Anthony Lawrence
Community Inter Relations and Conciliation Initiative, Rivers State University of Science and Technology
0000-0001-5856-7032
About
CAREER SUMMARY
Over 40 years of experience in Sustainable Community Development, Stakeholders’ Relations Management, Conflict Management, Project Management, Research, Agro-Business Management, Teaching, and Performance Improvement Management.
CURRENT ACTIVITY:
• Chairman of the Board of Trustees: Community Inter-Relations and Conciliation Initiative (a CAC registered Non-Governmental Organization -NGO).
• Chief Consultant on Sustainable Development and Stakeholders’ Relations Management with Community Inter-Relations and Conciliation Initiative (CIRCI). CIRCI is a mentoring NGO consultant with many corporate organizations.
We were mentoring NGO to Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited and was managing the following Global Memorandum of Understanding (GMoU) clusters: Gbarain/Ekpetiama (clans) development cluster, Kolo Creek (clan) development cluster and Okordia/Zarama (clans) development cluster all in Bayelsa state among others. We also mentored Oyigbo GMoU in Rivers State among others.
• Stand-alone Consultant on Stakeholders’ Relations Management, Sustainable Community Development, Performance Management and Data Management.
• I was a Coordinator of Greater Yenagoa Regional Centre of Expertise (RCE) in affiliation with Global RCE Network for Education for Sustainable Development in the United Nations University’s Institute of Advanced Studies on Sustainability (UNU-IAS) in Japan.
• Member of Port Harcourt Regional Centre of Expertise (RCE) in affiliation with Global RCE Network as above.
• Management Consultant in partnership with other organizations
GLOBAL AWARDS RECEIVED:
Our NGO (Community Inter-Relations and Conciliation Initiative) had facilitated a Shell GMOU Cluster named Gbarain/Ekpetiama Cluster Development Board to win the following international awards:
• In 2019 the Women Empowerment project nominated for consideration in the Global RCE award competition won in the 1st group of Outstanding Flagship category.
• In 2020, our network, the RCE Greater Yenagoa, also nominated 2 projects - the Community Education project and the Post Graduate Scholarship project - both won in the Honourable mention category.
• In 2021 this same cluster, in its entry for the competition - Gbarain/Ekpetiama Cluster-wide Youth Development Programme has again won in the first category of Outstanding Flagship award.
The NGO, Community Inter-Relations and Conciliation Initiative – CIRCI, is happy to be the facilitator/mentoring NGO of this cluster all through this 3 years award winning period.
Employment
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Community Inter Relations and Conciliation Initiative CEO/Chairman2009 - Present
Education
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Rivers State University of Science and Technology Master of Philosophy1985 - 1988
Projects & Funding
Projects & funding information is unavailable.
Publications (11)
- Conceptual analysis of the constraining factors impeding sustainable development efforts in Nigeria Save
- Aligning Strategic Intelligence and Graduate Employability: A Conceptual Review Save
- Awareness Assessment Study and Ways to Deepen the Knowledge and Practice of the Sustainable Development Goals. Save
- Participatory and holistic approaches to sustainable development: A conceptual exposition Save
- Sustainable Agroforestry Crop Rotation System for the Tropics: A threorical Exposition Save
- Assessing the Perceptions of Nigerians on the Level of Independence Enjoyed by Key Institutions from the Executive Arm of Government and the Implications Save
- Assessment of Some Basic Strategies towards Managing COVID-19 Crisis in Micro/Small Sized Businesses Save
- Impacts of COVID-19 Pandemic on Sustainability/Survivability of Micro/Small Sized Businesses in Nigeria Save
- Macro-Level Studies of Direct and Indirect Relationships between SDG 4 and the 16 SDGS Save
- Some Challenges Militating against Developing Countries Achieving SDG 4 on Targets: Nigeria as Case Study Save