PROJECT DESIGN, PLANNING AND EVALUATION 

Upgrading of Informal Settlements (in the Free State and Eastern Cape) South Africa, 1993.
Project design, including the development of basic concepts for the upgrading of informal settlements of the black population, with the participation of local residents; and local authorities.


Housing Policy, Guatemala, 1994.
Project design with recommendations for a reorientation of national housing policy to focus more directly on the housing needs of the poor.


Advising on Environmental Management to the City of Ankara, Turkey, 1994.
Assisting in the design of a project to advise the city authorities of Ankara on methods for improving environmental planning and management.


Urban Upgrading for El Caliche, Santo Domingo and Funding facility for Self-Help Initiatives in Santiago, Dominican Republic, 1993/94.
Final project evaluation of two long-term settlement upgrading projects supported by German Technical Cooperation.


Reconstruction of the City of Mostar, Bosnia Herzegovina, 1994.
Advising on programme planning and implementation regarding the post civil war reconstruction of the town of Mostar. 


Strengthening of Local Governments, Armenia, 1997.
Appraisal and design of a technical assistance project to build up a supportive structure (advisory and training capacities) for local governments after local government autonomy had been introduced within the context of the transformation and reform process in Armenia.
commissioned by GTZ (German Technical Cooperation)


Low-Cost Housing I - III, Namibia, 1999
Evaluation of low-cost housing projects oriented at poor target groups which had been implemented in the cities of Windhoek, Walvis Bay and Swakopmund from 1992 - 1999. The projects supported the construction of small residential houses, the development of sites for housing projects and the refurbishment of former shared housing units (single quarters) for black workers in township areas.
commissioned by KfW (German Financial Cooperation)



Promotion of Intermunicipal Cooperation in Urban Services Provision,
Georgia, 2000.
Appraisal of a technical assistance project to build up an intermunicipal enterprise or association to operate water supply, sewerage and solid waste management services in six district capitals in the Borjomi-Kharagauly National Park region. The project has been designed as a complementary component to financial assistance project which will finance the rehabilitation of urban infrastructure in the project region.
commissioned by GTZ (German Technical Cooperation)