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KAREN LUMMIS

Canberra, Australia

Key skills

• environmental management
• capacity building
• training.

Experience

1. Hassel Associates, Canberra.

Role: Regional Development Coordinator, East Asia Section - project management, project proposal preparation.

2. Australian National University.

Role: Worked with academics specialising in agriculture in PNG.

Programme/project

Changquing Poverty Alleviation Project, China.

Role: Environmental work in impact assessment, development of management plans, training of counterparts.

Programme/project

Capacity builder and trainer, Kastom Gaden Association.

Role: Voluntary placement training local staff in organisational capacity development; assisting at Planting Material Network seed production centre.

Education

• Bachelor of Science, Environmental Management, ANU
• enrolled in masters programme in International and Community Development
• secondary education in Australia at agricultural high school.

Languages

• English (native)
• Solomon Islands Pijin.