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HOT US Board 2015: Conflict Of Interests (COI) declaration

Posted by Nicolas Chavent on 20 March 2015 in English. Last updated on 21 March 2015.

From March 2010 until Novembre 2013, I had worked as a contractor for HOT US in a series of short term assignments in Haiti and Africa as a Project Manager and Acting Project Director. This happened in parallel of my continued volunteering work as one of the core coordinator of the organization around negotiation/design/implementation of field work, remote activations, networking, training and outreach.

In November and December 2013, I had worked as a freelancer for two short term assignments (2 weeks long missions) with the Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie (OIF) assisting in a translation sprint (French version of LearnOSM) and a training in Chad around OSM and the development of mobile application.

During March 2014 to March 2015:

  • I had no work relation with HOT US.
  • I worked as a freelancer in a series of short term assignments on OSM and GIS projects in development aid in French Speaking Countries (Burkina Faso, Senegal, Togo, Ivory Coast) with OIF as well as French (Aquinétic, Club des Hommes d’Affaires Africains), African (Association Malienne pour l’Eveil au Développement Durable - AMEDD) and Haitian associations (Haiti Communitere - HC). This entailed documentation (producing the first versions of two guides Opendata GIS handbook and organizational support), software development project (OSMstata) as well as field training and community building projects in the above-mentioned countries. Those actions have been part of the OIF support to the Projet Espace OSM Francophone (ProjetEOF). This happened in parallel with my continued voluntary engagement with the HOT project.
  • I lectured around OSM and GIS in French Universities and Engineering Schools; some of the work was paid, some compensated, some volunteered.

If elected, as a board member, I will be acting in 2015 in compliance with HOT US conflict of interests (COI) policy and practises: informing the Board and excusing myself from the discussion and/or vote in case of COI.

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