Lars Soeftestad 69 connections

CEO, Supras Consult

Kristiansand, Norway

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Professional Summary

Trained as an anthropologist, I have worked on various aspects of development cooperation, international aid and relief globally since the early 1980s. I have held permanent positions with Rural Development and Health Center Foundation (a Bangladeshi NGO), University of Zurich and, most recently, with the World Bank, and consulted for numerous multilateral and bilateral donors and organizations in public sector, civil society and the private sector.
Presently I am CEO, Supras Consult (www.supras.biz) which provides advisory, project management and research services. There is a focus on the human resources and natural resources sectors. For details see Supras' Capability Statement (link on home page).
I am also Coordinator, Community-Based Natural Resource Management Network (CBNRM Net, www.cbnrm.net), a global community of practice for people working on CBNRM as bureaucrats, evaluators, funders, managers, politicians and practitioners.

Contact Info

(work)

Phone

+47 908 23 006 (work mobile)

+47 381 49 045 (work)

+47 381 08 199 (work fax)

Website

http://www.supras.biz/ (work)

Address

PO Box 1600
NO-4688 Kristiansand
Norway (work)

Work/Education

Work Experience

Supras Consult / CEO

2000 - Present

Supras (www.supras.biz) provides advisory and research services in capacity building, knowledge management, networking, participation, social/institutional analyses, and strategic communication, specifically in connection with natural resource management, including agriculture, coastal zone management, fisheries and rangeland management.

CBNRM Networking / Manager

1999 - Present

CBNRM Networking (www.cbnrm.com) advocates use of applied ICT-based networking tools aimed at integrated knowledge management and strategic communication, in connection with management of natural resources, specifically Community-Based Natural Resource Management (CBNRM).

Forum South / Chairperson

1999 - Present

Forum South (Forum Sør, www.forumsor.no) is a network of and for institutions, NGOs and organizations, in civil society, the private sector and the public sector, that work on development cooperation, humanitarian aid and North-South relations. Forum South covers the Agder region in southern Norway.

Community-Based Natural Resource Management Network (CBNRM Net) / Coordinator

1998 - Present

CBNRM Net (www.cbnrm.net) provides powerful and applied tools for communities, NGOs and institutions, aimed at networking and knowledge management of the field of Community-Based Natural Resource Management (CBNRM) globally.

World Bank / Anthropologist

1993 - 1999

I worked on preparing, appraising, implementing and evaluating development projects in a number of countries in Africa, South Asia and Southeastern Asia, as well as on policy issues related to indigenous peoples and involuntary resettlement.

University of Zurich / Asst. Professor, Dept. of Anthropology

1990 - 1993

I taught undergraduate and advanced courses in economics, ethnicity and human rights, I also did reseach and writing on diverse subjects, incl. human rights, indigenous peoples and involuntary resettlement.

Rural Development and Health Center Foundation (Sylhet Bangladesh) / Research Officer

1985 - 1988

I was responsible for survey work in connection with evaluating the Foundation's activities, as well as in connection with managing an aquaculture project.