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CURRICULUM VITAE - TUULIMA LAITI
Apia, Samoa
Phone. +685 778-5303
Email. laitituulima@gmail.com
OBJECTIVE
My objective inapplying for this positionare basedon a thorough
assessment of my skills andabilities as identifiedinanalysing my many work
and non-work accomplishments. It follows closely withyours andreflects my
patternof my motivatedskills as describedinmy long service career. In
providing a consultative service tofortify asustainable development witha
geographic focus (Samoa) I am committedtodeliver an efficient programme
where implementation, evaluationanddevelopment are the backbone of it.
AREAS OF EXPERIENCE- ACCOMPLISHMENTS
I have extensivemanagement experience working with local &international
partners , donor funding programs and the private sector. Thus bringing
strong skills inhuman resource management; strategic planning;budget
development;monitoring andevaluation;and stakeholder consultations for
ongoing projects. My strengths extendtoteambuilding, networking, ina
team basedmanner witha focus on a desiredoutcome.
In the lapse of 35 years whichencompass my professional career have
primed myself tosuccessfully undertakemajor duties andresponsibilities in
an international scale. This to reflect your needs tofulfil your above position
title.
Areas suchas management. financial, monitoring and evaluation,
communicationand policy development have takenprecedence while
engagedwithsuch institutions suchas:MAF, MNRE, FAO, UNDP, STEC,USP,
and NGOs including the general relationshipwithother stakeholders.
PROFESSIONAL AND DEVELOPMENTWORKEXPERIENCE.
At present andfor the past years have beenself – employedand servedas a
local consultant in areas dealing withthe use of innovative ways to make
farm animals and food crops more in line witha sustainable source of income
and modern use of technology. Manage my own farm (nursery, foodcrops,

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piggery, and forest treesincluding abiogas systemthat has to be
refurbished).
In additionto the above and inchronological order I have heldthe following
positions.
 Climate Change Coordinator, Integrating Climate Change Risks inthe
Agriculture andHealthSectors of Samoa. National AdaptationProgram
of Action. Least DevelopedCountries Fund/U.N.D.P.
 Farm Manager. Farm and Development. MulifanuaFarm. Samoa Trust
Estate Corporation.
 Senior Officer-GenePool Section. NuuCropCentre. MAF.
 Senior Horticulturist. Fruit Tree DevelopmentProject. MAF/FAO/UNDP
 Counterpart Horticulturist. FruitTree Development Project.
MAF/FAO/UNDP
 Entomology ResearchTechnician. NuuCropCentre. M.A.F.
 Post Entry Quarantine Officer. M.A.F.
 FieldLaboratory Technician. CropProtectionDivision. U.S.P. Samoa.
 FieldAssistant. Coconut Replanting Scheme. M.A.F.
EDUCATION
B. Sc. Agriculture. USP Samoa. 1993.
Diploma of Tropical Agriculture. SouthPacific Regional Collegeof Tropical
Agriculture, Samoa. 1975.
Have been present at forums, attendedtraining, andpresentedpapers at one
of more of these countries:Netherlands, U.K., Vietnam, Australia, Fiji,
Thailand, NewCaledonia, etc.
CERTIFICATION
I, Aulele Tuulima Laiti, declare that: (a) the information provided in this C.V.
is accurate. (b) I am a person of good character; and (c) I have not been
convicted of an offence of, or relating to, bribery of a public official, nor am I
subject to any proceedings which could lead to such a conviction.
Signed.
Tuulima Laiti

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Date:22 January, 2016.