needs assessment in Cambodia and writing a 207 page Training Manual on OSH, safety management, and labour relation issues for labour inspectors; designing awareness-raising and international promotion campaigns in Bangladesh; and management consultations for Finnish housing estate managers. Good knowledge of EU PRAG rules via FIDIC contracts: Activities in ADB: Social aspects in FIDIC documents, and Corporate Social Responsibility and FIDIC. Wide competencies in employment and labour market reforms (formal and non-formal): Improving ADB s active labour markets programs by providing training programmes for social partners, labour exchanges and other employment services (job brokerage, counselling), and planning skills development programs (training and retraining of social partners). Extensive working experience with social partner (employers and workers organizations) in ASEAN countries and Central Asia including facilitation and guidelines for social dialogue. Establishment of labour dispute commissions in Estonia for improving social dialogue, facilitating tripartite practices in labour relations in the Baltic countries and Azerbaijan, and organizing labour relation training at the enterprise level. Evaluation of Bulgarian social partners capacities and designing their skills development programmes besides assessing the need for restructuring the State labour inspectorate in years of experience in social dialogue, social safety nets, social insurance, and social security plus micro and area-based schemes to protect communities, and child protection (in ADB as a Senior Labour and Vulnerable Groups Specialist). Core Labour Standards and employment issues (writing the ADB Handbook). Designing labour market information systems (in particular the computerization of labour inspections and information services in English speaking African countries, the Baltic States, the Slovak Republic, and Turkey). Excellent knowledge of labour, employment and social protection programmes in the informal sector: Designing programmes of combining social protection and poverty reduction for informal sector, including a wide range of informal sector labour market activities like designing

3 3 coping strategies (e.g. casual jobs, temporary jobs, unpaid jobs, subsistence agriculture, multiple job holding, etc.), and combating unofficial earning strategies (illegality in business). Thorough knowledge of internal migration and labour markets in order to facilitate internal labour mobility by socially acceptable ways (in China, and in the Philippines), also in several Labour Migration Ministerial Consultations for ASEAN and other Asian countries. Practical knowledge of labour issues and retrenchment plans in (public) enterprise restructuring within governments modernizing/reform programs in general, and especially in Indian states of Assam, Kerala, Orissa and the UPA. 13. Specific working experience abroad: Country Date from - Date to Turkey 04/2010 onwards (estimate: 01/2012) Azerbaijan 01/2011 Bangladesh 06-08/2008; and 09-12/2008 Trinidad and Tobago (mission) 11/2006 The Philippines (plus ADB countries) 01/ /2006 Cambodia 02/2002 Thailand, Indonesia, the Philippines 12/ /2001 Pakistan 04/ /1999 Bulgaria (missions) 01/1998, and 02/1999 The Slovak Republic (mission) 03/1997 Hungary (mission) 05/1996 St. Vincent and the Grenadines (mission) 03/1998 Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania 01/ /1998 Jamaica (mission) 05/1997 English speaking African countries 01/ /1994 (same time period) Switzerland 01/ /1994 Thailand 12/1989 India 08-10/1989 The People s Republic of China 03/ - 06/1989 Zimbabwe 09-12/1986; and 11/ /1989 Tanzania 03/ /1985

4 Professional experience Date from - Date to April ongoing January 2011 (one week) 8/2006-5/2008; 1/2009-3/2010 Jun 2008 Dec 2008 Jan 2003 Jul 2006 Jan 2002 Dec 2002 Location Ankara (Turkey) Baku (Azerbaijan) Helsinki Dhaka (Bangladesh) Company& reference person (name & contact details) CEEN Consulting Mr. Derek Barker Derek.barker@gmail.com AETS Consultants Mr. Fabrice CLAVERIE fabrice.claverie@aetseurope.fr University of Helsinki, Prof. Yrjö Engeström, yrjo.engestrom@helsinki.fi Maxwell Stamp Ltd., Mr. David Joiner Djoiner@maxwellstamp.com Manila (the ADB, Philippines) Mr. Robert Dobias, rjdobias@adb.org Helsinki University of Helsinki Prof. Yrjö Engeström, Position Team Leader Short-term Expert in Social Dialogue Senior Specialist (Consultant) Social Management Specialist Senior Labour and Vulnerable Groups Specialist (later Senior Social Development Specialist) Associate Researcher Description In the scope of EU Instrument for Pre-accession Assistance (IPA), managing the establishment and development of Occupational Health and Safety Management Systems in 1,500 SMEs from mining, construction and metal sectors, where occupational accident and disease rates are the highest in Turkey. Designing and organizing training programmes. Supervising of international and local experts, and planning training and promotion activities. Producing guidelines on social dialogue at enterprise level for employers, for (representatives of) employees and for labour inspectors in the project Enhancing the Capacity of the State Labour Inspectorate, IDA Credit # 4418 AZ. The expert has produced instructions for the tripartite social dialogue at national, regional, sector and enterprise level, and the establishment of a tripartite National OSH council, and awareness raising seminars for social partners and training of SLI inspectors. Development of future skill needs assessment tools for housing estate managers, and to conduct Competency Laboratory training sessions for private housing firms. Managing social development and labour issues in an EU-DFID funded IFC-BICF Institutional Capacity-Building Project for improving social management system in export processing zones in Bangladesh. Establishing of a monitoring for social compliance, improving labour dispute resolution process, and designing an Awareness-Raising and International Promotion Campaigns. Quality control of ADB s TA and loan projects on active labour market policies and institution building, tripartite training of social partners, labour adjustment programmes, labour issues in enterprise restructuring (e.g. privatization, public-private-partnerships), internal migration and labour markets, and assistance on social protection and pension schemes in the informal sector. Core labour standards and labour issues in general, and social dialogue issues with international trade unions due to ADB safeguard policies. Designing training programmes for labour market agencies. Research in adult education. Lecturing for post-graduate students in social change processes and developmental studies in multi-cultural environments. Feb 2002 Phnom Penh (Cambodia) International Labour Organization Consultant ILO-US Garment Sector Working Conditions Improvement Project, CMB/00/50M/USA, for building the capacity of Labour Inspectors and Workplace Monitors, and writing a 207 page Training Manual. Mar 1983 Dec 2001 Feb 1989 Dec 1990 Thailand, Pakistan, Switzerland, Zimbabwe, Tanzania Geneva, Beijing, Bombay, Bangkok, Harare International Labour Organization ILO/UNDP Team Leader (in UN system: Chief Technical Adviser) Chief Technical Adviser; Information Officer; Consultant Labour administration and social dialogue in the Baltic States; managing of child labour projects in the footwear, fishing and soccer ball sectors in South-East Asia; training and information project in 21 English speaking African countries for modernizing labour inspectorates, safety management systems, and OSH prevention and survey schemes. Managing of Occupational Safety and Factory Inspection Projects in Zimbabwe and Tanzania. Managing several consultancies in labour administration and labour relation, as well as in major accident hazards (China (PRC), India, Thailand, Zimbabwe and Switzerland). Among the activities were an analysis of labour protection, design a new training centre in China, reorganization of the Major Accident Hazard Unit in Central Labour Institute (Bombay), conducting inspections and training in chemical factories in Thailand, and conducting a four-week OSH training in ARLAC in Harare.

5 5 Sep 1979 Aug1980 Tampere Tampere University of Technology Acting Professor on OSH Technology Special fields: OSH, construction safety, machinery safety, fire protection, and safety analysis. Instructing students in M.Sc. in safety engineering and guiding post-graduate students in research. Sep 1973 Mar 1983 Tampere Finnish Labour Inspectorate Chief Inspector, Chief Engineer Expert in building and construction safety, staff training, and drafting legislation on OSH. Inspecting and visiting SMEs and large construction sites. Promoting social dialogue practices in enterprises.

6 5 15. Key publications in labour, employment and social dev. (a separate publication list includes 80 titles): Vahapassi, A. (ed.) ISGIP OHS Management Systems Guides, Part I and Part II (three separate guides). Publications of EU Project Improvement of Occupational Health and Safety Conditions at Workplaces in Turkey (EuropeAid/127926/D/SER/TR). 499 pages. Laitinen, H., Vahapassi, A OHS Related Statistics and Databases in Finland. Publications of EU Project Improvement of Occupational Health and Safety Conditions at Workplaces in Turkey (EuropeAid/127926/D/SER/TR). 8 pp. Vahapassi, A Five Social Management Reports (Survey on Social Compliance; Recommendations for an Awareness-Raising Campaign; Labour Standards for BEPZA s Social Management System; Recommendations for a Social Management Monitoring System in BEPZA and EPZs; and BEPZA s Social Management Communication Programme for International Business Clients). Bangladesh Investment Climate Fund (BICF) and the Board Export Processing Zone Authority (BEPZA). International Finance Corporation. Dhaka. 192 pp. Vahapassi, A. (ed.) Core Labor Standards Handbook. Asian Development Bank. Manila. 142 pp. Vahapassi, A. (ed.) Labor Issues in Public Enterprise Restructuring. Technical Note. Asian Development Bank, Manila. 40 pp. Vahapassi, A Outline for an Issues Paper - Internal Migration and Labor Markets. Asian Development Bank, Manila. (Draft), 10 pp. Vahapassi, A Labor Markets - important to ADB's Social Protection? PowerPoint Presentation in RSGS Division Meeting on 5 October 2005, Manila. 21 pp. Vahapassi, A Asian Development Bank, Labor Standards, and Philippines CSP PowerPoint Presentation in ALNI/P and Philippine Government Employees' Association (PGEA) Meeting on 8 September 2005, Manila. 45 pp. Vahapassi, A Poverty and Internal Migration - Reflections from ADB. Regional Conference on Migration and Development in Asia, Lanzhou, China, March pp. Vahapassi, A Assessment and Good Practice on Remittances. Second Labor Migration Ministerial Consultation for Countries of Origin in Asia, September, 2004, Manila. 23 pp. Vahapassi, A Decent Work Concept in ADB Operations. ICFTU-APRO Regional Seminar "International Financial Institutions and Core Labor Standards", 2-3 September 2004, Manila. 6 pp. Vahapassi, A Labor Issues in ADB Operations. ICFTU-APRO Regional Seminar "International Financial Institutions and Core Labor Standards", 2-3 September 2004, Manila. 20 pp Vahapassi, A Social Protection and Informal Sector - Challenges, obstacles and possibilities. 14 th Board Meeting of Asean Social Security Association (ASSA), August 19-22, 2004, Yogyakarta, Indonesia. 28 pp. Vahapassi, A Asian Development Bank and Labor Standards. Presentation in IFBWW Regional Seminar on Social Dialogue, October 2004, Siem Reap, Cambodia. 45 pp. Vahapassi, A Curriculum and Training Materials for a Two-week Workshop on Labour Inspection, Occupational Safety and Health, and Instruction. Training Manual for Cambodia. International Labour Organization, Geneva. 207 pp. Vahapassi, A., Békés, A Establishing an Integrated Labour Inspectorate in Bulgaria, Final Report - Findings and Conclusions. ILO Consultancy and International Labour Office. 31 pp. Vahapassi, A Workshop in Safety Management for Management Trainers, A practical example of a course outline. International Labour Office. 18 pp. Vahapassi, A Guide to Formulation of National Policies on Labour Protection in the Baltic States. Baltic Labour Inspection Project, RER/94/M02/FIN. International Labour Office. 14 pp. Vahapassi, A Needs Analysis for National and Regional Labour Inspection Collaboration in the Baltic States. In: High-level Cooperation Conference on "Development of Modern Labour Inspection Services in the Baltic States", , Riga (Jurmala), Republic of Latvia. 22 pp. Vahapassi, A Developing of Inspection Services - Changing Role of Labour Inspection. Report 4/95 of the ILO/Finnish Project RER/94/M02/FIN. 138 pp. Laitinen, H., Vahapassi, A Safety Management. Report of the ILO/FINNIDA Project INT/89/M16/FIN. International Labour Office. 50 pp. Sykes, R., Vahapassi, A., Ens, H Guidelines on Inspection of Chemical Factories, especially Major Accident Hazard Installations. Project INS/88/MO1/FRG, Chemical Safety and Major Hazard Control. International Labour Office, Geneva. 101 pp.