Our Team
Juhani Härkönen,
Chief Technical Advisor (CTA)
Juhani Härkönen works as a Team Leader of the FORVAC, supervising and leading the Technical Assistance (TA) team. Together with the team, he is responsible for planning and implementation of the programme activities, monitoring and evaluation and reporting. Juhani Härkönen has a focal role in liaison with national and international partners and other stakeholders of the programme. In parallel with forest value chain development, he provides technical backstopping on forest governance, policy development and forest law enforcement and timber legality related subjects.
James Nshare
National Programme Coordinator (NPC)
James Nshare bears overall responsibility for the management of inputs provided by the Government of Tanzania, ensuring that these are used appropriately and efficiently. He also supports programme planning, implementation progress and impact monitoring for FORVAC to achieve planned objectives and targets. Nshare also facilitates integration of programme interventions into operations of the Forestry and Beekeeping Division of the MNRT and Local Government operations.
Eric Mabewa Henry
Finance and Administration Manager (FAM)
Eric Mabewa works with FORVAC’s financial planning, budgeting and budget monitoring. He is also is responsible for managing human resource, FORVAC offices, other fixed assets and day-to-day accounting and preparation of periodic accounts and financial reports. Eric Mabewa also oversees our Cluster Coordinators on their financing modalities including reporting and monitoring.
Anna-Kaisa Kähkölä
Forest Value Chain Advisor (FVCA)
Anna-Kaisa Kähkölä supports the FORVAC activities in the areas forest value chain and market system development. She brings in her personal experience in natural resource management related value chains and enterprises in Tanzania. Anna-Kaisa Kähkölä, in cooperation with the Forest Management Expert and the CTA, promotes tools, processes, and monitoring approaches for value chain development to be tried and tested by FORVAC in its operational areas and, if seen feasible, eventually extended into wider use elsewhere in Tanzania.
Alex Njahani
Forest Management Expert (FME)
Alex Njahani works as FORVAC’s Forest Management Expert. In his duties he promotes Community Based Forest Management (CBFM) and development of related value chains deriving from the districts and villages covered by the programme. Alex Njahani oversees and guides operations of the FORVAC clusters located in regions of Tanga, Dodoma, Lindi and Ruvuma.
Petro Masolwa
Cluster Coordinator (CC), Tanga region
Petro Masolwa supports the local level implementation of FORVAC activities in four districts, namely Handeni and Kilindi in Tanga region, Mpwapwa district located in Dodoma region and Kiteto district located in Manyara region. He prepares Tanga cluster’s work plans and budgets for activities and provides information and guidance at village and district levels on the FORVAC approach and opportunities and benefits of Village Land Forest Reserves and CBFM related value chains.
Eustack Bonifasi,
Cluster Coordinator (CC), Lindi region
Eustack Bonifasi works for FORVAC’s local level implementation and activities in three districts, Liwale, Ruangwa and Nachingwea, in Lindi region. As the other Cluster Coordinators in their respective areas, he prepares Lindi cluster’s work plans and budgets for activities and provides information and guidance at village and district levels on the FORVAC approach and opportunities and benefits of Village Land Forest Reserves and CBFM related value chains.
Marcel Mutunda
Cluster Coordinator (CC), Ruvuma region
Marcel Mutunda is responsible for FORVAC’s local level implementation and activities in the five districts of Ruvuma region, namely districts of Namtumbo, Songea, Mbinga, Nyasa and Tunduru. He prepares Ruvuma cluster’s work plans and budgets for activities and provides information and guidance at village and district levels on the FORVAC approach and opportunities and benefits of Village Land Forest Reserves and CBFM related value chains.
Elinenyi Robert
National Junior Expert (NJE)
Elinenyi Robert works as a National Junior Expert to support the programme Technical Assistance (TA) team in the planning and implementation of programme activities, monitoring the programme progress and reporting/compilation of reports, especially when it comes to value chain development.
Nette Korhonen
International Junior Expert (IJE)
Nette Korhonen works as an International Junior Expert to support the programme Technical Assistance (TA) team in the planning and implementation of programme activities but having a focus on monitoring and evaluation of the programme progress. She also maintains the Management Information System (MIS) and social media of FORVAC.
