Curriculum Vitae

Christian Noirard
christian.noirard@gmail.com / +33658283321 / +23672796042
Bangui - RCA
Date of birth 03.09.1979
Gender Male
First nationality France
Years of experience 11 Years and 8 Months

RECENT PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

04.2017 - Open Livelihood and Food Security Country coordinator
Bangui, CAR Danish Refugee Council
01.2017 - 03.2017 Head of Program / Deputy Country Director
Bangui, CAR Danish Refugee Council
03.2016 - 12.2016 Livelihood and Food Security Country Coordinator
Bangui, CAR Danish Refugee Council
09.2015 - 03.2016 Program Manager
Bangui, CAR ACTED

HIGHEST EDUCATION ATTAINED

Science, Doctorate/Post Doc. Studies, Lyon 1 University

SKILLS
Environment and Climate Change More than 10 years
Livelihoods Assist. / Income Generation 6 - 10 years
Donor Liaison 6 - 10 years
International Cooperation & Partnership 6 - 10 years
Representation 6 - 10 years
Early Recovery from Disaster/ Conflict 3 - 5 years
Governance & Institutional Strengthening 3 - 5 years
Peacebuilding 1 - 2 years
Profiling and Registration 1 - 2 years
Protection of Migrants 1 - 2 years
Cluster Coordination Less than 1 year

WORK EXPERIENCE

04.2017 - Open Livelihood and Food Security Country coordinator

Bangui, CAR Danish Refugee Council

Participate as a member of the SMT in the development of the CAR mission and strategy and
specifically for the Livelihood and food security department.
Represent DRC, with authorities, UN agencies, humanitarian agencies and donors.
Represent DRC, with other iNGO for activities planifications, participation of consortium and
advocacy.
Manage, coordinate and coach the members of Livelihood and food security department.
Provide follow-up, support and advice to program managers.
Provide appropriate tools and methodologies in budget management and financial monitoring.
Ensure communication between projects and HOP and CD.
Ensure the drafting of project proposals.
Ensure reporting (monitoring, revision).
Ensure human resources planning and staff capacity building.
Participate in the food security and livelihood clusters / Work team member sectoral objectives
in food security for the HRP 2017.
Ensure interim of the CD.
01.2017 - 03.2017 Head of Program / Deputy Country Director
Bangui, CAR Danish Refugee Council

Participate as a member of the SMT in the development of the CAR mission and strategy.
Represent DRC, with authorities, UN agencies, humanitarian agencies and donors.
Represent DRC, with other iNGO for activities planifications, participation of consortium and
advocacy.
Manage, coordinate and coach the members of program coordination team: Emergency
Protection and Livelihood Departments.
Ensure that DRC management principles are disseminated and adequately applied specially
with a close relationship with field managers (field missions).
Responsible for ensuring program quality and development with a proper management and
communication with the program coordination team.
Oversee the planning and implementation of capacity building of national staff on issues
relating to sector skills and program quality assurance. Follow local training (Bioforce, Internal
training, consultant/expert training).
Develop new fundraising strategy and partnerships with organizations, donors and authorities
in close collaboration with program coordination team and CD.
Responsible for ensuring proposal revision with the support of the preparation of project
proposals, budgets and evaluations and ensure cross-departmental coordination between the
program and support functions as well as DRC CARs field operations.
Ensure that relevant grants management and donor regulations and requirements are
adequately shared and understood by the program coordination team.
Support the grants team in the timely submission of high quality donor reports, especially
coordinating the contributions from the program coordination team.

03.2016 - 12.2016 Livelihood and Food Security Country Coordinator

Bangui, CAR Danish Refugee Council

Participate as a member of the SMT in the development of the CAR mission and strategy and
specifically for the Livelihood and food security department.
Represent DRC, with authorities, UN agencies, humanitarian agencies and donors.
Represent DRC, with other iNGO for activities planifications, participation of consortium and
advocacy.
Manage, coordinate and coach the members of Livelihood and food security department.
Provide follow-up, support and advice to program managers.
Provide appropriate tools and methodologies in budget management and financial monitoring.
Ensure communication between projects and HOP and CD.
Ensure the drafting of project proposals.
Ensure reporting (monitoring, revision).
Ensure human resources planning and staff capacity building.
Participate in the food security and livelihood clusters / Work team member sectoral objectives
in food security for the Humanitarian Response Plan 2017.
Ensure interim of the CD.

09.2015 - 03.2016 Program Manager
Bangui, CAR ACTED

Program Manager Economic Recovery / BEKOU (UE trust funds for CAR)
Program Manager Cash and Voucher / PAM
Program Manager Education / UNICEF
Co-lead du Cluster Food Security /PAM-FAO
Focal Point IMPACT / Humanitarian Summit Istanbul_May2016
Ensure the implementation of operations and the achievement of project objectives.
Supervise and train teams.
Ensure the financial follow-up, in close connection with the financial support.
Ensure compliance with ACTED procedures and donors.
Follow and participate in the construction of the annual budget and its quarterly
updates#Ensure regular dialogue with program coordination.
 Develop and support the visibility of ACTED in the implementation of programs.
Representing the cluster to UN agencies, donors and NGO partners.
Ensure the defense of the cluster with the Humanitarian Fund within the framework of the
standard allocations (OCHA).
Ensure the management information (4W) of the Food Security Cluster.
Facilitate weekly meetings of the Food Security Cluster.

10.2014 - 08.2015 Director

Pornic, France Hirondelle - Environmental and climate change NGO

Assume the decisions concerning the strategic orientations of the NGO and its functioning.
Assume and coordinate fundraising.
Coordinate the actions of teams on a daily basis to ensure the development of the association.
Definition and optimization of the strategy of the various divisions of activity in accordance with
the orientations of the board of directors and public policies.
Guarantor of the quality of accompanying projects and services rendered to the public.
Conduct of financial and accounting policy.
Implementation of concerted action and relations with the public authorities: Community of
communes, department 44 and borders, Region.

07.2012 - 08.2014 Program Director Livelihoods and Natural Resources

Management
Niamey, Niger Funds for Biodiversity (FDB)

Represent NGO, with authorities, UN agencies, humanitarian agencies and donors.

Represent NGO, with other iNGO for activities planifications, participation of consortium and
advocacy.
Manage, coordinate and coach the members of program.
Ensure that management principles are disseminated and adequately applied specially with a
close relationship with field managers (field missions).
Responsible for ensuring program quality and development with a proper management and
communication with the program coordination team.
Oversee the planning and implementation of capacity building of national staff on issues
relating to sector skills and program quality assurance.
Develop new fundraising strategy and partnerships with organizations, donors and authorities
in close collaboration with NGO Board.
Responsible for ensuring proposal revision with the support of the preparation of project
proposals, budgets and evaluations and ensure cross-departmental coordination between the
program and support functions.
Ensure that relevant grants management and donor regulations and requirements are
adequately shared and understood by the program coordination team.
Support the grants team in the timely submission of high quality donor reports, especially
coordinating the contributions from the program coordination team.

10.2010 - 06.2014 Head of the Africa Department

Niamey, Niger ESCURSIA

Develop ecotourism development projects in Niger, Senegal, Tanzania.

Develop biodiversity conservation programs in Niger and Senegal.
Develop local initiatives to fight desertification in Niger.
Develop rural population development programs for adaptation to climate change in Niger.
Developing new fundraising strategy and partnerships with organizations, donors and
authorities for sustainable development in Niger.

09.2009 - 08.2010 Technical Adviser SCF/UE

Zinder-Diffa, Niger Sahara Conservation Fund

Represent NGO, with authorities, UN agencies, humanitarian agencies and donors.

Represent NGO, with other iNGO for activities planifications, participation of consortium and
advocacy.
 Manage, coordinate and coach the members of program.
Ensure that management principles are disseminated and adequately applied specially with a
close relationship with field managers (field missions).
Responsible for ensuring program quality and development with a proper management and
communication with the program coordination team.
Oversee the planning and implementation of capacity building of national staff on issues
relating to sector skills and program quality assurance.
Develop new fundraising strategy and partnerships with organizations, donors and authorities
in close collaboration with NGO Board.
Responsible for ensuring proposal revision with the support of the preparation of project
proposals, budgets and evaluations and ensure cross-departmental coordination between the
program and support functions.
Ensure that relevant grants management and donor regulations and requirements are
adequately shared and understood by the program coordination team.
Support the grants team in the timely submission of high quality donor reports, especially
coordinating the contributions from the program coordination team.

02.2009 - 08.2009 Consultant

Niamey, Niger UNWTO

Implementation of the national strategy for the development of sustainable tourism

09.2005 - 08.2009 Associate Professor (ATER)

Lyon, France Lyon 1 University - CNRS

Develop scientific research on natural resources management and adaptation to climate

change in West Africa.
Teacher of sustainable development and climate change (license level) - Administrative tasks
for the management of teaching plans and modules.

EDUCATION
University Claude Bernard Lyon 1
Doctorate (PhD), Ecology (Sp. Strategy in Local Development), 2004-2008
DEA Ethology and physiology in extreme environments, 2003-2004
Master's Degree in Population and Ecosystem Biology, 2002-2003

Ecole Normale Suprieure de Lyon

Animal Experimentation Level 1, 2004

ALL LANGUAGE PROFICIENCIES

French Native Speaker
English Good Oral/ Written communication
Spanish Basic Knowledge

REFERENCES
Mr Mhadeb Ben Khelifa
Occupation, Business Title Country Director - DRC
Relationship Previous Supervisor
E-Mail zibar90@gmail.com

Ms Dominique Gerard
Occupation, Business Title Country Director - ACTED
Relationship Previous Supervisor
E-Mail dominique.gerard@acted.org

Mr Davide Stefanini
Occupation, Business Title Representant - Bekou UE trust fund
Relationship Previous Supervisor
E-Mail Davide.STEFANINI@eeas.europa.eu