We would like to warmly
welcome Kaman KOULEMOU, our new Researcher in Guinea for the research project
on strategies to mitigate impacts of extractives and infrastructure projects.
Kaman is a graduate in
International Relations at the GAMAL ABDEL NASSER University in Conakry.
Inspired by his final project on the prevention and management of community
conflicts in the region of Guinée Forestière, he set himself the goal of
working for peace and social cohesion. To this end, he has received
professional training at the Center for Research and Action for Peace (CERAP)
in Cote d'Ivoire and at the West African Institute for Peacebuilding Training
(WAPI) in Ghana.
Kaman worked with World
Education as Project Manager: Community Participation for Peace (P.C. Paix)
from 2006 to 2010. He was admitted to the position of ACORD International's
Operations Manager in Guinea in 2010, where he was in charge of the project
Governance and Transparency in the Mining Sector in Guinea. This project
initiated the creation of consultation frameworks and the signing of
partnership agreements between actors of the mining sector for peaceful
coexistence. This initiative aims to contribute to the promotion of a
transparent mining sector in Guinea, which guarantees sustainable economic and
social benefits for the state and its citizens, and that respects the rights of
local communities. Kaman led a study on practices of expropriation,
compensation, relocation / resettlement of communities affected by mining
projects in Guinea.
In 2014, Kaman was recruited as a Consultant-Trainer on behalf of the
Danish Council for Refugees as part of the establishment and training of peace
committees in Guinée Forestière. In June 2017, he participated in the baseline
study on the causes of crises and tensions in the border area between Guinée
Forestière, West Ivory Coast and Northern Liberia around Mount Nimba.
Kaman lives in Nzérékoré in the Forest Region of Guinea, and is married with
two children. He has
just started his work with us and is replacing Bernard Ngalim, who could not
move to Guinea due to family circumstances.
