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Dr. Heiko Meinhardt
University of Hamburg
Institute for International Relations
Schlüterstr. 28
20146 Hamburg, Germany
Phone: +49 40 6562488
Email: info@dr-heiko-meinhardt.de
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WORK PRIORITIES
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Consultancy and expert opinions, programme and
project evaluations
- Democratization
- political transitions and transition processes
- elections
- election management
- institutions
- rule of law
- civil society
- decentralization
- conflict management
- conflict prevention strategies
- ethnic issues
- media
- good governance
- crisis management
- humanitarian aid
- economic liberalization
- development cooperation
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Business consultancy specialized on Africa with
established excellent business connections
(Aussenhandelsberatung mit langjährigen und hervorragenden
Beziehungen zu afrikanischen Staaten)
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Intercultural communication and business skills (Africa)
COUNTRY EXPERIENCE
- MALAWI (since 1985)
- Sierra Leone
- Liberia
- Ghana
- Kenya
- Zambia
- South Africa
- Lesotho
- Zimbabwe
- Botswana
- Tansania
- Uganda
- Nigeria
- Madagascar
- SADC-region
- Libya
- Malaysia
- Singapore
- Vietnam
- Cambodia
- Fiji
- Tonga
- Western Samoa
- Guyana
- Armenia
- Albanien
CURRENT ACADEMIC PROJECTS
Post doc study (Habilitationsprojekt) on "Elections in Africa"
at the University of Hamburg
EDUCATIONS
January 1997:
Ph.D. Degree in Political Sciences, University of Hamburg;
Thesis: "Political Transition and Democratization in Malawi,
(430 pages).
1992-1997:
Doctorand at the University of Hamburg
October 1992:
Master of Arts ("Diplom-Politologe") in Political Sciences,
University of Hamburg, Degree in Political Economy, University
of Hamburg; Master Thesis: "The Role of Parliament in Malawi"
(174 pages)
1987-1992:
Student of Political Sciences, Economics and International
Law at the University of Hamburg
WORK EXPERIENCE (excluding business consultancy)
Since 1993:
Senior Lecturer and Researcher at the Department of Political
Science, University of Hamburg
Since 1997:
Consultant for project evaluations and expert opinions in
Africa and Southeast Asia
Since 1996:
Consultant for Malawi at the German Foundation for
International Development (since 2002: InWent),
Vorbereitungsstätte Entwicklungszusammenarbeit, Bad Honnef
Board Member of the Organisation "Chancen durch Bildung",
Munich
Official Elections Observer (since 1993):
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May - June 2009: Presidential and Parliamentary Elections
in Malawi on behalf of the European Union;
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October 2009-January 2009: Presidential and Parliamentary
Elections in Ghana on behalf of EED, Bonn (Team Leader);
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February 2008: Presidential Elections in Armenia on behalf of
OSCE/EU.
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July-September 2007: Presidential and Parliamentary Elections in
Sierra Leone on behalf of Evangelical Development Services
(EED), Bonn, Germany (Team Leader);
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February 2007: Albania on behalf of OSCE/EU;
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March 2006: Presidential Elections in Belarus on behalf
of OSCE/EU;
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October-November 2005: Presidential and Parliamentary
Elections in Liberia on behalf of Evangelical Development
Services (EED), Bonn, Germany (Team Leader);
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May - June 2004: Presidential and Parliamentary Elections
in Malawi on behalf of the European Union;
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April 2004: Presidential and Parliamentary Elections in
South Africa on behalf of Evangelical Development Services
(EED), Bonn, Germany;
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Dec. 2002 - Jan. 2003: General Elections in Kenya on
behalf of Evangelical Development Services (EED), Bonn;
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June 2000: Parliamentary Elections in Zimbabwe on behalf
of Services Overseas;
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April - June 1999: General Elections in Malawi on behalf
of UN as Long Term Observer;
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May 1994: General Elections in Malawi on behalf of the
German Government;
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June 1993: Referendum in Malawi on behalf of the German
Government;
Since 1990:
Frequent visits to African and South East Asian countries
(research, consultancy work)
1997-2001:
Researcher at the University of Hamburg: Project: External
Actors and Democratization in Africa
1994-1997:
Research Fellow at the Institute for International Relations,
University of Hamburg: Research Project: "Political Transition
and Democratization in Malawi"
1988-1992:
Assistant Research Fellow, University of Hamburg
MEMBERSHIPS
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President of GEAMOC e.V. (German Educational Assistance for
Malawian Orphaned Children), Gelnhausen
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Chancen durch Bildung e.V., Munich, Member of the Board
(since 1996)
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Deutsche Vereinigung für politische Wissenschaft (DVPW)
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Vereinigung der Afrikanisten in Deutschland
CONSULTANCY WORK (selection)
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Evaluation of the UNDP Managed Multi-donor basket fund in
support to Electoral Management Bodies in Sierra Leone
(2005-2009), and Identification and Design of the new EC
Electoral support in Sierra Leone, January-April 2009
(Team Leader);
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Training for International Election Observers on behalf of
Evangelical Development Services (EED), Bonn, Germany,
June 2007;
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Academic Field Research Study on Democratisation and Rule of
Law, March/April 2007 in Malawi;
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Mid-term Review Of Governance, Justice, Law and Order Sector
Reform Programme: Governance, Rule of Law and Justice Reform
Expert, October-December 2006 in Kenya;
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Support of the Legislative Assembly in Liberia on behalf
of the European Commission and Konrad Adenauer Foundation
(EC/KAF), November 2005 in Monrovia;
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Evaluation of the process of democratization, rule of law
and economic liberalization in Zambia on behalf of
Bertelsmann Foundation, 2005;
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Final Evaluation of the EU "Promotion of the Rule of Law
and Improvement of Justice Programme in Malawi" (co-author:
Alexander Schubert); October 2003;
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Evaluation of the democratization process, rule of law,
government efficiency and civil society in Malawi on
behalf of Konrad Adenauer Foundation, 2003;
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Evaluation of the process of democratization, rule of
law and economic liberalization in Zambia on behalf of
Bertelsmann Foundation, 2003;
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Expert study on Administrative System and Rule of Law
in Malawi on behalf of the German Foundation for
International Development, Bonn, 2001 (70 pages);
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Expert opinions on behalf of the German Federal Ministry
of Economic Cooperation and Development, 1999 and 2001;
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Project Evaluation on behalf of GTZ (Project: Democratic
Decentralization), with focus on Civic Education, 1999;
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Project Evaluations on behalf of "Chancen durch Bildung
e.V.", since 1997