Curriculum Vitae
Mr. Jan Bruinsma
Name and address
Jan Bruinsma
Seranggracht 56
1019 PM Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Telephone: + 31 (0) 20 – 7780013
Mobile: + 31 (0) 618697980
Skype: janbrui
Email: janbrui@gmail.com
Website: www.janbruinsma.com
Date of birth: 26 June 1950
Nationality: Dutch
Key competencies as independent development professional:
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Over 25 years experience in development cooperation
(Multi-Cultural) Conflict Mediation, Interpersonal Cooperation and Communication
Institutional and Organisational Development and Human Resource Management
PME, Project Management, Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation
Capacity Development with (local) Government, the NGO sector and Civil Society
See my website for more details at http://www.janbruinsma.com/
Employment record
Date from – Date to
2007-present
2001-2007
Description:
Consultant, Mediator, Coach, Advisor and Trainer; at
Bruinsma Consulting
MDF Training & Consultancy BV, Ede, the Netherlands
Senior trainer and consultant at MDF, a global training and consultancy
agency, with over 25 years of experience in international co-operation,
whose services are:
 enhance competencies of staff members
 assist organizations to improve performances
 maximize the impact of partnerships and networks
 focus on sustainable results in projects and programs
2000-2001
1999-2000
1993-1999
ACT Churches, Utrecht, the Netherlands
ETC International, Leusden, India
Swiss Intercooperation, Colombo, Sri Lanka
Director of the Self-help Support Program (SSP) improving the socioeconomic living conditions of the rural poor in the Dry Zone of Sri Lanka.
Funded by the Swiss Government (Swiss Development Cooperation –
SDC) the program supported Government and NGOs with a focus on
Rural Credit, Rehabilitation of Minor Irrigation, Participatory Rural
Appraisal and Organisational Development.
1990-1993
HIVOS, Bangalore, India
Managing the regional office of HIVOS (the Dutch Humanist Institute for
Development Cooperation), contributing to a world in which all citizens –
both men and women – have equal access to resources and
opportunities for development.
1987-1990
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Curriculum Vitae
Mr. Jan Bruinsma
Education:
University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands
1999-1999
Institute of Social Studies, the Hague, the
Netherlands 1986-1987
Sociale Akademie De Horst, Driebergen, the
Netherlands 1979-1983
HHM Maastricht, the Netherlands
1968-1972
Part-time study Ethics
(Department of Philosophy)
MA Agricultural and Rural
Development
BA Social Work
Business and Hotel Management
BA Business Administration
Special Courses:
2012
2010
2002-2003
1998
1997-1998
1994
1994
1993
Mediation and Alternative Dispute Resolution, [Mediation Collegethe Netherlands]
Capacity WORKS from GTZ, [training by MDF Training &
Consultancy in the Netherlands]
Analytical Psychology [SUW Nijmegen, the Netherlands]
Self-Evaluation [Swiss Development Cooperation, Bern, Switzerland]
Understanding organisations in a changing environment [Swiss
Development Cooperation, Bern, Switzerland]
Institutional Development and Organisational Strengthening (ID/OS)
[MDF Training & Consultancy, the Netherlands]
Regional Workshop on Participatory Rural Appraisal. [Swiss
Intercooperation, Sri Lanka]
Seminar für Projektleitung, Projektplanung und Projektdurchführung
[Swiss Intercooperation, Bern, Switzerland]
Language skills: On a scale of 1 to 5 (1 - excellent; 5 - basic)
Language
Dutch
English
French
German
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Other skills: Computer literacy, MS Word
Present position:
Free-lance Senior Consultant, Trainer and Mediator
Positions held:
Regional Representative, Director, Manager, Consultant, Mediator, Advisor, Trainer,
Facilitator, Coach, Evaluator, Team-leader, Policy Officer, Project Officer and Project
Manager
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As professional I worked for:
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Avance, project management and consultancy, in Kenya, Ghana and the Netherlands
Both ENDS, Amsterdam, in India and the Netherlands
Caritas Europe in Belgium
Caucasus Environmental NGO Network (CENN) in Georgia
Centre for Strategic Research and Development of Georgia (CSRDG) in Georgia
Centre for Training and Consultancy (CTC) in Georgia
CIF Santé in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
COC Int. the Netherlands, Moldova, Albania, Kosovo, Serbia, Kyrgyzstan and Georgia
Cordaid in the Republic of Moldova and in the Netherlands
ETC International Group in India
EU trainees from Bosnia and Herzegovina in the Netherlands
FNV (Dutch Federation of Trade Unions) in Pakistan
Free Press United (Amsterdam), in Tadjikistan
GTZ, German Technical Cooperation in Sri Lanka and in Jordan
HIVOS, in India Indonesia, Sri Lanka and in the Netherlands
IAAC, Irish Aid Advisory Committee in Ireland
ICCO, in the Kyrgyz Republic and in Kazakhstan
ISSAS-ISS the Netherlands
Malteser International in Myanmar, Pakistan and in Uganda
MCIC, Macedonian Centre for International Cooperation in Macedonia
MCNV, Medical Committee Netherlands Vietnam in Vietnam and in the Netherlands
MDF Training and Consultancy , East and Southern Africa (MDF ESA) in Rwanda
MSF Belgium, Médécins sans Frontières in Belgium
MSF Holland, Médécins sans Frontières in the Netherlands
NOVIB (Oxfam Novib) in Georgia, Serbia and in Sri Lanka
ONG-Record (a regional service rendering NGO) in Togo
PSO, the Netherlands
Schorer Foundation, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
SDC, Swiss Development Cooperation in Pakistan
SOW-Kerken, the Netherlands in the Kyrgyz Republic and in Kazakhstan
Swiss Intercooperation in Peshawar, Pakistan and in Sri Lanka
Trocaire in Ireland
UMCOR Kosovo in Kosovo
War Child the Netherlands in Georgia
WEMOS the Netherlands
World Council of Churches in the Ukraine
Countries worked in:
Albania, Belgium, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ghana, Georgia, India, Indonesia,
Ireland, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kosovo, Kyrgyz Republic, Lebanon, Macedonia,
Moldova, Montenegro, Myanmar, Nepal, Nigeria, Pakistan, Rwanda, Serbia, Sri Lanka,
Tadjikistan, the Netherlands, Togo, Uganda, Ukraine, Vietnam.
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