Christoph Pelzer

Christoph Pelzer trained as interdisciplinary social scientist and historian of Africa. He worked with the archaeological team of Frankfurt University, Germany, on different sites in North-Eastern Burkina Faso. From 2003 to 2006, he formulated, financed and implemented the Oursi Hu-Beero project, an integrated approach to sustainable site preservation embedded in community-driven cultural tourism development. Christoph Pelzer is a development cooperation expert who has worked in Africa, the Caribbean and the Indian Ocean. Until March 2011, he was quality management officer for international cultural cooperation at the Directorate-General EuropeAid of the European Commission in Brussels, Belgium. Currently, he lives in Mauritius from where he works as independent international cultural cooperation consultant.

Expertise:

• International cultural cooperation strategies and programmes
• Cultural and creative industries
• Cultural Heritage
• Mainstreaming of culture in development cooperation
• Aid Delivery Methodologies (Project Cycle Management, Logical Framework Approach, Stakeholder Analysis, Participative Process Management, etc.)
• Interface in between archaeological and historical research and development
• Pre-colonial history of the Middle Niger

Video of Christoph Pelzer interviewing Webber Ndoro of the African World Heritage Fund: