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Honor: Order of the Chivalry/”Ridder af Dannebrog” (Royal Danish Order)

 

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Frode Neergaard is a Danish diplomat with a 30 year career in international development cooperation. Trained as a geographer, and with a special diploma in International Development Studies from Roskilde University, Denmark, in 1985, Neergaard was the first Danish climate diplomat, and has worked in development, environment, and economic diplomacy in the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Neergaard’s carreer has been both at the Headquarters of the Ministry at Asiatisk Plads in Copenhagen, as well as at posts abroad. Neergaard has served as Alternate Executive Director at the Executive Board of the World Bank in Washington D.C. At OECD in Paris, Neergaard has served as Deputy Permanent representative at OECD’s Council, and been Vice-Chair of OECD’s Development Assistance Committee. Prior to his career in the Danish Foreign Service, Neergaard worked at two post in Africa – in Sierra Leone and in Ethopia – for the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. From 2015, Neergaard has been on leave from the Danish Foreign Service, working as European Representative of the Global Green Growth Institute in London. Neergaard has worked in Danish non-governmental development organisations, including as member of the Board of the Danish Association for International Cooperation (Mellemfolkeligt Samvirke), in the anti-apartheid movement, and in the Danish-Mozambique Solidarity Organisation.

Frode Neergaard was born at Frederiksberg, and grew up in Sdr. Felding and Struer, in the western parts of Jutland, Denmark. Neergaard’s parents are pastor Axel Konstantinus Jensen and Kirsten Neergaard Jensen. Frode Neergaard is married to Annelise Højhus, and the farther of three children, Jeppe, Anders, and Elisabeth.

 

Frode Neergaard began his professional career as Program Officer at the Food and Agriculture Organization, FAO. From 1985-1987, Neergaard was posted for FAO at its country office in Freetown, Sierra Leone, and from 1987-1988 at its country office in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. From FAO, Neergaard came to the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs where he was Head of Section in the Ministry’s Department for International Development Cooperation, Danida. In 1991, Neergaard got posted at the re-opened Danish Embassy in Kampala, Uganda. At the Embassy, Neergaard managed a portfolio of development cooperation programs, including a rural integrated district development program in the poor Rakai District, and an ambitious decentralisation program of Uganda’s district administrations. Following his post at the Kampala Embassy, Neergaard was Head of Section of the South-East Asia department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Copenhagen, with responsibility for country programs in Bangladesh, India (being phased out), and Afghanistan (being established). From 1997-2000, Neergaard served as Alternate Executive Director at the Executive Board at the World Bank Group, representing representing Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Iceland, Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania. Back at the Foreign Ministry, Neergaard became the Ministry’s first climate diplomat, Neergaard was chief negotiator during the Danish Presidency of the European Union in 2002, where he negotiated the chapter on international organisational frameworks of the Declaration from the World Summit on Sustainable Development Summit in Johannesburg, South Africa. Working as chief climate negotiator until 2008, Neergaard’s main responsibility was international climate finance umnder the auspices of United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). From 2008-2013, Neergaard was Deputy Permanent Representative at the Council of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) in Paris. During this period, Neergaard also served as Vice-Chair of OECD’s Development Asistance Committee (DAC), working closely with two DAC Chairs during the period, Brian Atwood and Erik Solheim. From 2013-2015, Neergaard was Chief Advisor for Quality Assurance of International Development Cooperation ath the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, also representing Denmark in the Multilateral Organisation Performance Assessment Network. On leave from the Danish Foreign Ministry from 2015, Neergaard became the first European Representative of the Korea-based Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI), heading the organization’s office in London. From GGGI’s London office, Neergaard maintains and deepens GGGI’s partnerships with European countries, Europe-based international organizations, think-tanks, and civil society organizations, aiming to promote green and climate friendly economic growth in developing countries.

 

1984: M.Sc. in Social Science, University of Roskilde

1977: Zahle College of Education, Copenhagen

=== References ===

https://globalnyt.dk/content/kendt-danida-mand-skal-til-gggi-i-london

http://www.kristeligt-dagblad.dk/mennesker/rundt-i-morgen-1170