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PARVEX François Rte de Vermala 20

CH-3963 Crans-Montana

25.03.1958

Mobile : +41 78 654 48 62 Skype: fparvex parvex@serec.ch www.slideshare.net/parvex/

Agriculture eng. Dipl. EPFZ - Rural Economics and Civil eng. Dipl. EPFL DEGREES ___________________________________________________________________

1997 International Institute for Management Development, Lausanne. IMD Lausanne, Program

for Executive Development (PED)

1982 - 1987 Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Section Agriculture, Agriculture Eng. Dipl. EPFZ

1979 - 1981 Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Section Civil Engineering, Civil Eng. Dipl. EPFZ

1978 - 1979 Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh USA, exchange program for the junior year

1974 - 1976 Gymnase de la Cité in Lausanne, Swiss federal high school graduation type Latin-

Mathematics

LANGUAGE SKILLS ___________________________________________________________

French native language

German written, spoken

English written, spoken

Italian written, spoken

Spanish basic

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES ___________________________________________________

from 2000 SEREC (Service for Regions and Communes), branches in Sierre, Ticino, Sion

1995 - 2000 SEREC / CH-REGIO: Swiss Center for Exchange and Training in Regional Development,

Project Manager.

1987- 1995 Association for the Development of Economic Activities in the Vallée de Joux, ADAEV,

Regional Manager

1981 - 1982 Sulzer SA. Work as Energy Engineer in Lausanne, Sion, Winterthur and Geneva

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MAIN REALIZATIONS __________________________________________________________

2015 Design of a business model for the collaborative marketing of hotels and vacation

appartments / holiday homes in Bellinzona Region, Ticino, Switzerland (ERS-BV Ente

Regionale per lo sviluppo Bellinzonese e Valli, SAB)

2015 Organizing the module on context analysis and project's formulation, Course of Advanced

Studies (CAS) Cooperation and development (SUPSI, FOSIT, Ticino, Switzerland)

2014 Planning of the Governance and Decentralisation Programme's second phase (GDP II)

supported by the Swiss development cooperation (SDC) in Mongolia

2014 Tourism Development Strategy for the region around St Croix (Vaud, Switzerland)

2014 Realization of two seminars on territorial development oriented to effectiveness in Manno

and Lausanne (Switzerland) for regiosuisse, the Swiss network centre for regional

development (SECO)

2013 - 2014 Planning of the new Local Transboarder Cooperation Program for the UEMOA (Western

African Economic and Monetary Union) for the Swiss development cooperation (SDC)

2013 - 2014 Transnational Alpine Space cooperation study Rurbance aimed at a coordinated

valorization of the urban and rural spaces around the new high speed railroad track

Zurich - Gotthard - Milan (Alptransit)

2013 Coaching of the Cantons Ticino, Valais and Gräubünden for designing the crossboarder

cooperation program Italy-Switzerland 2014-2020

2013 Organizing and guiding a delegation of the Territorial Collectivities Council (CCT) of

UEMOA (West African Economic and Monetary Union) in a study trip on transboarder

cooperation between France and Switzerland

2013 Study of best practices in Europe for the developing of periferical, low potential zones on

behalf of Canton Ticino (SAB, Swiss Group for Mountain Regions)

2013 Planning of a cooperation project between France (Haute Savoie) and Swizerland

(Valais, Vaud) aimed at creating a sustainable cooperation plattform

2012 - 2014 Feasibility study for developing the medical tourism in Ticino (Switzerland) then planning

and coaching or the implementation www.ticinohealth.ch

2012 - 2013 Exploring new touristic business models for the marketing of holiday homes for rent in

Valais, Switzerland

2012 Capitalization of ten years assistance of the Swiss cooperation to the city of Koutiala

(Mali) and periferical rural areas

2012 Two days seminar on participative planning methods for WWF Switzerland

2011 Coach for the design of a regional strategy for the development of the truffle agro-touristic

value added chain

2011 Development strategy of the Bregaglia Municipality, methodological coaching and

moderation

2010 - 2011 Coach for the planning of the intercantonal development programme of the 4 cantons of

the Swiss Jura Arch

2010 - 2011 Expert for the Swiss contribution to EU enlargement in Hungary (inter-municipal

development programs, SDC)

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2010 - 2011 Planning of the intercantonal development programme of the 7 Cantons of Western

Switzerland in the frame of the Swiss Regional policy

2010 Coach for the methodology, design and writing of Country Programmes for the Swiss

Catholic Lenten Fund (Fastenopfer)

2009 - 2012 Partner of the Interreg IV B Alpine Space Comunis project on intercomunal Commercial

Location Development

2009-2010 Assistance to the intercantonal concertation platform of arcjurassien.ch

2009 Evaluation of the SDC of the Community Forums project in the Republic of Macedonia

from 2009 Project Manager by regiosuisse, the Swiss network centre for regional development

(SECO)

from 1999 Preparation and facilitation of training seminars: Project Management, Time

Management, Sustainability strategies for NGOs, Municipal Development Planning,

Territorial Marketing, participative approaches

1999 - 2009 Coaching of the creation of tourism incoming and marketing institutions in Romania,

Bulgaria, Tajikistan and Georgian Republic (SDC)

2007 - 2009 Concept, strategic planning and facilitation of the project “Ticino: Bike destination” aiming

at transforming the cycling (and then soft mobility) activities into a real tourism product

2007 - 2008 Strategic study on the reorganization of the mountain regions in the Canton Ticino

following the introduction of the new Swiss regional politics. Title: “Economic growth and

balance between regions, the role of the “new” regional organizations

2006 - 2008 Methodological coaching of the plain development concepts for the regions of Sierre and

Chablais and redaction of these concepts within the third Rhone river correction

2005 - 2008 Process adviser and moderator for the third Rhone river correction project (Sierre Region

and Chablais Region)

2008 Evaluation of the NALAS (Network of Associations of Local Authorities in South-East

Europe, www.nalas.eu) and of its Knowledge Management Centre on the field of

municipal management (SDC)

2007 Report for the Swiss Parliament on "Alpine Convention and mountain regions"

2006 - 2007 Participation in an inter-municipal commission for designing an association of the six

municipalities of Crans-Montana (ACCM) and its Territorial Marketing Plan

2006 - 2007 Territorial diagnostic, métadiagnostic and planning of the INTERREG IV France-

Switzerland 2007-2013 program

2005 - 2006 Assistance to the communication task force for the fusion of the Anniviers Municipalities

(Vs) and moderation of public Forums

2000 - 2006 Candidature, planning, then management of the "Action Plan Environment and Health"

for one of the three Swiss pilot regions, Crans-Montana

2005 - 2006 Coach for the planning of the INTERREG IV program France-Switzerland 2007 - 2013

2005 Methodological support for the design of a regional strategy for the promotion of the

hiking tourism in Crans-Montana

2004 Evaluation and Planning of a municipal governance and agriculture extension project in

Cao Bang Province in Vietnam (Helvetas)

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1999 - 2004 Planning of a project of Legal Assistance to Rural Citizens (LARC) in Kyrgyzstan

(Helvetas)

2003 Planning of the creation of "Kyrgyz Tourism", the national Destination Management

Organization for Kyrgyzstan

2003 Organization of two seminars on participative planning methods with the SRVA (Swiss

French Agriculture Extension Service, Agridea)

2003 - 2006 Identification, planning and implementation of a tourism development project in Gorno-

Badakhshan (Tajikistan)

2000 - 2006 Lectures and seminars on the planning and praxis of Sustainable Development in

Professional Schools and Universities

1999 - 2005 Backstopping of the tourism development project of Stara Planina Region in Bulgaria

(SDC)

2003 - 2004 Moderation of seminars on Communal Development Planning in Doboj, Bosnia -

Herzegovina (Intercooperation)

2002 - 2004 Coaching of the merging project of agriculture associations of Jura and Bernese Jura,

which ended up by the creation of the Interjurassian Rural Federation

2002 - 2004 Lectures and seminars on Territorial Marketing for the Agriculture Faculty of Milan

University

2002 - 2003 Coaching of a municipalities’ merger project in Valais

2001 Coaching of an audit and reorganization project in a Municipality

1993 - 2001 Coordination of an inter-municipal development project in Romania for the Inter-Assist

Foundation within a program of the Swiss Confederation (SDC). Coaching and

backstopping of the Regional Tourism Association of Prahova District

2000 Mission in Niger to draft the creation of local development funds

1999 - 2000 Swiss French coordinator of the project Elements of a Local Agenda 21 (OFEFP / OFEN)

and co-writer of the “Handbook for the Local Agenda 21” for communes and regions

(OFEFP)

1998 - 2000 Methodological assistance to a project of inter-municipal development in the Stara

Planina region in Bulgaria (SDC)

1998 - 2000 Coordination of the project "TELEREGIO": Telecommunications in the regions” for the

Swiss Government (SECO / OFCOM / OFAT)

1995 - 2000 Design and implementation of a network of knowledge management and communication

for the Swiss Mountain Regions (CH-Regio)

1992 - 2000 Founding and co-chair of the Group of Mountain Populations of Canton Vaud (GVRM)

1987 - 2000 Board Member of the Michellod Foundation for the conservation of the Herens fighting

cows

1989 - 1996 Chairman of the project group of the SAB (Swiss Group for Mountain Regions) for the

promotion of mountain products

1992 Design and implementation of an Internet industry-agriculture-tourism promotion

homepage for the region Vallée de Joux

1991 Design of the regional Tourism Development Program for the Vallée de Joux

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1988 - 1990 Member of the pilot network of around twenty Swiss regions “Proximity Enterprises

Coaching” created by the Swiss government (OFIAMT)

1989 Merger and reorganization of the two regional associations of development and economic

promotion of the Vallée de Joux

1988 Member of the working group OREG of the Swiss Confederation (OFIAMT) which studied

the possibilities to improve the organization in the mountain regions

1988 Design of a promotion brochure for the enterprises of the Vallée de Joux

1987 - 1995 Design and implementation of a regional system of networking, communication and

public relations

1987 - 1995 Organization of stands in industry fairs

1987 - 1995 Member of the board of the Transboarder program of the Jura Transboarder Community

(CTJ) for the territorial planning of the French-Swiss High Jura

1986 Practical training of three months in Burundi in a French cooperation project. Study on

the use of agriculture wastes for the nutrition of the cattle during the dry season, the

possibilities of increasing fodder production and the compared economic impact of local

and hybrid cows

1984 Practical training of six months in a farm in Ticino (Switzerland)

1981 - 1982 Design and realization of heating, air conditioning and renewable energies installations.

Direction of a large air conditioning building site in Geneva

1976 Practical training at the Service of roads and bridges at the State Valais

1976 Practical training by chez Dewaay + Cie. In Brussels in the field of wealth management

and stock exchange

MANDATES __________________________________________________________________

from 2010 NGO's Federation of Italian Switzerland (FOSIT), member of the technical commission

2009 - 2013 President of the inter-municipal trash management consortium Alto e Medio Malcantone

(Ticino, CH)

2005 Expert for the Swiss Government and Lichtenstein for the “INTERREG IIIB “Alpine Space

prospective Study” (ARE)

2000-2012 Swiss Catholic Lenten Fund: member of the development cooperation expert's

commission

1987 - 2000 Michellod Foundation for the conservation of the Herens cows, member of the board

1989 - 1996 President of the SAB (Swiss Group for Mountain Regions) commission, which wrote a

guide for regional products marketing

1988 Member of the working group OREG (Organization of Regions) in charge of studying

possibilities for improving the organization of the Swiss mountain regions organizations

(SECO)

1987 - 1995 Member of the board of the transborder cooperation programme for the French Swiss

Haut-Jura

NETWORKS _________________________________________________________________

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regiosuisse Swiss network centre for regional development (knowledge management, SECO)

IMD Alumni Club

A3-EPFL Alumni EPFL

SAB Swiss Group for Mountain Regions

SMP Swiss Project Management Society

INTERESTS __________________________________________________________________

Sports mountaineering, cycling, jogging, ski

Culture history, geography, nature, discovering new cultures, humor

Miscellaneous viticulture and enology (owner of a small vineyard), cattle breeding, regional

development, renewable energies, all kinds of innovations

PERSONAL DATA ____________________________________________________________

Birth date March 25th 1958 in Lausanne

Status divorced, 1 child (1999)

Religion Roman Catholic

Nationality Swiss, Collombey-Muraz, Valais and Belgium

Sion, May 2015