Michael MATTINGLY

m.mattingly@dpu-associates.net

Specialisation:
Urban land management, including planning; peri-urban land management and livelihoods; training.

Languages:
English
Educational and professional qualifications:
1961 BS Civil Engineering
1963 MA City Planning
1965-2005 American Institute of Planners, American Institute of Certified Planners

EMPLOYMENT

1977-2006
Senior Lecturer (earlier Lecturer), Development Planning Unit, University College London; Director, M Sc degree course in Urban Development Planning; Director of Research; Editor, Development Planning Unit Working Papers Series; Director of Short Courses on Management for Metropolitan and Municipal Development, on Urban Land Policy and Management, and on Urban Land Use Planning; Director of post-graduate Diploma course in Urban Development Planning
1974-77
Transport Planning Officer, London Borough of Lambeth.
1970-74
Head of Forward Planning Section, formerly Town Planning Officer, Department of Urban and Physical Planning, Ministry of Lands and Settlement, Nairobi, Kenya.
1970
Town Planning Officer, Town Planning Department, Ministry of Regional Administration, Kampala, Uganda.
1967-70
Area Planner (earlier Comprehensive Planner), Philadelphia City Planning Commission, Pennsylvania, USA.
1965-67
Town Planner, Somerset County Council, U K.
1964-65
City Planner, Brown and Anthony City Planners, Inc, New York City, New York.
1962
City Planner, Blair and Stein Associates, Washington DC.

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CONSULTANCY AND TRAINING EXPERIENCE

1999-2006
UK. Member of management Steering Group for the Natural Resources Systems Programme of research of the Department for International Development, Government of the U. K., responsible for peri-urban interface production systems research. focusing on India and Ghana (DFID/HTS)
2004
Jordan. Consultant reviewing the local government capacity building project of the German Government's programme of support for decentralisation. (GTZ)
2002
Zambia. Leader of a team conducting a review of PROSPECT, the flagship urban poverty alleviation programme of CARE International funded by DFID. (DFID)
2001
Namibia.Team leader of the preparation of a new proposal for urban local governance support through capacity building and an up-dating of the review of Ibis' support to the urban sector upon which to base such a proposal (IBIS/DANIDA)
2000
Tanzania, with another, assessment of municipal training needs for implementation of the National Sustainable Cities Programme and to advise on the future of the Urban Authorities Assistance Unit, currently responsible for the facilitation of Sustainable Cities Programme activities in Tanzania. (DFID/British Council). Namibia. Team leader of a review of the entire programme of technical assistance in capacity building to the urban sector by the Danish Government, (DANIDA)
1998-9
UK. Consultant to edit a technical report for publication on an innovation in land registration in Namibia (DANIDA/IBIS-Namibia)
1998
Namibia. Consultant reviewing a programme of capacity building in a new municipal government (DANIDA/IBIS-Namibia) Argentina. Consultant designing and delivering a short course on urban management to university and local government personnel (British Council).
1997
China. Consultant delivering a lecture series on urban planning in the U K to staff of provincial and local government in Guangdong Province (British Council). Nepal. Consultant designing and delivering a training course in urban planning to professional staff of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, Government of Nepal (GTZ).
1995
Poland. Consultant to examine possibilities for coordination of donor funded economic and social development projects for Krakow City. (Know-How Fund/Foreign and Commonwealth Office)
1993-7
Poland. Consultant to provide Polish partner institution with advice and assistance in creating and operating a programme of training which will install in local authorities an improved process of urban land management, a project jointly undertaken with Llewelyn-Davies Planning. (Know-How Fund/Foreign and Commonwealth Office)
1994
Zimbabwe. Consultant providing training to government staff on the preparation of rural master plans. (SIDA/SWEDEPLAN)
1993
Namibia. Consultant reviewing a project of support to the Ministry of Lands, Resettlement, and Rehabilitation in land use planning and land administration. (DANIDA/IBIS-World University Service - Denmark)
Namibia. Consultant to appraise possibilities for strengthening the capacity of the Oshakati Municipal Council. (DANIDA/IBIS-World University Service - Denmark)
Nigeria. Consultant to develop a joint proposal for the strengthening of a Nigerian non-governmental organisation as a possible regional research and training centre for the Urban Management Program of the UNCHS/WB/UNDP. (Overseas Development Administration)
1992
Mexico. Consultant providing a training workshop to government and university staff on the planning of urban areas to increase their productivity. (Mexico State Government/British Council)
Zimbabwe. Consultant supporting a workshop on the planning of land in a rural district of special potential. (SIDA/SWEDEPLAN)
Nepal. Consultant reviewing the programme of German Government technical assistance in support of urban land development. (GTZ) UNCHS (Habitat) in Nairobi. Consultant to provide guidlines for a theme paper on improving municipal management.
1991
Nigeria. Consultant on in-service training in infrastructure project formulation and implementation to government and private sector bank officers. (World Bank/Nigerian Goverment)
Zimbabwe. Consultant on in-service training in national, regional, and urban development planning to government officers.
(SIDA/SWEDEPLAN) Namibia. Consultant advising on the building of governmental capacity to perform national land use planning. (DANIDA/World University Service - Denmark)
1990
South Africa. Leader of team assessing training needs of non-governmental organisations for improvement of slum and shanty areas. (ODA and the ANC)
1988
Ghana. Training consultant to the United Nations Development Programme, Koforidua on the preparation of district development plans. (UNDP)
1986
Nigeria. Co-director of training course on housing policy in Owerri. (BC/ODA) Nigeria. Consultant on future training in urban development planning. (ODA/BC)
1985
Nigeria. Director of training course on revision of master plans in Maiduguri. (BC/ODA)
1984
Republic of China. Trainer in the international programme on urban land policy. (Land Reform Training Institute) Malaysia. Trainer in the international programme on low- income housing at the Malaysian civil service training centre.
(INTAN) Nigeria. Director of training course on the administration of urban plans in Kano. (BC/ODA)
1983
Republic of China. Trainer in a special programme for staff of the Housing and Urban Development Bureau of the Provincial Government.
(Republic of China) Nigeria. Consultant to the British and Nigerian Governments to assess training needs and design short duration training for urban planners. (ODA/BC)
198l
India. Trainer in workshops on development control and housing. (Madras Metropolitan Development Authority)
1980
India. Member of consultant team on evaluation of Calcutta's Bustee Improvement Programme. (ODA)
1978
Jordan. Lead trainer in workshop on regional context for the Amman Urban Region Planning Group and trainer in workshop on plan formulation. (USAID)

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