Mr. Thomas Britain was employed as an academic assistant in the Royal Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs from August 2006 to June 2008. He worked in the Department for Development Policy, which is responsible for Danish development assistance strategy and policy coordination. Mr. Britain engaged in general work of the department related to Danish development policy, as well as cross-cutting issues like human rights and corruption. He specifically worked on account and grant management for Danish and international NGOs. Mr. Britain also participated in meetings of an advisory board that reviewed bilateral development proposals. He was responsible for drafting meeting summaries and preparing technical aspects of video conferences with embassies abroad. His supervisor commends Mr. Britain's organization, work eth

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01June 2008
Mr. Thomas Bnttain has been emplovedas an academicassistantln the Royal
Danish N{inistrv of Foreign Affars, Copenhagen, in the Department for
Development Poliq' from 1 August 2006 to 1June 2008. The Department is the
central poho' office for Danish development assistance,responsible for the
strategicplanning and coordination of both bilateral and multilateral development
policv. Furthernrore, the department sen,esas secretadat for the Danish Board
and Council for InternatronalDevelopment Cooperauon and pror.idesSen'iceto
the Danish Parliament'sFinanceand Forei6yrAffairs Comrnittees.
Ir{r. Brittain has been engagedin the generalrvork of the department dealingwith
Danish development pohcf in genetal,aswell as a number of crosscuttingpolicy
areassuch ashuman rights,good governanceand fightrng corr-upt-ion.
In particular, N{r. Brittain has rvorked rvith account and grant management
relating to Danish and international NCIO's. N[r. Brittain has taken upon hrmself
great responsibiliw rvhile handling extensir-eand complicated correspondence
with the NGO's as rvell as the cooperation u,ith manv different in-house
departments.It is in greatpart due to his efforts that this part of the Department's
work hasbeencarriedout and opumizedduring the lasttwo years.
Mr. Brittain has furthermore parucipated in tl're meetings of the internal
Programme Committee, an adr.ison' board chaired bv the Lli-rderSecretaryof
State for Bilateral Development Cooperation, rvhich scrutinizesall proposals for
bilateral der.elopment acttvitres.I'Ir. Brittain vas responsible for drafting the
summan- of the discussions,as rvell as the preparation of - and the technical
aspects of - the meetings s'hich involr.e video conferencing with Danish
embassiesabroad.
lr{r. Brittain's abilih' to organize his rvork and to stay on top of large eventsand
cases has been greadv appreciated bv his colleagues. This was especialll,
demonstratedduring the DAC-Peer Revies'of Danisl-rDevelopment Assistance
in 2007 rvhere NIr. Brittain handled the progran-r, conference, rravel and

2. accommodation detailsrvhile actrngas thc DAC-committee's contact during their
stavhere.
N{r. Brittain has performed all the dutres assignedto him in a responsibleand
exemplarvmanner. He hasshown rvillingnessto rvork hatd and goal-orientedand
has achieved a broad knowledge of both Danish and international development
co-operation.On the professionallevel,NIr. Brittain has been a key assetto the
Department.
Thomas has also been ^ grc^t social asset, and he has established good
relationships rvith all of his colleaguesin the Ministn'. He has contributed to a
pleasantrvorking atmospherervith his positive personaliqv,and I am in no way
hesitantin gir.'inghim mv warmestrecommendations.
Depun'Flead of Department (UD)