Marital status: Single

Nationality: Ghanaian

DOB: 26 April, 1977

Place of Birth: Accra, GHANA

2001-2003 Université Libre de Bruxelles Brussels, BELGIUM

1996-2000 Vesalius College, VUB BELGIUM

Minor in Communication Studies:

• Public Speaking (B);
• News Writing & Reporting (B);
• Writing for the Media (B+);
• Political Communication(A);
• International Role of the News Media (A-);
• Peace & Security Studies (B)

1988-1995 British School of Brussels, TERVUREN BELGIUM

11 GCSEs, and A-Levels in English Literature ; French ; History ; Computer A/S Level

1982-88 Brussels English Primary School, BELGIUM

English: SPOKEN (fluent); WRITTEN: (excellent); READING: (excellent); French: SPOKEN (very good); WRITTEN: (very good); READING: (excellent) Dutch: SPOKEN (conversational); WRITTEN (fair); READING (fair)

Spanish: SPOKEN(basic); WRITTEN (basic); READING (basic)

October 2003-- ICDA Secretariat, Brussels

• Producing newsletter for ICDA Members on activities and events in run-up to UNCTAD XI in Brazil (June 2004), and posting useful information on ICDA website as way of outreach.

May 2001 Third United Nations Conference on Least Developed Countries, Brussels, BELGIUM

Jan.2001—present International Coalition for Development Action (ICDA) Brussels, BELGIUM

• i. Trade & Least Developed Countries (impact of globalisation on the Third World);
• ii. Trade & Environment (sustainable development);
• iii. Trade & WTO agreements (agriculture, EU positions, etc);
• iv. Trade & Regional Organisations (impacts of peace/conflict on inter/intra-regional trade);
• v. Trade & World Bank/IMF/TNCs impact on poor.

• Working on ICDA Update (with focus on Trade & Trade-related issues of past 6 months). This ICDA publication goes out twice a year.
• Following and monitoring EU-NGO Civil Society discussions on gender, trade, and development-related issues at the European institutions.
• Monitoring regional trade agreements and regional organisations updates for the WTOIL, such as ACP; FTAA; NAFTA; ASEAN; MERCOSUR; APEC; ECOWAS – to name but seven regional organisations
• Following Third United Nations Conference on Least Developed Countries (LDCs) for WTOIL, including having been an active member of the Trade Caucus at the UN Conference on LDCs in May 2001.
• Contacting, and liasing with ICDA’s member NGO organisations, including OXFAM GB; Action Aid UK; World Development Movement by phone, fax, and email
• Providing outreach for ICDA by producing occasional information sheets to reflect ICDA’s work on development education, advocacy & trade.
• Re-designing & updating the ICDA Website
• Researching & writing reports of conferences for meetings of Brussels-based networks like the European Trade Network (ETN).
• Assisting the Chairperson in writing concept papers for fundraising
• Interviewing and screening prospective interns and/or volunteers for office work
• Assisting in Gender-related programme in ICDA’s capacity as European

focal point for International Gender & Trade Network.

August 1998-May 2000 VESALIUS COLLEGE, VUB, BELGIUM

Student tutor for English; History; Politics

Provided one-to-one tuition for students (freshmen; sophomores; juniors) who wanted assistance with their papers on thesis and grammar.

Jan-May 2000 VESALIUS COLLEGE, VUB, BELGIUM

Administrative assistant to Professor of Sociology Alison Woodward

• Photocopied necessary papers/articles
• filed important papers
• other administrative tasks

• Conduct peer review of writers working on questions related to globalisation; Africa; and global regional integration.

• Member of "Urgent Action"

1998-99 Student tutor at Vesalius College’s writing center

21-25 March 2002, Financial Activism & Beyond, Amersfoort, The NETHERLANDS

• Attended & actively participated in a workshop on how the Global Economy works
• Studied economic concepts; foreign aid system & international financial institutions (IFIs), such as the World Bank, the IMF, and how they work structurally
• Examined case studies of financial activism: Latvia; Poland; rest of Europe
• Analysis of how NGO ATTAC (better-known for work on Tobin Tax) campaigns, and possible lessons for future campaign of trade/development issues
• Examined World Bank Boycott strategy—how it started in the US, and how successful model could be replicated in Europe
• Finally, discussion (roundtable) and analysis of Financial Activism & Ethical Investment

• Presented ICDA’s present; past, and future activities on international development and trade to final-year Journalism students. Also provided key insights into international development, as well as explored role of media in helping push NGO ideas forward.

February 2003, Vesalius College, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB)

• Wrote mini-speeches with humorous/witty angle, designed to attract students to the Writing Center, every Wednesday of the two semesters for college’s "Forum" gathering.

• Netscape; general knowledge of Microsoft Excel; Opera 3.0;HTML editing; Internet: General knowledge of Macintosh; Microsoft Powerpoint; general knowledge of Macromedia Dreamweaver.

• Second International Conference on Globalisation, with introduction, and interventions by Belgian Prime Minister Guy Verhofstad

10 October, 2002, The Hague, Netherlands

• Eu Trade Policy: "EBA or EPA—What’s in it for Developing Countries? (Everything But Arms/Economic Partnership Agreements)

3 October, 2002, ACP Secretariat, Brussels

• NGO Seminar on Peace & Development in Sudan

4 July, 2002, Borschette, European Union

• AD-HOC Meeting on ACP-EU Negotiations, organised by EUROSTEP

20 April, 2002, Brussels

17 April, 2002, European Parliament, Brussels

• "Counterbalancing the WTO with Strong Environmental & Social Rules"

20 February, 2002, Brussels, Belgium

• "How To Ensure ACP-EU Trade Arrangements Contribute to the Campaign Against Poverty"

• Represented ICDA at NGO conference by French NGO SOLAGRAL (working on agriculture, environment, and trade issues) entitled "Agriculture: Moving Beyond Non-Trade Concerns"

• Represented ICDA for first SOLAGRAL conference entitled "WTO Transparency & Reform"