Konsulentnetværket/ Networking Consultants Klosterstr.23,1., 1157 København K DENMARK Ph.: +45 33 79 77 07 e-m: peter@tygesen.net ZIMBABWE Ph.: +263(0)777 053 552 1. Nationality: Danish 2. Year of Birth: 1954 TYGESEN CV August 2013 C U R R I C U L U M V I T A E PETER TYGESEN 3. Civil Status: Married with two adult children. 4. Profession: Consultant. 5. Educ. Backgr.: Master, African Studies (focus on State Building), Copenhagen University. 8. Key Qualifications: Peter Tygesen has 25 years' work experience in developing and postconflict states, in mainly civil society, governance and communications issues, in both rural and urban settings. He is especially qualified in issues of civil society support, governance, fragile situations and state building, and has assisted in the design and re-evaluation of country and sector development programmes. In a Danish context, Tygesen has been involved in a string of activities analysing health opportunities and facilitating user-defined health initiatives within the public health administration. In addition, Tygesen has undertaken major research assignments for publication purposes. From Peter Tygesen's recent fieldwork assignments attention might be drawn to the following: Youth and political participation. Design and analysis of results from nation-wide quantitative survey on youth, their livelihood and their political participation in Zimbabwe. Start-up Assessment; Identification of Civil Society Partners for Participatory Early Recovery Programme in Increasingly Vulnerable Situation Malawi for Welthungerhilfe (projects in WASH, basic health, livelyhood, farmer organisations for improved income). Danida desk appraisal: Village-based Primary Health Care project at Lake Tanganyika, phase II, a participatory and advocacy approach to needs alleviation. Danida desk appraisal: Working Children s right to education in Nicaragua; a civil society-driven project.
Review of the Danida Media Support Programme to Zimbabwe. Part of two-member team Formulating Denmark s first Programme for Comprehensive Aid to South Sudan 2011-14. Reviewing Danish Government Strategy for Civil Society/Good Governance support in Zimbabwe. Assessing the consequences and potentials for Civil Society-supported reform and development strategies emerging by the introduction in Zimbabwe of the Inclusive Government. Assessing 30 years of Danish development assistance to Mozambique. Analysing the aid transformation from initially NGO interventions to state aid and the continued interplay between these actors, the cooperation between Danish and local NGOs, the role of civil society in improving governance, and assessing the needs of rural and urban populations and their capability to project these to relevant power structures with an emphasis on projects in agriculture, education and health. Analysing Danish health facilities capability to provide care to unskilled workers work-induced sickness and facilitating two pilot projects for improved integrated care; a participatory and advocacy approach. 6. Sector experience: Civil society, fragile states and vulnerable societies, rural development, human rights & democratisation, NGO support to civil society, media support and training, public health, poverty and rights analysis. 7. Language skills: Language Reading Spoken Written Danish 5 5 5 English 5 5 5 French 4 2 1 8. Selected Consulting Assignments Country Date: Name and brief description of task/project. Client in italic. Zimbabwe 2013 Eager or Slumbering? Youth and Political Participation in Zimbabwe. Analysis and nation-wide quantitative survey performed in Zimbabwe in preparations for constitutional referendum and elections in Zimbabwe. Action Aid, Denmark Zimbabwe 2012 Along the Winding Road. Briefing paper for Zimbabwe-European N conference and joint ACP-EC Parliament Session on the international community s opportunities for supporting Zimbabwe to attain free and fair elections. Action Aid, Denmark Denmark 2012 Desk Appraisal: Working Children s right to education in Nicaragua. TYGESEN CV August 2013 2
Denmark 2012 Desk Appraisal: Village based primary health care project on DR Congo and Tanzanian shores of Lake Tanganyika. Malawi 2011 Consultant: Malawi Start-up Assessment; Identification of Civil Society Partners for Participatory Early Recovery Programme in Increasingly Vulnerable Situation. Welthungerhilfe Zimbabwe 2011 Consultant Team Leader: Danish Media Support Programme to Zimbabwe Input Mission. South Sudan 2011 Consultant State-building Expert: Formulation Mission of a Programme for Coherent Future Danish Support to South Sudan 2011-14. Denmark 2012 Desk Appraisal: Training of Leaders for Development in the African Scouts Movement. Iran 2011 Course leader: Media Training. Conflict Sensitive Reporting. Iranian State Broadcasting Corp/Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union Zimbabwe 2010-11 Consultant, Team Leader: "Civil Society, Private Sector and Good Governance. A Strategy for New Initiatives". Uganda, Kenya 2010 WASH campaign; director: Three video films on water & sanitation in Eastern Africa. Danish Red Cross Zimbabwe 2010 Analyst: "A Gathering Storm" - Country Report on governance in Zimbabwe. Action Aid Denmark 2009 Course planne Gender and Health, a 10-session course on Genderrelated Health issues (including a focus on male issues) for the Danish Trade Union Movement Training Organisation FIU, Fagbevægelsens Interne Uddannelser Zimbabwe 2009 Consultant: Report on the need for communication assistance in Zimbabwe's Constitution-making process. LO-FTF, Denmark Mozambique/ Denmark 2007-8 Analyst: 30 years of Danish development assistance to Mozambique. Denmark 2002-3 Change catalyst: Improving cooperation capacities and strategies of local government health and social agencies in tandem with users' organisations. SID, KAD (Danish General Workers' Unions). Denmark 2001-2 Consultant: Impact of waiting time in the Danish Health Service on health and job security of general workers: A strategy for action based on a nation-wide study. SID (Danish General Workers' Union). TYGESEN CV August 2013 3
9. Geographic Experience Bangla Desh, Belgium, Botswana, Denmark, D.R. Congo, Finland, France, Ghana, India, Islamic Republic of Iran, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nepal, Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan, R.o. Congo, Rwanda, Slovakia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sri Lanka, Swaziland, Sweden, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Uganda. 10. Career International consultant on development and communication Independent consultant on health, development and communication issues. 2000 DRC Tygesen & Co. Writer Research in the Democratic Republic of Congo and writing a book on that country. 1992-2001 Denmark Tygesen & Co. Consultant Consulting simultaneously with the below positions. 1999-2000 Denmark Weekendavisen (national weekly) 1995-1999 Denmark Information (national daily) 1994-1995 Denmark Danish Broadcasting Corporation Senior Feature Writer Foreign editor Ass. Foreign editor Investigative journalist on domestic and international affairs. Responsible for the newspaper s daily coverage of international events and of international investigative journalism. Responsible for strategic planning, budgets, human relations, including hiring & firing and training of staff, supervising training programmes for recruits, writer of editorials on international affairs. Responsible for daily coverage of international events. 1992-1994 Denmark Danish Media News reporter Reporting on domestic and international affairs. 1991-1992 South Africa Date Location Company Position Description From to Aug. 2010 - Denmark Konsulentnetværket Networking Consultants Senior Consultant/- Partner issues. 2001-2010 Denmark Tygesen & Co. Private Consultant Berlingske/- Weekendavisen/- Danish Broadcasting Corp 1988-1991 Zimbabwe Berlingske/- Weekendavisen/- Danish Broadcasting Corp 1986-1988 Denmark Danish Broadcasting Corporation Africa Foreign correspondent Africa Foreign correspondent Domestic/- international reporter Reporting on African events to a daily and a weekly newspaper in the same group and for radio. Reporting on African events to a daily and a weekly newspaper in the same group and for radio. News and investigative reporter on domestic and international affairs. 1984-1986 Denmark Various Free-lance Feature and special reporting from Denmark and Southern Africa 11. Membership of professional bodies: National Press Club of Denmark (Vice President for 5 years before present relocation to Zimbabwe). TYGESEN CV August 2013 4
12. Selected Publications (Print) Eager or Slumbering? Youth and Political Participation in Zimbabwe. Analysis and nation-wide quantitative survey performed in Zimbabwe in preparations for constitutional referendum and elections in Zimbabwe. Country Report for Action Aid Denmark. May 2013 A Long and Winding Road Briefing paper for joint ACP-EC Parliament Session on the international community s opportunities for supporting Zimbabwe to attain free and fair elections. Country Report for Action Aid Denmark. November 2010 A Gathering Storm - Zimbabwe's Final Hope for Reform? Country Report for Action Aid Denmark. November 2010 (download at http://www.ms.dk/sw109019.asp) Breathing Space - Zimbabwe's Golden Opportunity for Reform? Country Report for MS/Denmark. September 2009 Hvor køn er vores sundhed? - Sundhed, køn og samfund. (Course textbook on health, sex and society) Arbejderbevægelsens Interne Uddannelser/3F, 2009 De gode menneskers land. Danmark i Mozambique. People'sPress 2008 (Book on 30 years of Danish development assistance to Mozambique) Sundt fravær, 2003. (Booklet on pilot projects to reduce waiting time for work-related sickness for unskilled workers. Part of series Initiativer for hurtigere og bedre indsats for sygemeldte published by SID-KAD/3F) Hvorfor vente?, 2002 (Booklet on waiting time for work-related sickness for unskilled workers. Part of series Initiativer for hurtigere og bedre indsats for sygemeldte published by SID-KAD/3F) The best money, the best girls. Slovak Media, it's owners and their journalists. A report on ethical problems and their roots. 2002 Congo, formoder jeg, Centrum, 2001 (major book on DR Congo) Vi orker ikke/orker vi ikke?, BST, Københavns Kommune, 2000 (booklet on health and sickness absence for the Municipality of Copenhagen) TYGESEN CV August 2013 5
Sundhed er ikke hver mands eje, SID, 1984 (book on Danish health) 13. Studies: Master (State Building), University of Copenhagen, Centre for African Studies (2013). Attained Equivalent of Professional Bachelor as journalist in 1986 after inhouse training at Danish Broadcasting Corp. Medical School, University of Copenhagen, Denmark (1980-84). School of Political Science, Århus University, Denmark (1975-7). Fulton Senior High School, N.Y., USA (1973-4). Numerous private and corporate training courses in media and language skills (1986-) TYGESEN CV August 2013 6