CURRICULUM VITAE ROBERT François Born June 11, 1961, in Strasbourg (France) French nationality. Married, two children Address : Clange, 89520 Saints en Puisaye, France, tel/fax (33) (0) 3 86 45 62 84 / GSM (33)(0)6 87 87 82 61 E-mail : contact@f-robert.com Website : http://www.f-robert.com : Institution Université Lumière-Lyon 2 Date: from 1994 to May 1998 Degree or Diploma obtained: Institution Doctor of al Sciences, summa cum laude (Thesis advisor: Michel Develay. Jury composed of Chief Officer Fortier, Ms. Costa-Lascoux, Messrs. Martinand, Audigier and Develay) (Thesis about law teaching) Independant candidate Date: 1991 Degree or Diploma obtained: Institution Major in 91 for the external high-school teachers recruitement process (agregation) in economy and management Université Paris-I Panthéon-Sorbonne Date: from September, 1980 to June, 1982 Degree or Diploma obtained: Institution Master in private law Ecole Normale Supérieure de l Enseignement Technique (ENS Cachan, France) Date 1980 1984 Degree or diploma obtained Certificat d Aptitude au professorat de l enseignement technique (certificate of ability to technical teaching) Language skills: (mark 1 to 5 for competence) Language Reading Speaking Writing French Mother tongue English 5 4 5 Present position: Free-lance expert in education (exclusive profession ) Years of professional experience: 28 Key qualifications: Development and management of education.
58 missions as an independent, in 29 different countries, from which 24 in Africa. Sectorial analysis and policy analysis : experience in preparation of key strategic documents (Mauritania) and publication of a book ( Nouveaux enjeux pour l école moyenne en Afrique, De Boeck 2005) focused on a survey of policies for lower-secondary school in ten countries, experiences in technical assessments for Fast-Track Initiative (Senegal, Benin, Georgia, Cameroon) and for design of strategic plans and requests to the FTI-Catalytic Fund and GPE (Mauritania, Haïti, Ivory Cost, Central Africa Republic, Mali, Chad, Burkina-Faso, Burundi). Surveys and baseline studies : experience in designing and piloting of studies and surveys, elaboration of methodology and research instruments, researchers' training, reports writing (Zimbabwe, baseline study on Higher institutions, Madagascar, gender and education, Algeria, drop-outs, regional management) Law and management of education Management of education development Projects management and assessment Experience with projects financed by international organizations: Uganda, 2003, june, First Regional Conference on Secondary in Africa (SEIA),, ADEA, AED : conference What Middle School Model is Appropriate for Africa in the coming years and representation of French Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Specific Developing Countries experience: Country Organisation Date: From/to Burkina-Faso Le Vif du Sujet / 22 days, AFD September and Mauritania CRC Sogema / AFD Burundi Le Vif du Sujet / BTC-CTB Chad Le Vif du Sujet / UNESCO October 2012 5 missions from january to october, 2012 1,5 month, February and May 2012 November 19th- 29 th, January 3 rd - 14 th, June 23 rd July 8th Position, team, team Job Description Assessment of a long term plan, and design of a 3 years program for submission ti GPE Survey about bilingual education Design of a long term plan for submission to GPE Conception of a capacity building program and design of a 3-years plan for submission to GPE CAR October 12 th -27 th, Supervision of a project (PAPSE) led by the WB with FTI/CF funding Bissau UNESCO September 16 th Assessment of a project led by UNESCO (Quality Guinea -25 th Improvement of in Bissau Guinea) Mauritania UNESCO July 21st Appraisal report of the National Program for Aug2nd, Development (FTI) Guinée GIZ July 3 rd -15 th, Survey about the choice of a third region for the GIZ project in basic education Moldova UNICEF 21 days, June Appraisal report of the Consolidated Strategy for Development (FTI) Togo May 8 th -27 th, Survey about the geographical repartition of teachers and about teachers allocation process. Mali PASEP/AFD 33 jours, March survey about incentives to TVET private providers, in and April 11 order to get improvements in quality Guinea GIZ 01/23-02/09, assessment of a project promoting quality in basic team education and gender equity. CAR AFD 12/16-12/23/10 design of a project (5M ) in capacity building for Ministry of Mali UNICEF 45 days, October support to the preparation of a request to the Catalytic 10- January 11 Fund / Fast Track Initiative (budget support) CAR 06/8-16/2010 Assessment of a new system for the payment of teachers salaries through mobile phones and publicprivate partnerships Mauritania 40 days, May and September, 2010 assessment of implementation of ten years of National Program for the Development of Sector Haïti 03/24-04/08/10 elaboration of guidelines for an emergency payment of compensations to private schools' teachers, after 2
Guinea Bissau Guinea Ivory Cost National ESP UNICEF and AFD then earthquake 02/02-02/17/10 design of a proposal for the restructuration of FTI/CF grant 01/04/-01/14/10 + 02/25-03/12/10 95 days between June 09 and July 10 Zimbabwe UNESCO 05/25-05/29/09 08/02-08/08/09 +homework support to the preparation of a 3 years sector action plan and of a request to the Catalytic Fund / Fast Track Initiative support to the preparation of a 3 years sector action plan and of a request to the Catalytic Fund / Fast Track Initiative support to baseline survey on higher and tertiary institutions in Zimbabwe Haïti 04/27-05/11/09 Mid-term assessment of the EFA project (multi-donors) CAR UNICEF 04/02-04/16/09 Preparation of an emergency plan for classrooms building in the post-conflict areas Madagascar UNICEF 01/11-01/19/09+homew ork Guinea EFA Program 10/07 10/21/08 ; 11/14 12/12/08 Haïti World bank 09/01 09/17/08 CAR (Bangui) DRC (Kinshasa) Mauritania CAR (Bangui) Islamic Republic of Iran CAR (Bangui) Algeria Vanuatu Georgia Congo (DRC) Kinshasa) 08/14 08/28/08 AFD 06/17 06/27/08 Ministry of 03 / 7-18 / 08 ; 05 / 20-27 / 08, team Gender and education, survey about 6 areas, support to the final redaction of the survey, in relation to a Malagasy s group Final assessment of a schools grants program. Support to the preparation of Haïti s request to FTI Catalytic Fund Design of a new system for the payment of teachers salaries through mobile phones Preparation of a new project in basic education. Global assessment of the national program for development of education sector, 2001 2008. AFD 04/ 3-10 /08 Concept note for an emergency project in capacity building, MEN SFERE Jan. 2 nd to 16 th, 2008 Projet MEDA II (EU) Ministry of UNICEF / Donors coordination in Georgia CTB (Belgian technical 09/24//07 to 10/04//07, 01/16/08 to 01/31/08 80 days, several missions July 07 november 08 06/17/07 to 07/02/07, 08/27/07 to 09/14//07 04/15/07 to 04/29/07 02/22/07 to 03/15/07 cooperation) Djibouti AFD 12/02//06 to 12/17/06 and 7 to 01/7-28/07 Sudan / Darfur Mauritania Project ARSEM- AFD Cameroon / 3 07/15/06 to 08/05/06 06/27/06 to 07/10/06 05/17 to 06/10/ 06 TVET : Review of existing standard-setting system and development of an outcome-based standards and qualifications framework contact Mrs Ratinaud ratinaud@sfere.fr TA for the preparation of long-term strategy in education, joint mission with Pôle de Dakar, UNESCO / BREDA Organisation of a survey about drop-outs. Team. Technical assistance for the preparation of a LogFrame for the Vanuatu Sector Strategy (VESS) Technical assessment of Georgia s candidature for Fast-Track Initiative Technical assessment for the preparation of a new project in capacity building for Ministry of Technical assessment for the preparation of a new project ( for All in Djibouti ) Joint Assessment Mission (WB-UN), under Darfur Peace Agreement:needs assessment in education. contact Mr Mullen pmullen@worldbank.org Assessment of the technical assistance provided by the project appui à la réforme du système éducatif mauritanien Technical assessment of Cameroon s candidature for Fast-Track Initiative
technical and in Cameroon Sénégal / technical and in Sénégal Bénin AFD/ coordination of technical and in Bénin Sénégal / technical and in Sénégal Algeria EC (EuropeAid) MEDA II Comores Niger Congo (Brazzaville) Vanuatu Laos Sénégal Madagas-car Française de Développement Française de Développement BIEF (Belgique), contracting with Lux-Dévelopment 03/22 to 04/05/06 03/06 to 03/18/06 01/13/06 to 02/04/06 10/21-30//05 11/24 12/07/05 and trainer 20-31/07/05 Workshop 07/2-9/05 Workshop 05/20-30/05 Workshop 04/24/ 05/05/05 expert Identification of a multi-partenarial project for capacity building in education Technical assessment of Bénin s candidature for Fast-Track Initiative Technical assessment of Senegal s candidature for Fast-Track Initiative. Survey about regional management and regional projects in education ; Training session for regional directors (48) Training workshop for experts in curricula from 7 eastern Africa countries Training workshop for experts in curricula from 9 western Africa countries Training workshop for experts in curricula from 8 central Africa countries Transfer of a project on secondary education in Vanuatu, from french foreign office to AFD : modifications in contracts and donor s procedures. 04/2-12/05 expert Transfer of a project on basic education in PR Lao, from french foreign office to AFD : modifications in contracts and donor s procedures. 03/14-19/05 Workshop 03/5-14/05 Workshop Training for reform designers in curricula, professional training and TVET reform : method workshop for trainers and managers,competencybased approach for renovation of curricula in five professional sectors. (motor vehicles engineering, electrical engineering, metallic building, air conditioning, industrial maintenance). Annual workshop of the multinational pool of experts in education, about reforms in curricula. Training for experts, in order to implement a large monitoring about reformes in curricula (23 countries) Tunisia French embassy 09-01to 09-04 Attaché Management of cooperative projects in -education : - planning teachers initial and in-service training, organization of numerous sessions in Tunisia or in France about educational matters : pedagogy, management of examinations, citizenship at school, crosscultural issues in foreign languages teaching, - managers training - organization of meetings or seminars for high-level executives Mauritania French cooperation 09-98 to 09-01 Technical adviser 4 - Technical consulting in management (educations statistics : implementation of a new data-recording system; training plans for
high-school directors and librarians) - capacity building in national administration : daily technical assistance for Secretary- General of Ministry of and Secondary Director, updating and broadcasting of local regulation - preparation of key documents for long- term strategy in education (CSLP 2001, and National plan for the development of -PNDSE, collaboration with World Bank teams (IDA) and other donors). These documents supported the Mauritanian loan to WB as well as a new project of bilateral French aid, and have been prepared within the Logical Framework Method Other relevant professional experience: Country Organisation Date: From/to France Institut national 1996-1998 recherche pédagogique (part time) France France Ministery of Ministery of Some publications : 1) Books 2) Papers 1992-1996 (part time) Position Research fellow Trainer Job Description Research in education about civics and law at school, and about youthful violence at school: supervision of three teams, writing of reports, collection of datas in numerous high-schools. training sessions for teachers and school managers about citizenship and participation at school in difficult areas of Paris suburbs. Teachers professional training within an important curricula reform (1992) in technical education : elaboration and realization of training plans (300 teachers over 4 years) and tools. 1984-1998 Teacher Technical teaching in law, economics, management ( technical high-schools and first level of higher-education, vocational training ), numerous tasks in organization of examinations (writing materials for high-scale tests, jurys) and national competitive examinations for teachers recruitments, professional support to younger teachers. Nouveaux enjeux pour l école moyenne en Afrique, en collaboration avec Jean-Marc-BERNARD, De Boeck, february 2005 a book focused on policies for lower secondary school in ten countries. Enseigner le droit à l'école, ESF, 1999, collection "pratiques et enjeux pédagogiques". La relation entre réformes des programmes scolaires et acquisitions à l école primaire en Afrique: réalité ou fantasme?l exemple de l approche par les compétences Collaboration with Jean-Marc Bernard, Iredu and Alain Patrick Nkengne Nkengne, University of Zürich Working Paper DT 2007/4, on line, IREDU, Université de Bourgogne, February 2007. Une approche conceptuelle qualité en éducation, dossiers des sciences de l éducation n 13 (Revue internationale des sciences de l éducation, Toulouse), june 2005 (a 25000 signs paper about quality in education) 5
Quel modèle pour l école moyenne africaine dans les années à venir?(what Middle School Model is Appropriate for Africa in the coming years),, on-line on WB s website ( SEIA), collaboration withjean-marc BERNARD L examen de fin d école moyenne en Afrique francophone subsaharienne : nouvelles contraintes, nouveaux enjeux. Actes du 16 ème colloque international de l ADMEE-Europe, 2003 L examen et le développement des scolarités : mutation et rôle de l organisation de l examen de fin de collège en Afrique subsaharienne, Revue Internationale d de Sèvres, n 37, décembre 2004, collaboration avec Jean-Marc Entre performances et valeurs, et Management, september 2004 : a paper about quality in education La place des valeurs morale politique dans l enseignement scolaire du droit, in S. SOLERE- QUEVAL (ed), Les valeurs au risque de l'ecole, Presses Universitaires du Septentrion, 1999, p. 153 s. Rhétorique, métaphore, principes : emplois et figures du droit dans la vie scolaire, in s n 16, octobre 1998, p. 57 s. Question de principes, in et Management n 20, octobre 1998, p. 26s Le droit au lycée, hélas in Cahiers Pédagogiques n 364, mai 1998, p.26 La transposition scolaire des savoirs juridiques à l épreuve de leur complexité. Actes 3 Biennale de l, Paris, 1996. 3) Translations from english : La pédagogie du service dans les Collèges et les Universités des Etats-Unis, par T.T Sweeney, in EDUCATIONS n 16, octobre 1998 Faciliter l accès au droit : l action de l American Bar Association ( division «formation grand public» ), par R. A. Banaszac, in s n 16, octobre 1998 References : M. Michel Develay, Professeur des Universités, (Université Lumière-Lyon2, France) michel.develay@univlyon2.fr M. Kamil Wedoud, Senior Specialist, Banque Mondiale, hkamil@worldbank.org M. Michael Drabble, Senior Specialist, mdrabble@worldbank.org 6