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Philip Bona

Philip Bona

Assistant Lecturer in Cultural Anthropology

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Project Management in International Development

  • Education

    • Austrian Study Center for Peace and Conflict Resolution (ASPR)

      1997 - 1997
      Certificate Specialization course in international civilian peace-keeping and peace-building.

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      1994 - 2005
      Master's degree Humanitarian Assistance

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      1988 - 1994
      Master Geography & Cultural Anthropology

    • Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg im Breisgau

      1988 - 1994
      Master of Arts (M.A.) Cultural Geography and Cultural Anthropology

    • Ruhr-Universität Bochum

      1994 - 1995
      Humanitarian Assistance Humanitarian Assistance

  • Experience

    • University of Basel, Switzerland, Ethnological Seminary

      Oct 1988 - Apr 1999
      Assistant Lecturer in Cultural Anthropology

      Course Title: "The Culture and Tradition of People of the Mende Ethnic Group in Sierra Leone"

    • German Red Cross, Freiburg Germany

      Jan 1996 - Sept 1997
      Social Consultant for Refugees and Asylum Seekers

      Duties and responsibilities:· Counselled and gave expert advice on asylum-seeking proceedures to refugees and asylum-seekers from the Balkan states & African countries

    • Basel Mission (mission21) Evangelical Missionary Society

      Oct 1997 - Mar 2003
      Programm Director for Cameroon

      Mission 21 is a Christian missionary organization working and assisting 57 partner churches and organizations in about 100 developmental projects in 17 countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America. One of those parner churches is the Presbyterian Church in Cameroon the projects of which I coordinated from Basel.Duties and Responsibilities: Coordinated the Country Programm of the Presbyterian Church of Cameroon (PCC)

    • Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SADC) & Swiss Disaster Relief Unit (SDR)

      Dec 1999 - Jan 2000
      Humanitarian Consultant Mission to Sierra Leone

      The aim of this Mission was to assess the situation of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in the districts of Kono and Kailahun during the civil war in Sierra Leone in the 1990s. The results of my findings encouraged the SADC to set up a branch office in Freetown immediately after the war, which geared towards support for housing projects in the norther district of Port-Loko.

    • Austrian Research Foundation for International Development (ÖFSE) and UNHCR Vienna

      Nov 2000 - Nov 2000
      Consultant and Expert on Sierra Leone

      The Information Seminar was organized by the Austrian Research Foundation for International Development (ÖFSE) in cooperation with the UNHCR Vienna for legal experts and asylum decision-makers from various European and Baltic states.

    • Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Inst. of Cultural Geography

      Oct 2007 - Apr 2008
      Assistant Lecturer in Cultural Geography

      Course Title: "Post-conflict developments in Sierra as member state of the Mano River Union"

    • Caritas Association Freiburg, Germany

      Nov 2008 - Oct 2013
      Public Relations Officer: "Project Alliance Right To Stay Freiburg"

      Project-Alliance “Right-to-Stay” Freiburg aims primarily to integrate the Roma families living in Freiburg into the labour-market. The project is funded through the Xenos program of the German Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs and the European Social Fond (ESF). Caritas Association Freiburg is the implementing partner of the project.Duties and respnsibilities:(See Price-Winning Award below)

    • Fördergesellschaft der Handwerkskammer Freiburg

      Jun 2013 - Dec 2014
      Consultant, Technical/Vocational Training

    • German Federal Employment Agency "Bundesagentur für Arbeit"

      Oct 2015 - Dec 2015
      Employment Advisor

    • Stadt Freiburg im Breisgau

      Dec 2015 - now
      Coordinator, Labour Market Integration

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • M.A.

  • Honors & Awards

    • Awarded to Philip Bona
      Golden price award to the City of Freiburg for: "Mayors making the most out of EU Funds for Roma Inclusion"​ (MERI) Awarded by the European Commission (EC) & Open Society Foundation (in Budapest, Hungary) Nov 2012 On behalf of the Mayor of Freiburg I facilitated a golden price winning award in favour of Freiburg for best-practice work with its Roma population titled : "Mayors making the most out of EU Funds for Roma Inclusion" (MERI), awarded by the European Commission (EC) and the Open Society Foundations (OSF), during a price-winning award ceremony in Budapest, Hungary

  • Volunteer Experience

    • President and Co-Founder of the African Council Freiburg Germany

      Issued by Afrikarat-BW Freiburg e.V. on Feb 2009
      Afrikarat-BW Freiburg e.V.Associated with Philip Bona

    • CEO & Founder

      Issued by Sewa River Foundation Sierra Leone on Mar 2013
      Sewa River Foundation Sierra LeoneAssociated with Philip Bona

    • Executive Member of the SPD Party (Freiburg Branch) Germany

      Issued by Social Democratic Party of Germany (Freiburg Branch) on Jul 2009
      Social Democratic Party of Germany (Freiburg Branch)Associated with Philip Bona

    • Facilitator & representative to a golden price-winning award ceremony in Budapest, Hungary

      Issued by City of Freiburg, Germany on Oct 2012
      City of Freiburg, GermanyAssociated with Philip Bona