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I want to get back into the EWB-UK

swing of things!

I did the course two years ago and

enjoyed it so much I want to come

back!

Because EWB-UK rocks my world!

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The Role of the Foreign Engineer:

Profiting from Poverty?

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What is poverty?

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material deprivation

low humandevelopment lack of voice

acute vulnerability to adverse shocks

poverty

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Slide 6 of 12 Stephen Jones, 20 Dec 2006

Objective 2: Assessing improvements

Improvements based on recent field and lab research:

External bamboo and

wire reinforcement:Internal bamboo and

wire reinforcement:

Slide 8 of 14 Improving the Seismic Resistance of Adobe Buildings

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Advantages a foreign engineer can

bring

Advantages a local engineer can bring

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Advantages a foreignengineer can bring

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Advantages a localengineer can bring

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Advantages a foreignengineer can bring

Skills/knowledge

Attitude

Contacts/resources

Trust

Communication

Work ethic

Commitment

Flexibility

Passion

Less affected by local politics

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Advantages a localengineer can bring

Language

Cost

Previous local experience and knowledge

Trust

Longer-term commitment

Passion

Less strange power relations?

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What can we do as individuals?

What can we do as organisations?

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What can we do asindividuals?

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What can we do asorganisations?

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What can we do asindividuals?

What level of pay do we accept?

What languages do we learn?

How long do we stay abroad?

How and where do we live?What kind of role do we play? Managing? Mentoring?

What training do we take beforehand?

Do we accept roles when we dont actually have much

experience?What risks do we accept?

What contacts do we make?

What resources do we use?

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What can we do asorganisations?

Where do we direct our funds?

How do we work with local partners?

What types of organisations do we work with?

How formal can capacity-building be?

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3 things to work on

1.

2.

3.

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3 things to work on

1. Le franais

2. Mentoring / teaching experience

3. Practical technical skills

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Thoughts / feedback / ideas/ questions / comments ?

stephenjones27@googlemail.com

www.blogspot.

thoughtsfromkyrgyzstan.com

Thank you!

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Advantages a foreignengineer can bring

Good influence & inspiration to the community

Can bring structure to the community

A gateway to the outside world bringing in knowledge

from outside the community

Bring experience, new techniques, trainingCommitted to getting the task done (generally)

Tend to gain more respect

Accessibility of funds

Impartiality

Sensitivity to environmental designMore awareness

Planning & Project Management

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Advantages a localengineer can bring

Language

Cultural knowledge, e.g. ethics

Engaging the community; sourcing labour from the community

Local techniques and local resources

Ownership and long-term involvement with the project

Understand local price (sometimes)

Costs minimised & no acclimitisation period

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What can we do asindividuals?

Gaining cultural knowledge; in country and research

Research on community and projecttake books

Applied practical training

Networking (locally and at home) and sourcing locally

Stabilising personal situation

Maintainable design

Think about why youre doing it personal motivation

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What can we do asorganisations?

Make it clear that you value local Engineers

Better planningi.e. plan before foreign Engineer arrives

Diversify resources; think about what resources are appropriate

and accessible

Making sure you have adequate bank of resources