User:Jeanpess

Jean Paul was born in Kigali-Rwanda in 1976. After civil war in Rwanda he left the country and went to Maputo-Mozambique where he did high school (Leaving certificate) in General Science, then he graduated BSc in computer science from University College Dublin.

In 1999 Jean Paul has assisted the Carter Center as MTO in second election in Mozambique where he monitored the electoral campaign, voting and he was part of the small team remained in the country to monitor and verification process at the CNE

In 2000 he was hired specifically to help WFP during the Mozambican floods, he participated in the helicopter airlift working out of Palmaira and Chokwe. He was organizing and dispatching helicopter flights carrying food to the many affected flood victims.

In 2004 He assisted TCC as STO in the third elections in Mozambique. As researcher in 2005 he was Assisting TCC as MTO in Ethiopia where he was deployed in various regions as needed to conduct field assessments and report on the political and security environment and electoral process;

Jean Paul was also traveling from Addis with the NEB (National election Board) investigation teams and observing the investigation process after the election, where both government and opposition parties submitted numerous complaints to the NEB. The Carter Center, the EU and the AU have worked together to provide observers for as many of the investigations as possible. The NEB extended the time in which the investigations would take place and increased the number of complaints to be investigated. Thus TCC needed observers to cover these extra investigations. TCC was actually looking for observers for 3 different processes:1) The additional complaint investigations    -Traveling from Addis with the NEB investigation teams and observing the investigation process         2) Re-Votes -If an investigation reveals that wrongdoing did occur during the election, the NEB will hold a re-vote in that constituency -Re-votes scheduled to take place Aug 14 2005 3) Somali Elections    -Standard STO mission, although in rough conditions and for longer period     -Elections in Somali scheduled to take place Aug 21 2005.

In 2005 he served as 1st level Palm Technical support agent; Since 2006 Jean Paul is BT broadband Tech Support Advisor.