Dr Maximin EMAGNA

Dr Maximin EMAGNA, Senior International Consultant hold a doctorate in Political Science from the University of Picardie Jules Verne (Amiens in France) and is a Postdoc from the University of Pittsburgh (USA).

Areas of expertise

Private Sector Development and Investment; Public/private Partnership ; European Union - ACP Countries (Africa, Caribbean and Pacific) ; Trade Policy and Negotiation (Economic Partnetrship Agreements between EU & ACP) ; Economic Regional Integration ; Governance (Public management, Administrative Reforms, Anti-corruption policies, décentralisation & Local Development).

Skills

International Project Management ; Academic Research ; Consultancy ; Strategist.

Professional Summary

Dr Maximin Emagna is a Senior International Consultant in Governance, International Project Management, International Trade Policy and Negotiation and Economic Regional Integration. Founder of PCI International Consulting (partnership, Co-operation and Integration).

He has more than 30 years of experience in coordination, management, program management, training including:

- 6 years in the coordination of ACP Secretariat Private Sector Development and Investment (Brussels, Belgium); Strategic planning, resource identification/programming, supervision, coordination, monitoring and evaluation of the joint ACP-EU private sector development programme with EUR 600 (six hundred) million from the 11th European Development Fund (EDF) and the ACP Investment Facility managed by the European Investment Bank (EIB). Development of programmes with the following partners : ACP Regional Private Sector, ACP Regional Integration Organisations and Regional Economic Communities; European Commission, World Bank, UNIDO, UNDP, UNCTAD, UNDCF, IFAD, UNECA, OIF, AFD/PROPARCO (France), SIDA (Sweden), GIZ (Germany), African Development Bank, AGF-Africa Guarantee Fund for SMEs, etc

- 15 years at PCI International Consulting, including 9 years in the preparations and negotiations of Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) between ACP countries end the European Union; issues of competitiveness, standards and quality, private sector development, regional Integration. He was EPA Regional Adviser for Central Africa in 2009- 2010 to Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS), based in Libreville, and in 2011-2012 based in Cameroon.

- 5 years at the International Institute of Administrative Sciences, Brussels, as coordinator and manager of international programs and evaluation responsible of training schemes, managing IIAS relations with international organizations; organizing international conferences and seminars; coordinating international working groups and experts (ten groups) etc.

- More than 5 years of Academic position at the :

University Centre and research administrative and political Picardie (University of Picardie Jules Verne, Amiens, France) as an expert on Third World relations and EU - ACP (Training / research);

University Group for research and documentation on Africa and Third World (GUREDAT) (Co-Founder and Coordinator); organizer of international training on European Union - ACP relations.

International Institute of Public Administration in Paris (French Prime Minister Office) as Assistant Manager of research and training programs.

Visiting scholar at the University of Pittsburgh (USA); Visiting professor at the Belgian universities of Louvain La Neuve, CUNIC-Institute of Public Affairs of Charleroi and Haute École Francisco Ferrer-Institut Corremans.

Fields of Publications

European Union/ACP Relations; Trade Policy and Negotiation; International Development/Technical Cooperation; Aid for Trade; Regional Integration; Governance an International Aid (Institutional and Capacity-Building); Evaluation of Public Servants; Decentralization; Political and administrative Corruption; Comparative Administration; Administrative Modernization; Immigration and Citizenship.