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Full name: NGUYEN Quang Tan
Date of birth: 13 September 1971
Place of birth: Quoc oai district of Hatay province, Vietnam
Sex: Male
Citizenship: Vietnamese
Contact: tananh@hn.vnn.vn, tan.quang.nguyen@student.hu-berlin.de

Education background:

Jun. 01-Present: Institution: Division of Resource Economics - Department of Agricultural Economics and Social Sciences, Humboldt University Berlin, Luisenstrasse 56, 10099 Berlin, Germany.

Degree expected: Ph.D in Resource Economics by June 2004.

Aug. 99 - Dec. 00: Institution: Department of Agricultural & Resource Economics - University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721, the USA.

Degree awarded: Master of Science in Agricultural & Resource Economics in December 2000.

GPA: 3.69

Thesis title: "Farmers’ training and the adoption of new upland agricultural technologies in the Black river watershed, Northwest of Vietnam."

Sep. 94 - Oct. 97 Institution: Hanoi National Economics University - Giai phong street, Hanoi, Vietnam.

Degree awarded: Bachelor of Economics in March 1998.

Nov. 88 - Jun. 93: Institution: Hanoi University for Foreign Language Teachers - Cau giay street, Hanoi, Vietnam.

Degree awarded: Bachelor of English in June 1993.

Work experience:

May 01 - Now Institution: GTZ funded TÖB research project on establishment of a monitoring and assessment system for FLA in Daklak, Daklak province, Vietnam.

Position held: Ph.D candidate, researcher.

Major tasks: 1) set up a M&E system to evaluate the effects of the allocation of existing forest in Daklak province; 2) support master student(s) in doing a field research; and 3) support strengthening the capability of local research staff.

Feb.01-Apr. 01 Institution: ADB funded Forestry Sector Project- 1A Nguyen Cong Tru, Hanoi, Vietnam.

Position held: Monitoring & Evaluation consultant.

Major tasks: 1) design and develop the project monitoring and evaluation system, 2) assist project staff in the application of computerized project monitoring and evaluation database.

Jul. 97 - May 99: Institution: German funded Social Forestry Development Project (SFDP) Song Da - 1A Nguyen Cong Tru, Hanoi, Vietnam.

Position held: Project Monitoring & Evaluation official.

Major tasks: 1) design and develop the project monitoring and evaluation system, 2) train project staff in project monitoring and evaluation system, and 3) assist project partners to strengthen their monitoring and evaluation system.

Dec. 98 - Apr. 99 Institution: German funded Project Afforestation in Ha tinh, Quang binh and Quang tri - 2 Ngoc Ha, Hanoi, Vietnam.

Position held: Part-time short-term consultant in designing the project monitoring and evaluation system.

Major tasks: 1) design a computerized system for project monitoring and evaluation, and 2) train project staff in the use of computerized project monitoring and evaluation system.

Jul. 93 - Jun. 97: Institution: German funded Social Forestry Development Project (SFDP) Song Da - 1A Nguyen Cong Tru, Hanoi, Vietnam.

Position held: Translator, Planning assistant, Database person

Major tasks: 1) translate from English to Vietnamese and Vietnamese to English in both spoken and written languages, 2) assist in Objective Oriented Project Planning workshops and preparation of ZOPP planning documentation, and 3) create and manage a relational database management system to store project data.

 Computer literacy:

Office package: Word for Windows, Excel for Windows, PowerPoints for Windows.
Operating system: DOS, Windows.
Programming language: QBASIC.
Relational database: Foxpro, Access.
Statistical package: SAS, Limdep.
GIS: Arc/Infor.

Languages:

Vietnamese: Mother tongue
English: Fluent
French: Basic

Other abilities:

Moderation in Objective Oriented Project Planning (ZOPP) workshop.

Application of Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA) methods for community development.

Honor and Award:

1999-2000 W. Fulbright Foreign Student Scholarship Program, the United States of America.

Publications:

Nguyen, Tan Q., " Farmers’ Training and the Adoption of new Upland Agricultural Technologies in the Black River Watershed, Northwest of Vietnam." Master Thesis, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, the University of Arizona. November 2000.

Nguyen, Tan Q., "Report on Findings from Field Visits to Forest Land Allocation Locations in Cu Jut and Krong Bong Districts, Dak Lak Province." Report No 1, Research Project on Assessment Methods for Forest Land Allocation, Daklak, Vietnam. September 2001.

Nguyen, Tan Q., " Farmers’ Training and the Adoption of new Upland Agricultural Technologies in the Black River Watershed, Northwest of Vietnam." Proceedings of Conference on International Agricultural Research for Development (Deuscher Tropentag), Bonn, 9-11 October 2001.

 

References:

Provided upon request

 


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