1. Family Name: Professor Dr. Fahrenhorst
2. First Names: Brigitte
3. Date of Birth: 02 October 1954
4. Nationality: German
5. Civil Status: married
6. Education:
Institution: / Technical University of BerlinDate: / 1996
Degree(s) of Diploma(s) obtained: / Professorship - "Habilitation" (venia legendi: environmental policy/politics and management of natural resources).
Institution: / Technical University of Berlin
Date: / 1988
Degree(s) of Diploma(s) obtained: / PhD: doctor of environment development
(with highest distinction: summa cum laude)
Institution: / Free University of Berlin
Date: / 1983
Degree(s) of Diploma(s) obtained: / Intermediate exams (bachelor degree): Geography, Chinese language and literature
Institution: / Free University of Berlin
Date: / 1981
Degree(s) of Diploma(s) obtained: / Degree in political science (equivalent to Master). Thesis: Environmental Policy in China
Additional examination subject: economy of natural resources
7. Language Skills: (Mark 1 = excellent to 5 = poor for competence)
Language / Reading / Speaking / WritingEnglish / 1 / 1 / 1
French / 1 / 2 / 2
Chinese / 5 / 5 / 5
Turkish / 5 / 5 / 5
8. Membership of Professional Bodies:
Since 2010: Member of the Advisory Board Globalization of the German Foreign Affairs Office
Since 2006: Director of EcoDevelopment Ltd.
Since 2006: Member of the Advisory Board of the Foundation Development and Peace
since (2001) 2005: (Vice) President of the Advisory Board of the Minister of Economic Affairs: Development Cooperation/Senate of Berlin
2000-2011: Member of the Advisory Board of the Austrian Federal Minister of European & International Affairs
2000-2006: Chair of the board of the ASA Programme (North-South exchange programme for young professionals) (InWEnt)
since 1999: Senior Lecturer/professor at the Technical University of Berlin
1997 – 1999: Professor at the Technical University of Freiberg
1995-1996: Founding member Transparency International German Chapter (member board of directors)
1991 – 1996: Associate professor at the Institute for Farming Systems Research, Technical University of Berlin, Department 15: International Agricultural Development - 1993 fusion with the Humboldt University of Berlin
1987: Zhejiang University (PR China): Guest Professor
Since 1987: Member, Co-Chair and Chair of the Society for International Development – Berlin Chapter
1981 – 1990: Lecturer, scientific assistant, scientific staff member at the Institute of Environmental Economy at the Technical University of Berlin, Department Landscape Development, now: Environment and Society
1981 – 1982: Staff member in the Government Department for Urban Development and Environmental Protection of Berlin Division V: Technical Environmental Protection and International Relations
9. Present Position:
Scientific Director of EcoDevelopment Ltd. – Society for International Research and Advice
Professor at the Technical University of Berlin
Chair of the Advisory Board of the state of Berlin: Development Cooperation
Member of the Advisory Board of the Austrian Federal Minister of European and Foreign Affairs
Chair of the Society for International Development – Berlin Chapter
Member of the Advisory Board of the Foundation Development and Peace
Member of the Advisory Board Globalization of the German Foreign Affairs Office
10. Years with the Firm: More than 25
11. Key Qualifications:
Crisis / conflict prevention, CPMR, peace and security, governance, civic education/ civil society, gender, regional integration (AU, RECs), education/ capacity development, migration/ migrants’ organisations/ diaspora
International and development policy, sustainable development
Environmental and regional policy and planning, rural development, management of natural resources, conflicts over natural resources
Professional areas: Research / studies /analyses, assessments (impact assessments / impact analysis / need assessments), monitoring and evaluation, (high level) policy advice and dialogues, strategy / programme / project design and management (PCM)
Geographical areas: Horn of Africa, East Africa, West Africa, China /East Asia, South-East Asia, Europe
12. Specific Countries experience:
Country / Date from - Date toAustria / 1996-2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010
Cambodia / 2006
Chad / 2001
Denmark / 2010
Djibouti / 1997, 2007, 2010
Eastern Germany / 1997-1999, 2001
Eritrea / 1995, 1997, 2001
Ethiopia / 1996, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012
Ghana / 2001, 2009
Hungary / 1994-2004 many times
Japan / 1998, 2000
Kenya / 2001, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010
Mali / 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1986, 2004
Morocco / 2005
Niger / 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 2003, 2009
Nigeria / 2008
PR China / 1976, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1996, 2002 / 2003
Philippines / 2000
Rep. Korea / 1992-2004 several visits
Somalia / 1997, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2007
Sudan (North/South) / 2010, 2012
Suomi/Finland / 2010
Sweden / 2008, 2009, 2010
Tanzania / 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012
The Netherlands / 2010
Turkey / 1992-2004 several visits
Uganda / 2001, 2002, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010
United Kingdom / 2008, 2009, 2010
Upper Volta / Burkina Faso / 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2009
Vietnam / 2006
13. Record of Relevant Professional Experiences:
Date/ Location / Company, organisation / Position / Descriptionsince 1983
West Africa,
East Africa, Sahel, Horn of Africa, world wide / · EcoDevelopment Ltd.
· German Federal Ministry of Education and Research
· IGAD
· World Bank
· IFA/ German Foreign Office
· Austrian Federal Ministry of European and International Affairs
· ECOWAS
· Heinrich Boell Foundation
· German Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development / international coordinator,
researcher, advisor, expert / Research, advice on land use, environment, pastoralism and conflicts in Africa:
· SUNARPA - Sustainable Use of Natural Resources and Peace in Pastoralist Areas in Africa: Inter-African interdisciplinary research team building centres of excellence
· IGAD Peace and Security Division/ CEWARN: study to contribute to IGAD strategies on conflict prevention, management and resolution and environment and natural resources
· Study to assess factors contributing to conflict among pastoralists / agro-pastoralists and sedentary farmers - mapping conflict
· Monitoring /evaluation of a project training Pastoralists to act as conflict mediators within the decentralisation process in Niger. Implemented by the partner organisation PASPA Niger
· Conflict prevention through awareness raising and networking in West Africa, designing, monitoring and advising a policy dialogue network of state and non-state actors. Creation of Parténariat Strategique pour la Paix en Afrique, incl. ECOWAS
· Project planning for the regional Early Warning Early Response Bureaus of ECOWAS
· Development of a concept for Austria’s activities in the field of peace related trainings and capacity development in Eastern and Southern Africa as well as with the African Union and the RECs (Regional Economic Communities); Evaluation of the Network of African Peacebuilders (NAPS)
· Review/ evaluation of the GTZ project to support IGAD’s Peace Division and the CEWARN Mechanism (Intergovernmental Authority for Development), one aspect of the programme is to initiate policy dialogues between IGAD member states
· Designing projects in the field of conflicts over natural resources: training of Somali women groups in research and mediation, managing a rapid response fund – submitted to the German Foreign Agency
· Expert consultation on an integrated rural development strategy for Somaliland and Puntland, (environmental and sustainable development included)
· Development of 2 regional 3 years programmes in the field of sustainable development, environment politics, gender politics and the civil society - institution building and networking. Partner assessment and evaluation: several NGOs, IGAD, national ministries, research institutes, national unions
since 1983:
China, South Korea, Turkey, West Africa / · TU Berlin,
· Humboldt University
· Volkswagen Foundation / researcher, co-chair of interdisciplinary international research projects / · Gender and farming systems research: Interdisciplinary international research project on women's labour, socio-cultural roles, gender in decision-making systems, property rights, management of natural resources in West-Africa. Development of an assessment instrument
· Worldwide: Research and strategy development: Property rights and the management of natural resources, land and tree tenure, including special case studies in Tanzania, India, Ecuador
· Interdisciplinary international research project with partners in Turkey and the Rep. of Korea. Transfer of ecological know-how: Development of a transfer model; know how exchange esp. Environmental Impact Assessment in tourism areas and industry areas
· Improving livelihood in marginalized areas in China
· PhD thesis on management of natural resources and environmental policy in Burkina Faso
1996-1998 Germany / TU Bergakademie Freiberg / Professor / Institutional development of the Interdisciplinary Ecological Centre: Action research, concept development, organisational development
since 1980 / various organisations / researcher, expert, advisor, professor / research and advice in diaspora issues, governance, democracy, civil society, gender, small arms and light weapons, civic education, curricula development, regionalisation.
Publication of ca. 36 books (as author or editor) and 34 articles and 23 substantial reports