Development Consulting

I am Oliver Arnold, an independent consultant in international development cooperation, with a main focus on nature conservation, climate change and natural resource management projects in Latin America and worldwide. My professional background is in Economics, Public Policy and Management, however for all of my professional life I’ve been involved in nature conservation and natural resource management and I could gain extensive knowledge there. Depending on the scope and requirements of the work, I join forces with other experts like forestry or agricultural engineers, ecological economists, sociologists, climate change experts, etc.

 

So far, I could gather 18 years of work experience, which include positions as a project manager in KfW Development Bank, country officer for Peru and Ecuador in the German Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development and 10 plus years of independent consulting work. Also, I got to know GIZ, Friedrich Ebert Foundation and the German Federal Environment Office. I also work as a Life and Business Coach and hold trainings for Emotional Intelligence. I'm passionate about the evolution of consciousness as I feel that's where we can find solutions for the challenges of our time. 

How can we be of service?

Based on this experience my work mostly includes consulting services related to international development cooperation projects in the “green” sector like project identification and design in the form of scoping studies, pre-feasibility and feasibility studies, project appraisal, project evaluations like mid-term and final evaluations and support in project management. I also offer consulting regarding the design of the governance structure, implementation units and operational procedures of projects.

Clients and project partners of my independent consulting work have been:

  • KfW Development Bank
  • Critical Ecosystems Partnership Fund
  • Ecuadorian Ministry of the Environment
  • Sustainable Environmental Investment Fund (FIAS), Ecuador
  • Peruvian National Forestry Service (SERFOR)
  • Peruvian Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF)
  • Peruvian National Protected Areas Service (SERNANP)
  • Promotion Fund of Protected Natural Areas of Peru (PROFONANPE), Peru
  • Regional Government of Loreto, Peru
  • Regional Government of Santa Cruz, Bolivia
  • Colombian Ministry of the Environment
  • National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD), India
  • Stiftung Allianz für Entwicklung und Klima (Development and Climate Alliance), Germany

 

Projects

You can find a short description of selected projects and my tasks on my LinkedIn profile. Here just a few names: 

  • Biodiversity Protection on the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador
  • Support Program for the National System of Protected Areas (PASNAP), Ecuador 
  • PASNAP II - Support of Marine and Costal Protected Areas, Ecuador 
  • Biodiversity Conservation in the Tropical Andes of Ecuador through CEPF 
  • REDD for Early Movers (REM) Ecuador
  • National Program for Water and Biodiversity Management, Ecuador
  • Strengthening of the National Forest Monitoring, Ecuador 
  • Yasuní Biosphere Reserve, Protected Areas Management and Forest Conservation, Ecuador
  • Strengthening of the Conservation and Sustainable Management of the Forests, Peru 
  • Strengthening Biodiversity Conservation Through the National Protected Areas Program (PRONANP), Peru 
  • REDD for Early Movers (REM) Colombia 
  • Climate Change Adaptation and Soil Rehabilitation in Watershed Development, India