cecil astilla

senior advisor

About

Sr. Adviser at Deutsche Gesselschaft fur international Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH

Country

canada

City

canada

Industry

public policy

Skill

stakeholder relations, capacity building, strategic communications, stakeholder engagement, government, public private partnerships, decentralization, climate change policy, community engagement, governance, strategic advice, strategic planning, private sector development, environmental policy, climate change, organizational development, international development, sustainable development, ngos, european union, capacity development, policy analysis, rural development, civil society, grants, food security, poverty reduction, technical assistance, climate change adaptation, gender mainstreaming, value chain analysis, natural resource management, public/private partnerships, policy, corporate social responsibility, public policy, local government, microfinance, community development, program evaluation, international relations, foreign policy, sustainability, social entrepreneurship, private sector, proposal writing, public administration, report writing, qualitative research, sustainable agriculture

Experience

director, project development services

philippines department of agriculture

1998-1 - 2002-1 · 4 yrs 1 mo

director iii

department of agriculture

1998-12 - 2002-12 · 4 yrs 1 mo

Provide direction for the Department's project development for both local and foreign assistance. Supervised two division chiefs on managing bilateral grants and loans from resource mobilization to negotiations with donor agencies such as world bank, asian dev't bank, JICA, JBIC, FAO, EU. Represented the Department in various inter-agency committees such as investment coordination and social development.

supervising personnel officer

food terminal

1978-5 - 1986-5 · 8 yrs 1 mo

Responsible for carrying out recruitment and training and development programs. Supervised three recruitment assistants.

senior advisor

deutsche gesellschaft für internationale zusammenarbeit (giz) gmbh

2003-1 - Present · 23 yrs 9 mos

* Provide technical advise on natural resource governance, sustainable development, land use and development planning, local governance, organizational development * Facilitate/moderate workshops and meetings * Advocacy and policy briefs on above areas

Education

institute for social studies

1998-1 - 1999-1 · 1 yr 1 mo

maryknoll college

liberal arts

1970-1 - 1974-1 · 4 yrs 1 mo

In college, I did a lot of reviews on movies, television shows and radio programs. We also did scripts, advertising copies, radio, stage and television production as part of our curriculum. I acted in one of the plays we did for theater course. The height of our academic experience is the thesis on Sesame St. and its influence in early education. Apart from the academic experience in communications, I was a member of the volleyball team of the batch. Activities and Societies: Social Action