Advisory services

Mr. Olympios Christou Katsiaouni
Interregional Adviser

Telephone: +1 212/963-6417
Fax: +1 212/963-1265
E-mail: katsiaouni@un.org
Nationality: United Kingdom
Languages: English, Greek

Profile:

Olympios Katsiaouni joined the United Nations in 1991 as an Advisor on Macroeconomic Management and Sustainable Development. His prior experiences were as a Senior Economist for a UN project in Gambia (1988-91), a Development Economist for a Crown Agents/World Bank project in Uganda (1985-88) and an Economic Advisor for the Ministry of Planning in Saudi Arabia (1979-85). He has a long experience as a lecturer in various training workshops and seminars on policy reform, human resource development, structural adjustment and sustainable development. He earned an M.A. in Economics from Dublin University, Ireland, in 1974, and a Ph.D. in Economics from Cambridge University, United Kingdom in 1979. Areas of Specialization: - Macroeconomic policy advice and policy reform formulation; - Capacity building in development planning and economic management; - Programme preparation and resource mobilization; - Cross-sectoral concerns in environmental management and human resource development.

Area of specialization:

Capacity building for social and economic institutions relevant to the Millennium Development Goals, MDGs, the National Human Development Reports, NHDRs, and to Poverty Reduction Policies. Technical support for the development of socio-economic instruments in support of MDGs, NHDRs and Long Term Strategic Vision. Direct support and coordination of economic management, including development plans, resource mobilization, aid management and coordination, and impact assessment and project evaluations. Organisation and coordination of workshops, seminars and other interactive forums dealing with socio-economic governance, pro-poor economic policies and monitoring of MDGs. Strengthening sub-national governance bodies and structures, including at district and community level, for civil society mobilisation, decentralised forms of governance and sustainable development.

Experience:

1991 - present   Advisor on Macroeconomic Management and Sustainable Development, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, United Nations, New York, USA
1988 - 1991   Senior Economist, Chief Technical Advisor , UN/DTCD project, United Nations, Banjul, Gambia
1985 - 1988   Development Economist, Crown Agents/World Bank project, World Bank, Kampala, Uganda
1979 - 1985   Economic Advisor, Ministry of Planning, Government of Saudi Arabia, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
1973 - 1979   Research Officer, Research and Planning Division, Institute of Public Administration, Dublin, Ireland
-   The Gambia - Capacity Building for Economic Management (I); Final Programme Evaluation,
-   Ghana and Ethiopia - Poverty and Artisanal Mining: The Sustainable Livelihoods Approach;,
-   Lithuania - Capacity Building for Poverty Reduction; and Regional Workshop on MDGs and EU accession;,
-   Southern Africa ( including South Africa, Lesotho and Zambia) - Project Formulation on economic policies for sub-Saharan Africa,
-   Senegal : Decentralisation, Poverty Reduction and MDGs - A Regional Workshop,
-   Nigeria; Localising MDGs and Poverty Reduction - Preparatory Project Assistance,
-   West Africa (including Ghana and The Gambia); Sustainable Development and Sustainable Livelihoods - Programme formulation and Monitoring,
-   East African Countries ( including Ethiopia, Kenya and Uganda) ; Socio-Economic policies for Poverty Reduction - Programme Formulation,

Education:

1979 - Ph.D. (Economics), Cambridge University, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
1974 - M.A. ( Honours Cause) (Economics), Dublin University, Ireland
1970 - B.A. First Class (Honours) (Economics), Dublin University, Ireland

Publications:

Reports, articles and papers in macroeconomic management and policy reform, planning for small economies, productivity trends and employment growth, capacity building in human resource development, and environmental management