PAP-Bio Comoé 2 - Project to support civil society for the promotion of biodiversity and local development on the outskirts of the Comoé National Park in Côte d'Ivoire

As a geographer, specializing in rural development, he has been based in West Africa since 2016. First stationed in Mali on behalf of Luxembourg cooperation, he then joined the team in 2021. Hands-on man, he coordinates agricultural activities in the north of Côte d'Ivoire around cashew-food production systems, forest resources (shea), product labeling as well as environmental conservation around the Comoé National Park. It is also involved in specific studies on value-chain, traceability and marketing

PhD in environmental and development economics (ENS Cachan, University of Versailles St Quentin-en-Yvelines), he is expert in conservation finance, including through ecotourism and innovative financial mechanisms (PES), and he specialised in international cooperation programs. He worked several years in Namibia, Morocco, and Kenya. In 2012, he joined Iddri (SciencesPo Paris) as senior researcher in biodiversity economics, before joining WWF France in 2017, as a manager for public sector partnerships. At Nitidae since September 2021, Renaud was PRM2 Project Manager from 2021 to March 2024

Holder of a Master's degree in Accounting and Financial Management from the African Center for Advanced Studies in Management (CESAG) in Dakar, she began her career as an accounting secretary in a French international NGO in 2013 and then in several other sectors of activity. (banking, agri-food, law firm) before joining the team in April 2024. She supervises the management of the administrative and accounting activities of the Dabakala office via the Mooshew and PapBio2 projects.

Recruited for the Agrovalor project, he then joined the Shea Gets Greener team until 2023. He is now based in Dabakala where he works as a courier driver for the PapBio2 project.

Graduated with a Higher Technician Certificate in Tropical Agriculture, a certificate of completion of the cashew nut master training program. It stands out in the organization, advice, training, support and monitoring of the agricultural world. Based in Dabakala, she joined Nitidae in 2020 as a facilitator on the PapBio Comoé project and now continues her animation work on the PapBio 2 project.

Graduated with a master's degree in Business Management and Agropastoral Organizations; a Bachelor's degree in Economics and Agropastoral Management from the Institute of Agro-Pastoral Management at the University of Korhogo (Ivory Coast). He brought his expertise as a Technician, Advisor, Trainer in various agricultural structures. Based in Dabakala, he joined Nitidae in 2020 as an animator on the PapBio Comoé project, and then on its following phase PapBio 2. He now contributes to the monitoring and evaluation of the project.

Holder of a Higher Technician Certificate with an option in Agricultural Operations Management, Hartmann had various field experiences in different agricultural structures before joining Nitidæ in 2018 with the ME's REDD+ project. He was then mobilized to Dabakala as a facilitator on the PapBio Comoé project from 2020 to 2023, and now continues his animation work on the PapBio2 project.

Holder of a Master 2 in Remote Sensing and Geographic Information System, Méa joined Nitidæ in December 2016 to supervise land planning activities (development of local development plans) and land security on the Méa's REDD+ Project . He then led the PapBio Comoé project from 2020 to 2023, and now continues his coordination work from the Dabakala office in the Comoé zone on Phase II, via the Mooshew and PapBio2 projects.