Toen-King Oey

Summary of Qualifications

• Worked for more than ten years as Rural Development Adviser with emphasis on participatory and process approaches in rural communities.
• Developed capacity building of local NGOs and community-based organisations (CBOs).
• Training in Institutional Development & Organisational Strengthening (ID/OS), Sustainable Agriculture and Conflict Transformation.
• Successfully mediated in internal conflicts of two local NGOs in the Philippines.
• Experienced in working in multicultural teams in general, and with minority groups in particular.
• Proficiency in at least five languages.

Professional Experience

April 2003 - present:   Project Officer   -   Dutch Humanist Committee for Human Rights (HOM)
Assignnent : PBHI (Association for Legal Aid and Human Rights) and other NGOs
Jakarta, Indonesia

• Assists HOM's local partner organisations in implementation of their programmes.
• Organization development of the partner organisations.
• Conducted trainings in Organisational Strengthening & Institutional Development (ID/OS) and conflict resolution. This includes organisational diagnosis and strategic planning.

1998 to September 2000:     Programme Adviser     SNV/Netherlands Development Organisation
Assignment: SNV's Mindanao Sub-programme
Iligan City, Mindanao, Philippines

• Assisted four of SNV's local partner organisations - all in Central-West Mindanao region - in enabling them to continue after the phase-out of SNV from the Philippines.
• Focused on special marginalised groups: the partners were different Indigenous Peoples and engaged in securing their traditional, ancestral land and developing a sustainable land management plan.
• Conducted trainings in Organisational Strengthening & Institutional Development (ID/OS) and conflict resolution. This includes organisational diagnosis and strategic planning.
• Assisted in building partnerships with international donors as well as linkages to local government agencies. This includes assistance in project proposal writing and budgeting.

1993 to 1997: Rural Development Consultant - SNV/Netherlands Development Organisation
Assignment: Ranao Community Development Network/Lunduan
Iligan City, Mindanao, Philippines

• Assisted in the conceptualisation and implementation of the Sustainable Integrated Area Development (SIAD) programme in the hinterlands of Iligan City where Indigenous Peoples are the main target groups. The programme contained service delivery in the field of agricultural production, marketing, primary health care. My job focused on capacity building of the local community organisers and leaders. I also assisted in the research on traditional culture and practices to support their Ancestral Domain Claim.
• Conducted trainings in PRA, project cycle management (planning, implementation, monitoring & evaluation), process approach in development work and, last but not least, sustainable agriculture.
• Assisted the development workers of 12 local NGOs and CBOs in the implementation of their various projects: proposal writing, linking up with international donors and databanking. This includes troubleshooting and problem solving of a wide range of problems.

1988 to 1992: Agricultural Consultant - SNV/Netherlands Development Organisation
Assignment: Center for Rural Services & Projects, Inc.
Davao City, Mindanao, Philippines

• Conducted trainings in sustainable agriculture to local NGO staff: intracropping under coconut, sloping agricultural land technology (SALT), integrated pest management (IPM) in rice.
• Conducted on-farm experiments with local farmers.

1986 to 1987: Tutor of Multi-disciplinary Project Groups (voluntary)
TEGON, Agricultural University of Wageningen
Wageningen, Netherlands

• Contributed to a student advocacy group, TEGON, in the the conceptualisation of a project group of in their drive to create socially grounded research projects.
• Coached project groups of students in their research on ‘contract-growing’ schemes in Indonesia, in particular to look into socio-economic effects of a particular Nucleous Estate & Smallholders (NES/PIR) project in West Java, Indonesia, on the local population.
• Provided background research material and mediated between the students and resource persons in Indonesia.

1984 to 1985: Agricultural Consultant - HIVOS, Netherlands
Assignment: HIVOS-Lombok Project/YLKMP
Mataram, NTB, Indonesia

• Assisted in the conceptualisation and implementation of an agricultural programme for HIVOS-Lombok.
• Conducted trainings in the basics of rural extension work, sloping agricultural land technology and on-farm experiments.

Short-term Missions

• June 2003 / NOVIB / Indonesia: evaluation mission to a NOVIB-supported NGO.
• January 2003 / NOVIB / Philippines: evaluation mission to three NOVIB-supported NGOs.
• December 2002 / HOM / Indonesia: project proposal writing for a capacity building programme for Indonesian human rights organisations.
• March-June 2002 / KODEMO/ Indonesia: an assessment of good governance in Indonesia; a comparative study on good governance and human rights advocacy.
• Oct-Nov 2001 / East Timor: project design of Caritas Australia; community development framework.
• May 1998 / East Timor: project evaluation of Caritas Dili; logical framework training.
• October 1997 / East Timor: project evaluation of Caritas Dili, short PRA training.
• October 1996 / Philippines: Project evaluation of KALIMUDAN, Marawi City, Mindanao.
• April 1994 / East Timor: project evaluation of DELSOS and SADEP, short PRA training.

Education

• Master of Science in Organisational Change and Development, University of Manchester, UK; December 2001.
• Master of Science in Tropical Crop Science, Agricultural University of Wageningen, Netherlands, 1983.

Postgraduate courses

• GIS/ARC View, 1997, International Agricultural College, Velp, Netherlands.
• Conflict Transformation, 1997; Summer Peacebuilding Institute/Eastern Mennonite University, Harrisonburg, Virginia, USA.
• Gender Awareness & Mainstreaming, 1993, SNV-Philippines, Manila, Philippines.

Other Accomplishments and Skills

• Active as a Board member in two local development NGOs in the Philippines.
• Active experience in solidarity work and human rights campaigns for East Timor and Indonesia.
• Languages: proficient in Dutch, English, Indonesian, Cebuano (Phils.), and Spanish.
• Driving license: motorbike and car.
• Computer: various Windows software.
• Handicraft: weaving cotton hammocks.

Last updated: 25-03-2005