Profile

Alex Percy-Smith is responsible for the International Project Network at the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences. His work involves initiation and co-ordination of international activities and providing quality assurance as well as project management. He is an agronomist and has a background in crop protection research, agricultural research management and in project and resource management.

His experience covers all aspects of the project cycle: project identification and formulation, implementation and review as well as short and long-term technical assistance. He has considerable project management experience from projects in Africa and Eastern Europe.

Alex Percy-Smith has extensive project experience from a range of developing countries especially Uganda, Mozambique and Zambia and has a thorough understanding of bilateral development assistance with a focus on the countries with which Danida co-operates. In addition, he has considerable experience from work in the Baltic States, Poland, the Czech Republic and other new EU-accession countries.

His responsibilities include:

�Coordination and management of the International Project Network

�Surveillance of potential international projects with a focus on developing countries

�General marketing of the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences expertise especially targeting developing countries

�Support to specific project acquisition and preparation

�Faculty of Agricultural Sciences representative on the board of the Danish Development Research Network (DDRN)

�Member of the Steering Committee of the European Forum for Agricultural Research for Development (EFARD)

�EFARD representative on the Steering Committee of EU Specific Support Action �PAEPARD� � �Building up a Platform for African-European Partnerships on Agricultural Research for Development�

�Project manager for the on-going project �Livestock System Research Program in Uganda�

�Danish responsible for ERA ARD net project under 6th Framework Programme

�Contributing to including the international dimension on Network of Excellence ENDURE - �European Network for the Durable Exploitation of crop protection strategies�