CURRICULUM VITAE TED DINKLO
1. Family name: Dinklo
2. First names: Edward Hans Roland
3. Date of birth: 11 December 1970
4. Passport holder: Dutch
5. Address: Schellingerlaan 6, 3571 BX, Driebergen - Rijsenburg
6. Telephone: Dutch mobile: +31 626078542
7. Email:
8. Education:
Institution [ Date from - Date to ] / Degree(s) or Diploma(s) obtained:Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands (1991-1996) / Master's degree in Economics. Subjects: Business economics, Fiscal Economics and Tax
University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam (1990-1991) / Bachelor’s degree in Economics. Subjects: Micro- and Macroeconomics, Business Economics, Mathematics.
Other education
· Different courses on Arabic language and culture, Institute for studies of the Middle- East (TCMO), University of Leiden (2005)
· Hostile environmental awareness training, Olive group, 2008
9. Language skills: indicate competence on a scale of 1 to 5 (1 – excellent; 5 – basic)
Language / Reading / Speaking / WritingDutch (mother tongue) / 1 / 1 / 1
English / 1 / 1 / 1
German / 3 / 4 / 5
French / 5 / 5 / 5
10. Other skills (e.g. computer literacy etc.)
· Familiar with all relevant Microsoft Office programs
11. Present position:
· Partner FPO World
· Managing director Dinklo Consultancy
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12. Professional experience
Date (from– to) / Location / Company / Position / Description /January 2015 - on going / Port Moresby, Bougainville Papua New Guinea / Coffey, Australian Government / Strategic PFM advisor / Advising the autonomous region of Bougainville, a post conflict region, including the President, the Bougainville Executive Council and the Chief Secretary, in the process of becoming an independent state by establishing a solid, sound and robust public financial management system based on the long and short term developed policy framework, A system strong enough to deliver basic services as education and health services. An important part of the work is supporting the region in the actual implementation of the PFM reform and action plan.
Reference person: Brenda Tohiana, secretary for Finance and Treasury
November 2013 – February 2014 / Kabul, Afghanistan / World Bank / Principal advisor / Reviewing public expenditure and financial management processes within the Afghan government to analyse why Afghanistan spends on average 50% of their annual development budget. The focus is on the procurement, payment processes and the fiduciary arrangements at central level in the Education, Health ministry and the Ministry for Energy and Water.
Reference person: Mark Hutton
June 2012 – on going / The Hague, the Netherlands / Municipality of the Hague / Team Leader / Restructuring the financial set up and funding modalities of an EUR 24 million program, financing institutions in the Hague area responsible for the care for homeless people and programs to support them to live independently again. An import part is the development and implementation of cost prices for the main activities supported by the program.
Reference person: Biki Seriese
September 2012 – January 2013 / Yerevan, Armenia / World Bank, International centre for Human Development / Team leader / Drafting a policy paper for the Justice sector in Armenia for the introduction of performance based budgeting within that same sector based on the international experience in three countries, the Netherlands, Estonia and England.
Reference percon: tevan poghosyan:
January – September 2013 / Kabul, Afghanistan / United Nations Development Program (UNDP), Afghanistan office / Team Leader / Conducting a fiduciary risk assessment (FRA) and assessing public expenditure management processes at provincial level in Afghanistan including a detailed description of provincial budget and treasury processes and drafting an option paper on changes and necessary adjustments in the current fiscal framework to facilitate the implementation of UNDP’s Sub national governance and development strategy
Reference person: Shoaib Timory UNDP,
December 2012 – June 2013 / Kabul, Afghanistan / European delegation to Afghanistan, USAID, German embassy Kabul and German Ministry of Development cooperation, / Team leader / Reviewing the Afghanistan ‘on budget’ definition and assessing the possible funding modalities for international development agencies (WB, UN, EC, UK, USAID,GIZ, KfW) in Afghanistan to channel 50% of their external assistance through the Afghan core budget and fulfilling their commitments made during the London, Kabul and Tokyo conferences.
Reference person: Frederik Gaul, German embassy in Kabul; Henrike Herz, BMZ :
November 2010 – July 2011 / Armenia, Yerevan / World Bank / Team Leader / Assessing the current monitoring and fiduciary framework for SNCOs in Armenia and developing a new framework to monitor and review SNCOs financial performance and service delivery.
Reference person: Alexander Poghosyan
February 2011 – September 2012 / Kabul, Afghanistan / PKF, World Bank and Ministry of Finance Kabul / Team leader Public Expenditure Management and budget reform process / Conducting a public expenditure management review in fourteen spending ministries in Afghanistan including the Ministry of Justice using among others the PEFA methodology, with a focus on the budget preparation and budget execution process. The assignment included the formulation of feasible recommendations to strengthen the whole budget cycle. Reports are presented to the Ministry of Finance and the key development partners
Reference person: Iain Nettleton:
November 2010 – January 2011 / New Delhi, Chennai India / European delegation to India / Lead advisor Budget and sector budget support / Analyse and assess the fulfilment of the eligibility criteria of macro-economic stability and credibility and feasibility of India's Public Financial Management systems and reform process for sector budget support to Government of India provided by the European Union.
Reference person: Jorge Sheperd, team leader ; Frederique Hanotier, contact person EUD,
April 2009 – April 2010 / Dili, Timor Leste / World Bank, Ministry of Finance, Timor Leste / Lead Budget advisor / Establish a planning and expenditure review unit within the Ministry of Finance especially focussing on the health and education sector. The aim is to implement in close coordination with the line ministries a robust and integrated planning and reporting process ensuring that donor support in the MOH and MOE is aligned with government annual and midterm plans.
Reference person: Agustinho Castro, ; World Bank: Habib Rab,
October – November 2008 / Laskgarkhar, Afghanistan / DfID, Adam Smith International / Public finance advisor to the PRT in Helmand / Developing a provincial development plan for the province fully aligned with the country’s national priorities including updating public expenditure processes
Reference Persons: DfID: Derek Griffiths, ; Team leader:
June 2008 – November 2008 / Kabul, Afghanistan / Ministry of Finance Kabul, Adam Smith International / Provincial strategy and budgeting advisor / Based in the Ministry of Finance’s provincial budgeting unit, responsible to design a new strategy, endorsed by the Ministry and the donors, to improve the provincial expenditure management processes (planning, prioritization, execution and reporting) and enhance the coordination between private (mainly NGO’s) and public initiatives at provincial level. The aim is to upgrade the level and quality of basic services delivered by the public institutions.
Reference Person: Deputy team leader: Brendan Gaudry, ; Counterpart: Yousuf Ghaznavi,
December 2007 – June 2008 / Amstelveen, the Netherlands / Free lance advisor / Project leader introduction cost benefit analysis / As project leader I have introduced business case management within GBF, an Amstelveen based pension fund. The goal was to enhance the quality of project and investment proposals and to be able to monitor and evaluate the results in a more structured way. My role was to design and implement the complete program in close collaboration with the funds management. The program included several workshops and training courses.
Reference Person:
April – May 2008 / Addis Abeba, Ethiopia / EU delegation to Ethiopia, Royal Netherlands Embassy Ethiopia / Advisor budget support operation / Assessment of the impact of the financial support (including budget support from the EC) provided to the provinces and the woredas in Ethiopia by a group of donors for over three years. I have reviewed if the budget support resulted in increased education enrolment rates, better coverage of health care and more in general an improved level of basic services.
Reference Person:World Bank: Sunil Arajkumar, ; Netherlands Embassy Addis Abeba:
February – June 2008 / the Hague, the Netherlands / Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Netherlands / Project leader introduction performance assessment framework (PAF) / The purpose was to design of a Performance Assessment Framework including the design of performance Indicators to assess the outcome and impact results of Dutch development projects and programmes. My role was to draft, implement and manage the overall program including putting measures in place that would feed the results of the performance into the design of new projects and programs.
Reference Person: SEOR BV: Niek de Vries,
November 2007 – January 2008 / Dhaka, Bangladesh / Royal Netherlands Embassy Bangladesh, / Advisor for scoping PFM reform program / Member of an international team of consultants responsible for scoping and designing a PFM reform programme with a life span of five consecutive years and funded by several donors (DfID, EC, World Bank, EKN, Danida). Specific responsibility was to design the programme’s debt management component in cooperation with staff from the Resource and Debt Management Wing, Finance Division, Bangladesh Bank and Economic Relations Division. The output was a document that included all the activities to be implemented, a definition of the roles and responsibilities of all the players in this field and performance indicators to assess the progress.
Reference Person: Royal Netherlands Embassy: Henny de Vries,
October – November 2007 / Addis Abeba, Ethiopia / Worldbank, SEOR BV / Budget advisor / Responsible for the assessment of the fiscal transfer formulae used in the country, in order to determine whether the formulae and the resulting budgetary results for the Woredas(= districts) are fair. Fair is defined as that every district has the same resources at hand to deliver the same level and quality of basic services. The PBS secretariat is based in the World Bank office and responsible for the coordination, support and implementation of a multi –donor financed programme. The program’s budget amounts is USD 800 million over three years, aiming at the increase in the levels of basic service delivery (education, sanitation and health) at grass root level in Ethiopia.
Reference Person: World Bank: Sunil Arajkumar, ; Royal Netherlands Embassy:
January – April 2007 / Dhaka, Bangladesh / EU delegation to Bangladesh, Royal Netherlands Embassy / Budget advisor / Reviewing the Primary Education Development Programme II (PEDP – II), an USD 1,8 billion programme funded by 11 donors and the government of Bangladesh. Responsible to assess public expenditure management, the budget utilization, compare budget proclamations with actual disbursements, evaluate the integration of the programme in the newly introduced MTEF, assess the budget formulation process, clarify the roles of the different actors in the budget cycle, review the reports from the government and finally formulate a new financial plan for the remaining period.
Reference Person: Royal Netherlands Embassy: Harry van Dijk,
October 2006 / Addis Abeba, Ethiopia / World bank, Royal Netherlands embassy Ethiopia, SEOR BV / Provincial budget advisor / Team member of the World Bank Joint Budget Aid Review (JBAR) mission. The JBAR is part of the World Bank led Protecting Basic Services (PBS) program. Specific focus on the allocation of block grants from federal to regional and from regional to woreda(=municipality) level.
Reference Person: World Bank: Sunil Arajkumar, ; Royal Netherlands Embassy: Arie Plieger,
January – November 2006 / Ethiopia, Tanzania, Sri Lanka / SEOR BV / Project leader evaluation Dutch investment program in developing countries / Responsible for the evaluation of the Oret/Miliev Program. Oret/Miliev is a program of the Dutch Ministry of Development Cooperation and Economic Affairs to promote the Dutch export of capital goods to development countries using Public Private Partnerships between the private company and the governmental organisation.
Reference Person: Dutch ministry of development cooperation: Ewout de Wit, ; SEOR BV: Willem Cornelissen,
February – July 2005, / Colombo, Sri Lanka / Ecorys, SEOR / PFM advisor to the Netherlands embassy / The main PFM advisor to the Dutch embassy in Sri Lanka to provide the international and national staff with comprehensive and detailed overview of the way the PFM systems in the country work including providing advice how to ensure that development support from the Dutch government is more aligned with government’s priorities.
Reference Person: Team leader: Albert de Groot,
February 2005 –October 2006 / Franeker, the Netherlands / Free lance advisor / Team leader budget reform / Change the budget preparation process of the Social Service Agency in Friesland (a province in the Netherlands) from input oriented to output oriented and introducing key performance indicators.
Reference Person: Counterpart: Ronny Dijkstra,
1999 - 2002 / Rotterdam, the Netherlands / Entertraining Company / Managing director / Responsible for all aspects of the business; marketing and sales, internal organisation, IT, financial management, product development, contacts with stakeholders(banks, informal investors) and implementing projects at clients offices.
1996 - 1999 / Rotterdam, the Netherlands / Overheid Digitaal / Managing director / Responsible for all aspects of the business; marketing and sales, internal organisation, IT, financial management, product development.
13. Other relevant information (e.g. publications):
· Evaluation Oret-Miliev, final report, November 2006, W. Cornelissen, T. Dinklo, S. Sijses and M. Lem
· Financing the health sector in Ghana, A review of the budgetary process, to be published, G.-A. Nkrumah, T. Dinklo, J. Abor
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