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Irma SpechtIrma Specht is an anthropologist with broad experience in the transition from war to peace. She has an international reputation in the field of reintegration of ex-combatants and child soldiers. Seven years of field and headquarter experience in the ILO programme on Crisis Response and Reconstruction has provided her with a specific focus on employment issues and the inclusion of vulnerable or special groups in transition processes. She has a broad understanding of key elements of transition such as vocational and business training, labour market analyses, small business set-up, private sector development, capacity building and training, context analyses, programme design and monitoring. Her record as a researcher and writer might be illustrated by her recent book: Brett and Specht, Young soldiers, why they choose to fight, New York, 2004. She is a great networker and has impressive social and communication skills. She is currently the director of TI. Irma Specht has a proven expertise in DDR processes, especially in Africa. She has been involved in the MDRP programme from the start and is currently also involved in the DDR processes of Ivory Coast and Liberia. She has been back-stopping the reintegration programme for vulnerable combatants in DRC Congo, has assisted to design the reintegration programme for Congo Brazzaville and Sri Lanka and Afghanistan and has been earlier involved in the DDR of Zimbabwe and Mali North. Additionally, she is involved in the design and delivery of several training modules and courses on DDR and youth and SALW and is a well known resource person in international conferences and networks.
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