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:: April 2009::
Saafconsult BV has been working in Pakistan helping the Wildlife Conservation Society (Pakistan Program Office) with determining how to reinvigorate high level talks on the proposed Pamirs 4-Country Transboundary Park, involving Pakistan, China, Afghanistan and Tajikistan. The various meetings and discussions yielded excellent results with enthusiastic suggestions presented by the stakeholders for effective, transparent and accountable ways forward in this exciting initiative. This assignment is due to be completed by the end of April 2009. |
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:: May 2009::
Saafconsult has been asked by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF International) in Zeist, The Netherlands, to provide an evaluator for their innovative programme “One Europe – More Nature (OEMN)”. WWF’s OEMN project uses an innovative approach to forge unusual partnerships so that business and nature can co-exist. Its mechanisms lead to win-win solutions for all, allowing Europe’s rural workers to generate incomes from the countryside whilst protecting nature. Field work will be in the Tisza Floodplains in Hungary, Maramures in Romania and Donana in Spain. |
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:: June 2009::
Saafconsult has been requested to evaluate the WWF Danube-Carpathian Programme project entitled “Danube Delta: A natural gateway to Europe, economy and ecology in harmony” in August 2009. The purpose of this field evaluation is to assess the effectiveness of the Danube Delta project in Romania and the Ukraine, to gain insights that could help improving the operational capacity of the staff involved in the implementation of the project and to identify and communicate lessons learned that could contribute to increase the efficiency of similar projects and the overall performance of the staff. |
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SAAFCONSULT B.V. is a small, highly creative and dynamic consultancy firm. Its’ main fields of work are:
• Water Resources Management
• Water Supply and Sanitation
• Investments
• Natural Resource Management
The company, established in 2005, is based in The Netherlands, but its consultants live and work worldwide. The company uses state-of-the-art Internet and Telecommunication techniques to ensure ease of access to the company.
The company was founded by Ele Jan Saaf, who is a Dutch national and a senior water management consultant with experience in more than 20 countries in the Middle East, South Asia and Central and Eastern Europe. Mr. Saaf is also a member of the Commission for Ecosystem Management (CEM) of the World Conservation Union (IUCN).
The mission statement of Saafconsult is, “To provide consultancy, project management and investments to projects, organizations and funds that contribute to sustainable use of natural resources in developing countries and countries in transition.”
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Some of the main clients of SaafConsult are the International Fund for Agricultural Development, the World Bank, the German Development Bank (KFW), Netherlands Development Assistance, the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), the World Conservation Union (IUCN) and private sector firms such as Sachsenwasser (Germany) and Aquatech (Pakistan).
For most of its fields of work SaafConsult has associated with other small and highly professional firms to create a flexible and client-oriented network of firms and individuals that can cater to a large variety of requests and demands of a very diverse group of clients. More details about associated companies can be found on the pages detailing the fields of work. |
Effective water management for agriculture in arid climates can be crucial to a sustainable existence for local farmers. |
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