JOHN E.S. LAWRENCE, Ph.D.
Address/Phone: 141-
Email: jeslawrence@att.net
SPECIALTIES: human development; information technologies and social development; human resources,
education & livelihoods, labor market information;
SECTORS: labor, education and health
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
2008-9 Adviser to UNDP Tirana and Albanian Government
2008-9 Instructor, UNDP Virtual Development Academy
2003-7 Consultant to UN, Asian Development Bank,
private sector and World Bank, Human Development, Vietnam, Philippines, Bangladesh, Yemen, Azerbaijan, on labor market issues, program management, and meeting Millennium Development Goals.
2002-9: Adjunct Professor,
School of International & Public Affairs,
1999 – 2002: Senior
Consultant/Adviser to multilateral and bilateral development
organizations: HIV/AIDS and human
development.
1998 Director (AI) Global
Information Hub, United Nations Development Program, and
Deputy Director, Social
Development Division, Bureau of Development Policy, UNDP.
1988-1997 Principal
Technical Advisor (HRD), UNDP Bureau for Policy and Program
Support. [Specialty: sustainable
human development policy]
1988-1994
Adjunct Professor of Psychology,
1977-1988. Senior Research
Psychologist, Center for Population and Policy Studies.
Research Triangle
Institute,
l972
-l977.
Faculty Research Associate, and Instructor,
Department
of Psychology,
l970 -
l972. Director, Bowen Residence Program,
Summer
l969.
Research Psychologist, PROJECT THEMIS.
behaviour.
l968-l970. Graduate Teaching
Assistant and Instructor, Department of Psychology,
l966-l967. Leader,
Mountains,
l96l -
l968.
Senior and Chief Instructor, Outward Bound Schools in
l956 -
l961.
National Service in Royal Marines Commando
and amphibious assault
specialist at
EDUCATION:
B.A.
(1961) (Honors), M.A. (1968)
PH.D.
(1976) (Psychology)
AWARDS:
1993 , 1998 UNDP Dedicated
Service Awards
1983 RTI Professional
Development Award for research on public sector social policy.
1970. NAS Dissertation
Award for mathematical game theory research.
1958-1961
County Scholarship to
RECENT INTERNATIONAL
EXPERIENCE:
Consultant to UNDP Albania, and UNDP Capacity Development Group 2007-9
MHCI Consultant to UNDP and Azerbaijan Government on capacity development 2004-2006
Consultant to World Bank on inclusiveness in education 2004; Consultant to Asian Development Bank on project management in five country studies 2004;Consultant
to UNDP Azerbaijan on employment policy September 2003
Consultant to UNDP on country program management policy September 2003
Consultant
to MHI and the UNDP on employment policy in Yemen July/August 2003
Consultant to World Bank on
Education & Diversity 2002
Senior Author, UN
Secretary-General’s Report on Human Resources Development 2001
Consultant to UNDP Ukraine
on human resources development 2001
UNDP Senior Delegate to
AIDS 2000,
Consultant to UK/DFID, USAID,
UNESCO, UNDP, UNICEF, UNAIDS, and Education
UNDP Senior Delegate, World
Education Forum,
Participant/Adviser, Dialog
on Youth Employment
Government,
Panellist, 2nd International VTE
Congress,
UNDP Head of Delegation,
World Conference on Higher Education,
UNDP Principal Officer,
UNDP Global Hub INTERNET design project 1997-1998.
ILO INTERNET `Virtual’
Panel of Experts on Technology & Jobs 1998
UNDP International Working
Group on Sustainable Livelihoods, 1996-1998
Chair,
UNDP INTERNET Panel, International GKD97 Conference,
UNDP Principal Officer,
Social
Chair, UNDP Working Group,
World Social Development
UNDP
Delegate, International Consultative Forum, Education for All, 1992-8.
INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE
PRIOR TO JOINING UNDP:
Consultant to the World
Bank and Government of
Project,
Team Leader, Human
Resources Development Assessment in the Water Sector,
USAID/WASH
Consultant to World Bank
and Municipal Corporations of
Health & Family
Welfare, 1986-1987.
Senior Project team member
on Harvard University/USAID Education Project
BRIDGES, 1985-88. Field
work in
and
Consultant to World Bank,
and Government of
Population
and Welfare Division, on human resources management, September 1985.
Consultant to World Bank,
and Government of Nepal, Ministry of Health, on human
resources development in the
population sector, January
March 1985, and September
1985.
Consultant to Asian
Development Bank for higher education institutional planning for
relocation of
RTI project leader in
preparation of HRD planning guidelines for developing countries
(USAID); and occupational
employment estimates for
Department
of Labor), 1983.
OTHER PROFESSIONAL
ACTIVITIES:
Consultant to UK
Government, and several UN agencies on impact of HIV/AIDS on
education sectors, 1998-2000
Independent
Task Force on Community Action for Social Development. Department of
International
Health.
ILO Panel
on New Approaches to Manpower Planning & Analysis,
Advisory Group,
UNESCO International
Working Group on Education, International Institute of
Educational
Planning,
Senior
Associate Editor,
Evaluation Review, 1984-87.
Consultant to Governor's
Oversight Committee on Labor Market Information, North
Development,
1983.
Consultant to the Southern
Growth Policies Board on interstate HRD policy
development, 1983 -1984.
Member, National Training
Safety Review Panel, Outward Bound Incorporated, 1982.
Research Associate,
Committee on Evaluation of Employment and Training Programs,
National
Research Council, National Academy of Sciences, Washington, D.C., l979.
Guest Lecturer,
University, and
Member,
Department
of Administration, l978.
Journal article reviews for
Psychological Bulletin, Science, Psychological Review, and
Evaluation Review, 1975-87.
National
Task Force on Vocational Education Data Systems,
MAJOR RECENT
PRESENTATIONS/PAPERS:
Keynote speeches on HRD and the United Nations. University of Minnesota, 2008, and Texas A&M University 2008
Facilitator/Chair, Education Panel, `Let the Evidence Speak’ Forum on Capacity Development, Madrid, Spain 2006
Moderator, University of Connecticut World Forum Panel, `Power of the Vote Wordlwide’. National Endowment for Democracy. September 28, 2005.
Panel on International Development and HRD, 18th IDB Education Meeting, Sydney, Australia, October, 2004;
Author, Flagship Action Framework paper on Education for All: Keeping the Promise of Inclusion for People with Disabilities. For World Bank Disability and Development Team. 2004;
Management & International Relations. Columbia University 2003
Guest
Lecturer,
Panellist, EFA Regional Conference
for
Co-author,
UNDP paper on Education and Human Rights. Presented to Committee on
Economic, Social and
Cultural Rights,
Plenary Address, World Conference
on Higher Education,
Chair, Panel on Sustainable
Livelihoods, Global Knowledge Development Conference,
Teamleader, UN Secretary-General’s
Report on Human Resources Development, 1995
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS (full
list available on request):
Lawrence J.E.S. et al. A Response to Wang and Swanson’s Article on National HRD. Human Resource Development Review, Vol. 7, No. 2, 241-258 (2008).
Lawrence J.E.S. and Tate S. Education & Sustainable Livelihoods. In Fien J., MaClean R., and Park Man-Gon. Work, Learning and Sustainable Development: Opportunities and Challenges. Springer Publications: Secaucus NJ. (2008).
Lawrence J.E.S. Knowledge Services & Learning. Conference Paper #3, UNDP Capacity Development Group November 2006.
Lawrence J.E.S., Wignaraja, K. et al. Guidelines on Strengthening Country Capacity for Financing, Implementing, and Managing Development Programs. UNDP. New York. January 2005.
Lawrence J.E.S. TVET and Sustainable Livelihoods in the Caucasus: the case of Azerbaijan. in TVET for Sustainable Development: Opportunities and Challenges. UNESCO, Paris. 2004.
Lawrence J.E.S. The Right to Education for Persons with Disabilities: Towards Inclusion. Conceptual Paper for UNESCO Education for All Flagship. Paris, France. December 2004.
J.E.S. Lawrence, U. Alakbarov. Information Technologies in the Public Service in Azerbaijan . 2004
J.E.S. Lawrence. S Renner, J. Vandemoortele. Resolving the PIU Dilemma. Practice Note for UNDP New York. 2004.
J.E.S. Lawrence. The
Internet & Social Development: African Voices. Perspectives
in Education.
Senior Author, Human
Resources Development: UN Secretary General’s Report to the General Assembly
2001
J. Lawrence & Brodman J. Linking Communities to Global Policy-Making. In Gurstein
M. (Ed). Community
Informatics. Idea Group Publishing,
Lawrence
J.E.S., & Tate S. Education & Sustainable Livelihoods. Prepared for
International Working Group
on Sustainable Livelihoods . UNDP.
International
Forum on Technical/Vocational Education.
Key
Dimensions of Social Responsibility. Paper prepared for World Conference on
Higher
Education,
International
Bureau of Education,
International
Journal of Technical Cooperation. Vol 3, No 1, Summer 1997 pp 92-109.
Academy
of Political and Social Sciences. 520, March 1992, 42-53.
Power C.,
Education for All:
Roundtable Themes. In 3
Volumes. UNESCO.
Schwille J., Eisemon
T.O., Ukobizoba F., Prouty
R., Lawrence,J.E.S., Facing up to the
dilemmas of quality. Forum for Advancing Basic Education and Literacy. Harvard
Institute for International
Development. January 1992, 7-8.
among Islamic Countries. Vol 12 Nos 1-2, pp 47-60
January-April 1991.
Occasional
Papers #1.
National Occupational Information Coordinating Committee,
Pilot
Study of 25 Firms.
Project BRIDGES.
13, No 3, June 1989,
243-256