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C U R R I C U L U M V I T C U R R I C U L U M V I T A E January 2018 A. PERSONAL DETAILS FULL NAME: Herbert Borbor Kandeh TITLE: Prof. DATE OF BIRTH: 24th February 1949 MARITAL STATUS: Married: Two Daughters and a Son NATIONALITY: Sierra Leonean QUALIFICATIONS: B.A. (Hons), M.A., Ph.D., F.R.C. AWARDS: Grand Commander of the Order of the Rokel (GCOR) B. ADDRESSES PERMANENT ADDRESS 2 Njala – Mano Road Njala Junction Njala Mokonde Kori Chiefdom Moyamba District, SIERRA LEONE CURRENT MAILING ADDRESS 11A Cantonment Road Off Riverside Drive, Brookfields P.O. Box 942 Freetown, SIERRA LEONE [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Cell. +232-76-808305 +232-88-796638 Skype: pakandeh C. ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS: No University Dates Qualification Remarks 1. Sierra Leone, USL 1967-1971 B.A. (Hons.) (Thesis Title) A Study (Fourah Bay College) Geography of the Vegetation on First Class Two Hills in Kakua Chiefdom, Bo District. 2. Pennsylvania, USA (Graduate 1972-1974 M.A. Demography By Examination School of Arts and Sciences) 3. Michigan, USA (Institute for July – August Certificate in By Examination Social Research 1973 Survey Sampling 4. London, UK (University College April – July Certificate in Social By Examination London) 1977 Research for Development 5. Pennsylvania, USA (Graduate 1977-1979 Ph.D. Demography (Thesis Title) Infant School of Arts and Sciences and Child Mortality in Sierra Leone 6. London, UK (London School of 1984-1985 Post-Doctoral Hygiene and Tropical Studies in Medical Medicine) Demography 2 D. EMPLOYMENT HISTORY POSITION DATES INSTITUTION DUTIES Assistant Lecturer 01/09/71to Njala University College Teaching and Research 30/11/74 University of Sierra Leone Lecturer 01/12/74 Njala University College Teaching and Research to 31/08/83 University of Sierra Leone Senior Lecturer 01/09/83 to Njala University College Teaching Research and 31/08/89 University of Sierra Leone Administration Associate 01/09/89 to Njala University College Teaching Research and Professor 31/12/93 University of Sierra Leone Administration Electoral 01/01/94 to Interim National Electoral Voter Registration, and Commissioner 31/08/98 Commission Administration Visiting Scholar 01/09/98 to African Census Analysis Project Research 30/06/99 University of Pennsylvania Associate Director 01/07/99 to African Studies Centre Administration and 30/06/00 University of Pennsylvania Research CEO/Director 01/07/00 Central Statistics Office, Sierra Administration and To 31/03/03 Leone Research Statistician 01/04/03 to Statistics Sierra Leone Management, Research General 31/12/05 and Chief Census Officer Chief Technical 01/01/06 to UNFPA Sudan Country Office Coordination of Census Advisor 31/08/09 Technical Support Chief Technical 01/09/09 to UNFPA Botswana Country Census Technical Support Advisor 31/12/11 Office Adjunct Professor 01/02/12 to Njala University Teaching and Research 30/11/17 Chairman 21/12/12 to Moyamba District Council Political Leadership and 20/12/17 Management 3 E. ADMINISTRATIVE AND OTHER DUTIES WITHIN THE UNIVERSITY OF SIERRA LEONE a) Dean, Faculty of Education, Njala University College, University of Sierra Leone, 1st April, 1986 - 31st December 1988. b) Head, Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, Njala University College. 1st September 1985 -1st March 1994 c) Co-ordinator, African Studies Programme, Njala University College, University of Sierra Leone. 1st September 1980 – 31st August 1984. d) Acting Head, Department of Physical Education, Njala University College. 1st September 1987 - 31st December 1988. e) Member, Senate of the University of Sierra Leone. 1st April 1983 - 1st March 1994 f) Member, Court of the University of Sierra Leone. 1st March 1986 - 1st March 1992 g) Foundation Secretary, University of Sierra Leone Research Council, 1st September 1986 – 1st March 1994 h) Member, University of Sierra Leone Development Fund Committee, 1st January 1988. - 1st March 1994 i) Chairman, Steering Committee, Faculty of Environmental Sciences, June 1989 - Sept 1990. j) Foundation Dean, Faculty of Environmental Sciences, Oct 1990 - March 1994 k) Member, University of Sierra Leone Research Council, 1986 - 1994. l) Chairman, Board of the Institute of Library Studies, USL, 1991-1994 m) Divisional Head, Environment Division, URDS, USL, 1991-1994. F. POPULATION AND HOUSING CENSUS EXPERIENCE a) UNFPA Census Analyst: Central Statistics Office, Sierra Leone; 1985 Population and Housing Census, Coordinated team of census analysts and jointly edited the Analytical Report. 1988 4 b) Chief Census Officer: Statistics Sierra Leone; 2004 Population and Housing Census, Sierra Leone. Coordinated the planning, implementation and release of the final census results 2000 -2005 c) UNFPA Chief Technical Advisor: 2008 Population and Housing Census of Sudan. Coordinated the technical support for the entire census in both North and South Sudan working with the Central Bureau of Statistics in Khartoum and the Southern Sudan Centre for Census and Statistics in Juba. 2006-2009 d) UNFPA Chief Technical Advisor: 2011 Population and Housing Census of Botswana. Coordinated the technical support. 2009-2011 e) UNFPA Census Consultant: 2012 Pilot Census of the Gambia. Coordinated the technical support, finalised census instruments, conducted training for the pilot census. June – August 2012 f) UNFPA Census Consultant: 2014 Census of Uganda. Reviewed Census Advocacy and Publicity Strategy and assessed the technical preparedness for the enumeration in August 2014. November – December 2013. g) UNFPA Census Consultant: 2017 Census of Mozambique. Team member for the development of the Census Project document. April –May 2014 h) UNFPA Census Consultant: 2016 Census of Swaziland. Team leader for the development of the Census Project document. July 2014 i) Member Census Technical Committee: 2015 Population and Housing Census of Sierra Leone. August 2014 j) UNFPA/MOFED Consultant: Review and updating of Sierra Leone’s National Population Policy 2014 – 2016 k) UNFPA Consultant: Desk review of population dynamics in Kaduna State, Nigeria April-June 2016 l) Member UNFPA Expert Group: Holding of 6th Population Census of Pakistan. Islamabad, Pakistan 25-26 July 2016 2005 Appointed Member, UN Statistics Division Technical Committee to review the UN Principles and Recommendations for Population and Housing Censuses. 5 2007 Appointed Member, UNFPA International Advisory Board for Afghanistan Census. 2008 Appointed Member, UNFPA Technical Committee to develop a costing guide for Population and Housing censuses 2009 Appointed Member of UNFPA Technical Team to finalise the 2011 Botswana Population and Housing Census Project document 2010 Appointed Member of UNFPA Technical Team to high level meeting on quality control and anti-fraud measures for the proposed 2010 Iraq Census in Amman, Jordan (4-5 February 2010) G. MEMBERSHIP OF PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES/BODIES a) Union for African Population Studies (UAPS). 1985 - b) International Union for the Scientific Study of Population (IUSSP) 1981 - c) African Academy of Sciences (AAS) 1990 - d) Sierra Leone Union for Population Studies (SLUPS) 1992- H. ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL HONOURS 1971 Awarded DURHAM PRIZE: Fourah Bay College, University of Sierra Leone, for most distinguished graduate in the Faculty of Arts. 1971 Awarded COLLEGE PRIZE: Fourah Bay College, University of Sierra Leone, for attaining a First Class Honours in a University Honours Degree. 1972 Awarded ANGLO-SIERRA LEONEAN SOCIETY PRIZE: Fourah Bay College, University of Sierra Leone for attaining a First Class Honours in Geography. 1975 Appointed External Examiner for the Higher Teachers Certificate in Geography, Institute of Education, University of Sierra Leone. 1975-1976 6 1975 Appointed Chief Examiner for the Teachers Certificate in Geography, Institute of Education, University of Sierra Leone, 1975- 1977. 1979 Appointed Consultant Demographer to the Population education Project, Institute of Education, University of Sierra Leone, 1979-1983 1981 Elected as a MEMBER of the International Union for the Scientific Study of Population (IUSSP) 1982 Appointed Team Leader; Task Force on Mortality and Morbidity set up by the National Population Commission of the Sierra Leone Government, 1982-1986 1984 Appointed Consultant by UNICEF for the preparation of the population and health section of a Country Situation Analysis for Sierra Leone, May – August 1984 1984 Appointed Consultant; Programme for the introduction and adaptation of contraceptive technology. Sierra Leone Home Economics Association. 1984-1987 1984 Appointed Member of the Advisory Board on Studies and Research for the United Nations Regional Institute for Population Studies, University of Ghana, Legon, 1984-1986. 1986 Appointed Member, Sierra Leone National Commission on Children. 1986-1989 1987 Elected as a MEMBER of the IUSSP Scientific Committee on Comparative Mortality Changes. (July 1987 to September 1989) 1987 Appointed Chairman and Organiser of Session on "Diseases, Environment and Areal Variations in Mortality" at the 2nd Regional African Population Conference Dakar Senegal, 7-12 November 1988 Organised by the IUSSP. 7 1987 Appointed External Examiner, M.Phil. Thesis, RIPS, University of Ghana 1989 Elected as a Member of the IUSSP Scientific Committee on Adult Mortality (Sept 1989-Sept 1993) 1989 Appointed External Examiner, Ph.D. Thesis, RIPS, University of Ghana 1990 Appointed External Assessor for staff promotion, University of Ghana 1990 Elected Member, African Academy of Sciences 1990 Appointed Consultant, National
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