About fmmc and my work
fmmc is the short form of
free man management consultants (1990 - 2019)
Een persoonlijke terugblik uit 20210
Activiteiten in 2019 en eerder (tot 2014)
CV uit 2019 in het toen gebruikelijke format
I worked on the cutting edge of education, management consultancy, training and information technology in the field of development co-operation abroad and in the Netherlands.
I aimed at empowering people and organisations, enlarging transparency in organisations and reducing unnecessary complexity.
Core activities
● supporting ministries, educational organisations, boards and management on decentralisation and strengthening of autonomy;
● developing support structures and programs for professionalisation of educational leaders and institutional strengthening;
● consulting for (local) governments and educational authorities on the development of educational management information systems (EMIS);
● redesigning of education as a consequence of ICT developments;
● fact-finding, feasibility studies, evaluation (mid-term, end) and backstopping missions.
Fields of expertise
● Educational Management Development;
● Design and implementation of Education Management Information Systems;
● National planning for the use of ICT in education.
Advisory position
● Member of the Advisory Board of the International Network of Principals' Centers at Harvard Graduate School of Education. Annual conversations in New York, Montreal, Washington, Miami, New Orleans, College Station (Texas), San Francisco, Sitka (Alaska).
Core projects
● EMD: LEAD-link project Sub-Saharan Africa: Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia (4.5 years)
● EMD: Support to the development of a national system for EMD in Tanzania;
● ELMAVI project Vietnam (4.5 years) - New Masters in Educational Leadership Management and Administration for 5 Universities;
● EMIS: Design of a new EMIS (national level) in Suriname and in Tanzania;
● EMIS: Teacher Training Information System in Egypt;
● ICT in education: National plan for using ICT to foster change in education in Suriname Tanzania and St. Vincent and the Grenadines.
Project countries
Bosnia-Herzegovina, China, Ecuador, Egypt, Netherlands, Russian Federation, South Africa, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, South Sudan, Suriname, Tanzania and Vietnam.
Overzichten Educational Leadership Development
Rapporten voor het Lead-link Project Sub-Saharan Africa 2009
Introduction and Overview Leadership Development
1. Leadership Development in the USA
2. Leadership Development in the UK
3. Leadership Development in other countries (and cultures)
4. Concepts of leadership
5. Seven characteristics (priorities of LEAD-link members for developing new courses on educational management)