Paul Weijers is a Private Sector Development advisor who started his work in development cooperation in 1987. Over the past 10 years, he was responsible for various market systems development (MSD) projects in Asia and Africa, including the integration of comprehensive planning and monitoring systems aligned with the DCED Standard for Results Measurement.
Presently, he is Team Leader of a GIZ-financed project in the leather sector in four SADC Region countries, i.e. Namibia, Zambia, Zimbabwe and Madagascar. The project’s focus is supporting the industry in its compliance to ESG Standards. This positions is intermittent for 15% of the time.
In recent years, he was based in Vietnam, Bangladesh, Ethiopia and Nigeria for projects of the Foreign Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) of the UK Government, USAID, and the German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ). Click here for Paul’s CV