Selected projects

TRANSLATIONS AND INTERPRETING IN KHMER (CAMBODIA) AND RUSSIAN FOR PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS AND PRIVATE BUSINESS, INCLUDING IN SECURITY-SENSITIVE AREAS
Written and spoken translations and interpreting in these languages, also simultaneous interpreting:
Khmer – German / German – Khmer,
Khmer – Russian / Russian – Khmer,
German – Russian / Russian – German.

Public institutions particularly value the high quality, also based on outstanding cultural competence, of translation and interpreting from/into the Khmer language.

UZBEKISTAN
August 2019 – September 2023

CIM/GIZ project (www.cimonline.de, www.giz.de) – Advice for the Ministry of Tourism and Cultural Heritage of the Republic of Uzbekistan (2019-2021) and for the Uzbek Travel Association APTA (2021-2023)

UKRAINE March 2014 – February 2018

CIM/GIZ project (www.cimonline.de, www.giz.de) – tourist advice for the Kiev city administration

CAMBODIA

  • July – August 2011, February 2012, July-August 2012, November 2012, March-April 2013, German Red Cross
    Improving sanitation and access to clean water in rural areas of Kampong Speu province
  • Since 2011
    Khmer language training and cultural studies (Academy for International Cooperation; German Society for International Cooperation (GIZ) GmbH) 2011,
    in 1991-1992 regional studies for the predecessor organization of the academy in Bad Honnef
    Projects in Cambodia and Vietnam (as an employee of SODI e.V., already worked for SODI 6/1990-5/1992)
    resettlement and income-generating measures after munitions clearance; integrated rural development (Vietnam); Improving sanitation and access to clean water (Cambodia)

LAOS

August 28 – September 9, 2006
October 6-28, 2006
December 10-12, 2006
United Nation Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), Promoting private sector development through strengthening of Lao chambers of commerce (LCCI) and industry and business associations (BAs).
Project with UNIDO, UNDP, National Economic Research Institute of Laos (NERI) and Lao National Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LNCCI).
Preparation of a detailed work and budget plan for the first year of project implementation

BHUTAN 15-18 April 2006

  • EU, Asia Invest
    Preparation and participation in the final review and project concluding conference.
    Preparation and presentation of the handicraft-related findings of the final review and a presentation on the perspectives of handicraft/HAB development in Bhutan

BHUTAN, December 12-21, 2005

  • EU, Asia Invest
    Strengthening the Bhutan Chamber of Commerce and Industry as a key player for shaping the business environment for foreign economic cooperation with the EU in Bhutan
  • Workshop with the handicraft committee of BCCI on the establishment and operation of a handicraft association in Bhutan
  • Consultancy for the members of the handicraft committee of BCCI on how to design questionnaires for eliciting vital information from tourists about their buying patterns and demand for handicrafts.
  • Workshop on the layout and design of handicraft shops
  • Individual and group consultancy for handicraft shop owners

… the time before Asia Consult:

1993-2005 CAMBODIA & INDOCHINA

  • 1993-1995 tour operator manager of a Cambodian company, 1995-2005 owner of a tour operator in Cambodia
  • since 2005 marketing, inbound and outbound Indochina

1990-1992 GERMANY – CAMBODIA
Responsible for projects in vocational training and the advancement of women in Cambodia and for victims of the Chernobyl disaster in Belarus (SODI e.V.), head of the project office in Phnom Penh / Cambodia