Career Highlights
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davidmurraylaw@gmail.com; www.davidmlaw.com
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Professional Background
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expertise: development & security practitioner with over thirty years` experience as a policy adviser, facilitator, teacher, trainer, researcher, editor & writer
thematic scope: programming for sustainable development, project management, teaching & training, security governance, democratisation, parliamentary empowerment, election-monitoring, refugee resettlement & scenario-planning,
partners and clients: governmental & intergovernmental bodies, parliaments & civil society organisations, as well as members of security forces, including the military & the police
languages: native English; fluent Russian, also operational in Dutch, French, German & Spanish
last post: Senior Fellow at DCAF for Security Sector Reform (SSR), (2003-11) & Senior Adviser at ISSAT, a DCAF division dealing with fragile and post-conflict states (2008-10)
currently: Montreal-based consultant; Senior Advisor, Security Governance Group; Senior Fellow, Centre for Security Governance
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Career Highlights
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highlights of work in the area of development
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supported development activities in fragile states in post-communist-Europe, Asia, Africa & the Americas
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developed norms on appropriate roles of security sector and development actors
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assisted major donors – EU, UN, etc – in their efforts to recalibrate their approaches to development
highlights of work as teacher/trainer
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lectured on European & global affairs at four universities in North America (1995-2002)
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directed security course for Swiss diplomats at the Geneva Centre for Security Policy (1996-2003)
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as DCAF Senior Fellow, designed over 100 training programmes in the areas of security and governance
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developed co-learning, a pedagogical approach for training practitioners
highlights of policy advisory activity:
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was Assistant to the Secretary General of the NATO Parliament (1978-84)
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advised three NATO Secretaries General on Soviet, Western & Mediterranean affairs (1984-94)
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was head of the first NATO Policy Planning Unit, set up in 1991 to support the Secretary General
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post-NATO, have conducted advisory activities in some forty post-conflict & transitioning states
Current Objectives
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work as a consultant in projects enhancing the accountability of public & private sector actors
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develop young professionals’ capacity to support decision-makers
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contribute to efforts to retool democracy for more effective governance in the 21stcentury