Ted PATERSON

Ted joined the Centre in July 2004 to assume responsibility for the evaluation function which – in addition to conducting evaluations – includes measures to (i) improve the quality of evaluations in the mine action field (e.g., by improving the design of projects), (ii) increase the degree to which sound recommendations are implemented (e.g., by making evaluation reports more widely available), and (iii) develop evaluation capacity. In 2006, he also assumed responsibility for policy research, embracing such issues as Linking Mine Action & Development, Landmines & Livelihoods, strategic planning for mine action, and mine action & aid effectiveness.

Ted has a background in international development, working with NGOs, research institutes, consulting firms, and as an independent consultant to the World Bank, UN agencies and various bilateral donors. He has expertise in strategic planning, national economic management, NGO management, organisational development, capacity development, programme planning and management, and economic analysis. He has been active in mine action since 1999, working mainly on socio-economic and performance management issues. Ted has degrees in business, economics, and development economics. While never trained in demining, Ted worked for five years as a zookeeper, learning to be careful where he stepped.

Selected Conferences and Publications

“Evaluation of Mine Action Interventions”, International Mine Action Standards: 14.10, United Nations Mine Action Service: New York, August 2007

“Is mine action making a difference. . .or avoiding the question?” in GICHD (2004) Mine Action: Lessons and Challenges: Geneva, 2005

“Capacity development in mine action” in GICHD (2004) Mine Action: Lessons and Challenges: Geneva, 2005

"Time to go MAD? Mine Action and Development" in Maslen, Stuart, editor (2004) Mine Action after Diana: An audit of international efforts against landmines and unexploded ordnance, Pluto Press: London. PDF 288KB

Principal author for UNDP & GICHD (2002) A Guide to Socio-Economic Approaches to Mine Action Planning and Management, Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining: Geneva.

"The Dismal Science Meets a Global Atrocity: The Economics of Mine Action." Presented to the Fourth Meeting of Mine Action Programme Directors and Advisors, Geneva, 5-7 February, 2001.

"Commentary on 'The Economics of Mine Action: The Case of Cambodia'." Journal of International Development. Volume 13, Issue 5, 2001, pp. 629-634. John Wiley & Sons: Chichester.

In addition, Ted has contributed chapters for numerous GICHD publications including The Role of Local Organisations in Mine Action (2004); The Role of the Military in Mine Action, (2003); and Socio-Economic Approaches to Mine Action (2001).