Jens C.

Master’s degree (MSc) in economics and post-graduate education in project management, and economic and financial analysis. Twenty-five years of working experience. Team leader for various project and program preparation, appraisal and review missions, sector and country assistance strategy reviews and studies for, among others Ministries of Foreign Affairs/bilateral agencies of OECD countries, the World Bank, the United Nations Agencies and Programs, the Asian Development Bank and the European Commission in Asia, Africa and Latin America. Six years with resident missions for UNDP and the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and more than ten years working experience at middle and senior management levels. In recent years assignments have focused on Public Expenditure Management, coordination of external resources for integrated programmes/sector wide approaches, design and implementation of tracking studies and Fiduciary Risk Assessments as input among others for design and review of programs and financial mechanisms for result based financing using country systems.