CURRICULUM VITAE



CURRICULUM VITAE

Category: 1

1. Family name: Amiot

2. First name: Michel

3. Date of birth: 3 June 1947

4. Passport holder: Irish (and Canadian) with Legal residency in Barbados

5. Education:

|Institution |Degree(s) or Diploma(s) obtained: |

|[ Date from - Date to ] | |

|Université de Montréal (1972 to 1974) |M.Sc. - Criminology |

|Université de Montréal (1967 to 1970) |B.Sc. - Criminology |

|Collège Brébeuf – Mtl (1958 – 1967) |B.A. - Bio-Chemistry |

6. Language skills: Indicate competence on a scale of 1 to 5 (1 - excellent; 5- basic)

|Language |Reading |Speaking |Writing |

|English |1 |1 |1 |

|French |1 |1 |1 |

|Spanish |1 |2 |3 |

|Portuguese |2 |3 |5 |

|Italian |3 |5 |5 |

7. Membership of professional bodies: Québec Association of Criminologists

8. Other skills: Fully computer literate; private pilot.

9. Present position: Independent Consultant

10. Years within the firm: 12 years

11. Key qualifications:

▪ Expert knowledge of sector, in-depth hands-on experience, ability to negotiate and mediate, strong ability to coordinate team members, highly motivated.

▪ I was leader of a multi-national team, for the preparation and conduct of an EC-sponsored review of the multinational crime and drug control situation in the Caribbean, and which proposed sweeping recommendations for reform in the region. I have done the same in West Africa and along the Cocaine Route.

▪ I have undertaken both mid-term and final evaluations of EC EDF-funded projects in Africa and South America. I was the principal consultant in the original formulation of the EFCC anti-corruption strategy and project in Nigeria. I also helped develop a full strategy and project document for Drugs Control in southern China. I helped develop systems for the Coordination of actions along the Cocaine Route, and provided an overview of the pertinence of EC interventions in the Drug Control area.

▪ I was assigned as the Technical Adviser to the DG of GIABA, an ECOWAS institution dedicated to fighting money laundering and the financing of terrorism in West Africa for four years.

▪ I have worked extensively and closely with police forces and other law enforcement agencies, for many years, in the area of drugs control, crime prevention, anti-money laundering and corruption control, operating in several languages. Among others, I co-produced an anti-gang Strategic Plan for the Jamaican Police force.

▪ I have also worked closely with bankers, psychiatrists, social workers, scientists and government officials for the control of drugs and drug trafficking, money laundering, the financing of terrorism and the fight against large-scale corruption.

▪ I have further worked extensively in the area of population management, mother and child health care, epidemiology and public health in general, with vulnerable populations in the developing world.

▪ I have developed expert skills in negotiation, conflict management and complex programme coordination, dealing with delicate subject matter.

12. Specific experience in developing regions:

|Country |Date from - Date to |

|Caribbean |1992-2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2011 |

|Mexico |1979 |

|Latin America |1971-1972, 1992-2000, 2010 |

|Africa |1974, 1989, 2001, 2004, 2006, 2007 to 2011 |

|Maghreb |1985 to 1989 |

|Asia |1982 to 1985, 2006 to 2007 |

13. Professional experience

|Date from - Date to |Location |Company and Reference person |Position |Description |

|2011 |Jamaica |Jamaica Constabulary Force – JCF |Consultant |Revision of National anti-gang policies and formulation of Anti-Gang Strategic Plan |

|(6.5 months) | |Thomas Millar | |Review existing Policies and Plans |

| | |Programme Adviser |(via Euro-trends – |Formulate Reports on Legislative, Operational & Intelligence capacities in-country |

| | |EC Delegation |Paris, Ms. Sonia |Prepare a National Anti-Gang Strategic Plan document, together with other partners and the JCF, in a consensus driven consultation|

| | |Kingston, Jamaica |Essadam |Help establish a functional JCF anti-gang Unit & a National coordinated working group. |

| | | |Director) |Provide concrete, pragmatic and practical recommendations for implementation |

|2011 |Dakar/Montréal |GIABA (ECOWAS) |Technical Adviser to|Revision and reformulation of draft Project Idea on “Technological and Infrastructural Reforms in Judiciaries in West Africa”. |

|(2 weeks) | |(see below) |DG |Review existing Project Idea. |

| | | | |Reformulate document, ensuring respect for concepts, adherence to GIABA strategic objectives, and specific input, objectives, |

| | | | |expected outcomes and related activities. |

| | | | |Determine work plan, time frame and budget estimate. |

|2010/2011 |Dakar/Montréal |GIABA (ECOWAS) |Technical Adviser to|Revision and reformulation of GIABA Manual of Procedures |

|(5 weeks) | |(see below) |DG |Review existing Manuals (Operations, Financial, HR) |

| | | | |Reformulate into one complete Manual (3 Books), for easy reference and use. |

| | | | |Ensure conformity with international standards and best practices. |

| | | | |Ensure integrity of content and relevance with local practices. |

|2010 |Dakar, Sénégal |GIABA (ECOWAS) |Technical Adviser to|Facilitator / Presenter at Evaluation review Workshop; Responsible for formulation of new GIABA Strategy and plan of Action |

|(2 months) | |(see below) |DG |(2011-2014). |

| | | | |Review of previous Strategic Plan & its Evaluation. |

| | | | |Facilitator for discussions surrounding lessons learned and determination of future Strategy. |

| | | | |Determination of content for next Strategic Plan (2011-2014) and for resulting Action Plan. |

| | | | |Formulation of new Strategic Plan document – formulation and harmonization of resulting 4-year Action Plan. |

|2010 |Europe, Africa, Latin |European Commission |Consultant |Establishment of coordination mechanism for Cocaine Route programme |

|(8 Months) |America |Pascal Odul | |Overview of Cocaine Route projects in LatAm and WA. |

| | |Programme manager |(via Euro-trends – |Provision of ToR for a coordination and evaluation mechanism to better link and share information/intelligence among participating|

| | |IfS/F-2 Brussels |Paris, Ms. Sonia |officials. |

| | | |Essadam |Provision of 2 scenarios, with budget, for the establishment of such a mechanism. |

| | | |Director) |Review and Report on the pertinence of EC Drug Control projects in the world, with recommendations for a more pertinent approach |

| | | | |Overview (desktop review and field visits) of 20 selected projects in 3 areas (LAC, Central Asia, Black Sea - including Colombia, |

| | | | |Peru & Bolivia), with a view to determining the value of the EC approach to Drug Control in general, in the context of the new IfS|

| | | | |instrument. |

| | | | |Provision of 20 individual reports on project impact. |

| | | | |Provision of General Report on the ideal approach to the issue by the EC, and corrective measures required, if necessary – with |

| | | | |recommendations. |

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|2008 - 2009 |West Africa |GIABA (ECOWAS) |Technical Adviser to|Support to establishment of Financial Intelligence Units. / Support to staff mentoring and office management. |

|(15 months) |(15 countries) |Dr. Abdullahi Y. Shehu, |DG |Provided support to the establishment of FIUs in the 15 ECOWAS member states. |

| | |Director General, | |Provided support to the DG in general management of GIABA Office. |

| | |Complexe SICAP, Immeuble A, 1er | |Participated in training sessions for Strategy Development in member states on money laundering issues. |

| | |étage, | |Assisted with capacity development and sustainability through on-going mentoring of GIABA staff. |

| | |Av. Cheick Anta Diop, | |Assisted with support to new ECOWAS drug unit in preparing regional drug control Conference. |

| | |Point E, BP 32400 | |Assisted with development of awareness raising materials for Anti-Money Laundering and Counter Financing of Terrorism mandate. |

| | |Dakar (Ponty) | |Supported GIABA work on corruption related issues. |

| | |Sénégal | | |

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|2007 |West Africa |GIABA (ECOWAS) |Technical Adviser to|Assessment of anti-money laundering and anti-terrorism financing capacity |

|(6 months) |(15 countries) | |DG |Conducted situation assessments regarding anti-money laundering and anti-terrorism financing capacities in Nigeria, Benin, Togo, |

| | |(see above) | |Guinea Bissau and Senegal, on behalf of the Inter-Governmental Action Group against Money Laundering in West Africa (GIABA), the |

| | |secretariat@ | |FATF sub-regional body. |

| | | | |Produced 5 reports with recommendations and participated in the consolidation of all 15 reports for ECOWAS countries produced by a|

| | | | |team of experts, over a 6 month period. Also examined were issues of Security, Crime Prevention, Drug Trafficking, Corruption and |

| | | | |Internal Management. |

|2007 |Suriname |European Commission |Consultant |Drug Demand Reduction Programme Evaluation |

|(1 month) | |Darryl Sexstone | |Undertook the final evaluation of a 3-year Drug Demand Reduction Programme in Suriname (Caribbean region). |

| | |Programme Adviser |(via IBF Bruxelles |Produced the Final Report as mandated, with the full cooperation and agreement of all stakeholders. |

| | |EC Delegation |Ms. Marion LeBoulch)|Used the Project Cycle Management (PCM) and logical framework approach. |

| | |Paramaribo | | |

| | |Suriname | | |

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| | |Darrell.SEXSTONE | | |

| | |@ec.europa.eu | | |

|2006-2007 |China |United Nations |Consultant |Assessment of drug control situation in China |

|(2 months) | |Bernard Frahi | |As a member of a multidisciplinary team, undertook a joint assessment of the drug control situation in the PRC, with a view to |

| | |Director, UNODC | |recommending pragmatic actions in order to deal with the problems identified. |

| | |Vienna International Centre | |Formulated a full report on the issues encountered, prepared a project idea and formulated a detailed programme document for |

| | |Vienna, Austria | |consideration and approval by the UNODC and the Chinese Government. |

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|2006 |Madagascar |European Commission |Consultant |Mid-term review of Good Governance project |

|(1 month) | |Éric Simmonet | |Undertook a mid-term evaluation of a Good Governance Consolidation project as a member of a 3 person team, with particular |

| | |Programme Adviser |(via BSE Bruxelles |responsibility for full police and customs participation in Anti-Corruption measures. |

| | |EC Delegation, Antananarivo |Ms. Ana Vilar) |Formulated proposals for a follow up project to continue the work already accomplished. |

| | | | |Used the Project Cycle Management (PCM) and logical framework approach. |

|2005 |Caribbean |Institute for Social Justice |Lecturer |Presentations on Corruption and on the impact of Drug Trafficking |

|(1 month) | |Dr. E.J.Smith, Director | |Developed presentations on preventing Corruption and on the Impact of Drug Trafficking in the Caribbean, for delivery at a Crime |

| | |4802 TreeCrest Pkw | |Summit in Nassau, Bahamas. |

| | |Decatur, GA, USA | | |

| | |+1-770-808-4340 | | |

|2004 |Nigeria |European Commission |Consultant |Development of Proposal to address Corruption & Financial crime (via EFCC). |

|(3 months) | |Nick Costello | |Undertook a 3-month study and analysis of the situation concerning Corruption and Economic & Financial Crime in the country. |

| | |Deputy Repres. + |(via ECO Bruxelles |Produced a detailed Study Report on the subject, and formulated a full Financing Proposal in support of the national Economic and |

| | |Mark Feidrich | |Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), a law enforcement agency charged with investigating and prosecuting such type of criminality, |

| | |Senior Progr. Manager |Mr. Eric Heldring) |and of the Financial Investigation Unit (FIU). |

| | |EC Delegation | |Provided an analysis of Security issues pertaining to the EFCC. |

| | |Abuja, Nigeria | |Worked very closely with the EC Delegation, the UNODC and the National authorities throughout. |

| | | | |Made reference to Drugs Control projects, the international anti-money laundering bodies and Anti-Corruption guidelines in |

| | | | |formulating proposal. |

| | | | |Used the Project Cycle Management (PCM) and logical framework approach. |

|2003 & 2005 |Caribbean |Association of Caribbean |Participated and |Participated and lectured at workshops organized by the Association of Caribbean Commissioners of Police. |

|(2 months) | |Commissioners of Police |lectured in training|Spoke to issues of Multinational Crime, Corruption, Terrorism, Financial Crime, and Coordination for heightened security. |

| | |Ms. Marcia Manning |Workshops | |

| | |Administrator | | |

| | |ACCP | | |

| | |Paravicino Complex | | |

| | |Hastings, Barbados | | |

| | |+1-246-435-8230 | | |

|2001 |Nigeria |United Nations |Consultant |Support to UN Population Fund and its Office in Lagos |

|(8 months) | |Ms. Danièle Landry | |Provided managerial and programme support to the seriously understaffed office. |

| | |Acting Rep. - UNFPA | |Assisted the Representative in conducting a variety of tasks, from preparation of and support to high level missions, coordination|

| | |Lagos, Nigeria | |of the joint UN development assistance framework, monitoring of programme activities and overview of programme evaluation |

| | |c/o UNFPA - N.Y. | |exercise, launching missions in Human Rights field, supervising construction work, in charge of procurement of goods and services,|

| | |220 East 42nd St | |or restructuring of administrative services, among others. |

| | |New York 10017 | | |

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|1996-2000 |Caribbean |European Commission |Drugs Control |Coordination of EC programme in the region. |

|(47 months) | |Veronika Wand-Danielsson |Advisor |Responsible for coordinating the European Commission's Crime Prevention and Drugs control policy and programme in the 29 countries|

| | |Programme Officer | |and territories of the Caribbean. Maintaining good relations with the ten EC Delegations and sub-Delegations in the region and |

| | |DG-VIII, | |with EU Member States' representatives, with regard to drugs control. |

| | |EC Bruxelles | |Lead role with regard to formulating, funding, implementing and evaluating a joint US$ 50 million Regional Plan of Action for |

| | | | |drugs control in the Caribbean, including but not limited to: law enforcement, legal and judicial affairs, intelligence gathering |

| | |(now Ambassador of Sweden to NATO) | |and sharing, demand reduction, treatment and rehabilitation, precursor chemicals, data collection and analysis, money laundering. |

| | | | |Senior partner in coordinating overall drug control and crime prevention activities among all partners in the region. |

| | | | |Used the Project Cycle Management (PCM) and logical framework approach. |

|1992-1995 |Caribbean |United Nations |Regional Director |Coordination of UN programme in the region. |

|(40 months) | |Ms. Marie Blahut | |Responsible for coordinating the UNDCP, Drug Control Programme among the Caribbean Region. |

| | |Programme Officer | |Responsible for liaising with Government counterparts on the programming, formulation, implementation and evaluation of the |

| | |UNODC | |UNDCP-financed national and regional projects, and responsible for coordinating bilateral and multi-lateral partners on all |

| | |Vienna Internatl Center | |narcotics-related issues. |

| | |Vienna, Austria | | |

|1990-1992 |Denmark |United Nations |Senior Officer, |Coordinating UN system procurement activities |

|(27 months) | |Jon Svendsen |Business Liaison |Responsible for coordinating the procurement of goods and services valued at over US$2 billion a year, among and within all UN |

| | |Director | |organizations, to achieve rationalization of investment and cost savings; for liaising with senior procurement and other officials|

| | |IAPSO | |throughout the UN system; and for activities aimed at increasing procurement from developing and under-utilized major donor |

| | |Freehavn | |countries, providing system-wide statistics, setting up a common procurement data-base and coding system, and producing catalogues|

| | |Köbenhavn, Danmark | |and other documentation related to procurement. In short, modernizing and reshaping the procurement system. Visited a number of |

| | | | |countries in order to negotiate new arrangements. |

|1988-1990 |New York |United Nations |Senior Officer |Policy development and analysis, formulation. |

|(17 months) | |David Whaley | |Responsible for U.N. system coordination of all multi-lateral, bilateral and recipient country partners; for formulating and |

| | |Director, DG’s Office | |implementing policies and procedures for the UN system worldwide; and for liaising with senior staff of the various UN Agencies |

| | |UN Secretariat Bldg | |and Organizations. |

| | |New York 10017 | |Policy analysis for development and international economic cooperation. |

|1985 to 1988 |Tunisia & Algeria |United Nations |Regional Director |Managing regional programme in North Africa |

|(45 months) | |Mr. Riad Tabbarah & Mr. Fawaz | |Responsible for negotiating, formulating, organizing, implementing and administering a multi-million dollar programme for |

| | |Fokeladeh | |population management (gender and child protection), family planning, basic reproductive health care, jointly with the Governments|

| | |Res. Representative | |of Tunisia and of Algeria. |

| | |UNDP-UNFPA | |Draft basic recommendations for integrating women into society, including democratization measures and respect of human rights. |

| | |Tunis | |Organize promotion seminars and training sessions together with local support to NGOs. |

|1982-1985 |Viet Nam |United Nations |Deputy |Managing country programme in Viet Nam |

|(30 months) | |Karl Englund |Representa-tive |Responsible for negotiating, formulating, organizing, implementing and administering a multi-million dollar programme for |

| | |Res. Representative | |population management, family planning, basic reproductive health care and the census, jointly with the Government of Viet Nam. |

| | |UNDP - UNFPA | |Included actions for democratization actions and respect for human rights related with migration and traffic of human being |

| | |HaNoi, VietNam | |problems. |

|!980-1981 |Montreal |C.D.Howe Institute |Vice President & |Economic policy research and analysis. |

|(12 months) | |Carl Beggie |Administrator |Responsible for coordinating and implementing all pertinent management programmes for this economic policy research think-tank; |

| | |Director | |and for liaising with senior corporate officials, members of the Institute, from the top 300 Canadian financial and industrial |

| | |Sun Life Building | |corporations. |

| | |Montréal, QC | | |

| | |Canada | | |

|1975-1980 |Ottawa, Spain & Mexico |Canadian Foreign Service |Diplomat |Government representation overseas |

|(60 months) | |Personnel Director | |As a diplomat and representative of the Canadian Government, served in Ottawa, Madrid and Mexico as Vice-Consul, Cultural Attaché |

| | |Min. Foreign Affairs | |and Embassy Administrator. |

| | |Ottawa, ON, Canada | | |

|1974 |Côte d’Ivoire |Université d’Abidjan |Teacher and |Teaching overseas |

|(6 months) | |Prof. Marcel Etté |Researcher |Taught criminology at the University of Abidjan, and undertook a research project on the Ivoirian penal system. |

| | |Director | | |

| | |Institut de Criminologie | | |

| | |Abidjan, RCI | | |

14. Other relevant information (e.g., Publications)

➢ I was leader of a multi-national team, for the preparation and conduct of an EC-sponsored review of the drug control situation in the Caribbean, and which proposed sweeping recommendations for reform in the region (1996). I have been doing the same thing in West Africa (2008).

➢ I formulated a comprehensive anti-corruption strategy, in addition to a full project document and work plan, for the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) of Nigeria (2004), on behalf of the EC.

➢ I have undertaken both mid-term and final evaluations of EC EDF-funded projects in Africa and South America. I was the principal consultant in the original formulation of the EFCC anti-corruption strategy and project in Nigeria. I developed a full strategy and project document for Drugs Control in southern China (2007).

➢ I formulated, together with a colleague, an overall comprehensive report on EC drug control projects world-wide, with particular focus on South America (Bolivia, Colombia & Peru) and Central Asia. I also co-formulated a comprehensive report on the Cocaine Route, as it concerns Latin America, the Caribbean, West Africa and Europe. Both reports were submitted in 2010.

➢ I have worked extensively and closely with police forces and other law enforcement agencies, for many years, in the area of drugs control, crime prevention, anti-money laundering and corruption control, operating in several languages. I have also worked closely with bankers, psychiatrists, social workers, scientists and government officials for the control of drugs and drug trafficking, money laundering, the financing of terrorism and the fight against large-scale corruption.

➢ I have further worked extensively in the area of population management, mother and child health care, epidemiology and public health in general, with vulnerable populations in the developing world.

➢ I have developed expert skills in negotiation, conflict management and complex programme coordination, dealing with delicate subject matter.

➢ I am perfectly comfortable working in foreign environments and cultures.

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