Vonesili Saysana
Environmental Consultant

Summary

Vonesili holds a Bachelor of Economics from National University of Lao and another Bachelor of Agricultural Science from the University of Melbourne.

She commenced her career as an Auditor with PriceWater HouseCooper Pty. Ltd. Since then she has worked as a part time research assistant at Earth Systems Melbourne office and a Project Administration and Finance Officer at Cooperative Orthotic and Prosthetic Enterprise (COPE)

Vonesili joined Earth Systems Lao (ESL) in September 2008. Her key areas of expertise lie in rural development and community natural resource use/management.

Education and Affiliations

Bachelor of Agricultural Science, the University of Melbourne, 2007
Bachelor of Economic, the National University of Lao, 2002
Certificate III in Desktop Publishing, Holmesglen Institute of TAFE (Australia), 2000

Countries of Work Experience

Australia, Laos.

Professional History

Sep 2008 to date, Environmental Consultant, Earth Systems Lao Pty. Ltd.
Dec 2008 to Aug 2008, Project Administration and Finance Officer, COPE, Lao PDR
Jan 2007 to Nov 2007, Research Assistant (Part-time), Earth Systems Pty. Ltd. Melbourne, Australia.
Mar 2003 to Dec 2003, Project and Mentor Assistant, COPE, Lao PDR.
2002 to 2004, Sales Representative officer (Part-time), New Links Lao Company Limited – Revlon, Lao PDR.
Aug 2002 to Jan 2003, Auditor, PriceWaterHouseCoopers (Laos) Ltd, Lao PDR.

Fields of Special Competence

Economic, agriculture and social development; corporate social responsibility; natural resource and land use management; sustainability development; environmental capacity building; data analysis; financial management and training.

Representative Experience

Ms Vonesili’s recent roles and projects include:

Rural Development Economist: Social Impact Assessment of the Stora Enso Eucalypt Plantation in Salvan and Savannakhet Provinces, UNDP Laos, 2009. Tasks: Developing field methodology, conducting field surveying, data entry and analysis, and report writing and preparation.
Lead Trainer: “Brush-up” Capacity Building for the Implementation of Safeguard Requirements under the Rural Electrification Project Phase I, EDL, 2008. Tasks: Training material preparation; presentation of Wold Bank safeguard policies; conduct of on-the-job training in EDL central and branch offices; final report preparation
Assistant for CDM Project – Xeset 3 and Potential Projects, EDL, 2008. Tasks: Assisting in gathering information from EDL’s Hydropower Projects for CDM proposal and registration preparation.
Field Team Leader for the Terrestrial Biodiversity team: Initial Environmental Examination (IEE) of Pak Beng Hydropower Project, Noreconsult, 2008. Tasks: Developing field methodology, conducting field surveying, data entry and analysis, and report writing and preparation.
Gender specialist: Initial Environmental Examination (IEE) of Pak Beng Hydropower Project, Noreconsult, 2008. Tasks: Developing gender field methodology, conducting gender focus group sessions, data entry and analysis, and report writing and preparation.