www.derswa.org www.acippwestafrica.org Simon is the head of ACIPP Consulting and the Executive Director of ACIPP West Africa in the Netherlands.
He holds a combined Bachelor’s degree in Social Science (Geography and Sociology) from the University of Cape Coast (2004); Masters in Development Students also from the University of Cape Coast (2014). Finally, he recently completed a Master’s in Political Science from the University of Amsterdam in The Netherlands (2012).
Simon is a certified “Civil Peace” consultant from the “Academy for Conflict Transformation” based in Bonn, Germany (2010).
Simon has more than 10years experience developing, implementing and facilitating change across West Africa with focus on Sierra Leone, Ghana and Liberia.
As a content developer, Simon was part of the authors’ of the West Africa Civil Society Institute’s “Conflict Prevention Resource Pack for Civilian Actors in West Africa”; writing the youth development component of the manual. (http://wacsi.org/en/site/resource_centre/1212/Conflict-Prevention-Resource-Pack-for-Civilian-Actors-in-West-Africa.htm).
Simon also authored at the request of WACSI the Monograph: ‘Promoting Youth Participation in Local Governance: “The Abusua Foundation Experience”’ (http://wacsi.org/en/site/publications/196/PROMOTING-YOUTH-PARTICIPATION-IN-LOCAL-GOVERNANCE-%E2%80%9CTHE-ABUSUA-FOUNDATION-EXPERIENCE%E2%80%9D.htm)
Simon maintains a blog: http://tsikesossah.com/ where he writes about his work, observations and politics of his travels.
Simon’s strengths are networking, innovative thining, creativity and producing results.