Paul Weijers is a private sector development advisor who began working in development cooperation in 1987. Over the past several years, he has been responsible for various market systems development (MSD) projects in Asia and Africa, including the integration of comprehensive planning and monitoring systems aligned with the DCED Standard for Results Measurement.
He currently undertakes two assignments on an intermittent basis: (1) Team Leader of a GIZ-financed project, implemented in cooperation with the Readymade Garments Sustainability Council (RSC) in Bangladesh, to assess the Council’s organisational performance and efficiency; and (2) Director of Supply Chains and Impact Assurance at WOO Social Ventures (Worlds of Opportunities), focusing on the Netherlands and Vietnam. In the latter role, he is responsible for assuring impact across various supply chains, with substantial involvement from a wide range of upstream micro- and small-scale enterprises.
In recent years, he has been based in Vietnam and Bangladesh, working on projects for the UK Government’s Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO), USAID, and the German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ).