Christian Koch

Personal data

• Born 1979
• Studies in Communication Science (major subjects: political science, economics and public relations) in Stuttgart-Hohenheim and Santiago (Chile)
• Graduate diploma in communication studies
• Work experience in the communications sector (communication consulting)
• Since 2004 working at interfaces between business and development cooperation
• Since 2006 consultant at COMO in Hamburg
• 2008-2009 vocational training in Organisational Development (Systemic and Gestalt approaches in consultancy processes)
• Working languages: German, English, Spanish

Service offering

• Strategy development and advisory services at the interface between the business community and development assistance (public private partnerships, private business development, corporate social responsibility, sustainable business management)
• Advisory services and trainings for Capacity WORKS, the new management model for sustainable development of GTZ
• Trainings on value chain promotion (ValueLinks approach of GTZ) and Public Private Partnerships
• Evaluation of projects and programmes
• Advisory services in setting up results-based management and monitoring systems

Examples 2008-10

• Strategy advice, trainings and backstopping for GTZ in developing the "Capacity Development for Partnerships (CDP)"-approach (new advisory service)
• Assessment of the results of the pilot phase of the GLOBALGAP Risk Assessment on social practices (GRASP)-Module
• Development of results-based management and monitoring systems for GTZ private sector development programmes: Central Asia (Trade Promotion), Syria (two regional programmes), Cambodia (RED / Green Belt), Ethiopia (ecbp / component 4) and Namibia (PEG)
• Participation in IFAD Midterm Review (MTR) of the Rural Livelihoods Improvement Programme in Laos as Economic development / Comparative Advantage Assessment Specialist
• Development of a steering and process monitoring model for the management of cross-sector partnerships
• Study on "Public Private Partnerships in Developing Countries"; policy advice for BMWi on improving the coordination between foreign trade promotion instruments and development policy objectives (project manager, responsible for financing instruments / final report)
• Trainings on value chain promotion in South-East Asia (Cambodia, Laos, Philippines)