The Record

2021 - 22

Rwanda: On behalf of RICEM (Rwanda Institute of Cooperatives, Entrepreneurship and Microfinance): Support to the National Skills Development and Employment Promotion Strategy (NSDEPS)

Contribution to identifying priority interventions for National Skills Development Employment Promotion Strategy and Revised National Employment Policy, namely 1) Strengthen the employment service system in Rwanda by upscaling the number of employment service centres to ensure the governance of active measures and strengthen the career guidance system, 2) Piloting the Skills Needs Assessment survey within carefully selected sectors which could support the capacities of the Sector Skills Councils, and 3) Support the work of establishing National Occupational Standards with inclusion of skills to feed into revised curricula mainly for the growing TVET sector. The work included budgeting of measures and initiatives;
Contribution to setting up Theory of Change for National Skills Development Employment Promotion Strategy and formulation of performance indicators for the plan’s Pillar 3 on Matching;
Conducted a review of International Best Practices in Public Employment Service to support the decision on priority intervention in Rwanda;
Conducted Workshops for senior analysts organised by Rwanda Development Board where the plan for semi-annual reports was approved and workplans were designed. The participants represented a range of ministries, governmental bodies, and external stakeholders including Ministry of Education, Ministry of Economy and Finance, National Institute of Statistics Rwanda, Ministry of Labour and Public Service, Ministry of Youth and Culture, and representatives from the Federations in Rwanda. The workshops were based upon dialogues and group work combined with lectures on international best practices in labour market monitoring, analytics, reporting and data compilation notably of local administrative data and designated surveys not previously utilized in Rwanda;
Submission of a plan for semi-annual reports based upon two main entrances: 1) An Annual Report which identifies the data which the administrative system across Rwanda should focus on (and integrate into LMIS) across broad areas and governmental functions, and 2) implementation of an employment barometer to allow a semi-annual procedure for obtain feedback from establishments (formal as well as informal) on labour demand, labour dynamics (in- and outflow), new job-openings, and labour shortages. The last mentioned will inform the Occupation in Demand List by using formal evidence and hence provide the legal justification for the Labour Market Transfer System, which determines which categories of occupations where Rwanda can import labour;
Support in revising the questionnaire for Integrated Business Enterprise Survey conducted by National Institute of Statistics Rwanda (NISR) to allow for data on labour market demand, labour dynamics (in- and outflow), new job-openings, and labour shortages;
Support to identification of questions to enter Tracer Studies Questionnaires for educational institutions based upon international best practices and supervised the training of educational stakeholders in the questionnaire during a targeted workshop for educational institutions in Muhanga;
Supervision of the upscaling of the Labour Market Information System in Rwanda: Key contributor of inputs to the system notably on identification of data, main stakeholders, and User Requirements;
Support to Chief Skills Office (CSO) at Rwanda Development Board in various matters concerning labour market reporting, analytics, M&E, peer review of analytical work, and contributions to assessment procedures (e.g. questionnaires);
Development of questionnaire and provision of technical support to the first Skills Needs Assessment study in Rwanda covering the Manufacturing Sector in Special Economic Zones. The pilot instrument was based upon the Pan-European Skills Needs Assessment Survey instrument, augmented to local needs;
Conducted a Rapid Assessment of the functioning of the Public Employment Service (PES) System in Rwanda, the local Districts Business Development and Employment (BDE) Units, the Career Guidance System, combined with interviews of local employers and jobseekers. The findings were merged with the review of international best practices conducted earlier and submitted to the stakeholders in a consolidated report containing proposals for adjustment of the PES System, the local BDEs, the establishment of a Career Guidance Knowledge System, the overall legislative framework, and M&E of active measures on local level, including QA-procedures of administrative records;
Contributed to the analytical studies of a larger tracer study of Rapid Response Trainings in Rwanda (short term upskilling training courses for unemployed adults). The interviews were conducted by RDB staff for a sample of 1000+ graduates from the trainings, including focus groups interviews (open questions and discussions leading to qualitative information) and interviews with a short list of employers (based upon question frames)

2018 - 21

Proposal writer: Contribution to technical proposals or main proposal writer

During the COVID Pandemic, Mr Kinch worked as Proposal Writer besides his continued work on technical notes and textbooks, also as Peer Reviewer.

2015 - 18

Uzbekistan: SKILLS STRATEGIES FOR INDUSTRIAL MODERNIZATION AND INCLUSIVE GROWTH IN UZBEKISTAN
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE; Project-ID: ADB TA-9256 UZB

Team Leader and International Labour Market Economist for ADB-funded combined PATA and PPTA project to Uzbekistan on Skills assessment methods for MoELR;
The project focuses on MSMEs and cross-cutting issues like poverty reduction, empowerment of youth, PWD, gender issues, as well as entrepreneurship skills;
Pilot a survey instrument for Skills Needs Assessment;
Assessment of current monitoring and planning systems, as well as the current law framework, and suggest new pathways for regional and national HCD planning;
Assessment of current methods to transfer knowledge of skills demand to TVET for demand-driven educational sector and suggest new methods to increase the understanding of mismatch problems, their spread and their magnitude;
Assessment of current Occupational Standards and the methods to update these, and suggest new methods to provide standards more in line with the needs of the labour market;
Assessment of current measures to stimulate employability of vulnerable groups in risk of social exclusion, including a screening of the current activities performed by the regional and local Public Employment Services, and suggest new paths for a far more proactive effort on local level;
Assessment of current statistical provision and suggest new modalities to stimulate data provision and increase the capacity of monitoring systems;
Provide suggestions to new instalments and capacity building activities to increase the capacity in skills needs assessment, labour market monitoring, and M&E of activities, including suggestions to increase the transfer of knowledge between key institutions dealing with mismatch problems on local, regional and national level.

Zambia: ENHANCING THE GOVERNMENT – WIDE MONITORING AND EVALUATION MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM, ZAMBIA
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE; Project-ID: EuropeAid/136798/IH/SER/ZM

Senior Short-Term Advisor for Formulation and Development of an Employment and Labour Sector Performance Framework (SPF) aligned with National Performance Framework (NPF).
Assessment of shortcomings in the current labour market assessment system and the organisation of the public employment service,
identification of training needs and identification sector-specific actions and active measures to reinforce employability and combat poverty, and
stipulate possible Key Performance Indicators and medium-term and long-term outcomes for the Ministry of Labour and Social Security.

Azerbaijan: SUPPORT TO THE MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND SOCIAL PROTECTION OF POPULATION OF THE REPUBLIC OF AZERBAIJAN IN CREATION OF THE VACANCIES MONITORING SYSTEM AND PREPARATION FOR A FUTURE TWINNING PROJECT
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE; Project-ID: EuropeAid/132633/C/SER/multi

Cat. 1 Expert (replacement) on Labour Market Information Management systems.
Providing proposals based on Best Practices for development of a Vacancy Model and provide a concept paper for potential use thereof,
Framing an Action Document for establishment of a Labour Market Information System;
Carry out a Training Needs Analysis for staff of Ministry of Labour and Social Protection;
Prepare Review Report on current procedures and capacities;
Provide concept paper for methodologies and tools required to enable development of a comprehensive overview of the current labour market; and
provide Technical Specifications for the procurement of software and hardware.

Turkish Cypriot Community (Northern Cyprus): TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF LIFE LONG LEARNING, VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING AND ACTIVE LABOUR MARKET MEASURES, VETLAM 2
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE; Project-ID: EuropeAid/136848/C/SER/CY

Deputy Team Leader and Senior Key Expert in labour market policies, Employment services, diagnostics, and Labour Market Information Systems
Training of local specialists from various organisations in labour market analysis of demand and supply, business cycles, mismatch studies, surveys, and development of statistics.
Conducting a Training Needs Analysis and a screening of the Public Employment Service for design of a reform.
Conducted a survey amongst a representative sample of enterprises from the private sector partly meant to investigate labour demand, the current labour dynamics, and the needs for skills labour
Pilot an Early Warning System and describe the requirements for a future Labour Market Information System.
Support of the Team Management in various administrative, logistical, and strategic matters, including report writing and deployment of NKEs.

Armenia: REVIEW OF THE SECTOR SUPPORT PROGRAMME FOR CONTINUATION OF VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING (VET) REFORM AND DEVELOPMENT OF AN EMPLOYMENT STRATEGY EAPIC 2012
FWC BENEFICIARIES 2009 - LOT N 9 : Culture, Education, Employment and Social
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE; Project-ID: EuropeAid/127054/C/SER/multi

Key Expert on Labour Market / Employment.
Review and report on the status of implementation of the general and specific conditions attached to the final disbursement under EaPIC 2012 relevant to Labour Market / Employment; i.e.:
Assess the overall status of reforms of main services provided by the Government in VET / Labour Market / Employment sectors in light of the VET Modernization Reform Programme and Action Plan 2012-16 and National Employment Strategy 2013-18,
assess the impact of the Programme on policy formulation, and
provide recommendations to final disbursements of the final tranche

2013 - 14

ETF / MULTI: MATCHING SUPPLY AND DEMAND OF SKILLS ON THE LABOUR MARKETS IN TRANSITION AND DEVELOPMENT COUNTRIES: Labour Market signalling of the Matching of Skills
European Training Foundation, ETF, in collaboration with ILO and Cedefop
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE; Project-ID: ILP-MATCH WP13-40-17

Expert in Labour Market Diagnostics in transition and developing countries
Preparing outline for Guide 1 on ETF Working Papers on "Matching supply and demand of skills on the labour markets in transition and development countries"
Participation in International Experts Validation Workshop on Anticipating and Matching of Demand and Supply of Skills, Cedefop, Thessaloniki, June 2013
Author on several research notes

ARMENIA: REVIEWS OF THE SECTOR SUPPORT PROGRAMME FOR CONTINUATION OF VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING (VET) REFORM AND DEVELOPMENT OF AN EMPLOYMENT STRATEGY
FWC BENEFICIARIES 2009 - LOT N 9 : Culture, Education, Employment and Social
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE; Project-ID: EuropeAid/127054/C/SER/multi

Key Expert on VET
Evaluation of Third Installment

ETF / MULTI:
TORINO PROCESS INTERIM EVALUATION
European Training Foundation, ETF
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE; Project-ID: SKS-12-05

Senior Category II Expert: Bruges process, VET Policy analyst
Evaluation of the Torino Process, the Analytical Framework and the proposed indicators
Field study in Montenegro
Field study in Tajikistan

2011 - 12

ETF / MULTI: MATCHING SUPPLY AND DEMAND OF SKILLS ON THE LABOUR MARKETS IN TRANSITION AND DEVELOPMENT COUNTRIES:
Labour Market signalling of the Matching of Skills
European Training Foundation, ETF, in collaboration with ILO and Cedefop
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE; Project-ID: ILP-MATCH WP12-40-17

Expert in Labour Market Diagnostics in transition and developing countries
Participation in International Experts Validation Workshop on Anticipating and Matching of Demand and Supply of Skills, Turin, Italy, October 2012
Preparing outline for Guide 1 on ETF Working Papers on "Matching supply and demand of skills on the labour markets in transition and development countries"
Author on Note on Migration related to Skills Mismatch diagnostics

TURKEY: PROVIDING TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE FOR THE FIRST INTERIM EVALUATION OF HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT OPERATIONAL PROGRAMME
FWC BENEFICIARIES 2009 – LOT 9: Culture, Education, Employment and Social
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE; Project-ID: EuropeAid/127054/C/SER/multi

Team Leader
Expert in Employment Issues
International Technical Advisor in Monitoring and Evaluation techniques for Human Resource Development Programmes
Technical Advisor in establishing indictors for Monitoring and Evaluation of HRD OP in Turkey

EGYPT: SERVICES TO THE PMU TO PREPARE AND CARRY OUT TVET AND LABOUR MARKET POLICY RELEVANT BACKGROUND STUDIES:
STUDY 3: “TVET Management information and Knowledge Based System”
Project co-funded by the European Union and the Government of Egypt
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE; Project-ID: EuropeAid/127519/D/SER/EG

International Short Term Expert in Management Information Systems and Knowledge Management System in TVET
Conducter of international benchmark study of best practices in MIS, LMIS, CGS, and Knowledge Management

2009 - 10

MONGOLIA: LABOUR MARKET STUDY IN SUPPORT OF THE TECHNICAL AND VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING PROJECT
Millennium Challenge Account – Mongolia (MCA-M)
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE; Project-ID: CA/MCA-M/MCC/TVET/CS/43/2009

International Key Expert in Labour Market Economics and Diagnostics
Conducter of nationwide Labour Market Survey on skills needs
Conducter of study of regional economic potentials and overall labour demand and supply
Conductor of Mentor Programme for Junior Analysts of Central Labour Authorities in Labour Market Analyses

THE HASHEMITE KINGDOM OF JORDAN: FORMULATION MISSION PROGRAMME IN SUPPORT TO THE E-TVET STRATEGY
THE EC DELEGATION TO JORDAN
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE; Project-ID: EuropeAid/2008/171741

International Key Expert / Strategic Planning Expert
Defining indicators for evaluation of E-TVET Programme

2007 - 08

BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA: EMPLOYMENT POLICY REFORM AND ESTABLISHMENT OF A LABOUR INFORMATION SYSTEM
THE EUROPEAN AGENCY FOR RECONSTRUCTION
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE; Project-ID: EuropeAid/123680/C/SER/BA

Short Term International Expert in Regional Employment Strategies

REPUBLIC OF SERBIA: SUPPORT TO UNEMPLOYED AND HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
THE EUROPEAN AGENCY FOR RECONSTRUCTION
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE; Project-ID: EuropeAid 04SER01/13/006

Short Term International Expert in Labour Market Analysis
External evaluator of Labour Market Survey Methodology

GREENLAND: LOT 9 EU FRAMEWORK CONTRACT
MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND VOCATIONAL TRAINING / AIDCO
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE; Project-ID: EuropeAid/119860/C/SV/multi

Team Leader
Key Expert in Education / Public Finance
Assessment of indicators for monitoring the Greenland Education Programme

ROMANIA: IMPROVEMENT OF REGION SPECIFIC TECHNICAL AND VOCATIONAL EDUCATION TRAINING SYSTEM
MINISTRY OF EUROPEAN INTEGRATION
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE; Project-ID: EuropeAid/121318/D/SV/RO (PHARE)

Key Expert in Labour Market Intelligence
Conductor of Labour Market Survey among a stratified sample of enterprises in Romanian Regions
Conductor of Regional Labour Market Analyses
Regional and Local Education Action Plans, School Action Plans
Training of Members of Regional Consortia and Local Development Committees in planning and LMI
Training of School Directors and teachers in planning, targeting, School Enterprise Partnership and Networking

ROMANIA: DEVELOPMENT OF QUALIFICATIONS FRAMEWORK IN HIGHER EDUCATION
CFCU
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE; Project-ID: RO-2004/016-772.05.01 (PHARE)

Key Expert in School-Enterprise partnership building for Higher Education Institutions

BULGARIA: TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE FOR CONDUCTING A NATIONAL SURVEY ON LABOUR MARKET NEEDS,
PROMOTIONAL CAMPAIGN OF THE GRANT SCHEME AND PROVISION OF TRAINING AND SEMINARS
IN THE AREA OF OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH AT WORK (OSH)
MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND SOCIAL POLICY
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE; Project-ID: EuropeAid/121684/D/V/BG (PHARE)

Key Expert in Labour Market Development and Analysis
Training of experts within Ministry of Labour and Social Policy as well as experts in Employment Agency (central level), Sofia
Training of local/regional experts and stakeholders within local and regional labour bureaus in Blagoevgrad, Vratsa, Haskovo, Troyan, Plovdiv, Sofia, Varna, and Rousse/Ruse
Introducing Modern Methods of Labour Market Intelligence for Planning purposes in Bulgaria
Introducing Labour Market Information Systems for Monitoring Regional Business Cycles in Bulgaria
Introducing the principles in Management by Objectives in Ministry of Labour and Social Policy in Bulgaria
Conductor of Regional based Labour Market Surveys
Conductor of Regional Labour Market Analyses (CLMA)

2005 - 06

REPUBLIC OF SERBIA: EMPLOYMENT SUPPORT PROGRAMME
MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND SOCIAL POLICY
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE; Project-ID: EuropeAid/117679/D/SV/YU (CARDS)

Short-term Expert in Labour Market Monitoring techniques, and Evaluation & Monitoring
Implementing Labour Market monitoring for analysing, forecasting, planning, and evaluation
Training of experts in 15 Serbian regions
Establishing and Training of a team of professional analysts for regional labour market assessment: the Serbian A-TEAM
Speaker on two conferences on Labour Market Information Systems
Designer of Labour Market Information System in Serbia
Moderator and speaker on major Conference on Labour Market Monitoring

REPUBLIC OF SERBIA: REFORM OF VET SYSTEMS, CAPACITY BUILDING AND IMPLEMENTATION SUPPORT PHASE II
EUROPEAN AGENCY FOR RECONSTRUCTION
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE; Project-ID: EuropAid/120706/D/SV/YU (CARDS)

Short-term Expert in Labour Market Analysis

CROATIA: LOCAL PARTNERSHIPS FOR EMPLOYMENT - PHASE 2
DELEGATION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE; Project-ID: EuropAid/120706/D/SV/YU (CARDS)

Short-term Expert in Labour Market Monitoring
Introducing Enterprise survey for Labour Market monitoring purposes
Training of experts in the regions of Karlovacka, Licko-senjska, Brodsko-posavska, and Pozeško-slavonska

TURKEY: STRENGHTENING THE TURKISH EMPLOYMENT SERVICE - ISKUR
CENTRAL FINANCE AND CONTRACTS UNIT
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE; Project-ID: TR/0205.01/001 (PHARE)

Short-term Expert in Labour Market Monitoring (co-advisor, and hands-on lecturer/trainer)
Introducing Enterprise survey for Labour Market monitoring purposes
Training of experts in Ankara, Malatya, Urfa, Konya and Ordu regions

ROMANIA: TECHNICAL AND VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING, ROMANIA
MINISTRY OF EUROPEAN INTEGRATION
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE; Project-ID: EuropeAid/116227/D/SV/RO (PHARE)

Key Expert in Labour Market Intelligence and School Enterprise Partnership
Conductor of Labour Market Survey among a stratified sample of enterprises in Romanian Regions
Supervisor for Research Institute for Labour and Social Protection in Regional Macro Economic Modelling
Regional and Local Education Action Plans, School Action Plans
Training of Social Partners in Social Dialogue and participation
Training of Members of Regional Consortia and Local Development Committees in planning and LMI
Training of School Directors and teachers in planning, targeting, School Enterprise Partnership and Networking

2002 - 04

GREENLAND: MINISTRY OF FINANCE, HOME RULE GOV. OF GREENLAND
Strategic advisor for the Minister of Finance in matters of HRD Policy formulation; e.g.:

Economic Policy: Structural reforms and regional economic planning and development
Labour Market Policy in general
Education Policy: VET reforms and higher education policy, including the Greenland Education Programme (later supported by EC)
Social Policy: Reform of the unemployment benefit system
IT Policy: Programme for Digital Signature and E-Gov.
Designer of strategic local and regional analyses of business potentials in global branding and public subsidized development

GREENLAND: ISI, GREENLAND COLLEGE OF SOCIAL WORK, NUUK, GREENLAND

External Associate Professor in Welfare Economics
Certified external evaluator in Sociology

GREENLAND: ILISIMATUSARFIK, UNIVERSITY OF GREENLAND, NUUK, GREENLAND

External Associate Professor in Labour Market Economics
External Associate Professor in Research Methods for Social Science

2000 - 02

DENMARK: CESRA - CENTER FOR EUROPEAN STUDIES IN REGIONAL LABOUR MARKETS

CEO
Managing Editor of AM-Monitor (Magazine on regional labour markets)
Researcher in Ethics and methods in Labour Market Analyses, monitoring and information systems
Research in LMI-models in EU including in-depth research studies of the systems in the Netherlands, Sweden, Germany, Luxembourg, France, Spain, Denmark, and the UK (based upon study visits to the central administrations of the mentioned countries)
Inventor of the Consensus Model of LMI based upon research in EU Best Practice
Inventor of an easy-to-implement kernel points based coding system for finding and diagnosing labour shortages
Independent consultant in information systems, analytic discipline and techniques of labour market monitoring for trade unions, local and regional public sector, private analyses institutes, and news agencies
Lecturer on e.g. the information society, New Economics, work related goals, gender and the labour market, the Social Dimension, Green Card, mobility policies, integration and assimilation of foreign citizens

1997 - 2000

DENMARK: PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT SERVICE, DENMARK

Chief analyst and regional coordinator of labour studies
Improvement of the regional labour market monitoring system by introducing advanced techniques of diagnostics and intelligence
Deploying survey systems capable to transform qualitative information to quantitative data
Significantly improved the regional information system
Introducing the VET-institutions and the Social Partners in the monitoring process
Development of quality control systems in regional labour market monitoring
Member of national commission on coordination of the cross-regional labour market monitoring, the Danish Labour Authority
Member of national commission on quality control systems for the regional labour market monitoring, the Danish Labour Authority
Member of national commission on information systems between training schools and labour market monitoring, the Danish Labour Authority
Designer of / global project manager on ”Afdækning af IT-området” (major national analysis on IT competences, 1999). The study intended to study skills mismatch problems in IT functions (all sectors) and was scheduled to reform the Danish ISCO Classification of Occupations
Short-term International Expert for Ministry of Labour, Sofia, Bulgaria; Need Assessment Analysis and VET reforms; lecturing and supervision on a pilot-project on the need for labour market educations in the Region of Varna, Bulgaria (1998)
Short-term International Expert in TACIS-project for Poland, Lithuania and Kaliningrad (the County) in methods of monitoring, analyses and models for forecasts (1999 and 2000)

1992 - 96

DENMARK and WALES: ODENSE UNIVERSITY, Denmark, and UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF NORTH WALES, BANGOR (UK)

Research in intra-EU migration with focus on social and ethnic networks; project manager and prime researcher on the project
Project manager on database construction on foreign citizens in EU on local level (municipalities or NUTS 3) with help from INSEE, OECD, Eurostat, EU DG II, V and XVI, Statistisches Bundesamt, STATEC, ILO and IOM. At that time no international databases have similar substance in terms of quantity of data on international migration in EU on local and regional level
Empirical analyses on regional and local data on intra-EU migration including estimations on cultural costs of migration; cross section analyses (national and cross countries) and time series analyses (national)
Author of papers and mimeos on intra-EU migration, social costs in migration, ethnic enclaves, mobility policies in EU and return migration behaviour
Participated in several international conferences, workshops, courses and seminars
Development of simulation models in international labour flows
Development of econometric models in cooperation with PhD Jørgen Trankiær Lauridsen, University of Odense, Denmark
Development of GIS-based method to map international labour flows
Assistant Professor in Macro-economics and Research methods
Development of labour flow models in cooperation with Professor John G. Treble and PhD Joseph Lanfranchi at University College of North Wales, Bangor, UK
Research in migration models