GOPA Worldwide Consultants
Leonhard Santiago Schneider is a Senior Consultant at GOPA mbH since October 2010, specializing in project administration and management in rural development and environmental initiatives in Latin America and Africa. Experience includes roles as Team Leader for the GIZ ProNDC Program in Colombia, focusing on implementation of mitigation and adaptation measures in agricultural value chains, and leading soil protection and rehabilitation efforts in Western Kenya as part of a global soil conservation program. Prior experience includes consultancy work with GIZ since 2000, and a role as Project Manager in rural development and environment at ASA Institut from 2008 to 2010. Academic background includes a Master's degree in Agriculture from the University of Hohenheim, earned in 2001, with a focus on plant production in tropical and subtropical regions.
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GOPA Worldwide Consultants
Specialists in developing and transition economies GOPA is Germany’s leading development consultancy and member of one of the strongest consulting groups in Europe. Since its founding in 1965, GOPA Consultants has successfully implemented over 3,450 management and training projects for national and international financing agencies as well as private industry in more than 130 countries. Our reputation for excellence and efficiency is built on fifty years of planning and implementing technical assistance projects in developing and transition economies. GOPA invests in its personnel through regular professional training and intensive exchange of experience with leading German and European institutions. In particular, the majority of its staff members has been trained in EC/EDF procedures and procurement rules, and GIZ's management model "Capacity WORKS".