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| James
W. Rawley
BCPR
Geneva Deputy Director
E-mail: james.rawley@undp.org
Tel: 41 22 917 8302
Mob. 41 78 732 7575
Fax: 41 22 917 8060 |
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Rawley is the Deputy Director, UNDP Bureau for Crisis Prevention
and Recovery (BCPR). Manager of the Geneva portion of BCPR,
and with his staff, ensuring that UNDP Country Offices in
80 countries are provided with effective and timely technical
and financial support to respond to crisis and post crisis
situations, specifically in relation to small arms and demobilization,
post-conflict recovery, and disaster risk reduction and
recovery. Prior to joining BCPR, Mr. Rawley’s most
recent assignment was as UN Resident Coordinator and UNDP
Resident Representative in the Republic of Yemen (2000-2004).
He previously served as Senior UNDP Deputy Resident Representative
in Myanmar (1996-2000), UNDP Deputy Resident Representative
in Nicaragua (1991-1996), and as Assistant Resident Representative
in Honduras, where he served from 1986 until 1991. Mr. Rawley
started his career with the UN Population Fund (UNFPA) in
1981 in El Salvador and then at UNFPA Headquarters in New
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| Andrew
Maskrey
Chief of Unit
E-mail: andrew.maskrey@undp.org
Tel: 41 22 917 8229
Mob. 41 78 732 7558
Fax: 41 22 917 8060 |
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| Andrew
is currently Chief of the Disaster Reduction Unit of the
UNDP Bureau for Crisis Prevention and Recovery, based in
Geneva, Switzerland. Between 1992 and 1999 he was founder
and General Coordinator of the Network for Social Studies
in Disaster Prevention in Latin America: LA RED. From 1987
to 1994 he was Director of the Intermediate Technology Development
Group in Lima, Peru. Previously in 1983 he had founded the
Center for Disaster Prevention and Research (PREDES) a Peruvian
NGO and had worked in the National Institute of Urban Development
(INADUR), also in Lima. As well, between 1996 and 1999 he
was a member of the Scientific and Technical Committee of
the International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction
(IDNDR). Since 1982 he has worked extensively on a large
variety of disaster risk management initiatives, particularly
in Latin America but also in the Caribbean and Asia, including
research, training, field application projects and consultancies.
He published Disaster Mitigation: A Community Based Approach
and subsequently (1989). Los Desastres No Son Naturales
(1993), Terremotos en el Tropico Humedo: Un Estudio Comparativo
de los Desastres del Alto Mayo, Peru; Limon, Costa Rica
and (1996) and Navegando entre Brumas: La Aplicacion de
los Sistemas de Informacion Geografica al Analisis de Riesgos
en America Latina (1998) as well as a large number of journal
articles and papers. He trained professionally as an urban
and regional planner in the University of Manchester, United
Kingdom and holds postgraduate degrees in planning and in
geographical information systems. |
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| Jennifer
Worrell
Senior Programme Advisor
E-mail: jennifer.worrell@undp.org
Tel: 41 22 917 8506
Mob. 41 79 207 5294
Fax: 41 22 917 8060 |
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| Maxx
Dilley
Policy Advisor
E-mail: maxx.dilley@undp.org
Tel: 41 22 917 8285
Fax: 41 22 917 8060 |
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| Maxx
joined BCPR on 1 July 2005 as a Policy Advisor. Prior to
joining UNDP, from 2002 he worked at the International Research
Institute for Climate Prediction, part of the Earth Institute
at Columbia University in New York. Before that he worked
for two years at the World Bank Disaster Management Facility
and for seven years at the U.S. Agency for International
Development's Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance.
Maxx specializes in disaster and risk assessment, climate
risk management and food security. He has designed and managed
disaster mitigation programmes in Africa, Latin America
and Asia. Recent work includes co-authoring the report,
Natural Disaster Hotspots: A Global Risk Assessment, a joint
project between Columbia University and the World Bank with
other partners. Maxx also collaborated on UNDP’s report,
Reducing Disaster Risk, A Challenge for Development. Maxx
has Ph.D. and M.S. degrees from the Pennsylvania State University
and a B.A. from the University of Delaware, all in Geography. |
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| Maria
Olga Gonzalez
Disaster Programme Specialist
E-mail: mogonzalez@undp.org
Tel: 41 22 917 8239
Mob. 41 79 688 9986
Fax: 41 22 917 8060 |
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| Maria
Olga is a Guatemalan national with more than 10 years experience
in development cooperation, crisis management and recovery.
Maria Olga joined the team of trainers of the Joint OCHA/UNDP
"Disaster Management Training Programme" in 1991,
assisting in the design and conduction of workshops in 7
countries in Latin America and the Caribbean. As part of
the UN Country Team in Guatemala, participated in the demobilisation
of ex-combatants and other UN commitments following the
Peace Agreements of 1996. Member of OCHA's "United
Nations Disaster Assessment and Coordination Team"
since 1995. Joined the Disaster Reduction and Recovery Unit
of UNDP/BCPR in 1999, and has helped develop disaster reduction
and recovery strategies and programmes for several subregions/countries
in Asia, Europe and the CIS and Latin America and the Caribbean.
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| Angelika
Planitz -
Disaster Programme Specialist
E-mail: angelika.planitz@undp.org
Tel: 41 22 917 8703
Mob. 41 79 422 8894
Fax: 41 22 917 8060 |
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| Angelika
joined the Geneva-based Disaster Reduction Unit of the UNDP
Bureau for Crisis Prevention and Recovery in early 2003
as Disaster Programme Specialist. In this function, she
is supporting the design and implementation of regional
and in-country disaster reduction and recovery strategies,
and capacity building programmes in South-East Asia &
Pacific, and English speaking Africa. With 8 years of working
experience in the field of disaster risk management and
development, she has extensive expertise in community-based
disaster management and participatory methods, capacity
building for communities and government partners, strategic
planning, post disaster assessment, gender roles in disaster
risk management as well as programme design, management
and monitoring. Before joining UNDP, she was Programme Manager
with Concern Worldwide’s Disaster Preparedness Programme
in the Lao PDR (2000-2003). Angelika started her career
as Community Disaster Reduction Adviser and Associate Expert
with the South Pacific Disaster Reduction Programme, United
Nations Disaster Management Programme – South Pacific
Programme Office, Fiji (1996-2000). |
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| Mohammed
Abchir
Disaster Programme Specialist
E-mail: mohammed.abchir@undp.org
Tel: 41 22 917 8260
Fax: 41 22 917 8060 |
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Mohamed
Abchir, joined BCPR on 1 August 2005 as a Disaster Programme
Specialist. Prior to joining UNDP, he worked with the Secretariat
of the UN International Strategy for Disaster Reduction
in Geneva for four years as a Programme Officer and has
worked in the areas of promoting the integration disaster
reduction in sustainable development policies, drought risk
management, volcanic risk reduction, training and supported
the ISDR African outreach programme. He also backstopped
working groups of the Inter-Agency Task Force on Disaster
Reduction (Climate and Disasters chaired by WMO, Risk, Vulnerability
and Impact Assessment chaired by UNDP, and Drought). Abchir
supported the design of several disaster reduction projects
and the establishment of national institutional and legislative
mechanisms in Africa. He worked in 2000 with FAO in Rome
in the Land and Water Division. Before that, Abchir was
the head of the Earth Sciences Division in the National
Centre of Studies and Research for Development/Office of
the Presidency in Djibouti between 1996 and 1999. Abchir
has a PhD in Earth Sciences from the University of Paris
VII and the Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris (IPGP). |
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| Hossein
Sarem Kalali
Shelter and Built Environment Advisor
E-mail: hossein.kalali@undp.org
Tel: 41 22 917 8706
Mob. 41 79 457 1500
Fax: 41 22 917 8060 |
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| Hossein
trained as Architect/Urban Planner in Italy, USa and Switzerland,
Hossein Sarem Kalali is currently the Housing and Built
Environment to the DRU. Prior to his current assigment,
he worked, as housing specialist, with various UN agencies
and international organisationssuch as IFRC, in the area
of emergency abd post emergency situations in Africa, South
Asia, The Balkans. His experience involvedthe design, negotiation,
coordination and evaluation of emergency relief to post
conflict, post disaster rehabilitation and recovery interventions.
In addition to his international experience in humanitarian
operations and international development, he designed and
build several architectural projects in Geneva and Dubai.
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| Uthira
Ravikumar
DRU Programme Assistant
E-mail: uthira.ravikumar@undp.org
Tel: 41 22 917 8433
Mob. 41 79 5314 630
Fax: 41 22 917 8060 |
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| Uthira
joined the DRU team in 2002 as a programme assistant and
is responsible for administrative support. Prior to joining
DRU, she worked at UNHCR Geneva for one year. Before that
she studied Computer Science at Channai University, India.
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| Paul
Stalder
DRU Programme Assistant
E-mail: paul.stadler@undp.org
Tel: 41 22 917 8198
Mob. 41 79 623 1224
Fax: 41 22 917 8060 |
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Paul
joined the DRU team in April 2004. Prior to coming to UNDP
Paul worked for the IFRC (International Federation of the
Red Cross) Geneva in the Operations Accounting Service from
1994 – 2001 |
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| Disaster
Management Training Programme Team |
| Joanne
Burke
DMTP Coordinator, Senior Training Advisor
E-mail: joanne.burke@undp.org
Tel: 41 22 917 8357
Mob. 41 78 732 7563
Fax: 41 22 917 8060 |
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Joanne
joined the DMTP staff in March 2004. Prior to joining UNDP
she worked with the Relief and Reconstruction Unit of International
Resources Group, Washington D.C. She has 20 plus years experience
in international development and disaster management, working
in human resource and organizational development. Her experience
includes ten years with USAID’s Office of U.S. Foreign
Disaster Assistance (OFDA) and work with non-governmental
organizations. She has lived in Somalia, Pakistan and Fiji,
and worked extensively in Africa, Asia and Latin America
and the Caribbean. Joanne brings with her a wealth of expertise,
enthusiasm and fresh ideas. The DMTP Secretariat is lucky
to have her! |
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| Margaret
Kuku
DMTP Programme Assistant
E-mail: margaret.kuku@undp.org
Tel: 41 22 917 8359
Mob. 41 78 732 7562
Fax: 41 22 917 8060 |
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Margaret
has worked with the DMTP Secretariat for over eight years.
She has extensive UN experience working both in UNDP and
OCHA in Geneva. Prior to that she worked in the private
sector in London, England as well as with a Regional Organisation
in Kigali, Rwanda. Margaret is the institutional memory
and the backbone of the DMTP Secretariat! |
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