Dipl.-Ing. Alex Talmon-l'Armee

IFE financed by KfW for 8 African countries. Côte d‘Ivoir, Egypt, Ethiopia, Ghana, Morocco, Rwanda, Senegal, Tunesia

- evaluate technical aspect of knowledge infrastructure projects in the education sector - promote the understanding of the main issues and challenges of the education sector to key decision makers in the Bank and to present the Bank’s contribution to the interested outside world, including the European Commission and other international bodies and peer groups concerned with the sector. - Prepare comparative cost studies (including methodology, strategy and sector perspectives)

Technical Support (‘quick win measures’) for roads & bridges for the German Credit Facility for Iraq (KfW) to Assist the Return of IDPs: a) ReFAATO & Ministry of Construction, Housing (MoCH) to support the procurement of rehabilitation works (including bidding documents) for bridges & roads in the Nineveh Governorate (Mosul area); b) Investment Plan for Road Infrastructures for immediate implementation (~45 million Euro, first phase) and a second phase on complimentary required investments.

Gov. of Sierra Leone requested the formulation of a Renewable Energy Proposal through hybrid renewable energy sources in 50-60 rural locations, ~$60 million. - multidisciplinary team of experts - UNOPS engaged a Proposal Coordinator to lead the implementation of the pre-feasibility study. He was also the key interface with key stakeholders to ensure needs and observations are appropriately taken into account in the analysis & proposal formulation. Both the PFS and the main project are funded by DFID.

Preparation of tender documents for 12 TVETs in six provinces. HRDP2, a programme of the Gov. of Papua New Guinea (PNG), funded by the European Union (EU) under the 10th European Development Fund (EDF), with a total budget of € 26 million, approx., half of which is foreseen to be spent on infrastructure, equipment and materials; overall objective is to reinforce the vocational stream of education at lower secondary level in order to promote the development of skilled labour force.

Technical audit of 12 infrastructure projects for UNOP’s Sustainable Infrastructure Practice Group (SIPG) A key objective for UNOPS is to be recognized as delivering world-class infrastructure even in the most challenging environments such as Sudan), where it has implemented annually USD 12.5 million.

The Green UN House, ~7800 m2, 6 floors, workspace for 400 people, designed and constructed in conformity with Vietnamese construction codes and highest international standards for quality control and quality assurance. Project Manager critical to ensuring that the design and construction phase of the project, including the eco-friendly and team-friendly design aspects of the UN House are realized successfully and PRINCE 2 methodology is applied.

Supervise 10 civil engineers in Decentralised Management Units (DMUs) Training and maintenance of quality and standards in projects, development of standard Bills of Quantity for infrastructure work. Preparation of tender dossiers. Supervision & provisional acceptance of 764 building projects & coordination of the monitoring of infrastructure. Carrying out of regular ‘on the spot’ assessments of projects. Act as Imprest Administrator of Programme Estimate.

Mid-Term Evaluation of the UNRWA Medium Term Strategy (MTS)

Supervise work of engineers in Decentralised Management Units (DMUs). Training and maintenance of quality and standards in projects, development of standard Bills of Quantity for infrastructure work. Preparation of tender dossiers of all the construction contracts foreseen under the programme. Coordination of the monitoring of infrastructure in the field, regular ‘on the spot’ assessments of projects.

development of private properties with housing solutions in Kampala and Fort Portal, Uganda. Including technical infrastructure such as water, electricity, sewerage; structural engineering; FIDIC red book form of contract

Review of the primary education facility reconstruction programmes in Malawi

research of housing market in Uganda, including technical infrastructure, WATSAN, FIDIC red book form of contract

TA to Gov. of Western Balkans (CR, BiH, SER, CG, MAC, ALB) in the social infrastructure (edu, health, penitentiary) to develop bankable projects fit for financing by an IFI. identifying projects, writing Terms of reference, identifying, and contracting and managing consultants. all project stages, i.e. pre-feasibility, feasibility, preliminary design, main design, Bill of Quantity, and tendering (FIDIC red book (design, bid, build), pink book (MDB harmonised edition), yellow book (plant and design-build)).

Team Leader for a project to 'Improve Rural Primary Educational Facilities' in three districts in three provinces in Papua New Guinea.

Head the European Commission Technical Assistance Facility - Iraq, providing TA to the European Commission's Delegation in Baghdad.

Evaluation of the individual projects financed by the MDF ($550 million) and of their contribution to the overall reconstruction process in Aceh and Nias.

Conceptualize a comprehensive National Development Planning System (including Monitoring & Evaluation) for the Palestinian Authority (incl. e-government) and identify the activities and accountability of the various stakeholders within the system