Since 2005 Lead
international consultant for the Rwandan electoral commission,
program on the electoral reform process in Rwanda, financed by
the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, field visits
in 2005, 2006, 2009. Reports: 2005 «Reflections on Rwanda’s
electoral system», 2007 "Comments on the draft electoral
code", 2009 "Notes on Rwandas new electoral code".
2008
Keynote speaker at the "Presentation and
Discussion of the new concept on the state regional policy in
Ukraine", Kiev.
2007 Keynote
speaker AGUASAN workshop "Decentralization: Concepts,
Processes and Consequences for Development", Gwatt,
Switzerland (June 2007).
2006/2007 Study
for the Swiss Development Co-operation "Democratisation, rule
of law and development" (together with Prof. Dr. Wolf Linder
and Dr. André Bächtiger).
2006
Evaluation (with field visit) of the "Program for governance
and rural empowerment support services (PROGRESS)" in the
Philippines, supported by Helvetas Switzerland.
2006 Keynote
speaker workshop on decentralisation in Tbilisi, Georgia
(September 2006).
2006 Consultancy
for UNDP Vietnam on Introduction of Referenda in the Vietnam
Legal System.
2005/2006 Study
for the Swiss Development Co-operation "Kohärenz
Entwicklungspolitik und Innenpolitik" (with Dr. Isabelle
Steffen and Prof. Dr. Wolf Linder).
2003/2004 Desk
study for the World Bank Institute. "Traditional Structures
and Local Governance for Development and State-Building" (with
Prof. Dr. Wolf Linder).
2002 Consultancy
(with field visit) for the Swiss Development Co-operation.
“Decentralisation in Mozambique” (with Prof. Dr. Wolf
Linder).
2002 Seminar/Workshop
for the World Bank in Bali (Indonesia). Topic: "Fiscal
decentralisation in South-east Asia”. Paper: "Participation and local
democracy".
2001 Consultancy
for the Swiss Development Cooperation on peace-building in
Macedonia.
2001 Consultancy
(with field visit) for the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign
Affairs. Report: "Constitutional and electoral reform in
Mozambique".
2001 Seminar
by the World Bank. "Decentralisation and community based rural
development". Development of a course module and resource
person (with Prof. Dr. Wolf Linder).
2000 Expertise
(with field visit) for Helvetas in the Philippines. Report:
"Local government and NGO-government partnership" (with Prof.
Dr. Wolf Linder).
On voting, elections
and participation
2006 Leader
of the voting day extrapolation of the cantonal government
election, canton of Bern.
2003 "Gender
equality audit". Report and survey commissioned by Fianna Fail
(Irish government party). (With Yvonne Galligan, Karin
Gilland, Duncan Sutherland).
2002 Consultancy
for the Parliamentary Commission, city of Bern. Report:
"Stellungnahme zum Entscheidproblem bei Mehrfachvorlagen bei
Volksabstimmungen im neuen Reglement ueber die politischen
Rechte der Stadt Bern".
2001 Consultancy
for the Federal Chancellery and report on "e-voting" (with
Wolf Linder, Adrian Vatter, Thomas Holzer).
1998 Co-leader
of the voting day extrapolation of the cantonal government
election, canton of
Bern.
