jeffrey euwema

Mr. Jeffrey Euwema has worked for over 20 years as a field and home office-based project manager on international development projects, primarily focused on issues pertaining to natural hazard risk reduction or hazard mitigation planning and land information management. Mr. Euwema has extensive experience in managing large multi-disciplinary projects for donor agencies and has advised clients on the applied use of information technologies to enhance decision making for addressing complex development problems focused on reducing risk and vulnerability. His project efforts have included strategic engagement of local counterparts for the identification of risk reduction and policy measures. Mr. Euwema has also provided training in the application of risk assessment methodologies and use of integrated software tools for risk and vulnerability assessments. Mr. Euwema has successfully implemented a variety of complex projects for clients that include: The World Bank, Inter-American Development Bank, United States Agency for International Development, European Union, Millennium Challenge Corporation, Caribbean Development Bank and numerous host governments and is familiar with the reporting and administrative requirements in managing projects for the donor community. In Haiti, Mr. Euwema led the risk assessment component of a regional climate change sustainability project which included the development of a series of natural hazard maps, development of structural inventory database including vulnerability profiles and the assessment of potential economic losses to multiple hazards. For the U.S. Virgin Islands, he analyzed the Territory’s risk to multiple hazards and updated hazard mitigation plan, which included recommendations on how to reduce Territorial Government’s exposure to natural hazards. For several Latin American countries, he provided technical hazard and risk modelling services which incorporated climate change scenarios for the development of sustainable land use plans. 

Mr. Euwema can be contacted at jeuwema@gmail.com