Daphne van Dam

YEP period 2020 - 2022, batch 19

Young Expert at Cordaid - Iraq

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First position after YEP

Program Manager PSD (Private Sector Development) at Cordaid, Iraq

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YEP Role

As Programme Manager Private Sector Development at our Country Office in Iraq, I lead the acquisition of PSD projects with a focus on the Agricultural and IT/Digital Sectors. I design and deliver quality and innovative projects, in close collaboration with the target beneficiaries, private sector, public institutions and relevant donors. I will build and lead the PSD team and kickstart the acquired projects. 

 

All projects will focus on a sustained reduction in economic risk, an increase in profits and incomes, enhancement of food security, and job creation (with a focus on women and youth) and enhanced environmental sustainability (through e.g. climate smart agricultural practices). Cross-linkages between agribusiness and the IT/digital sector will be explored and tested in innovative pilots/projects/events.

 

Skills

• Bridging different viewpoints and conceptualizing innovative solutions 
• Design thinking and facilitation (incl. App development)
• Strategic and visual communication
• Multi-stakeholder networking
• Intercultural communication 
• Teambuilding and -leading
• Project management
• Event management
• Change-making

Background

Nationality: Dutch/Canadian
Education: 

• Wageningen University: MSc International Development (Communication, Policy & Technology) 2014 - 2016 
• University of Guelph, Canada: Exchange Program: Business & Politics 2012, August - December 
• Wageningen University: BSc International Development (Communication, Policy & Technology) 2010 - 2013 

Experience before YEP

• 2019 – Present: Duafe Beads by Daph (founder)
• 2018 – Present: African Union & European Union Youth Cooperation Hub: Youth Expert Cuture, Arts & Sports (Cultural Entrepreneurship) 
• 2016 – 2019: Ministry of Foreign Affairs, DARE-innovation team: Consultant Innovation and Organisational Change
• 2015: Netherlands Embassy to South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Lesotho en Swaziland: Consultant Communication & Media
• 2015: Netherlands Embassy to Ghana, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Togo and Ivory Coast: Project Officer Political and Humanitarian Affairs
• 2014: United Nations, Division for Sustainable Development, International Environmental Policy Consultancy Project (European Workshop): Moderator/Team Leader of the Wageningen University Team
• 2012 – 2015: Football Beyond Frontiers: Co-Founder and Manager Operations