AYSE KUDAT CURRICULUM VITAE Address: 32 Mountainside Court, Harpers Ferry, WV 25425 Turkey cell: 90-537 271 8217, US cell: 202 415 8896 Email: aysekudat@hotmail.com, akudat@socialassessment.com Personal: Born in Turkey, May 2, 1944; Citizen of Turkey Education 1997 Harvard/Stanford Universities, Executive Management Program 1971 Harvard University, Ph.D., Social Relations 1970 Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Major, Political Science 1966 Oxford University, Graduate Diploma, Social Anthropology 1965 Robert College, Istanbul, Economics (BA) 1964 METU (Middle East Technical University), Ankara, Economics Experience directly relevant for the task: President of Social Assessment, LLC specialized in social safeguards, resettlement, monitoring and evaluation, and social engineering 2000 to date EBRD Expert on Independent Recourse Mechanism 2004 to Nov 2009 Founder, President and Board Member of a specialized Turkish NGO on social safeguards/resettlement, including issues pertaining to large scale transport projects (railways, bridges, highways) ---2000 to 2008 Consultant to the World Bank on trade and poverty, transport, energy, water resources management, HIV/AIDS and gender and mainstreaming in investment projects in seven sectors, including transport, agriculture, communications, and water resources management. Manager of Social Development Unit and long term staff of Environment Department of the World Bank (for ECA and MNA regions---1995-1999), focusing, among other sectors, on social assessment of rural and urban transport projects, HIV/AIDS guidelines for transport sector, Social Assessment guidelines for transport sector Coordinator of the 1985 UN World Conference of Women, introducing transport sector issues to the UN agenda Coordinator of rural roads in the Ministry of Transport and Communications of Kenya/Nairobi 1980-1983
2 Work Record Current President, Social Assessment Llc, USA, 2000-2010 Independent writer (published following recent books) Fictive Kinship (2004) Male for Sale (2007) Abuse of Men (2008) What is cooking in a Kurdish Home (2010) Expert, Independent Resource Mechanisms (IRM) for EBRD (2005-2009), environment and social safeguards Board Member, Citizens International (2002-2008) Consultant, ICF/MCC Malawi Energy Sector SIA and RPF, 2010 Project Manager, Regional Development and Poverty (Turkey), 2008 Founder and Board Member, Rural and Urban Development Foundation of Turkey (1993-2009) Consultant, Impact Evaluation for Conditional Cash Transfer Program of Turkey (working with IFPRI), 2007 Consultant, Export Credit Agency-Switzerland, Social Safeguards for two large dams, 2001-2008) Consultant, Roads Department, Mozambique, HIV/AIDS, gender and poverty, 2005-2007 Panel Member, BP Tangguh LNG Project s Land Acquisition and Resettlement (including a focus on HIV/AIDS) 2004-2006 Consultant to World Bank, different contract covering: Trade and Poverty, 2007 CDD, EAP, 2007 Poverty Monitoring, Kazakhstan 2005 HIV/AIDS and gender regional review for Africa, 2008 Guidelines for Mainstreaming gender in HIV/AIDS projects in WB, 2008 Social Assessment Guidelines for Transport sector, 2005 Social Assessment Guidelines for WSS sector, Poverty and Social Impact Assessment of EAP projects,
3 Pro-poor Cultural tourism development in ECA, 2007-2009 WSS surveys in Serbia, Georgia, Moldova, Tajikistan RAP for Uzbek Irrigation Project, 2009 RAP for Uzbek Water resources Project, 2008 UNAIDS, Member of Global Monitoring and Evaluation Review Group, 2006-2008 Project manager, UNDP ((Rural Development and Poverty in Azerbaijan/Nahkshevan), 2005 Project manager, ICF and WAGP for West Africa Gas Pipeline (Nigeria, Benin, Togo, Ghana), 2006 Project manager, Uzbek Ministry of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Land Acquisition and Resettlement Plan Preparation, 2005 Project manager, British Petroleum, resettlement Action Plan (RAP) for Turkish and Georgian segments of the BTC petroleum pipeline, 2004-2006 Honorary Professor of Applied Social Sciences, Azerbaijan Honorary Professor of Social Development, Uzbekistan World Bank Staff, 1988-2000 Lead Specialist, Social Assessment, Europe and Central Asia (1999-2000) Social Assessment Coordinator (1998-2000) Coordinator for Social Development capacity Building in Africa Social Development Sector Leader, Europe and Central Asia (1998-1999) Manager, Social Development Sector, Middle East and North Africa/Europe and Central Asia (1995-1997) Senior Environmental Sociologist (1992-1995) Manager of Networks of Mediterranean Mayors, Networks of Mediterranean Waste Management Executives, and several other networks for four years in EMTEN, with capacity building
4 component of the Mediterranean Environmental Technical Assistance program Senior Program Officer, Water and Sanitation Division, Infrastructure and Urban Development Department (1989-1992) Senior Women-in-Development Advisor (1988-1989) Manager of Central Asia Local Applied Social Science Network Coordinator, Guidelines for HIV/AIDS and Transport United Nations staff Senior Human Settlements Officer; United Nations Center for Human Settlements (HABITAT), 1986-1988 Coordinator of the World Conference on Women; United Nations Center for Social Development and Humanitarian Affairs, 1984-1986 Human Settlements Officer, United Nations Center for Human Settlement (HABITAT), 1981-1984 Coordinator of Impact Studies for Rural Access Roads Program (Kenya); Danish International Development Agency (DANIDA), 1980-1981 Associate Professor; Middle East Technical University, 1978-81 Program Director; Turkish Development Foundation, 1978-81 Director International Institute of Comparative Social Studies, Science Center, Berlin, 1972-1977 Editor Migration and Development Information Bulletin, West Berlin, 1973-77 Instructor of Social and Physical Anthropology, Maryland University, West Berlin extension, 1973 Research Fellow, International Institute of management, Science Center, Berlin, 1971-1972 Post Doctoral Fellow, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), 1970-1971
5 Research Affiliate, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), 1967-1970 COUNTRY EXPERIENCE Teaching Assistant, Harvard University, 1964-1969 Research Assistant, Robert College, 1963 Extensive work experience in Africa (Sudan, Egypt, Kenya, Tanzania, Swaziland, Nigeria, Benin, Ghana, Tunisia, Morocco), Middle East (Yemen, Lebanon), Europe (all countries), Russia, Central Asia (All countries), Latin America (Mexico, Colombia), USA, South Asia (Nepal, India, Bangladesh, Pakistan), East Asia and Pacific (Indonesia, Papua). Countries with over 2 years of residence include: Turkey, Kenya, Tanzania, Austria, U.K., U.S.A. and Germany. Countries in which operational and/or research, training and monitoring work was carried out include: Azerbaijan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kazakhstan, Russia, Hungary, Poland, Germany, Yugoslavia (pre-transition period), Kenya, Mozambique, Malawi, Ethiopia, Tanzania, Sudan, Pakistan, India, Indonesia, Bangladesh, Jamaica, Mexico, Syria, Egypt, Morocco, Tunisia, Cyprus. LANGUAGES Turkish (mother tongue), English (excellent), German (fair), Spanish (reading) PUBLICATIONS Numerous books, articles, manuscripts, social assessments, resettlement action plans for various projects, conference papers, best practice notes available upon request and listed at http://www.socialassessment.com/akdocs.html.