Coop ProDev (Position: Senior Consultant/Chairman)
Vanhanlinnankuja 1 A 4, 00900 Helsinki, Finland
+ 358 9 40 5531866

harri.porvali@pp.inet.fi

Piiluvankatu 33 A 8, 53950 Lappeenranta, Finland
+ 358 5 4514157 or +358 50 5732870

harri.porvali@pp.inet.fi or hporvali@hotmail.com

• Project identification, planning and appraisal;
• Project monitoring and evaluation;
• Project management and design of project management systems, including financial control;
• Management information systems;
• Macro-economic analysis and aid coordination;
• Strategic planning, sectoral analysis, planning and monitoring;
• Rural development, including  integrated rural development activities;
• Small business development, including cooperative development;
• Microfinance including rural credit institutions and systems;
• Agricultural marketing and management systems for cooperative societies;
• Livestock and dairy development;
• Capacity building for rural institutions, including women's groups and extension services;
• Financial management;
• Organising training, in particular based on participatory approaches;
• Logistic planning and management.

Several articles on development issues and cooperative management, mainly in professional press.

December 2004 to present

09.1995 to 06.2003

Main duties:
Overall responsibility for the planning, management  and financial control of the Programme.

09.1990 to 08.1995

Main duties:
Overall responsibility for the management of the organization.
Carrying out consultancy assignments for various clients.

The FCC was established in 1990 by the main Finnish apex cooperative organizations to coordinate the use of resources within the movement for the promotion of rural development in general and cooperative institutions in particular in developing countries.

01.1987 to 08.1990

The main task was to provide technical backstopping, information and guidance in the field of agriculture and rural development to the ministerial staff and different country desk officers responsible for project planning, tendering, appraisal and evaluation. Also responsible for designing the sectoral strategy for rural development and agriculture for the ministry.

Specific duties included:
Formulation of FINNIDA policies in the field of rural development,
Identification, design, appraisal and monitoring of rural development projects,
Contacts with other donors and officials of recipient countries,
Contacts with Finnish and other resources operating in the fields of rural development and cooperatives as well as to high level decision makers,
Appraising proposals for humanitarian assistance,
Collection of information relevant to the rural development sector, and

09.1983 to 12.1986

Main Duties:
Assistance to the Ministry in areas of planning, coordination and monitoring of foreign aid from various sources, including both technical assistance and import support.
Assistance in the management of national debt.
Assistance in the preparation of the national budget.
Planning and monitoring of budget support by donors.
Assisting in drawing up sectoral  development strategies and programmes and organizing donors´ conferences.
Organizing bilateral consultations with the major donors.
Creation of a databank related to foreign assistance.
Preparation of briefs and speeches for the Minister and Permanent Secretary.
Introducing a comprehensive monitoring system for donor assisted projects.
Macro-economic analysis and preparation of briefs on socio-economic development in the country for distribution to major donors.
Linkage with NGO:s and other organizations involved in the humanitarian assistance.
Analysing the needs for food aid, preparing requests to donors and participating in the negotiations for the same.

01.1979 to 06.1983

Main Duties:
Design of management systems for various types of cooperatives.
Assistance in formulating the cooperative development policy for Tanzania.
Co-chairing national working groups on Cooperative management and accounting, Cooperative wholesale and retail trade, and Cooperative savings and credit activities.
Monitoring of cooperative activities and creation of a databank for this purpose of planning and monitoring of the progress of cooperative development.
Preparation of plans of operations, annual work plans and progress reports for the project as well as for the Ministry´s Department of Cooperative Development.
Supervision of the Nordic field staff (at maximum over 30 persons).

12.1975 to 12.1978

Main Duties:
Management assistance to the regional Cooperative Union and to various types of cooperative societies.
Design and coordination of a bookkeeping and management support project for multipurpose rural cooperatives.
Design and implementation of a regional data system for agricultural, savings and credit, and consumer cooperatives.
Planning and implementation of training programmes for the staff of the Cooperative Development Department as well as for functionaries of various types of cooperatives.
Participation in the implementation of the Integrated Rural Development Programme (funded by GTZ) in the Tanga-region.

01.1972 to 12.1975

Main Duties:
Provision of management assistance to the rural cooperatives and regional cooperative union.
Assisting in the management of the Cooperative Development Department at the regional level.
Carrying out training activities both for the departmental staff and functionaries of various types of cooperatives.
Participating in the preparation of the multisectoral, regional integrated development plan
Acting as the transport manager for the regional cooperative union (the fleet consisted of both buses and trucks).
Auditing both the primary societies and the regional cooperative union.
Assisting in the design of a Rural Integrated Development Programme funded by CIDA.

02.1971 to 12.1971

Main duties:
As a member of the company management group, the  responsibilities included: 
company strategic planning and systems development (including the computerization of the accounting, budget monitoring and market information), personnel management, procurement and logistics management

09.1967 to 05.1970

Main duties:
Senior Tutor in charge of the faculty for business administration and commercial law.

3. Short term international assignments abroad: (Examples only)

Time

11.08. –
06.09

1994

SCC/FCC

FCC/FINNIDA

Cooperative Specialist

Helsinki School of Economics

B.A. (Econ.)

M.Sc. (Econ.)
(Kauppatieteen maisteri)