Mr Scherzer has 27 years of experience in implementing and monitoring community development, agricultural and economic development programs as well as assessing how these intersect with natural resources, conservation, and socio-economic development goals.
He has a MA in Food, Society and International Food Governance (specialising in Food Security Analysis and the Impact Evaluation of Development Programs) and a BSc (Agriculture). He has worked on projects throughout South Africa as well as in Mozambique, Eswatini, Botswana, Malawi, Uganda, Tanzania and Sao Tomé and Principe.
Mr Scherzer’s professional experience includes an unusually wide range of disciplines and sectors. He has undertaken work in the following different sectors:
- Household Food Security and Nutrition Development Programs
- Catchment Management and Water Resource Development
- Agriculture and Irrigation Development
- Tourism and Regional Economic Development
- Resettlement and Livelihood Restoration
- Forestry and Natural Resource Conservation
- Mining, Industry, Transport
- Power Transmission
- Marine Tourism, Industrial Infrastructure, and Port Development
Through this work, Mr Scherzer has gained a wide variety of skills as well as a multi-disciplinary understanding of how livelihood strategies, socio-economic context and opportunities, policies, and natural environmental and climatic resources intersect.
Mr Scherzer has excellent project management skills and has been responsible for leading and managing professional and community-based teams on several large projects. He has been involved in projects funded by various international agencies namely, DFID, the World Bank and IFC, and is familiar with international funding requirements and policies.
Through the implementation and monitoring of development programs and different project assignments, Mr Scherzer is also able to offer and provide guidance on SQL database design and data analysis, survey and data collection strategies, GIS and spatial mapping services.
Since the early 1990s, he has been involved in both travel, landscape and adventure sports photography. He has now started to combine this long-time hobby with his scientific background and experience to assist clients, non-profit, community tourism and other groups in capturing visual stories and social documentaries, to better showcase their activities and impact, using both visual images and text. Please see www.pauljscherzer.com for some examples and more information in this regard.
Mr Scherzer is registered with the South African Council for Natural Scientific Professions in the field of environmental science (Registration no.400030/05) and is also a member of the South African Monitoring and Evaluation Association (SAMEA). LinkedIn