Dr. Ekkehard Kürschner

Consultant and Managing Director

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Born 1957

Professional Development

2008 founding of CEP-Consult
Since 1983 service, training, research, and leadership roles for development/research organizations (freelance and employed)

Education

Dipl. Ing. Agr - MSc. Agricultural Sciences (1983)
Dr sc. agr. – Ph.D. – Thesis on the weed flora in Samoa (1986)
Systemic Counsellor for Organisations (2008)

Professional Experience

  • Long-term assignments
    Development Cooperation (GTZ) – Plant Protection Service (Samoa)
    Agricultural Research – Upland Rice Systems (IRRI-Philippines)
  • Counselling/Facilitation/Training
    Process accompaniment/Coaching, facilitation of planning and decision processes; M&E systems, impact orientation
  • Evaluation, Expert Report, Publications
    Project evaluation, impact, rural innovation, agriculture / food security, resource management, HIV&Aids, poverty reduction, renewable energy, advisory services on agricultural research (BMZ)
  • Research and Education
    Planning of consultancies and action research; working in inter-cultural and inter-disciplinary teams; assessing changes due to projects and innovations in rural areas (impact)
  • Leadership
    Organizational, departmental and project management (e.g. FAKT)
    Leadership of interdisciplinary research / consultant team (e.g. SLE)

Clients

  • BfdW, Diaconia (DWEKD), FAKT, GIZ, Kindernothilfe, SLE Postgraduate Studies/Humboldt University Berlin et al.
  • Welthungerhilfe/KfW

Country/Regional Experience

Africa: Ethiopia, Kenya, Zambia, Swaziland, South Africa, Liberia;
Asia/Pacific: Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, MEKONG-ripary countries, Philippines, Thailand, Syria; Samoa

Languages

German, English, French

 

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