CV, Development Cooperation, Territorial marketing, Place Marketing, regional strategies, planning, moderation, knowledge management, local governance

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PARVEX François
Rte de Vermala 20
CH-3963 Crans-Montana
25.03.1958
Mobile : +41 78 654 48 62
Skype: fparvex
parvex@serec.ch
www.slideshare.net/parvex/
MSc in Agriculture EPFZ - Rural Economics and MSc Civil eng. EPFL
DEGREES ___________________________________________________________________
1997 International Institute for Management Development, Lausanne. IMD Lausanne, Program
for Executive Development (PED)
1982 - 1987 Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Section Agriculture, Agriculture Eng. Dipl. EPFZ
1979 - 1981 Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Section Civil Engineering, Civil Eng. Dipl. EPFZ
1978 - 1979 Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh USA, exchange program for the junior year
1974 - 1976 Gymnase de la Cité in Lausanne, Swiss federal high school graduation type Latin-
Mathematics
LANGUAGE SKILLS___________________________________________________________
French native language
German written, spoken
English written, spoken
Italian written, spoken
Spanish basic
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES ___________________________________________________
From 2019 Founder and consultant of the consulting company Glocal Ltd in Bamako
from 2000 SEREC (Service for Regions and Communes), branches in Sierre, Ticino, Sion
1995 - 2000 SEREC / CH-REGIO: Swiss Center for Exchange and Training in Regional Development,
Project Manager.
1987- 1995 Association for the Development of Economic Activities in the Vallée de Joux, ADAEV,
Regional Manager
1981 - 1982 Sulzer SA. Work as Energy Engineer in Lausanne, Sion, Winterthur and Geneva

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MAIN REALIZATIONS__________________________________________________________
2019 Coaching the self-evaluation of the Programme d’Appui aux Collectivités Territoriales
(PACT), Niger, Swiss Development Cooperation, SDC
2019 Conception and moderation of a workshop aiming at developing a competence center
and a cluster of permaculture in the intercantonal region of La Broye, Switzerland,
COREB
2019 Coaching of the Région Valais romand, Switzerland, in order to position the association
and elaborate its action plan 2020
2019 Capitalisation the Programme de Coopération Transfrontalière Locale 2016-2019, CCT-
UEMOA, Swiss Development Cooperation, SDC
2019 Capitalisation of an experimental north-south cooperation for developing a local irrigation
management station in Burkina Faso, info4dourou, Swiss Development Cooperation,
SDC
2019 Capitalisation of the experiment of decentralised sectorial budget support in Mali (ABSD),
Swiss Development Cooperation, SDC
2018 - 2020 Planning of the Regional agriculture Development Program of Crans-Montana Region,
Municipalities of Crans-Montana, Lens and Icogne
2018 Capitalization of the Tilgr Baoré conservation granary, « Freedom through innovation »
and of its outcomes on the oignon value chain and on Gender balance in Burkina Faso,
SDC
2017 – 2018 Strategic positioning of two multipurpose leisure buildings in the Municipality of Le Mont-
sur-Lausanne
2017 Capitalization of experiences, knowledge and best practices acquisted by the Swiss
Development Cooperation (SDC) and its partners in the field of Gender balance and
poverty reduction in Benin
2017 Capitalization of fifteen years support from the Swiss Development Cooperation (SDC) to
opening up of remote villages through the construction of rural roads using high intensity
of labor in the eastern Region of Burkina Faso
2016 – 2017 Design of a citizens’ participation process for the realization of building measures related
to the third Rhone river Correction, State of Valais, Switzerland
2016 - Coaching of basic territorial studies for Local Transboarder Cooperation Program (PCTL)
for the UEMOA (Western African Economic and Monetary Union) for the Swiss
development cooperation (SDC)
2015 - 2018 Backstopping of the « Support Programme for decentralisation and citizens'
participation » (DEPAC), project in Burkina Faso for the Swiss Development Cooperation
(SDC)
2015 - 2016 Capitalization of 19 years of swiss support to community radios in Benin or the Swiss
Development Cooperation (SDC)
2015 - 2016 Coaching of the Association pour le développement du nord vaudois (ADNV) for the
communication of its Regional Masterplan « light »
2015 - 2018 Coaching of three Swiss cantons (Jura, Ticino, Valais) and of ten regions of cantons
Vaud, Fribourg and Valais/Wallis in designing their development strategies

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2015 Design of a business model for the collaborative marketing of hotels and vacation
appartments / holiday homes in Bellinzona Region, Ticino, Switzerland (ERS-BV Ente
Regionale per lo sviluppo Bellinzonese e Valli, SAB)
2015 Organizing the module on context analysis and project's formulation, Course of Advanced
Studies (CAS) Cooperation and development (SUPSI, FOSIT, Ticino, Switzerland)
2014 Planning of the Governance and Decentralisation Programme's second phase (GDP II)
supported by the Swiss development cooperation (SDC) in Mongolia
2014 Tourism Development Strategy for the region around St Croix (Vaud, Switzerland)
2014 Realization of two seminars on territorial development oriented to effectiveness in Manno
and Lausanne (Switzerland) for regiosuisse, the Swiss network centre for regional
development (SECO)
2013 - 2014 Planning of the new Local Transboarder Cooperation Program (PCTL) for the UEMOA
(Western African Economic and Monetary Union) and the Swiss development
cooperation (SDC)
2013 - 2014 Transnational Alpine Space cooperation study Rurbance aimed at a coordinated
valorization of the urban and rural spaces around the new high speed railroad track
Zurich - Gotthard - Milan (Alptransit)
2013 - 2015 Coaching of the Cantons Ticino, Valais and Gräubünden for designing the crossboarder
cooperation program Italy-Switzerland 2014-2020
2013 Organizing and guiding a delegation of the Territorial Collectivities Council (CCT) of
UEMOA (West African Economic and Monetary Union) in a study trip on transboarder
cooperation between France and Switzerland
2013 Study of best practices in Europe for the developing of periferical, low potential zones on
behalf of Canton Ticino (SAB, Swiss Group for Mountain Regions)
2013 Planning of a cooperation project between France (Haute Savoie) and Swizerland
(Valais, Vaud) aimed at creating a sustainable cooperation plattform
2012 - 2014 Feasibility study for developing the medical tourism in Ticino (Switzerland) then planning
and coaching or the implementation www.ticinohealth.ch
2012 - 2013 Exploring new touristic business models for the marketing of holiday homes for rent in
Valais, Switzerland
2012 Capitalization of ten years assistance of the Swiss cooperation to the city of Koutiala
(Mali) and periferical rural areas
2012 Two days seminar on participative planning methods for WWF Switzerland
2011 Coach for the design of a regional strategy for the development of the truffle agro-touristic
value added chain
2011 Development strategy of the Bregaglia Municipality, methodological coaching and
moderation
2010 - 2011 Coach for the planning of the intercantonal development programme of the 4 cantons of
the Swiss Jura Arch
2010 - 2011 Expert for the Swiss contribution to EU enlargement in Hungary (inter-municipal
development programs, SDC)

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2010 - 2011 Planning of the intercantonal development programme of the 7 Cantons of Western
Switzerland in the frame of the Swiss Regional policy
2010 Coach for the methodology, design and writing of Country Programmes for the Swiss
Catholic Lenten Fund (Fastenopfer)
2009 - 2012 Partner of the Interreg IV B Alpine Space Comunis project on intercomunal Commercial
Location Development
2009-2010 Assistance to the intercantonal concertation platform of arcjurassien.ch
2009 Evaluation of the SDC of the Community Forums project in the Republic of Macedonia
from 2009 Project Manager by regiosuisse, the Swiss network centre for regional development
(SECO)
from 1999 Preparation and facilitation of training seminars: Project Management, Time
Management, Sustainability strategies for NGOs, Municipal Development Planning,
Territorial Marketing, participative approaches
1999 - 2009 Coaching of the creation of tourism incoming and marketing institutions in Romania,
Bulgaria, Tajikistan and Georgian Republic (SDC)
2007 - 2009 Concept, strategic planning and facilitation of the project “Ticino: Bike destination” aiming
at transforming the cycling (and then soft mobility) activities into a real tourism product
2007 - 2008 Strategic study on the reorganization of the mountain regions in the Canton Ticino
following the introduction of the new Swiss regional politics. Title: “Economic growth and
balance between regions, the role of the “new” regional organizations
2006 - 2008 Methodological coaching of the plain development concepts for the regions of Sierre and
Chablais and redaction of these concepts within the third Rhone river correction
2005 - 2008 Process adviser and moderator for the third Rhone river correction project (Sierre Region
and Chablais Region)
2008 Evaluation of the NALAS (Network of Associations of Local Authorities in South-East
Europe, www.nalas.eu) and of its Knowledge Management Centre on the field of
municipal management (SDC)
2007 Report for the Swiss Parliament on "Alpine Convention and mountain regions"
2006 - 2007 Participation in an inter-municipal commission for designing an association of the six
municipalities of Crans-Montana (ACCM) and its Territorial Marketing Plan
2006 - 2007 Territorial diagnostic, métadiagnostic and planning of the INTERREG IV France-
Switzerland 2007-2013 program
2005 - 2006 Assistance to the communication task force for the fusion of the Anniviers Municipalities
(Vs) and moderation of public Forums
2000 - 2006 Candidature, planning, then management of the "Action Plan Environment and Health" for
one of the three Swiss pilot regions, Crans-Montana
2005 - 2006 Coach for the planning of the INTERREG IV program France-Switzerland 2007 - 2013
2005 Methodological support for the design of a regional strategy for the promotion of the
hiking tourism in Crans-Montana
2004 Evaluation and Planning of a municipal governance and agriculture extension project in
Cao Bang Province in Vietnam (Helvetas)

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1999 - 2004 Planning of a project of Legal Assistance to Rural Citizens (LARC) in Kyrgyzstan
(Helvetas)
2003 Planning of the creation of "Kyrgyz Tourism", the national Destination Management
Organization for Kyrgyzstan
2003 Organization of two seminars on participative planning methods with the SRVA (Swiss
French Agriculture Extension Service, Agridea)
2003 - 2006 Identification, planning and implementation of a tourism development project in Gorno-
Badakhshan (Tajikistan)
2000 - 2006 Lectures and seminars on the planning and praxis of Sustainable Development in
Professional Schools and Universities
1999 - 2005 Backstopping of the tourism development project of Stara Planina Region in Bulgaria
(SDC)
2003 - 2004 Moderation of seminars on Communal Development Planning in Doboj, Bosnia -
Herzegovina (Intercooperation)
2002 - 2004 Coaching of the merging project of agriculture associations of Jura and Bernese Jura,
which ended up by the creation of the Interjurassian Rural Federation
2002 - 2004 Lectures and seminars on Territorial Marketing for the Agriculture Faculty of Milan
University
2002 - 2003 Coaching of a municipalities’ merger project in Valais
2001 Coaching of an audit and reorganization project in a Municipality
1993 - 2001 Coordination of an inter-municipal development project in Romania for the Inter-Assist
Foundation within a program of the Swiss Confederation (SDC). Coaching and
backstopping of the Regional Tourism Association of Prahova District
2000 Mission in Niger to draft the creation of local development funds
1999 - 2000 Swiss French coordinator of the project Elements of a Local Agenda 21 (OFEFP / OFEN)
and co-writer of the “Handbook for the Local Agenda 21” for communes and regions
(OFEFP)
1998 - 2000 Methodological assistance to a project of inter-municipal development in the Stara
Planina region in Bulgaria (SDC)
1998 - 2000 Coordination of the project "TELEREGIO": Telecommunications in the regions” for the
Swiss Government (SECO / OFCOM / OFAT)
1995 - 2000 Design and implementation of a network of knowledge management and communication
for the Swiss Mountain Regions (CH-Regio)
1992 - 2000 Founding and co-chair of the Group of Mountain Populations of Canton Vaud (GVRM)
1987 - 2000 Board Member of the Michellod Foundation for the conservation of the Herens fighting
cows
1989 - 1996 Chairman of the project group of the SAB (Swiss Group for Mountain Regions) for the
promotion of mountain products
1992 Design and implementation of an Internet industry-agriculture-tourism promotion
homepage for the region Vallée de Joux
1991 Design of the regional Tourism Development Program for the Vallée de Joux

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1988 - 1990 Member of the pilot network of around twenty Swiss regions “Proximity Enterprises
Coaching” created by the Swiss government (OFIAMT)
1989 Merger and reorganization of the two regional associations of development and economic
promotion of the Vallée de Joux
1988 Member of the working group OREG of the Swiss Confederation (OFIAMT) which studied
the possibilities to improve the organization in the mountain regions
1988 Design of a promotion brochure for the enterprises of the Vallée de Joux
1987 - 1995 Design and implementation of a regional system of networking, communication and
public relations
1987 - 1995 Organization of stands in industry fairs
1987 - 1995 Member of the board of the Transboarder program of the Jura Transboarder Community
(CTJ) for the territorial planning of the French-Swiss High Jura
1986 Practical training of three months in Burundi in a French cooperation project. Study on the
use of agriculture wastes for the nutrition of the cattle during the dry season, the
possibilities of increasing fodder production and the compared economic impact of local
and hybrid cows
1984 Practical training of six months in a farm in Ticino (Switzerland)
1981 - 1982 Design and realization of heating, air conditioning and renewable energies installations.
Direction of a large air conditioning building site in Geneva
1976 Practical training at the Service of roads and bridges at the State Valais
1976 Practical training by chez Dewaay + Cie. In Brussels in the field of wealth management
and stock exchange
MANDATES__________________________________________________________________
2010 - 2017 NGO's Federation of Italian Switzerland (FOSIT), member of the technical commission
2009 - 2013 President of the inter-municipal trash management consortium Alto e Medio Malcantone
(Ticino, CH)
2005 Expert for the Swiss Government and Lichtenstein for the “INTERREG IIIB “Alpine Space
prospective Study” (ARE)
2000-2012 Swiss Catholic Lenten Fund: member of the development cooperation expert's
commission
1987 - 2000 Michellod Foundation for the conservation of the Herens cows, member of the board
1989 - 1996 President of the SAB (Swiss Group for Mountain Regions) commission, which wrote a
guide for regional products marketing
1988 Member of the working group OREG (Organization of Regions) in charge of studying
possibilities for improving the organization of the Swiss mountain regions organizations
(SECO)
1987 - 1995 Member of the board of the transborder cooperation programme for the French Swiss
Haut-Jura
NETWORKS _________________________________________________________________

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regiosuisse Swiss network centre for regional development (knowledge management, SECO)
IMD Alumni Club
A3-EPFL Alumni EPFL
SAB Swiss Group for Mountain Regions
SMP Swiss Project Management Society

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INTERESTS __________________________________________________________________
Sports mountaineering, cycling, jogging, ski
Culture history, geography, nature, discovering new cultures, humor
Miscellaneous viticulture and enology (owner of a small vineyard), cattle breeding, regional
development, renewable energies, all kinds of innovations
PERSONAL DATA ____________________________________________________________
Birth date March 25th 1958 in Lausanne
Status divorced, 1 child (1999)
Religion Roman Catholic
Nationality Swiss, Collombey-Muraz, Valais and Belgium
Sion, November 25th 2019
FRANCOIS PARVEX