Currículum Vitae

  • Family name : Samoullier
  • First name : Bernard
  • Date of birth : 01/01/45
  • Nationality : french
  • Marital status : married, 3 children
  • Education :
    Surveyor Engineer (Ecole Supérieure des Géomètres et
    Topographes - Paris)
    Chartered Surveyor (" Géomètre Expert" by French
    Government)
  • Languages skills : french, spanish, english
  • Key qualification : Management of projects: Cadastre (Land Registry and fiscal system).
    Cartography and Topography. Land Information and Geographical Information System. Remote sensing (satellite imagery). Evaluation and audit of projects.
  • Countries experience : France, Algeria, Jordan, Gabon, Cameroon, Kenya, Lebanon, Marocco, Bolivia, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Guatemala, Panama, Mexico, Honduras, Burkina Faso, Senegal, Madagascar.

Professional experience record

  • Since 2007 (September): Panamá:
    Position held : International Consultant in Land Administration and Supervision of Contracts with Ministry of Finances (PRONAT): Supervision of Contracts (aerial photography, geodesy, cartography, cadastral survey and Land Titling) Preparation of annual budgets.
  • Since 2006: Milenium Challenge Corporation: Consultant for the Land Administration Technical and Cost Effectiveness Assessment in Burkina Faso, Senegal and Madagascar.
  • Since 2006 : Panama, Nicaragua y El Salvador
    Position held : International Consultant in Land Administration and Manager of Con1racts Ministerio de Hacienda y Credito Publico de Nicaragua: Proyecto Ordenamiento De La Propiedad Description of duties: Advisor and Project Manager for the Cadastral and Registry of Land Project with World Bank fmancement (M$us33). In charge of the coordination of the supervision and quality control of the projects. Centra Nacional de Registras de El Salvador: Advisor for the Land Administration Project LAP 2.
  • 1998 - 2005 : El Salvador
    Participation in the preparation of the PAD for the new Land Administration Project. (M$us40) in El Salvador Participation in the preparation of the PAD for a GEF project (M$us5) in El Salvador Project Manager for the Land Administration Project (M$us 70) with World Bank fmancement. Responsible of Regional Training Network for El Salvador. Supervision of the teclmical subcomponent projects of the Nicaragua and Guatemala Land Reform project. Consultant for Lands Program in Mexico and Honduras. Advisor of the Panama Land Project. Presentation to The World Bank Institute. Session in Panama - March 2003. Deparlrnent ofInstitutionallntegrity (lNT) ofWorld Bank: Case report (Cartosur 11) in May 2003.
  • 1995 - 1998 : Instituto Nacional de Reforma Agraria (INRA), Bolivia
    Position held : International Consultant
    Description of duties : Advisor and Project Manager for the Land Administration Project with World Bank fmancement. (M$us30) Advisor for Land Titulation of indigenous temtories with Danish financement. Director interim of the Geographie Information Department.
  • 1993-1995 : 3IG, France
    Position held : Project officer
  • 1993 - 1994 : ESIC, France
    Position held : Sales engineer
    Description of Duties : ln charge of the diversification in new technologies for industrial applications (convergent photogranunetry applied for as-build survey and quality control, etc... )
  • 1987 - 1993 : IGN France International , France
    Position held : Production manager
    Description of Duties : Management of the projects and audit.
    - Computer Assisted Mapping Project in Kenya for the Ministry of Lands and Housing. Implementation of a GIS for geographical and cadastral applications. Modernization of the Survey Deparlment and transfert ofteclmology.
    - Cartography project in Gabon. Implementation of a Geographical data base system at the "Institut National de Cartographie" and the Municipality of Libreville in liaison with the cadastral data base (Land Registry System).
    Multipurpose cartographic project for the Mmlicipality of Yaounde in Cameroon at scale 1: 1000 and 1:5000 to prepare cadastral application linked with other components. Ministry of Finances.
    Implementation of a survey department in Malta and survey at scale 1: 1000 of the tenitOly. Transfer of teclmology. Ministry of Public Works.
    - Pilot project for implementation of a cadastral data base system in Botswana for the :tv1inistry of Land and Housing.
    Aerial photograhy campaigns for cadastral projects in Thailand (Deparlment of Lands) and various projects in Africa for cOlllltries development purposes.
    - Delimitation of boundaries in the Lake Chad area between 5 States by GPS methods (Lake Chad Bassin Comitee).
    - Implementation of a remote sensing center in Mozambique for Ministry of Agriculture. Transfer of teclmology.
    - Projects in remote sensing applications: Bangladesh (Landsat imagery - floods control), Thailand (Spot imagery - narcotic control), Malaysia (Spot imagery - urban development), France ( Spot imagery and aerial photography - agriculture census survey : Corine Land Cover).
    Desertification control, monitoring in Africa for UNEP Organization (Nairobi) with aerial photography, Spot imagery on several Transects.