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CURRICULUM VITAE
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PERSONAL DETAILS
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1. Family name: Hedenquist
2. First names: Jan-Anders
3. Nationality: Swedish
4. Civil status: Single
5. Education: University of Uppsala , MA in Roman Languages - French, Italian and Latin (1972) ;
Stockholm Institute of Education, BA in Pedagogics & Sociology of Education (1985)
6. Language skills: (Mark 1 to 5 for competence)
LANGUAGE Reading Speaking Writing
Swedish native native native
English 5 5 5
Italian 5 5 5
French 5 5 4
German 4 2 1
Shona 2 1 2
Spanish 3 1 0
Russian 0 1 0
7. Other skills: computer literate
8. Position: Managing Director, Education & Development
9. Company start: 1987
10.Key qualifications: 25 years working experience as a consultant in Southern Africa (Zimbabwe,Botswana,Rwanda)
and a couple of years in Siberia-Russia(Irkutsk and Ulan Ude) with a particular emphasis on
research, evaluation, training, development of training modules and on handbooks and materials.
The projects have usually aimed at community development, training, institution building and/or
human resource development. Most of the projects have been run by SIPU and financed by SIDA.
Main duties included designing, planing, implementing and evaluating training and producing training
modules, handbooks and tailor-made training materials.
11. Work countries: Russia, Siberia, Ukraine, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Rwanda, Belgium, Austria, France, Italy, Sweden.
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EMPLOYMENTS AND CONSULTANCY JOBS:
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Date: On-going (since 1998)
Location: Sweden
Position: Lecturer, consultant
Company: JAH - Education & Development (own company)
Description: Organising and running courses and conferences for school directors, head-masters, administrators
and teachers all over Sweden on how to formulate and evaluate educational goals and objectives.
Training of evaluators and quality supervisors.
Date: September 2004 - September 2005
Location: Kigali, Rwanda
Position: Training consultant
Company: SIDA
Description: Production of manual for improving teaching quality in Rwandian education.
Date: December 2003
Location: Kigali and Butare, Rwanda
Position: Training consultant
Company: SIDA
Description: Pedagogical training of school inspectors/animators.
Date: 2000 - 2002
Location: Stockholm,Sweden
Position: Evaluation expert
Company: Workers' Educational Association of Sweden (ABF)
Description: Development and monitoring of a national quality Production of "Handbook on quality indicators", ABF, 2001.
Date: October 2000
Location: Irkutsk, Russia
Position: Training consultant
Description: Faculty of Public Administration. Training of trainers
Date: July 1999 - September 2000
Location: Europe/Brussels
Position: Evaluator
Company: European Commission/ European Trade Union College( ETUCO) in Brussels
Description: Summative evaluation of the European Trade Union Distance Education project (ETUDE)
Date: June 2000
Location: Ulan Ude,the Republic of Buryatia
Position: Training consultant
Description: Strengthening of the Public Administration in the Lake Bajkal Region. Pedagogical training
of twenty-five university teachers.
Date: March- April 2000
Location: Kiev, Ukraine
Position: Training consultant
Company: SIPU
Description: Pedagogical training for Public Procurement Officers.
Date: September - October 1999
Location: Irkutsk, Russia
Position: Training consultant
Description: Faculty of Public Administration.Training Trainers.
Date: June - July 1999
Location: Irkutsk, Russia.
Position: Consultant/Expert
Description: Strengthening of the Public Administration in the Lake Bajkal Region. Workshops on and development
of case studies. Monitoring training of civil servants in public administration.
Date: April 1998 - July 1999
Location: Stockholm
Position: Director of Education (employed)
Company: The Swedish National Agency for Education.
Description: Development of national evaluation strategies, of a national system of quality indicators and production
of handbooks on evaluation in Swedish elementary schools.
Date: April - May 1999
Location: Irkutsk, Russia and Ulan Ude, the Republic of Buryatia
Position: Training consultant
Description: Strengthening of the Public Administration in the Lake Bajkal Region.Workshops on and development
of case studies.Monitoring training of civil servants in public administration.
Date: June - July 1998
Location: Lille, France
Position: Training consultant
Description: Strengthening of the Public Administrationin the Lake Bajkal Region. Training of trainers of civil servants part II.
Date: March - April 1998
Location: Irkutsk, Russia and Ulan Ude,the Republic of Buryatia
Position: Training consultant
Description: Strengthening of the Public Administrationin the Lake Bajkal Region. Training of trainers of civil servants part I.
Date: July 1995 - April 1998
Location: Linköping
Position: Senior lecturer (employed)
Company: University of Linköping, Centre for Adult Educators
Description: Lecturer in Language Methodology, Communication Theory and Skills, Computer Science and Internet.
Date: September 1996 - October 1997
Location: Österfärnebo, Gästrikland, Sweden
Position: Evaluator
Company: Färnebo Folk High School
Description: Evaluation of long term courses organised during the years 1991- 1996 (report)
Date: 1995 - 1997
Location: Vadstena
Position: Evaluator/ project leader
Company: National Association for Adult Education in Vadstena (Studieförbundet Vuxenskolan, Vadstena)
Description: Leader of a project aiming at the development of goal directed study and evaluation activities among
local staff and study circle leaders.
Date: 1994 -1995
Location: Stockholm
Position: Training consultant
Company: Swedish National Council of Adult Education (Folkbildningsrådet)
Description: Design, implementation and evaluation of national programmes for training of course leaders in
evaluation methodology.
Date: December 1994 - May 1995
Location: Stockholm
Position: Evaluator
Company: National Association for Adult Education (Studieförbundet Vuxenskolan)
Description: Evaluation of study circle activities among unemployed persons(report)
Date: November - December 1994
Location: BOTSWANA, Gaborone
Position: Training consultant
Description: Implementation and evaluation of Training of Trainers (for Chief Educational Officers in Local
Government); development of training materials.
Date: May - June 1994
Location: BOTSWANA, Gaborone
Position: Training consultant
Description: Design, planning, implementation and evaluation of Training of Trainers(Chief Educational Officers
in Local Government);development of training handbooks
Date: January - February 1994
Location: BOTSWANA, Gaborone
Position: Training consultant
Description: Design, planning, implementation and evaluation of Training of Trainers (Chief Educational Officers
in Local Government); development of training handbooks and materials.
Date: October-November 1993
Location: BOTSWANA, Gaborone
Position: Training consultant
Description: Design, planning, implementation and evaluation of Training of Trainers(Chief Educational Officers
in Local Government); development of training handbooks and materials.
Date: July-August 1993
Location: BOTSWANA, Gaborone
Position: Training specialist/ training consultant
Description: Research,design and planning of a Personnel Management Development Project (PMDP) aiming
at institution building and human resource development in Local Government.
Date: July -August 1992
Location: BOTSWANA, Francistown
Position: S&CD specialist/ Training consultant
Description: Implementation and evaluation of S&CD Training (for Social Welfare Officers in Local Government);
development of training handbooks and materials.
Date: February - April 1992
Location: BOTSWANA, Gaborone
Position: S&CD specialist/ Training consultant
Description: Design, planning, implementation and evaluation of S &CD Training for Social Welfare Officers in Local
Government; development of training handbooks and materials.
Date: 1991-1993
Location: Regions of Östergötland, Örebro and Värmland, Sweden
Position: Evaluator
Company: The Study Promotion Association (Studiefrämjandet)
Description: Evaluation of study circle activities in modern music
Date: October 1991
Location: BOTSWANA, Gaborone
Position: S&CD specialist/training consultant
Description: Research, production and development of a training handbook (“Introduction to Social & Community
Development work in Botswana”, published in 1992 by the Ministry of Local Governments,Lands and Housing)
Date: February-March 1991
Location: BOTSWANA, Gaborone
Position: S&CD specialist/training consultant
Description: Research, production and development of a training handbook (“Introduction to Social & Community
Development work in Botswana”, published in 1992 by the Ministry of Local Governments,Lands and Housing)
Date: January-February 1990
Location: BOTSWANA, Gaborone
Position: S&CD specialist (part time)
Description: Research on Social & Community Development Work inBotswana.
Date: 1989 - 1995
Location: Linköping
Position: Evaluator
Company: University of Linköping
Description: Evaluation of the new Primary School Teacher Training Programme (Annual reports 1989 - 1995)
Date: 1989 - 1992
Location: Falun, Dalecarlia, Sweden
Position: Evaluator
Company: District Council of Dalecarlia
Description: Evaluation of social welfare staff development programmes (report)
Date: 1988-1989
Location: Stockholm
Position: Evaluator
Company: University of Stockholm, Department of Social Anthropology,Development Studies Unit
Description: Evaluation of a rural development project in Zimbabwe (Report:"Popular Participation in Rural Development.
The Masase Project in Zimbabwe. University of Stockholm,1989)
Date: 1985 - 1990
Location: Kramfors, Sweden
Position: Teacher of Shona language and Zimbabwe country studies
Description: Shona teaching,development og language training materials for Shona teaching (textbooks, grammar and
video-tapes).
Date: January - February 1989
Location: ZIMBABWE, Harare/Bulawayo
Position: Language expert
Company: Sandö U- Centrum / SIDA
Description: Development and production of language teaching materials(a Shona beginners' book - books, audio-and
video-tapes. Published materials: "Taurai ChiShona", A Beginners Course in Shona Part 1-5)
Date: February -April 1988
Location: ZIMBABWE, Mberengwa District
Position: Researcher /Evaluator
Company: University of Stockholm, Department of Social Anthropology
Description: Research on a rural development projects.
Date: 1985-1986
Location: Stockholm
Position: Educational expert, project leader (employed)
Company: National Agency for Education
Description: Running of an evaluation project commissioned by the Swedish Parliament; coordination of evaluation
activities among participating Swedish study circle associations.
Date: 1985-1986
Location: Stockholm
Position: Evaluator
Company: University of Stockholm, Institute of Higher Education of Music
Description: Evaluation of institutional organisation and of parliamentary reforms in higher music education.
Date: 1983-1985
Location: Stockholm
Position: Chief Educational Officer/ Project leader (employed)
Company: Swedish Christian Educational Association, H.Q (now SENSUS)
Description: Development of training programmes for trainers of study circle leaders; design, implementation and
evaluation of training programmes in general study circle methodology
Date: 1982 -1983
Location: ZIMBABWE, Masase, Mberengwa district
Position: Project expert (employed)
Company: Church of Swedish Mission (Svenska Kyrkans Mission) / SIDA
Description: Design, planning, implementation of a literacy and community development project in the rural areas of Zimbabwe.
The project was a three party cooperation between the Church of Swedish Mission (SKM),the Evangelical Lutheran
Church in Zimbabwe (ELC-Z) and the Ministry of Education (MEC).The project aimed at amalgamating experiences of
Swedish study circle methodology with the ideology of Paolo Freire, Patrik van Rensburg and indigenous pedagogical
traditions. It was financed by SIDA. My role in the project was to assist and advise the local projectleader on all strategical
matters, to design and implement the training of all project staff and all extension officers (field workers).
Date: 1978 - 1982
Location: Stockholm
Position: Chief Education Officer (employed)
Company: The Salaried Employees' Union, H.Q. (Handelstjänstemannaförbundet/HTF, now The Union)
Description: Development of training programmes for trade union leaders and shop stewards; design, implementation
and evaluation of training programmes in Swedish labour market legislation
Date: 1972- 1978
Location: Uppsala
Position: Chief Education Officer, Language Department (employed)
Company: Citizens' National Association for Education, H.Q. (Medborgarskolan Förbundskansli)
Description: Administrative work, development of training programmes for study circle leaders in language and
general study circle methodology, design, implementation and evaluation of staff training programmes
Date: 1971- 1975
Location: Uppsala
Position: Head teacher, Italian Language(employed)
Company: Municipal School for Adults (Cederbladsskolan in Uppsala)
Description: Head of Italian Department; teaching Italian
Date: 1970 - 1971
Location: FRANCE, Marseille
Position: Director, Swedish Centre (employed)
Company: Church of Swedish Mission (Svenska Kyrkans Mission)
Description: Social and educational work among North-African refugees
Date: 1967 - 1970
Location: Uppsala
Position: Assisting lecturer/study counsellor (employed)
Company: University of Uppsala
Description: Lecturing in Italian Language and Literature at the Institute of Roman Languages, University of
Uppsala. Study counseling work among students in Italian and French.
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2018-11-24/JAH
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