Louis-Gonzague ADAM

Area of Expertise:

• Administration, HR, Management, Accounting/Finance
• Capacity Building, Training, Advocacy, Political
• Communications, IT, Media, Knowledge Management, Editor
• Disaster, Aid, Emergencies, Relief
• Monitoring, Evaluation, Policy, Research, Analysis

Professional Experience:

• Created an image strategy following the guidelines set by the political advisers.

• Planned and realized the media coverage of 78 national and international official travels of the French Prime Minister over 18 months.

• Managed the logistics of technical needs, like press rooms and power sources, for journalists to cover the Prime Minister official travels. Around 3 to 6 TV crews and 15 radio and paper journalists permanently per trip. Performed the press organization briefings before departure.

• Prospected, selected and monitored services providers for the organization of media coverage of the travel of the Prime Minister: hotel rooms, transportations, food and beverage.

• Organized and realized press conferences and official speeches. Determined places, scenic arrangements, sound and lights systems.

• Oversaw the agenda of a senior official of Defence diplomacy.

• Managed an intelligence unit with ten specialists petty officers and seamen. Collected, analysed and communicated the intelligence summaries for the French operational command for the Mediterranean Sea.

• Coordinated local communication on the international academic conference in preparation of the Francophonie Summit in 2004. Created and wrote communication materials (booklets, reports, posters).

• Represented the Agence universitaire de la Francophonie with Burkinabe institutions in order to negotiate its participation for the organization of the Francophonie summit.

• Monitored the budget for the organization of communication operations in Ouagadougou.

• Organized services toward Burkinabe students in the Internet access centre of Ouagadougou’s University. Planned IT trainings.