1. Curriculum Vitae - Hans van Rijn
NAME VAN RIJN, Hans
DATE OF BIRTH 17 December 1968
NATIONALITY Dutch
GENDER Male
LANGUAGES Dutch (mother tongue), English (excellent), German (good),
Nepali (reasonable), French (reasonable)
MAIL ADDRESS c/o Asian Development Bank, 6 ADB Avenue, Mandaluyong, 1550
Manila, The Philippines
EMAIL hvr68@yahoo.com (private) hvanrijn@adb.org (business)
PHONE 00-63-926-6224747 (cellphone)
00-63-2-632-5642 (office)
00-63-2-818-0754 (residence)
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS
1996 MA Political Science and Public Administration (with distinction) ,
Free University, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Specialisation in Decentralization Reform and Public Financial
Management
KEY PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS
- 18 years international experience in the areas of (fiscal) decentralization and public
financial management (currently employed as Principal Evaluation Specialist, Asian
Development Bank)
- More than 10 years experience with the strenghtening of service delivery functions at
the subnational level, especially in the areas of small-scale infrastructure, water &
sanitation, and education
- Local government and PFM adviser on a variety of Sector Support Programmes
(including Water & Sanitation, Roads & Transport, Education and Forestry)
- Hands-on experience with working in fragile and (post-)conflict affected situations
(Nepal, Small Pacific Island States)
- Extensive experience as a process facilitator;
2. - Worked with and for a wide range of donor organisations, including European
Commission, World Bank, Asian Development Bank, African Development Bank, IMF,
UNDP, UNCDF, UNICEF, DANIDA, JICA, SNV, DFID, KfW, GIZ, AFD and NORAD
- Experienced team-leader and project manager;
- Excellent communication skills;
- Countries of professional experience
RECORD OF EMPLOYMENT
November 2013- Asian Development Bank
Present Principal Evaluation Specialist, Office of the Director General,
Independent Evaluation Department
Outputs / Responsibilities:
Advisor to the Head of Department
Member of the Department’s Management Team
Head of the Knowledge Management and Outreach Unit
Coordination of external relations
Preparation of a wide variety of knowledge products in the
areas of governance, inclusive growth, climate change
and disaster risk management
Organization of knowledge events
Public administration and public finance resource for
various flagship evaluations
Resource person for public financial management and
public administration projects (ADB operations)
November 2011- Asian Development Bank
November 2013 Senior Public Sector Management Specialist
3. Pacific Department
Outputs / Responsibilities:
Investment loan and TA preparation; portfolio
management, Country Team Leadership for Federated
States of Micronesia;
Management of several ICT , public administration and
public finance related TA budgets and investment projects
(Fiji, FSM, Cook Islands, Tonga, Federated States of
Micronesia).
August 2007 –
October 2011 Asian Development Bank
Governance Specialist / Senior Public Sector Management
Specialist, Regional and Sustainable Development Department
Outputs / Responsibilities:
Lead responsibility for the implementation of ADB’s
Capacity Development Action Plan
Shared responsibility for the implementation of ADB’s
Second Governance and Anticorruption Action Plan
Loan preparation support in Cambodia, India, Indonesia,
Lao PDR, Nepal, Papua New Guinea, People's Republic of
China and Timor Leste
Focal point for the Extractive Industries Transparency
Initiative
Governance/PFM lead for the annual Country
Performance Assessment for ADF countries
Alternate focal point for MDB harmonization exercises in
the area of public financial management
June 2003 –
August 2007 Royal Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs / DANIDA
In-House Adviser to the Decentralization Secretariat of the Ministry
of Local Government and Rural Development (Accra, Ghana)
Outputs / Responsibilities:
Formulation of a Government-led, multi-donor funded
Decentralised Service Delivery programme (with officials
from the ministries of Water Resources & Sanitation, Roads
& Transport, Finance and the Community Water &
Sanitation Agency)
Co-formulation of the National Decentralization Action
Plan (GoG’s Strategic Policy Framework for the
development of a decentralization SWAp)
Implementation of the four programme areas of the NDAP
(managed by the Decentralization Secretariat and co-
financed by Danida, World Bank, AFD, EU and UNDP):
4. I. Policy Coordination, Management and Monitoring;
II. Performance based grant system (District Development
Fund, nationwide)
III. National HRD and Capacity Building Strategy
IV. Public-Private Partnerships and Social Accountability
Drafting of ministerial speeches and cabinet memos
Co-formulation of the DANIDA Decentralization Support
Programme 2004-2008
Resource person for :
Local Government Service Council
Inter-Ministerial Working Group on Fiscal Decentralization
Donor Groups on Decentralization and Public Financial
Management
Royal Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs
1999 - May 2003 Netherlands Development Organisation (SNV Nepal)
Senior Governance Adviser / Acting Governance Manager
Outputs / Responsibilities:
Technical backstopping of 7 District Development
Committees and SNV Nepal’s regional and district level
governance advisers (Mechi Hills, Karnali);
Systems development for local governments, especially
related to the strengthening of inter-governmental
arrangements in public financial management and M&E;
Design of the Local Development Fund, a district level basket
funding arrangement for investments in water and sanitation
infrastructure, feeder roads and small bridges;
Acting Governance Manager (if and when required);
Liaison Officer on Governance and PFM for the Royal
Netherlands Embassy, New Delhi
1997-1999 Ecorys / NEI Pvt.Ltd. (Netherlands Economic Institute)
International Consultant Public Administration and Public Finance
Outputs / Responsibilities:
Provided technical assistance and conducted evaluations in the
fields of decentralization and public financial management (see
below for details). Work included a shared responsibility for
acquisition and the preparation of tender documents (technical
and financial). In addition, had a continuous research remit
affiliated to the above fields, including the development of
technical assistance tools/instruments and evaluation methods.
Received the 1999 "HEF-Award", for special contributions made to
the company's achievements in the international market.
5. 1993-4 Operations Review Unit (IOB), Netherlands Ministry of Foreign
Affairs, Directorate General for International Co-operation
Internship. Research Assistant for the Operations Review Unit of the
Directorate General for International Co-operation (Netherlands
Ministry of Foreign Affairs). Research focused on the
decentralization of the Tanzanian governmental apparatus
(October 1993-March1994)
SELECTED SHORT-TERM CONSULTANCY ASSIGNMENTS
Decentralization, Public Financial Management, Institutional
Development
May-June 1999 Participatory development of a new strategic vision for the
Planning Commission (Government of Pakistan) in the context of
the changing planning system and process. Work also entailed
organisational restructuring to match the new vision of the PC. With
respect to the latter, special attention was given to relation
between the federal Planning Commission and the provincial
Planning and Development Departments (Department for
International Development, Government of the United Kingdom)
January 1999 Tailor-made training of trainers of high-level government officials
(up to ministerial level) from the Republic of Kazakhstan, responsible
for public investment programming. The course was based on NEI
products, including financial and economic appraisal methods
and techniques and the process of public investment
programming. (European Commission / DG1A – European Expertise
Services)
April-Nov 1998 Six short missions to support the Institutionalisation and
Management of the Public Investment Programme of the Republic
of Kazakhstan, Agency for Economic Planning, Almaty/Astana.
Work entailed the provision of technical assistance to lay the
appropriate foundations for the process of preparing the PIP. More
specifically, the project’s objectives were to improve the relevant
staff’s understanding of the necessary requirements for establishing
a proper PIP process and to provide an appropriate approach and
methodology for managing the PIP (European Commission / DG1A
– European Expertise Services)
Nov-Dec 1998 In-depth evaluation mission, UNDP Public Administration Reform
Programme, Pilot Project, Dong Hoi – Quang Binh Province, Socialist
Republic of Viet Nam. The evaluation focused on the provincial PAR
pilot project itself and also prepared recommendations for the PAR
Pilot Programme as a whole (UNDP Hanoi / Royal Netherlands
Embassy, Hanoi)
December 1997 Evaluation Mission, UNDP Management Development Programme,
Republic of Kyrgyzstan, Academy of Management, Bishkek. Work
included a quality assessment of the Academy’s MBA and MPA
6. course material; a capacity assessment of staff, students and
management as well as an institutional assessment of the
Academy, with special reference to its (future) role in public
administration reform (UNDP, Bishkek / Royal Netherlands Embassy,
Almaty)
April-July 1997 Interim Evaluation for the European Parliament of the Tacis Programme
in all NIS countries in all sectors (member of Evaluation Team / co-
writer). The study was based on analysis of all previous evaluations,
more than 2000 project monitoring reports, interviews in Brussels and in
all NIS countries of key actors in EC project aid, workshops with
recipients on four major cross-cutting themes of the study and sector
reports for each country (European Commission DG1A)
1997-1999 Institutional strengthening of the Central Statistics Organisation of
Yemen, back-stopping and budget monitoring (Netherlands
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Directorate General for International Co-
operation)
Trade, Economic Cooperation and Sustainable Development
April 1999 Feasibility study on the export potential for insulated cables and
wires in developing countries. Study was confined to quantitative
market analysis. (Centre for the Promotion of Imports from
Developing Countries [CBI], the Netherlands)
September 1998 Organisation of a Workshop on Small Environmental Investments in
the Danube River Basin Countries. Training of local government
representatives from municipalities in Slovakia, Croatia, Bosnia and
the Czech Republic in the field of investment decision making,
financial decision making and the drafting and presentation of
feasibility studies (European Commission / DG1A-PHARE)
June 1998 Environmental Policy and Performance in the Netherlands: A
Review. In addition, designed a course for the International
Sustainable Development Seminar, with special reference to the
decentralization of environmental policies. (Netherlands Ministry of
Foreign Affairs, Directorate General for International Co-operation)
May 1998 Sustainable Industrial Development - Voluntary Agreements and
Environmental Policy in the Netherlands. In addition, designed a
course for the International Sustainable Development Seminar
(Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Directorate General for
International Co-operation)
March 1998 Research and consultancy on the desirability and possibilities for
deregulation of the market for insurance brokers in the Netherlands.
(Netherlands Ministry of Economic Affairs)
7. SELECTED PUBLICATIONS, REPORTS, PRESENTATIONS AND TRAINING
COURSES
1. The Quality of Growth (revised), co-author of the revised chapter on Governance and
Anticorruption (with Daniel Kaufmann), Oxford University Press / World Bank, 2000
(revised edition forthcoming)
2. Vinod Thomas - Climate Change and Natural Disasters (Transforming Economies and
Policies for a Sustainable Future) , peer reviewer and editor (Transaction Publishers,
scheduled for January 2017)
3. Lectures prepared for the Ministry of Finance, Government of Taipei,China: (i)
International Benchmarks for Prudent Public Financial Management; (ii) Design
Principles for Intergovernmental Fiscal Frameworks (IGFF); (iii) International Standards for
the Assessment of PFM Systems and IGFFs. Training Institute Ministry of Finance, Taipei, 1
December 2015
4. The Design and Governance of Sovereign Wealth Funds (Principles and Practices for
Resource Management). Seminar prepared for the Ministry of Finance, Government of
Mongolia (on invitation by the East Asia Department of the Asian Development Bank),
August 2015
5. Principles for Public Financial Management in Resource Rich Countries. Seminar
prepared for the Ministry of Finance, Government of Mongolia (on invitation by the East
Asia Department of the Asian Development Bank), August 2015
6. Inclusion, Resilience, Change: ADB’s Strategy 2020 At Mid-Term, Independent
Evaluation Department, Asian Development Bank, April 2014 (co-teamleader)
7. Supporting Regional ICT Connectivity in the Pacific, Asian Development Bank, RCI
Digest, Volume 3 – Issue 1, 2012
8. Fiscal Decentralization and the Financing of Local Government: Experiences with
Performance Based Grant Systems. Guest lecture at the School of Government, Ateneo
University, Manila, September 2009
9. Decentralization in Ghana and Nepal: A Comparative Perspective on Five Critical
Reform Dimensions. Guest lecture for MPA students, University of Ghana (Business
School), Legon. Accra, April 2007.
10. An Introduction to Gender Budgeting. Presentation for Gender and Social Development
Experts from the Ministry of Women and Children and representatives from the donor
community. (In collaboration with Dr Chris Jackson, Economist, World Bank Ghana;
organised by DFID Ghana), Accra, February 2007
11. Performance Based Funding of Local Government in Ghana: Design, Management
Arrangements and Operational Manual for a Harmonised District Development Funding
Facility, Decentralization Secretariat, Ministry of Local Government, Rural Development
and Environment ( in collaboration with W. H. Amoah and, K.S. Deku), Accra, October
2006
8. 12. Decentralization and Service Delivery In Ghana: Achievements and Challenges.
Contributing case-study for a DANIDA Good Practice Paper, Royal Danish Ministry of
Foreign Affairs, forthcoming
13. Functional and Organisational Assessment of Local Government in Ghana: Design of a
Harmonised Assessment Tool and Implementation Manual, Decentralization Secretariat,
Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development, (in collaboration with Local
Government Denmark and Maple Consult, Ghana), Accra, April 2006
14. Decentralization and Local Government Reform in Ghana. Contributing chapter for the
2005 Handbook on Local Government (Local Government Forum, Commonwealth
Secretariat), Accra, January 2005
15. Review of Local Government Development Funding Practices Over the Period 1999-
2003, Decentralization Secretariat, Ministry of Local Government and Rural
Development, Ghana, (in collaboration with Ghartey & Associates, W. H. Amoah and
K.S. Deku), Accra, August 2005
16. Comparative Assessment of Local Government Capacity Building Projects and Service
Providers Over the Period 1999-2003, Decentralization Secretariat, Ministry of Local
Government and Rural Development, Ghana, (in collaboration with W.H. Amoah),
Accra, September 2004
17. The Role of Local Institutions in the Financial Management of the Forestry Sector (in
collaboration with R. Sah, H. Sigdel and Dr. F. Van Schoubroeck), In: Banko Jankari, Vol.
14, No.1, Babar Mahal, Kathmandu, June 2004)
18. Women, Men, Money – A Public Finance Approach to Gender Equality. Article prepared
for the journal of the Association of NGOs in Nepal (NEPAN). Kathmandu, March 2003
19. Gender and Public Finance - Using the budget process in addressing gender equality
issues. Training course for gender advisers from HMG/N, Local Government Associations,
donors, civil society organisations and staff from SNV offices worldwide, prepared on
behalf of SNV Nepal. (In collaboration with Dr Chris Jackson, Country Economist, DFID
Nepal). Kathmandu, August 2002; Bangkok, January 2003.
20. Decentralization and Development – Conceptual Introduction and Case Studies. Two-
day training course prepared on behalf of GTZ Nepal. Participants included
representatives from HMG/N, donors and civil society organisations. Kathmandu, June
2002.
21. Public Private Partnerships at the Local Level – Opportunities and Constraints.
Presentation for the International Seminar on Local Democracy and Economic
Development, organised by the National Democratic Forum of Nepal. (In collaboration
with Srijana Rana, Business Development Adviser, SNV Nepal). Kathmandu, April 2002.
22. Decentralization and Its Consequences for Public Expenditure Management – An
Overview of Best Practices. Training course delivered at the South Asian Regional
Workshop on Local Governance (organised by SNV Nepal). Invitees included senior
representatives from HMGN, the Association of DDCs of Nepal , local government
9. officials from Vietnam, Bhutan and Laos and representatives from the Netherlands
Development Organisation from the same countries. Kathmandu, May 2001
23. Planning and Budgeting in Nepal - A Macro Perspective. Article prepared for the
Netherlands Association for Law and Administration in Developing and Transition
Countries. Published in the February 2001 Newsletter.
24. A Guide for Public Investment Programming. Three volumes, covering institutional and
organisational prerequisites, process management, and MIS requirements. In
addition, co-designed PIP training and technical assistance packages (with Dr Irene
B. Wilson and Roger A. Longhorn, NEI in-house product). Rotterdam, January - July
1999
25. Shifting Policy Frameworks in Netherlands’ Development Cooperation: The Case of
Good Governance, background paper for two guest lectures at the Department of
Political Science and Public Administration, Free University, Amsterdam, Amsterdam,
December 1996
26. Decentralization and Participation: A Political Analysis (opportunities for popular
participation in the joint Tanzanian Netherlands District Rural Development Program),
MA Thesis, Department of Political Science and Public Administration, Free University,
Amsterdam, Amsterdam, October 1996
27. The Evolution and Practical Application of the Concepts of Community Development
and Community Management within UNCHS/HABITAT, Institute of Social Studies
Advisory Services, The Hague, The Hague, January - June 1996 (with Dr F. Wils)
