Curriculum Vitae

NAME: Kirsten LUND LARSEN

NATIONALITY: Danish

DATE OF BIRTH: 6 May 1954

MARITAL STATUS: Married, two daughters (born 1985 and 1987)

EDUCATION: 2001 Malmö University, Sweden:

Post-graduate studies on
Communication for Development

1998 Copenhagen Business School:

Course on Organisational Theory

1994- Various courses on Management,

1997 Leadership and Organisational
Development

1979: School of Journalism, Aarhus, Denmark:

Journalist

WORKING LANGUAGES:

Speaking Reading Writing

English Excellent Excellent Excellent

Mother tongue
Danish

German Fair Fair Poor

ADDRESS: Blaagaards Plads 1, st

DK-2200 Copenhagen N.
Denmark
Mobile phone +45 40 40 00 25
E-mail: mail@kirstenlundlarsen.dk
www.kirstenlundlarsen.dk
Key qualifications

Capacity to assess communication needs and develop strategies and action plans for
communication and advocacy. Experience as team leader with professional and flexible
facilitation of cooperation while focusing on timely production of perceivable reports.
Exquisite writing skills and reputation for clear communication both verbally and in
writing. Long experience, incl. management, with civil society organisations involved in
development, advocacy, human rights and governance issues.

Key qualifications also include:

• Professional background as journalist combined with studies on Communication

for Development and with NGO management experience

• More than 20 years work experience with development issues, including five
years residence in Africa (Nairobi + Harare). Short-term experience from 26
countries in Asia, Africa, Latin America and Middle East

Experience record

Period Position/Employer/Main activities

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2001 - present Programme Coordinator, Joint Ethio-Danish NGOs

Development Programme
The programme integrates health, education, agriculture and
environmental interventions and involves three NGOs in Ethiopia
and three in Denmark. Part-time assignment based in Copenhagen
(33%). Responsibilities include coordination, planning, facilitation
of programme development and integration, quality control,
liaison with back donor. 3-4 annual visits to programme area in
Ethiopia.

2000 – present Consultant, Director of own company Communication &

Development , with assignments in the fields of communication,
organisational development and church related development work.
1997 – 2000: Deputy General Secretary DanChurchAid.
Responsible for overall strategic planning, organisational
development, policy issues, international institutional
relationships and advocacy

1994 - 97: Head of Planning Department DanChurchAid

Responsible for overall strategic planning and crosscutting issues
and functions

1992 - 94: Regional Representative for southern Africa, DanChurchAid.

Based in Harare, responsible for developing dialogue and
partnerships with civil society NGOs

1982 - 92: Press officer, DanChurchAid

Editor; responsible for press contacts, tours, briefings, specific
responsibility for southern Africa.

1979 - 1982: Freelance journalist in Nairobi, Kenya

The only Danish journalist resident in Africa at the time, working
for the national Danish news agency Ritzau and the Danish
Broadcasting Corporation plus various development and trade
union magazines.

Selected consultancy assignments

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Oct-Nov 2002 Consultant

City Council Review of two pilot integration projects in the Copenhagen suburb
Copenhagen Tingbjerg, which has a high proportion of immigrants.

March-May 2002 Consultant

WCC Review of the World Council of Churches’ advocacy work at United
Nations’ level in Geneva and New York. Mapping out expectations,
experiences, options and requirements for WCCs future advocacy
work at the UN.

November 2001 Team Leader

DCA Malawi Communication and Advocacy Needs Assessment for
church-related development organisations in Malawi, seeking to
enable them to play a stronger role in civil society. The assignment
consisted of stakeholder interviews, facilitation of workshops and
 production of recommendations both regarding strategic development
of communication and advocacy tools and regarding organisational
structures

October 2001 Consultant

Ibis Ghana Appraisal of Communication Rights Programme in Ghana/West
Africa and design of thematic programme approach for the newly
established regional programme of the Danish NGO Ibis. The
assignment included interviews with local community radio stations
and network, identifying their needs in order to give a voice to their
local audiences

August 2001 Consultant

APWLD Review of regional programmes and organisational structure of the
Thailand Asia Pacific Women’s Network on Law and Development, based in
Chiangmai, Thailand. APWLD is a regional network, covering Central
Asia, South Asia, South East Asia and the Pacific. It organises female
lawyers and activists and promotes regional advocacy for womens’
rights and undertakes training for feminist legal action (applying a
strategic feminist perspective on established law and legal practises)

March 2001 Team Leader

DCA/SICA Review of organisational structure and local ownership of
Pacific community development programme for Solomon Islands Christian
Association, Melanesia

June 2000 - Consultant

March 2001 Capacity assessment of the Department for World Service in the
LWF/DWS Lutheran World Federation Geneva, in cooperation with German
consultancy firm FAKT

March 2000 Consultant

DCA Review of four regional offices of DanChurchAid in India, Malawi,
Kenya and Honduras including assessment of partner relations,
organisational structure and staffing questions

2000 - 2001 Writer and facilitator of study as part of

APRODEV global study process on ”Christianity, Poverty and Wealth in the 21st
Century” initiated by APRODEV, the network of WCC-related
European development NGOs.
Selected publications
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Contribution to the publications mentioned has been in the form of co-editor, writer and
translator (rewriter): (published in Danish, titles below in own translation)

l All this nonsense about culture... about women and democratisation in Africa;
KULU - Women and Development, Copenhagen 1993
l I was a stranger... about churches’ response to refugees and immigrants in Denmark;
DanChurchAid, the Ecumenical Council and the Programme to Combat Racism,
Copenhagen 1992
l The road to Damascus about evangelical movements as an instrument for right wing
crusaders; DanChurchAid and the Ecumenical Council, Copenhagen 1991

Other selected experiences

l Member of the Council for Development Research of the Danish Ministry for Foreign
Affairs

l Deputy Chairperson of the Board of the Danish Max Havelaar Foundation

(promoting fair and sustainable trade)

l Member of the WCC Advisory Group on Regional Relations and Ecumenical Sharing

l Voluntary work for the Council on International Relations of the Evangelical Lutheran
Church of Denmark, involved in the Decade to Overcome Violence

l Member of Amnesty International (DK), the Danish Association for International

Cooperation (MS) and Danish PEN

Updated Jan 2003